听美剧学英语:《淘小子看世界》 I Dream of Feeny - 7

Cor, you look terrible.

Coffee?

What are you doing with the coffee?

I always drink coffee after I kill a man.

Cory, Mr. Feeny is in the hospital because of a bad appendix. No matter what you wished, you had nothing to do with it.

But how come I can't get him out of my mind? Why am I seeing him everywhere?

Because you feel guilty.

Because I wished he'd get sick.

Yeah, why did you do that?

So I wouldn't have to take a stupid geography test about stuff I'd never need.

Yeah, I know how you feel. I had a teacher in fourth grade, Miss Perch². Now the name Perch implies that she was a lot better looking than she actually was.

And this relates to me how?

You know why I am the manager down at the supermarket? Because when I started out as a box boy, I could add long columns of numbers in my head, faster than the cashiers could / at the machines. I always told everyone it was a natural gift. But the fact is, I knew it was a gift from Miss Perch.

So why did you feel guilty?

Well, when she was trying to teach me math, I was the kid in the back of the room, always going "I'm never gonna need this." By the time I figured out why I needed it, it was too late to say thank you.

So you are saying Feeny's teaching us stuff now that we are gonna need when we're older. And instead of saying "thank you" I wished for him to get sick. It that why I'm having nightmares?

Your nightmare's just a manifestation³ of your guilt¹. You created them, you can control them.

What's for breakfast, Mr. Matthews? Down here. How are you doing?

You don't scare me anymore, Mr. Feeny. You are not real. You are just a manifestation of my guilt.

Wow, manifestation. Big word for someone who can barely spell "cat".

I created him, I can make him go away. Shoo.

Hahaha...

1 guilt   

n.犯罪；内疚；过失，罪责

参考例句：

• She tried to cover up her guilt by lying.她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
• Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。

2 perch   

n.栖木，高位，杆；v.栖息，就位，位于

参考例句：

• The bird took its perch.鸟停歇在栖木上。
• Little birds perch themselves on the branches.小鸟儿栖歇在树枝上。

3 manifestation   

n.表现形式；表明；现象

参考例句：

• Her smile is a manifestation of joy.她的微笑是她快乐的表现。
• What we call mass is only another manifestation of energy.我们称之为质量的东西只是能量的另一种表现形态。