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Life Story

生活的故事

Tennessee Williams

田納西·威廉斯

After you’ve been to bed together for the first time,

這是你們第一次一床同眠，共剪西窗燭

without the advantage or disadvantage of any prior acquaintance,

而事先沒(méi)有相互之間帶有偏愛(ài)或偏見(jiàn)的相知相識(shí)

the other party very often says to you,

你們一中的一個(gè)伙伴總是會(huì)和你說(shuō)

Tell me about yourself, I want to know all about you,

和我聊聊你自己吧，我對(duì)你的一切都有濃厚興趣

what’s your story?

你的經(jīng)歷是什么呢?

And you think maybe they really and truly do sincerely want to know your life story,

然后你覺(jué)得他們可能真的真的想要了解你的往事，既然他們這么真誠(chéng)地想要了解你的生命歷程，

and so you light up a cigarette and begin to tell it to them,

所以你就點(diǎn)燃一支煙然后開始向他們講述你的故事

the two of you lying together in completely relaxed positions

你和你的伙伴翻身調(diào)整到了一個(gè)特別舒服的位置，

like a pair of rag dolls a bored child dropped on a bed.

你們就像一個(gè)身處無(wú)聊的小孩扔在床上的一對(duì)布娃娃

You tell them your story, or as much of your story

你告訴他們你的往事，或者說(shuō)你的整個(gè)過(guò)去，

as time or a fair degree of prudence allows,

出于時(shí)間的流逝或者一種彬彬有禮，謹(jǐn)慎處事的教養(yǎng)，

and they say,Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,

他們說(shuō)嗯，嗯，嗯，嗯，嗯