《特别响,非常近》精讲 24你的父母会给你感到骄傲吗?

I'd written a letter to the people I'd met.

我给所有我拜访过的人写了一封信

Dear Mister¹ or Missus or Miss,

亲爱的先生 女士 小姐

or Abby or Hazelle or Tommy or Elaine,

艾比 何泽尔 汤米 伊莱恩

or anybody I'd met whose last name is Black.

所有我见过的姓布莱克的人

You might remember me.

你们也许还记得我

My name is Oskar Schell.

我叫奥斯卡·谢尔

I came to visit you to see if you could help me find the lock,

我之前拜访过你们 想在你们的帮助下找到一把锁

that fit the key I thought my father had left me.

我原以为钥匙是父亲特意留给我的

Most of you were very helpful and nice to me.

大多数人都帮助了我 而且很友好

I want to thank you for that.

谢谢你们所做的

And I want to thank you for the horse ride you gave me,

谢谢你让我骑马

and for Taylor's picture of me and my key.

还有泰勒画的我和钥匙

You might want to know, the key wasn't meant for me.

你们也许应该知道 钥匙其实不属于我

It was meant for a Mr. William Black,

是属于威廉·布莱克的

who maybe needed it even more than I did.

他可能比我更需要

I was disappointed², obviously³,

当然 我很失望

but I'm honestly glad that it's where it belongs.

但我也由衷的高兴 它找到了归属的人

And I'm even glad to have my disappointment⁴,

我甚至很高兴我有失望

which is much better than having nothing.

总比什么都没有好

My dad told me that New York,

我爸爸曾告诉我

once had a Sixth Borough⁵ that floated⁶ away.

纽约曾经有个第六区 但是飘走了

They tried to save it, but they couldn't,

他们尝试拯救 但无能为力

and it's never coming back.

它就这样消失了

As much as I want him to...

虽然我非常想念爸爸

my dad is never coming back.

但他永远回不来了

And I thought I couldn't live without him, but now I know I can.

我以为没有他我活不下去 现在知道 原来我可以

I think that would make my dad proud.

爸爸会因此为我骄傲的

which is all I ever wanted.

这也是我最想得到的

1 mister   

n.(略作Mr.全称很少用于书面)先生

参考例句：

• Mister Smith is my good friend.史密斯先生是我的好朋友。
• He styled himself " Mister Clean ".他自称是“清廉先生”。

2 disappointed   

adj.失望的，不满意的，不如意的

参考例句：

• He seemed disappointed when the man refused his request.当那个人拒绝了他的要求时他看起来很失望。
• He was disappointed so often that he became hopeless.他屡次失望，以致变为了绝望。

3 obviously   

adv.显然；明白地

参考例句：

• Obviously they were putting him to a severe test.显然他们是在给他以严峻的考验。
• Obviously he was lying.显然他是在撒谎。

4 disappointment   

n.失望，挫折；令人失望的事

参考例句：

• The disappointment was cruel.失望是令人痛苦的。
• She couldn't hide her disappointment.她无法掩饰自己失望的情绪。

5 borough   

n.享有自治权的市镇；(英)自治市镇

参考例句：

• He was slated for borough president.他被提名做自治区主席。
• That's what happened to Harry Barritt of London's Bromley borough.住在伦敦的布罗姆利自治市的哈里.巴里特就经历了此事。

6 floated   

v.（使）浮动( float的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）漂浮[飘动]；（使货币汇率）自由浮动；轻盈走动

参考例句：

• A group of swans floated by. 一群天鹅缓缓游过。
• The canoe floated upside down on the lake. 独木舟底朝天漂浮在湖面上。