AmericanFiction《美国小说（2023）》完整中英文对照剧本.docx
好我们开始吧Okay,let'sbegin.谁想先说？Whowantstostart?好布兰妮你先说Yes,Brittany,kickitoff.我对文本没有想法Idon'thaveathoughtonthereading,我只是对白板上的词有意见Ijustthinkthatthatwordontheboardiswrong.人造黑鬼弗兰纳里奥康纳著我满确定"黑鬼“没有写错Well,IthinkitstillhastwoG,sinitlastIchecked.这并不好笑It,snotfunny.我们不该成天盯着“黑鬼”一词看Weshouldn'thavetostareattheN-wordallday.听着Uh,listen,这是一门关于美国南方的文学课thisisaclassontheliteratureoftheAmericansouth.你们会遇到老套的思想和粗俗的语言You,regoingtoencountersomearchaicthoughts,coarselanguage,但大家都是成人相信你们可以理解butwe'realladultshereandIthinkwecanunderstandit这些作品的背景脉络withinthecontextinwhichit'swritten.我只是认为那个词很冒犯人Well,Ijustfindthatwordreallyoffensive.恕我直言布兰妮Withallduerespect,Brittany,连我都不在意了我相信你也可以Igotoverit,mprettysureyoucantoo.没必要吧Well,Idon,tseewhy.好吧Right.好还有人对文本有别的想法吗？Now,doesanyoneelsehaveanythoughtsonthereading?这让你的某些学生感到不舒服Well,itmadesomeofyourstudentsuncomfortable.他们何时变得如此脆弱？Whendidtheyallbecomesogoddamndelicate?那并不是单一事件-什么？Thiswasn'tanisolatedincident.What?上个月你问某个学生他家人是否曾是纳粹1.astmonthyouaskedastudentifhisfamilyhadbeenNazis.我的确有这么做他是德国人啊Yeah,Idid,he,sGerman,我们当时在读反美阴谋WewerereadingThePlotAgainstAmerica相信我看他坐立不安的样子他家人一定是andtrustme,bythewayhewassquirming,theywere.老天啊Oh,myGod.莫克你是位才华洋溢的作家我们很荣幸能聘请你来Um,Monk,youareaverytalentedwriter,we'refortunatetohaveyouhere.什么？-他有好几年没出书了What?Hehasn'tpublishedinyears.从你上次出书后我已经写了三本小说Ihavewrittenthreenovelssincethelasttimeyoupublished.你说得没错而你写作的速度Yeah,thisistrue,andthespeedwithwhichyouwrite再次证明好事多磨onlyprovesthatgoodthingstaketime.去死啦莫克-别激动曼帝Oh,gotohell.Monk.-Relax,Mandy.对啊别激动曼帝Yeah,relax,Mandy.总之我的新书会由回音出版社出书Andanyway,mynewbookiswithEcho我的经纪人说他们非常期待andmyagentsaysthey,reveryexcitedaboutit.真是令人开心的消息Oh,that'sgreattohear.那本书在讲什么？别再拖了李奥？What'sitabout?-Canwestopstalling,Leo?听着莫克1.isten,Monk,我们希望你能休息一阵子we,dliketogiveyouabreak.“休息”是什么意思？去放个假吧Whatdoyoumean,break?Justsometimeoff.强制放假Mandatorytimeoff反正你也要去波士顿参加读书节不是吗？Ifsjust,you,realreadygoingtoBostonforthefestival,right?你何不待久一点？-因为我恨波士顿我老家就在那里Whydon'tyoujuststaytherefr-BecauseIhateBoston,myfamily,sthere.你需要放松你太紧绷了老兄Well,youneedsometimetorelax.You,reonedge,man.你以为跟家人相处You'reundertheimpressionthattimespent就能让压力消失吗？withmyfamilywilltaketheedgeoff.我没事才怪mfine.-You,renotfine.我上周看到你在车里哭他还揍了方向盘Isawyoucryinginyourcarlastweek.Hepunchedthesteeringwheel.哇若你少花点时间监视我Oh,wow.Youknow,ifyouspentlesstimespyingonme,你也许可以多写一打书youcouldprobablywriteadozenmorenovels放在机场跟那些颈枕和饼干一起卖♥♥thatpeoplebuyatairportswiththeirneckpillowsandCheez-Its.你走心了要杠上了吗烂人？Oh,herewego.Okay.Youwanttogo,dirtydoggy?好祝你在波士顿玩得开心Okay,well,enjoyBoston.你可以去机场买♥♥我的书Youcan.youcangetmybookattheairport.也祝你跟回音合作愉快Oh,and,goodluckwithEcho.JYouturnedmyhouseJJIntoahomeJJYoumademefeelloveJJmnotaloneJJAndunafraidJJYeahJJOftimetocomeJJProved./JThenyoutaughtmehowJJWhatitmeansJJCanwewakeEachandeverymorningInsideadream?J美国小说喂？Hello?欢迎回来回家的感觉如何？Welcomeback.How'sitfeeltobehome?很棒Great.已有穿着波士顿粽熊队运动衫的家伙问我是否自以为高人一等？AlreadyhadaguyinaBruinsjerseyaskmeifIthinkmbetterthanhim.那代表好运That'sgoodluckhere.是波士顿版本的好运That'sBoston'sversionofaladybuglandingonyou.有什么新消息吗？Anynews?回音的帕特里克不想要这本书但谁在乎？PatrickatEchoispassing.Butwhofuckingcares?他是个老酒鬼He'sanoldalcoholic.那是他拒绝的第九本书吗？Whatisthat?Ninenow?-Hesays,他说：”这本书写得不错"Thisbookisfinelycrafted角色的发展完整词汇丰富withfullydevelopedcharactersandrichlanguage,但我不懂他改写butoneislosttounderstandwhatthisreworkingof艾斯奇勒斯的波斯人与非裔美国人的经验有何关联”Aeschylus*ThePersianshastodowiththeAfrican-Americanexperience?,1就是这样Thereitis.他们想要黑人的书-他们已经有黑人的书TheywantaBlackbook.TheyhaveaBlackbook.我是黑人这是我的书mBlack,andit,smybook.你懂我的意思YouknowwhatImean.你是说他们要我写关于警♥察♥杀死青少年Youmeantheywantmetowriteaboutacopkillingsometeenager或在多切斯特抚养五个孩子的单亲妈妈orasinglemominDorchesterraisingfivekids.多切斯特现在已经很白r但你说得没错Dorchesterisprettywhitenow.Butyes.老天我根本不在乎种族JesusChristYouknow,Idon'tevenreallybelieveinrace.但问题是其他人都很在乎Yeah.Theproblemisthateveryoneelsedoes.总之祝你读书节愉快Anyway,havefunatthebookfestival.千万不要侮辱任何重要人物Andjustdon'tinsultanyoneimportant.拜托Please.大众读书节波士顿会议展览中心从历史的观点写作并不表示你不能写出Writingfromahistoricalperspectivedoesn'tmeanthatyoucan't与现代人有共鸣的作品makeworkthatdoesn'tresonatewithtoday'saudiences.塞洛尼斯艾里森我认为对我们这些书呆子而言权力的游戏证明了Yeah,IthinkofthingslikeGameOfThronesasproofthat这样的作品也能成功nerdslikeuscanstillfindgreatsuccess.很可惜的今天的讨论只能到此为止Unfortunately,we'regoingtohavetoenditthere.感谢作家和与会者们共襄盛举Thankyoutoourauthorsandthankstoallofyouforattending.是我的错觉还是这读书节场子真的很小？Isitjustme,orwasthissmallevenforabookfestival?是真的因为我们在跟辛塔拉比场子Yeah,it'sbecausewe,reupagainstSintara.谁？Who?辛塔拉戈登你没读过她的书吗？SintaraGolden.Youhaven'treadher?不知道她写了什么书？No,what,sherbookcalled?（咱们在贫民窟的日子辛塔拉戈登著这本书红遍天下报章杂♥志♥争相报道Raveseverywhere.ThePost,Bookfbrum.伦敦书评评论TheLondonReviewofBookssaid,”咱们在贫民窟的日子是部令人心碎又发自肺腑的处♥女♥作“"We'sLivesinDaGhettoisaheartbreakingandvisceraldebut.'1我也听说有电视剧要改编她的作品Plusalittlebirdietoldmethatperhapsthere,saTVadaptationintheworks?不予置评Nocomment.主要舞台好吧至少我试着问了Okay,itwasworthashot.你成为作家前的生活是什么样子呢？Tellus,whatwasyourlifelikebeforeyouwereanauthor?我在欧柏林读完大学后搬到纽约Well,IdidundergradatOberlinandmovedtoNewYorkthedayaftergraduation毕业隔天我就搬了几个月后andacouplemonthslater,我在出版社当助理Iwasanassistantatapublisher.当助理的经验是否影响了你日后的著作？Anddidthatassistantexperienceshapeyourwriting?当然我是第一读者Absolutely.Yeah,Iwasafirstreadermeaning表示我会读完所有的稿子Iwouldreadallthemanuscriptsintheslushpile在一大叠稿子中挑出不错的作品andsendthemuptheladder继续往上送iftheywereanygood.有些作品还不错但大多稿子都差强人意Someofthemweregreat,mostwerenot.但有种感受令我难以忘怀ButthefeelingIcouldn'tshakewasthat就是无论那些书有多棒nomatterhowgoodthebookswere,大部分都是纽约的白人男作家写的mosteverysubmissionwasfromsomewhitedudefromNewYork他们当时正在经历离婚goingthroughadivorce,没什久作品是关于我的族群andtoofewofthemwereaboutmypeople.这让我思考：”我们的故事呢？”AndsoIthink,"Whereareourstories?"”代表我们的著作在哪里？"Youknow,"Where'sourrepresentation?"正因为这种IS乏我的书也随之诞生Anditwasfromthatlackthatmybookwasborn.能帮我们读一段你的作品摘录吗？Wouldyougiveusthepleasureofreadinganexcerpt?*A1XfSi谢谢Thankyou.“哟莎兰德,"Yo,Cheranda,你这么匆忙要去哪里？”whereyoubegoin'inahurrylikesthat?'唐娜看我出门时问道Donnaaksmewhensheseemecornin'outthehouse.”不关你的事但你想知道的话'Ain'tnoneyabusiness,butifnyougotstoknow,我要去药店”sgoin'tothepharmacy/我回头往门口看我妈是否出来了IlooksbackatthedoortoseeifMamacornin'out.”药店？为什么？”她问'Thepharmacy?Whatfor?*sheaks.“你知道的“我说,Youknow',Isays.”才怪"她说'Nah',shesay.”不会吧姑娘你又怀孕了？”'Hell,nah!GirLyoubepregnantagain?'“有可能“我告诉她'Might,sbe,Itellsher.“如果是真的话这一次'AndifIis,Ray-Ray,sgonnabearealfather小瑞真的要当爸了”thistimearound/"谢谢Thankyou.太棒了Yes!嗨-嗨Hi.-Hi.我要找莉莎艾里森mheretoseeLisaEllison.你有挂号♥吗？我们快关门了Uh,doyouhaveanappointment?We'reabouttoclose.没有我是她哥No,I'mherbrother.她就在那里Theresheis.波士顿生殖中心你好莫克Hello,Monk.嗨莉莎Hi,Lisa.你在船上马达坏了Okay,you'reinaboat,themotorcutsout,但水并不深butyou'reinshallowwater,而你穿着非常昂贵的鞋子butyou'rewearing$600shoes,but.但你前往机场的车yourridetotheairport就要从沙滩上开走了isjustpullingawayfromthebeach,这会产生什么选择问题？why,oh,whyisthisalegalissue?不知道Idon'tknow.你只能选鸡不可湿或机不可失It'samatterofrowversuswade.老天Oh,myGod.我觉得那是我最得意的笑话Ithinkthat,soneofmybest.哇Wow.好吧Okay.你何时又开始抽烟的？Whendidyoustartsmokingagain?-Mm.离婚后Rightafterthedivorce.我一直都很痛恨赖瑞IalwayshatedLarry.我知道Oh,Iknow.我们交往时你就这么说了你还记得我有多生气吗？Youtoldmerightwhenwestarteddating.DoyourememberhowmadIgot?“我搞谁吹谁都不关你的事”"It'snotyourbusinesswhoIfuck!WhoIfellate."我才没说“吹"-我以为你有Idefinitelydidnotsay"fellate."1thoughtyoudid.总之那是我听到的意思That'showIhearditanyway.很高兴见到你Ifsgoodtoseeyou.我也很高兴见到你Yeah,it'sgoodtoseeyoutoo.工作如何？How'swork?不太光彩Ifsnotveryglamorous.我每天都得走过金属探测器Igothroughametaldetectoreveryday.你的工作很重要这个嘛Well,whatyoudoisimportant.Well.而我只能在脑中想象各种人物Meanwhile,allIdoisinventlittlepeopleinmyhead,并创造想象的对话thenmakethemhaveimaginaryconversationswitheachother.书本会改变人们的生命Bookschangepeople'slives.我写的东西改变过你的生命吗？DidsomethingI'vewritteneverchangeyourlife?当然有Absolutely.毫无疑问Absolutely.我的餐桌本来很不稳Mydiningroomtablewaswobblyashellbeforeyourlastbookcameout.老天够了-然后你出了新书Oh,myGod.Allright.-Itwas,like,perfect.厚度实在太完美了老天Yeah.Oh,God.-mtellingyouand-真的太厉害了拜托送我回机场TakemebacktoLogan,please.机场也帮不上忙莫克-我的老天1.ogancannothelpyou.Monk.Oh,myGod!欢迎回家宝贝Welcomehome,baby!有人在吗？Hello!Hello!莫克先生-罗兰Mr.Monk!-Lorraine!你知道这样会让我很尴尬叫我莫克就好Youknowhowthatmakesmefeel.It'sjustMonk.别这样Oh,don,tdothattome,我年纪大了记不住新名字了youknowmtoooldtolearnnewnames.你好吗莉莎小姐？-我很好Howyoudoing,MissLisa?-mgood.你看起来很不错莫克先生-我变肥了Youlookgood,Mr.Monk.-Oh,Ilookfat.加州人才会这样说Oh,that,stheCaliforniatalking.若我带你去阿肯色州你马上会变成选美皇后ItookyoutoArkansasrightnow,you'dbeabeautyqueen.-Ooh!是我的小亲亲吗？太可怕了IsthatmyMonkie?-That'sfrightening.嗨妈Hi,Mother.-Oh.你变肥了我知道Youlookfat-Ah,Iknow.准备去吃晚餐了吗艾里森太太？Youreadytogotodinner,Mrs.Ellison?我只要钱包和我的黑色开襟衫Uh,Ijustneedmypurseandmyblackcardigan.好的我去拿Allright,I1getit.你还好吗？Areyouallright?-Oh.你每次心情不好的时候就会爆食Youovereatwhenyou'redepressed.我没有心情不好mnotdepressed,我只是最近都没睡好vejustbeennotsleepingwelllately也因此没有规律运动andso,felloffmyexerciseroutine.坐吧所以你心情没有不好Here.Soyou'renotdepressed.你只是有各种心情不好的症状Youjustwearallthehallmarksofdepression.我很想你Imissedyou.赖瑞要来吗？IsLarrycoming?没有妈No,Mother.赖瑞跟我分开了记得吗？1.arryandIareseparated,remember?我当然记得-好Ofcourse,Iremember.-Okay.我只是觉得他也能加入我们Ijustthoughthemightjoinus.看看你哥好吧Toseeyourbrother.Okay.有必要这样小题大做吗？Imean,isitreallysuchabigdeal?大家都会忘记事情Everyoneforgetsthings.这并不表示她生病了Doesn,tmeanshe'ssicknecessarily.人们都会忘记牙医约诊Peopleforgetdentists'appointments.她忘记我离婚了Sheforgetsmnotmarriedanymore.太奇怪了That'sweird.你觉得我们该怎么做？-为什么是我要决定？Whatdoyousuggestwedo?WhydoIhavetodecide?因为你是医生你也是Becauseyou'readoctor.-Soareyou.我不是那种医生mnotthatkind.重点是你是个聪明的成人Okay,mypointis,youareanintelligentadult.我很厌倦成为她唯一的照顾者Andmtiredofbeingtheonlypersonthattakescareofher.我不记得有人逼你这么做Well,Idon'trecallanyoneassigningyouthatresponsibility.是没有但你和克里夫马上就搬去西岸No,youandCliffjustfledwestassoonasyoucould让我被迫成为唯一的照顾者andleftmeascaretakerbydefault.”我的工作在那里”-对啦“我的工作在那里“Mywork,sthere.我很遗憾这让我无法"Mywork'sthere."Yeah.-Apologiesthatitpreventsme跟上家里发生的大小事情fromkeepingupwiththefamilymelodrama.就算你住在附近你也不会知道发生了什么事Ifyouliveduptheblock,youwouldn,tknowwhatwasgoingon.我被困在这里照顾那间老房♥子mstuckheretakingcareofthatoldhouseandfinding找出爸外遇的情书lovelettersfromDad'saffairs.爸什么？-爸外遇了Hiswhat?-Hisaffairs.你不知道他有外遇？Youdidn'tknowhewashavingaffairs?不知道你怎久知道的？No.Howdidyou?他是位常旅行的妇科医生Well,hewasanOBGYNthatwastravelingconstantly,但他的病人都在波士顿buthispatientswereinBoston.他说他去参加会议Hesaidhewasgoingtoconferences.他是去巡田水Hewasmakinghousecalls.我曾经看过他亲一位白人女人DoyouknowthatIsawhimkissawhitewoman就在高中校园intheparkinhighschool?有多白？这句话是什么意思？Howwhite?Whatdoyoumean,"Howwhite?"是贵妇白还是南波士顿白？1.ikeBrahminwhiteorSo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