《特别响,非常近》精讲 20有本事任性也要有本事坚强

Can I tell you something I never told anybody else?

能告诉你个秘密吗

Sure.

当然

On that day, they let us out of school

那天 我差不多刚到学校

basically¹ as soon as we got there.

学校就让我们回来了

I walked home.

我走回去

My friend told me he would call,

我朋友说他会给我打电话

so I went to look at the answering machine.

所以我去查留言机

There were all these messages.

里面全是留言

From your friend?

是你朋友留的吗

From my dad.

是我爸爸

He was in the building.

他在那栋楼里

But there's something I've never told anyone.

但有件事我没告诉过任何人

Not anybody else, not anybody ever.

任何人都没说过

The phone rang.

电话响了

Oh, God².

天啊

I couldn't pick up the phone. I just couldn't do it.

我没法接电话 我就是接不了

It rang, and rang, and rang, and I couldn't move.

电话一直响 一直响 我却动不了

I wanted to pick it up, but I couldn't. I just couldn't.

我想去接 但接不了 接不了

The answering machine came on. There was a beep.

哔声过后 留言机开始留言

Message six, September 11, 10:27 a.m.

留言六 9月11日 上午10:27

Then I heard dad's voice.

我听到了爸爸的声音

Are you there?

你在吗

Are you there?

你在吗

Are you there?

你在吗

Are you there?

你在吗

Are you there?

你在吗

He needed me and I couldn't pick it up.

他需要我 但我却接不了电话

I was scared. I just couldn't do it.

我太害怕了 动不了

"Are you there?" He asked nine times.

他问了九次 你在吗

I know because I've counted.

我数过了

And why didn't he say "Anyone"?

为什么他不问 有人吗

Is anyone there? You is just one person.

你在吗 是专指一个人

I think he knew I was there.

我觉得他知道我在

Maybe he kept saying it to

也许他说那么多次

give me time to be brave enough to pick up.

就是为了给我勇气接起电话

The longest space between

第三次和第四次中间空得最长

the third and the fourth, which is 15 seconds.

有十五秒

Are you there?

你在吗

You can hear people in the background³ crying.

我能从里面听到哭声

Are you there?

你在吗

You can hear helicopters⁴.

能听到直升机的声音

Are you there?

你在吗

You can hear glass breaking.

能听到玻璃打碎的声音

..Are you there? Are you the...

你在吗 你.

Then it cut off.

然后电话断了

Do you forgive⁵ me?

你能原谅我吗

Forgive you?

原谅你

For what? For not being⁶ able to pick up?

因为什么 没能接起电话吗

For not being able to tell anyone.

因为我没勇气告诉其他人

Of course I forgive you.

当然能原谅

I can't tell you how much better that makes me feel.

你这句话让我宽慰不少

I hope you find what you're looking for.

希望你能找到想要的东西

1 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

2 god   

n.上帝，神；被极度崇拜的人或物

参考例句：

• God knows how the cat got up on the roof.只有天知道那只猫是怎样爬上房顶的。
• God wills that man should be happy.上帝愿人类幸福。

3 background   

n.背景，后台，不重要或不引人注目的地方或位置

参考例句：

• With your background,you should walk in to that job.有你这样的背景，你会轻而易举地获得那份工作。
• They will check into his background.他们将调查他的背景。

4 helicopters   

n.直升机( helicopter的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Recovery ships and helicopters are headed for the splashdown area. 载回船只和直升飞机正向溅落区进发。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• There were two helicopters circling around. 有两架直升机在空中盘旋。 来自辞典例句

5 forgive   

vt(forgave, forgiven)原谅；饶恕

参考例句：

• I'll never forgive you for what you said to me last night.我绝不会宽恕你昨晚对我所说的话。
• I hope you'll forgive me.希望你能原谅我。

6 being   

n.存在；生存；生命存在，生命，人， 本质；art.在，有，是

参考例句：

• Can you explain to me the purpose of being?你能对我解释一下存在的目的吗？
• What is the purpose of our being?我们生存的目的是什么？