36: Letters - This American Life
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Act One: Act One Act 1 Ira Glass From WBEZ Chicago, it's This American Life .
第一幕： 第一幕 第一幕 来自 WBEZ 芝加哥的 Ira Glass，这就是美国生活。
I'm Ira glass.
我是艾拉·格拉斯。
Today our program comes to you from a club on Chicago's North Side, The Lunar Cabaret.
今天，我们的节目来自芝加哥北区的一个俱乐部“月球歌舞表演”。
And we're here to conduct a little radio experiment.
我们来这里是为了进行一个小型无线电实验。
Over the last two weeks here in Chicago, we have advertised, we have asked for people to come in here today with letters, letters they've found, letters they've been sent, letters they have sent.
过去两周在芝加哥，我们做了广告，我们要求人们今天带着信件来到这里，他们发现的信件，他们已经寄出的信件，他们已经寄出的信件。
And what we're going to do is conduct an open mic session.
我们要做的是进行一次开放麦克风会议。
Basically, let people come up and read their letters.
基本上，让人们上来阅读他们的信件。
And we've asked people to change the names in the letters to protect both the innocent and the guilty.
我们要求人们更改信件中的名字，以保护无辜者和有罪者。
Otherwise, the ground rule is, these letters are real.
否则，基本规则是，这些字母是真实的。
I'll be co-hosting today's show with playwright David Hauptschein.
我将与剧作家 David Hauptschein 共同主持今天的节目。
And it's David who actually created the idea of the letter show.
实际上是大卫提出了信件秀的想法。
He's done this several times around Chicago, invited people to bring in their letters and read them on stage.
他在芝加哥已经做过好几次这样的事了，邀请人们带来他们的信件并在舞台上宣读。
He's also done a diary show, where people have read from their diaries, and a true stories show, where people come up on stage, and just tell true stories.
他还做过一个日记节目，人们读自己的日记，还有一个真实故事节目，人们走上舞台，讲述真实的故事。
David, thank you for agreeing to try this on the radio.
大卫，谢谢你同意在广播中尝试这个。
All right.
好的。
So how do we begin this?
那么我们如何开始呢？
What are the rules?
规则是什么？
What do people need to know?
人们需要知道什么？
There are a few basic rules.
有一些基本规则。
You see this egg timer here?
你看到这里的煮蛋计时器了吗？
My grandmother made soft-boiled eggs for me when I was eight years old using this egg timer.
当我八岁时，我的祖母用这个煮蛋计时器为我做了半熟鸡蛋。
This egg timer will get you off the stage after five minutes.
这个煮蛋计时器将在五分钟后让你离开舞台。
When you hear [DING] that, you must stop.
当你听到[叮]声时，你必须停下来。
If you're really nervous, I usually bring a pillow for people to rest their heads on, but tonight I have this little elephant for people to hold in case they're really--
如果你真的很紧张，我通常会带一个枕头供人们休息，但今晚我会带一只小象供人们抱住，以防他们真的——
He's holding up a-- David Hauptschein It's a rhino.
他举着一头—— David Hauptschein 这是一头犀牛。
Sorry, sorry, sorry.
对不起，对不起，对不起。
You're holding up a six inch long, gray rhinoceros.
你举着一头六英寸长的灰犀牛。
And I will leave this up here on the podium.
我会把它留在讲台上。
So if anyone gets really tense-- which is fine, you're allowed to be nervous-- just hang on to this.
因此，如果有人真的很紧张——这很好，你可以紧张——那就坚持下去。
I hold in my hand a bowl, a silver bowl, full of pieces of paper on which members of our audience here have written their names.
我手里拿着一个碗，一个银碗，里面装满了纸片，上面写下了我们这里的观众的名字。
John Biederman.
约翰·比德曼.
come on up.
来吧。
David Hauptschein It's always a very strange and powerful thing to be first.
David Hauptschein 成为第一总是一件非常奇怪和强大的事情。
OK, I'll read you a couple of things from Carolyn.
好的，我给你读一些卡罗琳写的东西。
Down the side of this, has listed a few band names, White Snake, Judas Priest, Ozzy, Led Zepplin, Motley Crue, Accept, Iron Maiden, Black Rose, Giuffria.
在这一边，列出了几个乐队的名字，White Snake、Judas Priest、Ozzy、Led Zepplin、Motley Crue、Accept、Iron Maiden、Black Rose、Giuffria。
Whatever the hell--
不管怎样——
Hiya hon', what are you up to?
嗨，亲爱的，你在做什么？
I'm listening to Motley Crue, "Shout at the Devil." That's a pretty kick-ass tape.
我正在听 Motley Crue 的《向魔鬼呐喊》。这是一盘非常精彩的磁带。
It's Joe's, but it's still a kick-ass tape.
这是乔的，但它仍然是一盘很棒的磁带。
And Vince Neil is such a fox.
文斯·尼尔就是这样一只狐狸。
I'd love to go backstage at a Crue concert.
我很想去克鲁音乐会的后台。
I'd be in total heaven, because I know what I'd do.
我会在天堂里，因为我知道我会做什么。
And I'll bet you do too.
我敢打赌你也会这样做。
Like my green marker?
喜欢我的绿色记号笔吗？
I think it's cool.
我认为这很酷。
Explain this to me.
向我解释一下这一点。
Something fishy is going on.
事情有些可疑。
What?
什么？
I don't know.
我不知道。
But you're acting fishy.
但你的行为很可疑。
So don't lie.
所以不要说谎。
And it's nothing I did.
而我什么也没做。
I don't act any different than before we did it.
我的行为与我们之前没有什么不同。
Are you trying to say that I'm acting different, or I'm slightly more insane than usual?
你是想说我表现得不一样，还是我比平常更疯狂？
Is that what you mean, I'm acting differently?
你的意思是我的行为有所不同吗？
If that's what you mean, how?
如果这就是你的意思，怎么办？
I just heard Judas Priest, Dokken, and Dio.
我刚刚听到了犹大牧师、多肯和迪奥。
That's pretty kick-ass.
这真是太棒了。
Why did Chris ask for me today?
克里斯今天为什么找我？
And why did you guys hang up on me?
你们为什么挂断我的电话？
That's pretty ignorant, not to mention, immature and rude.
这是非常无知的，更不用说，不成熟和粗鲁了。
I'm listening to Motley Crue, "Bastard" again.
我又在听 Motley Crue 的《Bastard》了。
So they are so cool.
所以他们很酷。
I haven't decided if I like Crue or Maiden better yet, but they're both totally kick-ass.
我还没有决定我更喜欢 Crue 还是 Maiden，但他们都非常棒。
Know what mine and Tracy's new word is?
知道我和特蕾西的新词是什么吗？
[BLEEP].
[哔]。
That's right.
这是正确的。
For the last two days, we've been calling every one [BLEEP].
在过去的两天里，我们一直在给每个人打电话[BLEEP]。
Nice name, eh?
好名字吧？
Not as good as [BLEEP] or [BLEEP], but it's right up there.
不如 [BLEEP] 或 [BLEEP]，但它就在那里。
God is this note [BLEEP] dumb.
天哪，这个音符[BLEEP]哑了。
It's 7:38.
现在是 7 点 38 分。
And I want it to be 8:38, because then I can listen to RPM, Real Precious Metal, 103.1, 831-1031-- kick-ass.
我希望它是 8:38，因为这样我就可以听到 RPM、Real Precious Metal、103.1、831-1031——太棒了。
"Helter Skelter," you ain't maybe a lover, but you ain't no dancer, helter skelter.
“狼狈”，你也许不是情人，但你也不是狼狈的舞者。
Thank you very much.
非常感谢。
David Hauptschein What happened to the NPR crowd?
David Hauptschein NPR 人群发生了什么？
That's more of a college rock station there.
那里更像是一个大学摇滚电台。
Yeah.
是的。
OK, Ira.
好的，艾拉。
Next reader Neal Pollack.
下一位读者尼尔·波拉克。
David Hauptschein Coming from all the way in the back, approaching the stage.
David Hauptschein 从最后面来到舞台。
Please do.
请这样做。
Ira Glass Neil is holding the rhinoceros.
艾拉·格拉斯·尼尔抱着犀牛。
I wrote these letters soon after I graduated from college.
这些信是我大学毕业后不久写的。
And I like to turn back to them, every now and then, to remind myself what an idiot I was.
我喜欢时不时地回头看看他们，提醒自己我是一个多么白痴的人。
I believed at the time that I could get any job I wanted, anywhere, at any point.
当时我相信我可以在任何地点、任何时间找到任何我想要的工作。
And these letters, I think, are indicative.
我认为这些信件具有代表性。
Here's one I wrote to Tina Brown, who was then the editor of Vanity Fair magazine.
这是我写给蒂娜·布朗的一封信，她当时是《名利场》杂志的编辑。
Dear Ms. Brown, I'll cut to the quick.
亲爱的布朗女士，我就直截了当地说吧。
I would like to work for The New Yorker .
我想为《纽约客》工作。
And I imagine with the big change-over, you may need lots of editorial help.
我想随着巨大的转变，你可能需要大量的编辑帮助。
So I'm throwing my hat into the ring, and asking you to consider hiring me as an editorial assistant for your new project.
因此，我将全力以赴，并请您考虑聘请我作为您的新项目的编辑助理。
I've been precociously reading The New Yorker for some time now.
我早熟地阅读《纽约客》已经有一段时间了。
And I am a devotee of the current magazine, as well as of its historical heritage.
我是这本杂志及其历史遗产的忠实拥护者。
Most of the writers I respect most, living and dead, have written for your magazine at some time.
大多数我最尊敬的作家，无论是在世的还是已故的，都曾经为你们的杂志撰稿过。
I'm willing to cut my journalistic and literary teeth elsewhere, if can't get a job at The New Yorker , but I'm determined not to end up anywhere else.
如果不能在《纽约客》找到工作，我愿意在其他地方开始我的新闻和文学生涯，但我决心不会去其他地方。
The resume I've enclosed doesn't indicate this, but I've been working as a freelance writer since graduating two months ago.
我附上的简历并未表明这一点，但自两个月前毕业以来，我一直在担任自由撰稿人。
I've been doing pretty well, but I'm still waiting for the big score.
我已经做得很好了，但我还在等待大比分。
Maybe you could help.
也许你能帮忙。
I strongly encourage you to take a chance on me, but if I don't suit your needs at this time, thank you for reviewing my application.
我强烈建议您给我一个机会，但如果我目前不能满足您的需求，感谢您审阅我的申请。
I look forward to hearing from you.
我期待收到您的来信。
About six months later, I hadn't yet heard from Tina Brown so I turned my gaze elsewhere.
大约六个月后，我还没有收到蒂娜·布朗的消息，所以我把目光转向别处。
Here's one I wrote to Strobe Talbott, who, at the time, was an editor-at-large at Time magazine, and now, as you may or may not know, is a Deputy Secretary of State in the Clinton administration.
这是我写给斯特罗布·塔尔博特的一封信，他当时是《时代》杂志的特约编辑，现在，你可能知道，也可能不知道，他是克林顿政府的副国务卿。
So here's what I wrote to Strobe.
这就是我写给 Strobe 的内容。
Dear Mr. Talbott, I'm a damn good editor.
亲爱的塔尔博特先生，我是一位非常好的编辑。
I'm young and gutsy, as a marine in combat.
作为一名正在战斗的海军陆战队员，我年轻而勇敢。
My terse, tough prose style would make Raymond Chandler weep.
我简洁、强硬的散文风格会让雷蒙德·钱德勒哭泣。
Somewhere, somehow, the grapevine told me that you're starting a magazine called, Globe Review .
不知何故，小道消息告诉我，你正在创办一本名为《环球评论》的杂志。
Said vine also let me know that the staff will be small, which means you're not hiring too many people.
藤说还让我知道员工人数会很少，这意味着你们不会雇用太多人。
Being low man on the totem pole is fine with me.
作为图腾柱上的低等人对我来说很好。
Your magazine sounds original, smart, and progressive, sophisticated but not shallow.
你的杂志听起来新颖、聪明、进步、复杂但不肤浅。
Of course, I'm just guessing.
当然，我只是猜测。
Can you go global without me?
没有我你能走向全球吗？
I think so.
我想是的。
Should you?
你应该吗？
I think not.
我认为不是。
Or at least hope not.
或者至少希望不会。
I'll do good work as an assistant editor, copy editor, or researcher.
作为助理编辑、文案编辑或研究员，我会做好工作。
I'll be in New York City from November 11 through 17.
我将于 11 月 11 日至 17 日在纽约市。
If you'd like to interview me, you can contact me at the Chicago address on my resume until then.
如果您想采访我，可以通过我简历上的芝加哥地址与我联系。
Thank you for reviewing my application.
感谢您审阅我的申请。
And I look forward to seeing the magazine, whether I am part of it or not.
我期待着看到这本杂志，无论我是否参与其中。
Joseph Silovsky.
约瑟夫·西洛夫斯基。
Joseph Silovsky I collect letters.
约瑟夫·西洛夫斯基 我收集信件。
These first three are ones that I found in a dumpster on Roosevelt Street.
前三个是我在罗斯福街的垃圾箱中发现的。
First one's July 6, 1982.
第一个是 1982 年 7 月 6 日。
Dear friends and well wishers, due to the circumstances beyond our control, the wedding which was scheduled for July 24, 1982 has been canceled.
亲爱的朋友们和祝福者们，由于我们无法控制的情况，原定于 1982 年 7 月 24 日举行的婚礼已被取消。
Sorry if this has inconvenienced you in the way.
如果这给您带来不便，我们深表歉意。
Respectfully, D and R.
尊敬的 D 和 R.
The second is from the City of Chicago Department of Police.
第二个来自芝加哥市警察局。
Dear Mr. R., since the registration of your complaint, investigation has been made concerning possible misconduct by a member of our department.
尊敬的 R. 先生，自您提出投诉以来，我们已对我们部门的一名成员可能存在的不当行为进行了调查。
A complete record of the complaint and investigation is now part of our file and will be used in planning, training, and updating equipment in our continuing effort to better provide service and protection to the public.
投诉和调查的完整记录现已成为我们档案的一部分，并将用于规划、培训和更新设备，以不断努力更好地为公众提供服务和保护。
We share your concern relative to the conduct of our members and appreciate your bringing this matter to our attention.
我们与您一样对我们会员的行为感到担忧，并感谢您提请我们注意此事。
Although evidence in this case failed to justify the taking of disciplinary action against the accused member, the department as a whole has benefited by having taken a closer look at the performance of our member.
尽管本案中的证据未能证明对被指控成员采取纪律处分是合理的，但整个部门因更仔细地审视我们成员的表现而受益。
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
感谢您在此事上的合作。
The third is a letter that has his apartment number written on the back, so it was obviously just dropped off at the building.
第三封是一封信，背面写着他的公寓号码，所以显然是刚被送到大楼的。
Oh, it's 9/15/1984.
哦，现在是 1984 年 9 月 15 日。
Hey R., thank you very much for being there when I needed you last night.
嘿，R.，非常感谢你昨晚在我需要你的时候出现在我身边。
Rejection must be your number one priority.
拒绝必须是你的第一要务。
You have done it once more again.
你又做了一次。
You told me to give my mother her keys back and come to your place a few weeks ago.
几周前你告诉我把钥匙还给我妈妈并去你家。
And I told you, when I was ready to move in, I would.
我告诉过你，当我准备好搬进来时，我会的。
And I would let you know.
我会让你知道的。
I wasn't asking to move in.
我并没有要求搬进去。
I was asking for a place to stay for the night.
我想找个地方过夜。
I spent last weekend down there.
我上周末在那里度过的。
But this weekend and I'm not qualified.
但这个周末我没有资格。
If you don't want me in your apartment anymore, then you should say so.
如果你不想让我再住在你的公寓里，那就应该说出来。
I understand our situation, but I do have props.
我了解我们的处境，但我确实有道具。
I am the first lady you've dealt with to become Mrs. R., therefore, I am special in your life.
我是与你打交道的第一夫人，成为 R 夫人，因此，我在你的生活中很特别。
You may not want to admit it, but it's true.
你可能不愿意承认，但这是事实。
It's obvious that you are seeing somebody else, in which you are entitled.
很明显，你正在和别人约会，而你有权利这样做。
But I should have top priority.
但我应该优先考虑。
Nevertheless, I hope you and your lady that's expecting your child to be very happy.
尽管如此，我还是希望您和您正在期待孩子的女士能够幸福。
Don't worry about me and my pregnancy.
别担心我和我的怀孕。
I'll be just fine.
我会没事的。
I don't want to come in between anyone's happy affair.
我不想干涉任何人的幸福事。
You must have let our secret out about the divorce to her, in order for you to be so comfortable to have sex with her.
你一定把我们离婚的秘密告诉了她，这样你才能安心地和她发生性关系。
I thought we agreed years ago that we would remain sex partners, if nothing else.
我以为我们几年前就同意，如果不出意外的话，我们将继续是性伴侣。
However it be, I hope your wish comes true.
不管怎样，我希望你的愿望能够实现。
You are totally responsible for my unhappiness, depression, and confused state of mind that I am in.
我现在的不快乐、抑郁和困惑的心态完全是你的责任。
You are always doing the same thing over, and over, and over.
你总是一遍又一遍地做同样的事情。
Will you ever change?
你会改变吗？
For someone to have been in love-- and still is, per you-- you sure treat the party you're supposed to be in love with cruel.
对于曾经相爱过的人——对你来说，现在仍然如此——你肯定会残忍地对待你应该相爱的人。
As often as I've been through the same ordeal with you, I don't know why I continue to allow myself to be hurt by you.
虽然我经常和你经历同样的磨难，但我不知道为什么我继续让自己受到你的伤害。
I am often hurt by the things you say to me, and your actions or ways towards me.
我经常因为你对我说的话、你对我的行为或方式而受到伤害。
You are my life, friend, enemy, joy, sorrow, husband, lover, and that has been taken away from me.
你是我的生命、朋友、敌人、欢乐、悲伤、丈夫、爱人，但这些都被夺走了。
I have not got over the shocking news of us being divorced.
我还没有从我们离婚的令人震惊的消息中恢复过来。
Being with someone for nine years is not easy to brush under the rug.
和一个人在一起九年并不容易被掩盖。
You try telling yourself that it's over, and it doesn't work.
你试图告诉自己一切都结束了，但这是行不通的。
I am trying to be friends with you if nothing else.
如果没有别的事，我想和你成为朋友。
And it goes on and on about that for a while.
关于这个的话题持续了一段时间。
And then the end is--
然后结局就是——
I love you now and always will.
我现在爱你，并且永远都会。
You will be number one in my life, whether we're together or not.
无论我们是否在一起，你都是我生命中的第一。
If ever you need me, just send for me, and I'm just a phone call away.
如果您需要我，请派人来找我，只需一个电话即可。
Love, D.
爱，D.
PS, inform me if you have a boy, a girl, or twins, and I will do the same.
PS，如果您有男孩、女孩或双胞胎，请告诉我，我也会这样做。
You're listening to a special edition of This American Life .
您正在收听《This American Life》的特别版。
We're coming to you from a theater in Chicago, a very small, intimate theater where people have come with real letters they've received, letters they've sent, letters they've found to read on stage.
我们从芝加哥的一家剧院来到这里，这是一家非常小而私密的剧院，人们带着他们收到的真实信件、他们发出的信件以及他们发现可以在舞台上阅读的信件来到这里。
Our next reader, pulled from our bowl of readers.
我们的下一位读者是从我们的读者碗中拉出来的。
Katherine Corcoran, come on up.
凯瑟琳·科科伦，上来。
If you have, and return winning prize claim number, we'll say, Lucy Corcoran, you've cleared the final hurdle.
如果您有，并返回中奖领取号码，我们会说，露西·科科伦，您已经清除了最后的障碍。
You're Illinois' top winner, guaranteed a full $11 million.
您是伊利诺伊州的头号赢家，保证获得全额 1100 万美元。
Your earlier entry has been received and is being processed.
您之前的参赛作品已收到并正在处理中。
And now, you've been issued a specially coded, prize category tag.
现在，您已获得一个特殊编码的奖品类别标签。
Break open your security pouch, Lucy Corcoran.
打开你的安全袋，露西·科科伦。
Say for our radio listeners.
为我们的广播听众说。
Katherine Corcoran Oh, I broke open the security pouch.
凯瑟琳·科科伦 哦，我打开了安全袋。
You're breaking open the pouch right now.
你现在正在打开袋子。
Silvery pouch.
银色的袋子。
Yes.
是的。
It was affixed to the letter.
它被贴在信上。
I saved it just for this moment.
我只是为了这一刻而保存它。
This extra entry is guaranteed to make you one of Illinois' top prize winners of all time, with up to $11 million, if you have and return the winning prize claim number before August 9.
如果您在 8 月 9 日之前获得并返回中奖申请号码，那么这项额外的参赛资格保证让您成为伊利诺伊州有史以来的最高奖金获得者之一，奖金高达 1100 万美元。
If your tag is specially coded with the letter A--
如果您的标签专门用字母 A 编码--
It is.
是的。
You're holding it up.
你正坚持着它。
Katherine Corcoran --it's coded with the letter A, you'll really want to hurry, Lucy Corcoran, because you stand to win $1 million, $75,000, or an unbelievable $11 million fortune.
凯瑟琳·科克伦（Katherine Corcoran）——它的编码是字母 A，露西·科克伦（Lucy Corcoran），你真的要快点，因为你可能会赢得 100 万美元、75,000 美元或令人难以置信的 1100 万美元财富。
Here's another reason to act quickly.
这是迅速采取行动的另一个原因。
Over 8,000 winners from across the Prairie State have already claimed and been awarded their prizes, including Sparky Weiner of Chicago, Sparky Lawrence of Justice, Sparky Bailey of Chicago, and, category A winner, Sparky Peterson of Chicago.
来自草原州各地的 8,000 多名获奖者已经领取并获得了奖品，其中包括芝加哥的 Sparky Weiner、Justice 的 Sparky Lawrence、芝加哥的 Sparky Bailey 以及 A 类获奖者芝加哥的 Sparky Peterson。
But time is running out, Lucy Corcoran.
但时间已经不多了，露西·科科伦。
The exact prize you qualify for is hidden beneath the silver box on your prize category tag.
您有资格获得的确切奖品隐藏在您的奖品类别标签上的银色盒子下方。
So if you haven't yet scratched it off, we urge you to grab a lucky coin.
因此，如果您还没有刮掉它，我们强烈建议您抓起一枚幸运硬币。
I don't have one.
我没有。
I'm scratching it off.
我正在把它刮掉。
Oh no. I'm going to wish I had one.
哦不。我希望我有一个。
And do it now.
现在就做吧。
And do so, now.
现在就这样做。
If you uncover the code word, 11 mil-- and I did-- and your prize claim number is also the winner, we'll say, Lucy Corcoran is officially declared the biggest winner in Illinois history, and will be paid our first ever $11 million prize.
如果您揭开了密码“1100 万”——我做到了——并且您的奖金领取号码也是获胜者，我们会说，露西·科科伦 (Lucy Corcoran) 被正式宣布为伊利诺伊州历史上最大的赢家，并将获得我们有史以来的第一个 1100 万美元奖金。
You're second to none, Lucy Corcoran, in a league of your own with gigantic $366,666 prize checks pouring in, every year for 30 years, if you win.
露西·科克兰（Lucy Corcoran），如果您获胜，您将在 30 年内每年获得 366,666 美元的巨额奖金，在您自己的联盟中是首屈一指的。
In the blink of an eye, you'd be magically transformed into a fabulously rich multimillionaire, free from money worries ever more.
一眨眼的功夫，你就会神奇地变成一个超级富有的千万富翁，不再为金钱而烦恼。
Would you stay in Chicago, or custom build your dream home in another part of Illinois?
您会留在芝加哥，还是在伊利诺伊州的其他地方定制您的梦想家园？
Would you embark on a cruise around the world, or crisscross the country in a fully loaded motor home?
您会乘坐游轮环游世界，还是乘坐满载的房车穿越全国？
It may sound like a dream to you now, but it will be your dream to bring to life if you have and return the winning prize number.
现在对您来说这可能听起来像一个梦想，但如果您拥有并归还中奖号码，这将是您的梦想。
So hold on to your dream, Lucy Corcoran, but don't hold on to this entry.
所以，坚持你的梦想，露西·科科伦，但不要坚持这个条目。
Remember, you must reply before August 9 to advance to the winner selection step.
请记住，您必须在 8 月 9 日之前回复才能进入获奖者选择步骤。
Please, don't let anything stand in your way.
请不要让任何事情妨碍你。
Hurry.
匆忙。
And then it's cordially signed by-- oh, there's more, but-- cordially signed by, Ed McMahon, or Ed "Sparky" Jones, and Sparky Clark for American Family Publishers.
然后它由——哦，还有更多，但是——由美国家庭出版社的埃德·麦克马洪、埃德·“斯帕克”·琼斯和斯帕克·克拉克亲切地签名。
Thank you.
谢谢。
I'd go with the motor home, myself.
我自己会开着房车去。
Definitely, that's my dream.
毫无疑问，这就是我的梦想。
This is age 16.
这是16岁。
Dear Adam, I can lose my guard best when I write.
亲爱的亚当，当我写作时，我最能放松警惕。
No wonder I scared off S with my letters.
难怪我的信吓跑了S。
Speaking of which, I didn't hear from him.
说起来，我没有收到他的消息。
You see, how can I ever think of hurting you like that?
你看，我怎么会想到这样伤害你呢？
Let's say something starts between us.
假设我们之间发生了一些事情。
What about S?
那么S呢？
I may not like him, but maybe I do.
我可能不喜欢他，但也许我喜欢。
Also, what if I'm just on the rebound from Dave?
另外，如果我只是从戴夫那里恢复过来怎么办？
Not that I didn't like you before.
并不是说我以前不喜欢你。
Maybe I'm just free to say it now.
也许我现在可以随意说出来。
But I might be exaggerating it, because I'm feeling a loss.
但我可能有点夸张了，因为我感到失落。
Maybe we're confusing a really good friendship for love, et cetera.
也许我们混淆了真正良好的友谊和爱情等等。
You know the deal.
你知道这笔交易。
Also, let's say we do have sex.
另外，假设我们确实发生了性行为。
It'll be a bigger deal for you.
这对你来说会是一件更重要的事情。
Not that I won't take it seriously.
并不是说我不会认真对待它。
I have seriously thought about it.
我认真地思考过。
But it's a big responsibility to put on me, your first time, et cetera.
但这对我来说是一个很大的责任，你的第一次等等。
Now who's babbling?
现在是谁在胡言乱语？
Anyway, I think you're a wonderful person and friend, and the last thing I want to do is screw that up.
不管怎样，我认为你是一个很棒的人和朋友，我最不想做的就是搞砸。
Maybe we should just see, trial run, if making out agrees with us.
也许我们应该看看，试运行，如果我们同意的话。
You never know, we might decide it doesn't feel right and keep things status quo.
你永远不知道，我们可能会认为这感觉不对并保持现状。
Or we might end up getting it on every day.
或者我们最终可能会每天都戴着它。
Excuse the vulgar language.
语言粗俗请见谅。
As that guy in English class would say, there is no pretty way to look at sex.
正如英语课上那个人会说的那样，没有什么漂亮的方式来看待性。
Anyway, I love you, but I'm not sure what kind of love.
无论如何，我爱你，但我不确定是什么样的爱。
Love, K.
爱，K.
Geez, I don't even know what attracts me to you.
天哪，我什至不知道你什么吸引我。
You're so [BLEEP] perfect, I guess.
我猜你是如此[哔]完美。
Will things be the same once the sexual tension is gone?
一旦性紧张消失，情况还会一样吗？
I think that's half the fun.
我想这就是乐趣的一半。
It's what has kept Moonlighting on the air.
这就是《Moonlighting》持续播出的原因。
Will we still be able to joke about getting married, et cetera, without feeling uncomfortable?
我们还能开着结婚之类的玩笑而不会感到不舒服吗？
Confusion.
困惑。
Is there an S in confusion?
混乱中有一个S吗？
I'm even mixed up about that.
我什至对此感到困惑。
Jeff Dorchen.
杰夫·多尔钦.
Jeff Dorchen I read this letter a little while ago, and I might have trouble reading it, because the handwriting is weird.
杰夫·多尔钦（Jeff Dorchen）我不久前读过这封信，我可能读起来有困难，因为笔迹很奇怪。
It's from a friend of mine.
这是我的一个朋友寄来的。
He wrote to me, this was like seven or eight years ago.
他写信给我，这已经是七八年前的事了。
Well, no. When was the Gulf War?
嗯，不。海湾战争是什么时候发生的？
Five years ago.
五年前。
It was during the Gulf War, the first Gulf War, Bush's Gulf War.
那是在海湾战争期间，第一次海湾战争，布什的海湾战争。
It was a guy I met in Morocco.
这是我在摩洛哥认识的一个人。
And he was in the '68 student revolt in France, in Paris, actually, in Saint-Etienne.
他参与了 68 年法国学生起义，在巴黎，实际上是在圣艾蒂安。
And the stationary is from the Hotel Adriatico, where he actually wasn't staying when he wrote the letter.
信纸来自亚得里亚海酒店，他写这封信时实际上并不住在那里。
He stole the paper.
他偷了报纸。
Dear Jeff, it's a joke.
亲爱的杰夫，这是个笑话。
Today I went to the concert against the war.
今天我去看了反战音乐会。
Many people-- thanks to Bush, Hussein, Mitterrand, and so-- all the old chaps went out from their quiet routines, and we met again, speaking and debating like in the '70s.
许多人——感谢布什、侯赛因、密特朗等等——所有的老家伙都从他们安静的日常生活中走出来，我们又见面了，像70年代那样讲话和辩论。
Hee hee.
嘻嘻。
Many young people here, many people here know, as a fact, that the voice of the TV is a weapon against their liberty of thinking.
这里的许多年轻人，这里的许多人都知道，事实上，电视的声音是反对他们思想自由的武器。
Since the war is the central point of the universal propaganda, the great lie of democracy is becoming obvious.
由于战争是普遍宣传的中心点，民主的弥天大谎正变得显而易见。
Liberty is slavery.
自由就是奴役。
Democracy is dictative.
民主是专制的。
Left is right.
左就是右。
Everything is true as well as its contrary.
一切都是真实的，也都是相反的。
Anyway, I have bought a house, an old one in a medieval village in the mountains, at five kilometers from the city.
不管怎样，我已经买了一栋房子，一栋位于山区中世纪村庄的老房子，距离城市五公里。
Many things to repair.
很多东西要修理。
So I am a dirty owner, one to be hung.
所以我是一个肮脏的主人，一个应该被绞死的人。
I enjoy very much to make up the arrangements of a house without referring to anyone.
我非常喜欢在不请示任何人的情况下对房子进行布置。
My new address [MUMBLING].
我的新地址[咕哝]。
I do not know if I shall go to the US soon, maybe so, maybe not.
我不知道我是否很快就会去美国，也许会，也许不会。
Did you receive my postcard from Morocco?
您收到我从摩洛哥寄来的明信片了吗？
The page is over.
该页已结束。
Ciao, Paul.
你好，保罗。
Ira Glass Before I choose another one, I'll read you one sentence of another letter.
艾拉·格拉斯（Ira Glass）：在我选择另一封信之前，我将给您读另一封信的一句话。
This is a letter that a friend of mine was given.
这是一封我的朋友收到的信。
Basically, she started to see this guy.
基本上，她开始看到这个家伙了。
They went out on a date or two, and nothing much was happening.
他们出去约会了一两次，但没有发生什么大事。
And then he showed her this letter.
然后他给她看了这封信。
It's one of those Christmas letters of what's going on in your life.
这是一封讲述你生活中正在发生的事情的圣诞信件。
And she only had to read a sentence or two, and decided she would never see him again.
她只看了一两句话，就决定再也见不到他了。
The letter begins, ho, ho, ho, these are the words I now use to describe my ex-wife.
信的开头是，嗬，嗬，嗬，这是我现在用来形容我前妻的词。
Next reader, Jenny Magnus.
下一位读者是珍妮·马格纳斯。
All right, this is a letter that I received.
好吧，这是我收到的一封信。
It's addressed to me, so my name is Jenny Magnus.
这是写给我的，所以我的名字是珍妮·马格纳斯。
And on the envelope it says, lessons for advanced beginners.
信封上写着：高级初学者课程。
And then in the back, it says, burn after reading.
然后在后面，它说，读完后燃烧。
Dear Ms. Magnus, I can imagine how easy it must be to discover what art is all about, and then use your facile capacity to steal symbols, ideas, quotes, et cetera and combine them in an enigmatic collage-type structure, making your work seem abstruse when, in fact, it is very conventional indeed.
亲爱的马格努斯女士，我可以想象，发现艺术的全部内容是多么容易，然后利用你轻而易举的能力来窃取符号、想法、引用等，并将它们组合成一个神秘的拼贴式结构，使你的作品显得深奥，而事实上，它确实非常传统。
Holstein Park.
荷斯坦公园。
I almost fell off my chair when, during one of your pieces, you imply that you are, quote "a really good artist." After sitting there, listening to you chant, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, which you got from Janov's book, Primal Scream -- I shop through paperbacks at thrift stores too-- then hearing you chant, give it to me, give it to me, give it to me, give it to me, give it to me, I sat there wondering just how conventional some pretentious chick dressed in black can be.
在你的一篇作品中，当你暗示你是一位真正优秀的艺术家时，我差点从椅子上摔下来。坐在那里，听你唱着“妈妈，妈妈，妈妈，妈妈，妈妈，这是从雅诺夫的书《原始尖叫》中读到的——我也在旧货店买平装本——然后听到你唱着，给我，给我，给我，给我，给我，我坐在那里，想知道一些穿着黑衣的自命不凡的小妞是多么传统。
I, by the way, use chick lightly, since you are not very feminine.
顺便说一下，我很少用“chick”，因为你不太女性化。
In fact, you are nothing but a contrived, self deceiving, selfish, not overly bright, mediocre joke.
事实上，你只不过是一个做作的、自欺欺人的、自私的、不太聪明的、平庸的笑话。
You might be able to fool the poseurs who hang around Urbis Orbis flattering your brother, pretending to know, but not me, babe.
你或许可以愚弄那些在乌尔比斯·奥比斯周围闲逛、奉承你哥哥、假装知道的装腔作势者，但不能愚弄我，宝贝。
Not me, babe.
不是我，宝贝。
I use babe, lightly.
我用的是宝贝，轻轻的。
You are not a babe.
你不是一个宝贝。
You have no sensuality, no charm, no looks, et cetera.
你没有性感，没有魅力，没有外表，等等。
Without affectation, without deliberately taking steps to appear avant, where would you be?
不做作，不刻意表现得前卫，你会在哪里？
Nothing comes naturally to you, does it?
对你来说，没有什么是自然而然的，不是吗？
You really have to steal, and grub, and labor.
你真的必须偷窃、乞讨和劳动。
In fact, you are perusing this letter for material right now, I bet.
事实上，我敢打赌，您现在正在仔细阅读这封信以获取材料。
I realized how repressed and affected you are during Losers Alias.
我意识到你在《失败者别名》中受到了多么压抑和影响。
And thank God for the fire which started, or you'd probably still be on the floor reciting your brother tripe.
感谢上帝让我们生了火，否则你可能还在地板上背诵你兄弟的牛肚。
You are just too, too uptight, baby.
你实在是太、太紧张了，宝贝。
You think you can act uninhibited.
你认为你可以肆无忌惮。
But why do you want to?
但你为什么要这么做呢？
Is it that important to you that you seem to yourself and others as if you are special?
在自己和他人眼中你显得很特别，这对你来说有那么重要吗？
You are quite interesting.
你还蛮有趣的。
The only person with absolutely no substance I've ever met.
我见过的唯一一个完全没有实质内容的人。
How did you get so [BLEEP]?
你怎么变得这么[BLEEP]？
Give up art-- you're no good at it anyway-- and save your [BLEEP] ass.
放弃艺术吧——反正你也不擅长——救救你的[BLEEP]屁股。
Sincerely, Mason 32 degrees.
此致， 梅森 32 度。
PS.
附言。
Well, I've done my good deed for tonight.
好吧，今晚我已经做了我的善事了。
Jenny, clearly that person has profound hots for you.
珍妮，显然那个人对你有着深厚的感情。
And it's somebody who was really turned on, no question about it.
毫无疑问，这是一个真正兴奋的人。
Coming up, more letters from everyday people in a minute, when our program continues.
当我们的节目继续进行时，马上就会有更多来自普通人的来信。
It's This American Life .
这就是美国生活。
I'm Ira Glass.
我是艾拉·格拉斯。
Most weeks on our program, we bring you stories by writers and documentary producers.
在我们节目的大部分时间里，我们都会为您带来作家和纪录片制片人的故事。
But this week we're trying a little radio experiment.
但这周我们正在尝试一个小无线电实验。
Playwright David Hauptschein and I have advertised, inviting people to a very intimate theater in Chicago called the Lunar Cabaret, maybe 85 or 90 people in here.
剧作家 David Hauptschein 和我做了广告，邀请人们参观芝加哥一家名为 Lunar Cabaret 的私密剧院，这里可能有 85 或 90 人。
And we've invited them to bring letters-- ones they have gotten, ones they have sent, ones they have found-- to read on stage.
我们邀请他们带来信件——他们收到的、寄出的、找到的——在台上朗读。
And our next reader.
还有我们的下一位读者。
Joe Fosco, coming up here to read email.
乔·福斯科，来这里阅读电子邮件。
This is email.
这是电子邮件。
This guy, this is kind of a stream of consciousness thing.
这家伙，这是一种意识流的东西。
He's writing it from school.
他是在学校写的。
He's in the computer lab.
他在计算机实验室里。
And the only thing I want to mention, he keeps referring to the cluster.
我唯一想提的是，他一直提到集群。
And that's what he's referring to, the computer lab with all the things around.
这就是他所说的，周围有各种东西的计算机实验室。
You'll find out what he's upset about at the end.
到最后你就会知道他到底在生气什么。
I'm going to start in the middle.
我将从中间开始。
There is this guy sitting across the row of computers from me that has his left ear pierced many, many times.
坐在我对面那排电脑的一个人，他的左耳被刺了很多很多次。
I'm trying to count.
我正在尝试数数。
There are at least five metal rings going through his ear.
他的耳朵里至少有五个金属环。
I'm trying not to be too obvious looking at him.
我尽量不让自己看他的眼神太明显。
Yeah, it looks like five or six, at least, all up and down his ear.
是的，至少看起来有五六个，遍布他的耳朵。
You do see some interesting ones in these clusters, that's for sure.
你确实在这些集群中看到了一些有趣的东西，这是肯定的。
Then there is this one guy, Sparky.
然后就是这个人，Sparky。
I don't think I have ever been in this cluster, and he wasn't here or didn't stop in for a minute.
我想我从来没有来过这个集群，而且他也不在这里，或者一分钟也没有停留过。
Same thing for this other girl, KGB Slut, as we call her.
对于另一个女孩来说也是如此，克格勃荡妇，我们这样称呼她。
She's always here too.
她也常在这里。
Shooter is here most of the times I am too.
射手大部分时间都在这里，我也在这里。
OK, some girl just came in who was wearing what, essentially, looks to me like a rug or a piece of carpet with some holes cut in it.
好吧，有一个女孩刚进来，她身上穿着的东西在我看来基本上就像是一块地毯或一块上面有一些洞的地毯。
She's gone now.
她现在已经走了。
Who else is always in this cluster?
还有谁总是在这个集群中？
Hm, I just realized, I probably shouldn't talk about KGB Slut girl, since she'll probably see this sooner or later, or something.
嗯，我刚刚意识到，我可能不应该谈论克格勃荡妇女孩，因为她可能迟早会看到这个，或者其他什么。
Ah, who cares.
啊，谁在乎呢。
What's she going to do, get the geek patrol after me or something?
她要做什么，让极客巡逻队来追我还是什么？
Oh yeah, the other day I was in here, and she had the audacity to talk about my Ronald Reagan screensaver.
哦，是的，有一天我在这里，她竟然厚颜无耻地谈论我的罗纳德·里根屏幕保护程序。
Yeah, it definitely looks like a rug, a Mexican or southwestern type, by its colors, I guess.
是的，我猜，从颜色来看，它看起来确实像一块墨西哥或西南部风格的地毯。
And it's got little rug-string things at its edges.
它的边缘有一些小地毯绳子。
It does kind of have a collar.
它确实有一个领子。
Just a few short minutes ago, I walked over to the faculty dining room in Skibo.
就在几分钟前，我走到斯基博的教员餐厅。
There was a physics department barbecue that was supposed to be going on.
物理系本来应该举行烧烤会。
I wasn't sure if I should go.
我不确定我是否应该去。
I mean, it's free food, and that can be hard to pass up.
我的意思是，这是免费的食物，很难错过。
Plus, if it's a real barbecue, it'll be free beef, real food, for real people, what's for dinner, my favorite food.
另外，如果是真正的烧烤，那就是免费的牛肉，真正的食物，真正的人，晚餐吃什么，我最喜欢的食物。
I was extremely disheartened by what I saw, by what these people call a barbecue.
我对我所看到的、这些人所说的烧烤感到非常沮丧。
Here is my image of what a barbecue is.
这是我对烧烤的想象。
A bunch of people outside, standing or sitting around, beers in hand, talking informally with one another.
外面一群人，站着或坐着，手里拿着啤酒，互相非正式地交谈。
The sizzle of meat on the grill, and the sweet smell of cooking beef fill the air, and everyone is happy and jolly, and life seems so much easier.
烤架上的肉滋滋作响，空气中弥漫着煮牛肉的香味，每个人都其乐融融，生活似乎轻松了许多。
The barbecue is sort of a tonic for the [?
烧烤对于[？
dour ?] of everyday life, a reminder of a sort of greater purpose than 40 hours of work a week.
日常生活中的阴沉？]提醒人们还有比每周工作 40 小时更伟大的目标。
And yet, barbecue is not just a reminder of that purpose, but, in many ways, is that purpose.
然而，烧烤不仅是为了提醒人们这个目的，而且在很多方面，烧烤本身就是这个目的。
For barbecue is one of the great binding elements of the universe.
因为烧烤是宇宙中最重要的结合元素之一。
That sort of metaphysical playdough that maybe can be shaped and molded but not defined.
那种形而上学的橡皮泥，也许可以被塑造和塑造，但无法定义。
And seeing where I come from, you can understand my shock and horror at what I saw being called a barbecue this evening in the faculty dining room.
看看我来自哪里，你就能理解我对今晚在教职员工餐厅看到的所谓烧烤的震惊和恐惧。
Oh, I did not stay for long, no. In the scant few seconds that I did venture into this room, what I did see scared me mightily.
哦，我没有呆太久，没有。在我冒险进入这个房间的短短几秒钟内，我所看到的让我非常害怕。
And I did not care to see more.
我不想看到更多。
So this information I bring you now is likely not even complete, not a full accounting of the barbecue perversions that occurred within.
因此，我现在为您提供的这些信息可能甚至不完整，无法完整说明其中发生的烧烤变态行为。
I saw people seated at tables, many tables, which were organized in a regular, orderly fashion.
我看到人们坐在桌子旁，很多桌子，排列得整齐有序。
These people were not conversing amongst themselves, not mingling, not understanding the sweet bliss that is true barbecue.
这些人彼此之间没有交谈，没有交往，没有理解真正烧烤的甜蜜幸福。
There was a speaker-- yes, a speaker-- at a podium, and the assembled masses applauded him, not understanding that it is not barbecue's purpose to enlighten participants upon matters of fact or scientific knowledge.
讲台上有一位演讲者——是的，一位演讲者，聚集的群众为他鼓掌，他们不明白烧烤的目的不是为了启发参与者了解事实或科学知识。
But that barbecue is inherently enlightening into matters of a more ontological nature.
但这种烧烤本质上是对更具本体论性质的问题的启发。
And there were waiters and waitresses roaming the room, serving food, for the gathered horde did not understand proper methodology of a barbecue.
男女服务员在房间里走来走去，提供食物，因为聚集的人群不了解烧烤的正确方法。
At these sights I fled, for I had seen enough evils, and their mere presence was nearly overpowering.
看到这些景象我就逃跑了，因为我已经看到了足够多的邪恶，它们的存在几乎是压倒性的。
My message is not one of vilification or condemnation, but rather one of information, one seeking to create awareness of what true barbecue is in its virtually boundless possibilities to create things.
我的信息不是一种诽谤或谴责，而是一种信息，旨在让人们认识到什么是真正的烧烤，因为它几乎具有无限的创造可能性。
Albeit mostly immaterial of a whole and good nature.
尽管大部分都是非物质性的整体和良好的本质。
It is my heartfelt hope that future barbecuers will at least recognize these possibilities, and consider the ways of true barbecue through which they are achieved.
我衷心希望未来的烧烤者至少能够认识到这些可能性，并考虑实现这些可能性的真正烧烤方式。
For barbecue provides a light, a beacon of good for mankind.
烧烤为人类提供了一盏明灯、一盏美好的灯塔。
And without proper respect for and methods of true barbecue, this knowledge will be lost, and the future of mankind will be muddled and uncertain.
如果没有对真正的烧烤的适当尊重和方法，这些知识将会丢失，人类的未来将是混乱和不确定的。
God bless you, and God bless barbecue.
上帝保佑你，上帝保佑烧烤。
David, you've done these letter shows around Chicago for a couple years.
大卫，你在芝加哥举办这些信件展览已经有几年了。
Why did you decide to do them?
你为什么决定做这些事？
Well, that letter was a good example, actually.
嗯，实际上那封信就是一个很好的例子。
I used to host a lot of spoken word events, fiction, poetry readings.
我曾经主持过很多口头活动、小说、诗歌朗诵会。
And I found the events were getting predictable.
我发现事件正在变得可以预测。
I was getting bored by a lot of the writing.
写了一大堆，我都觉得无聊了。
I think when people write just for themselves or to one other person, they are not looking over their shoulder at literary conventions.
我认为，当人们只是为自己或为他人写作时，他们并不会审视文学惯例。
They are not worried about what the editor is going to say.
他们并不担心编辑会说什么。
They're not worried about, a lot of times, sounding dumb.
很多时候，他们并不担心听起来很愚蠢。
And consequently, they're much freer with their expression, both stylistically and in terms of what they're willing to talk about.
因此，他们的表达更加自由，无论是在风格上还是在他们愿意谈论的内容方面。
For example, barbecue.
例如烧烤。
A man's obsessed with barbecue, he'll write about barbecue if it's an email.
一个男人痴迷于烧烤，如果是一封电子邮件，他就会写关于烧烤的文章。
But if he's going to a poetry reading, most likely he won't read about barbecue.
但如果他要去参加诗歌朗诵会，他很可能不会读有关烧烤的文章。
He'll probably read a poem about apartheid or something like that, something politically important.
他可能会读一首关于种族隔离的诗或类似的东西，一些政治上重要的东西。
And they are very unpredictable.
而且它们非常难以预测。
And it's just--
这只是——
Yeah, it's more raw.
是的，它更原始。
Really, what I'm interested in, is getting inside people's heads.
确实，我感兴趣的是进入人们的头脑。
And I really like the letters-- this is my personal interest-- when I feel like I'm looking at someone's subconscious and seeing how they really are, whether it's a found letter, or whatever.
我真的很喜欢这些信件——这是我个人的兴趣——当我觉得我正在观察某人的潜意识并了解他们的真实情况时，无论是一封被发现的信件还是其他什么。
Susan.
苏珊.
Susan These are correspondence from a marriage between Sparky and Nadine.
苏珊 这些是斯帕克和纳丁婚姻中的信件。
There's a poem in it, which I won't take up the whole time to read.
里面有一首诗，我不会花全部时间去读。
Sparky, all the words, all the thank yous could never convey the depth and scope of my love and gratitude for you.
闪闪发光，所有的言语，所有的感谢都无法表达我对你的爱和感激之情的深度和范围。
May we forever uncover, unfold, our love, our passion, our joy, and laugh our way through this great adventure.
愿我们在这场伟大的冒险中永远发现、展现我们的爱、我们的激情、我们的快乐，并欢笑。
I love you, Nadine.
我爱你，纳丁。
And that was written September 12, 1992.
这是写于 1992 年 9 月 12 日的。
And this next letter is written from Sparky on December 24, 1993.
下一封信是 Sparky 于 1993 年 12 月 24 日写的。
Dear Nadine, I love you.
亲爱的纳丁，我爱你。
I love you very, very much.
我非常非常爱你。
This Christmas has brought me many gifts that I never knew existed before.
今年的圣诞节给我带来了许多我以前从未知道的礼物。
I am learning about humility, patience, and trust.
我正在学习谦卑、耐心和信任。
And most of all, I am learning about unconditional love.
最重要的是，我正在学习无条件的爱。
Excuse me.
打扰一下。
This year, I can't give you the material Christmas that I'd like to, that you deserve.
今年，我无法给你我想要的、你应得的物质圣诞节。
I can't even give you the card I bought for you, because I lost it.
我什至不能给你我给你买的卡，因为我把它弄丢了。
Instead I can give you some other stuff now and some material stuff later.
相反，我现在可以给你一些其他的东西，稍后再给你一些物质的东西。
First one, good for one really good body massage.
第一个，非常适合一次非常好的身体按摩。
Second one, good for one really good foot massage.
第二个，非常适合一次非常好的足部按摩。
The above two items may be redeemed any time and aren't really gifts, because you can have those anytime you want.
以上两种物品可以随时兑换，并不是真正的礼物，因为你可以随时拥有它们。
Number three, good for one day of non-sarcasm.
第三，适合一天不讽刺的日子。
Redeem by 8:00 AM, day of use.
在使用日上午 8:00 之前兑换。
And the fourth is good for one day of total slavery, any kind.
第四个适合一天的完全奴役，任何形式。
Redeem with 24 hours advance notice to ensure proper scheduling.
请提前 24 小时通知兑换，以确保正确安排。
Merry Christmas, your love.
圣诞快乐，你的爱人。
And the last part of the correspondence.
以及信件的最后一部分。
Dated January 12, 1996.
日期为 1996 年 1 月 12 日。
To Nadine, in regard to the marriage of Sparky and Nadine.
致纳丁，关于斯帕克和纳丁的婚姻。
Dear Nadine, enclosed please find our proposed judgment of dissolution of marriage, for your review.
亲爱的纳丁，随函附上我们提议的解除婚姻判决书，供您审查。
Please advise me regarding changes and corrections.
请告知我有关更改和更正的信息。
Sincerely, someone, an attorney.
此致，某人，律师。
Our next reader, pulled from our bowl of readers, John S.
我们的下一位读者是从我们的读者中挑选出来的，约翰·S·
You look like a guy who wants to hold on to the rhinoceros.
你看起来就像一个想抓住犀牛的人。
Am I right about that?
我的说法正确吗？
Cool.
凉爽的。
I found this in the undergraduate library at the University of Illinois, in the computer lab.
我在伊利诺伊大学本科生图书馆的计算机实验室里找到了这个。
April 7, 1994.
1994 年 4 月 7 日。
Dear Mr. V., hello, my name is Lois.
亲爱的V先生，你好，我叫路易斯。
I caught all three of your appearances on Jeopardy!
我在《危险边缘》节目中看到了你们的全部三场表演！
and was greatly impressed.
并留下了深刻的印象。
You are a brilliant, serious, dignified, modest, and beautiful young man.
你是一个聪明、严肃、端庄、谦虚、美丽的年轻人。
I was sorry to see your winning streak come to an end.
我很遗憾看到你的连胜结束。
Those categories on the last show were silly anyway.
无论如何，上一个节目中的那些类别都很愚蠢。
Roots, nursery rhyme, deli?
根源、童谣、熟食店？
Please.
请。
And when Alex teased you about Paris, romance, and cousins, my heart nearly melted.
当亚历克斯取笑你关于巴黎、浪漫和表兄弟姐妹时，我的心几乎融化了。
In case you're interested, I am an attractive 21 year old brunette studying economics and political science at the University of Illinois.
如果您有兴趣，我是一位迷人的 21 岁黑发美女，在伊利诺伊大学学习经济学和政治学。
And I love parrots and cats, too.
我也喜欢鹦鹉和猫。
If you'd like, I could send you my picture.
如果你愿意的话，我可以把我的照片发给你。
If not, have a wonderful life, and I hope to be a patient of yours some day.
如果没有，祝你生活愉快，我希望有一天能成为你的病人。
Au revoir.
再见。
Sincerely-- and it leaves an address.
此致——并留下地址。
The second one I found, it was posted on a bulletin board in the English building at the University of Illinois.
我找到的第二个是贴在伊利诺伊大学英语楼的公告板上。
Hello.
你好。
My name is K.
我的名字是K。
I am a 20 year old, single white male.
我是一名 20 岁的单身白人男性。
I'm about five foot six, brown hair, and have a mustache and beard.
我身高约五英尺六英寸，棕色头发，留着小胡子。
My grandmother's house is up for sale, and I really want it.
我祖母的房子正在出售，我真的很想要它。
I realize this is superficial, but I'm seeking, preferably, a single white female, non-smoker, 18 to 35, wealthy slash gorgeous slash beautiful model-type woman for marriage.
我意识到这很肤浅，但我最好寻找一位单身白人女性，不吸烟，18至35岁，富有，华丽，美丽的模特型女性结婚。
Or I want a quote unquote "sugar mommy." A sugar daddy spoils young women, so I figure a sugar mommy spoils young men.
或者我想要一个不带引号的“糖妈妈”。糖爹宠坏了年轻女性，所以我认为糖妈宠坏了年轻男性。
Please send a photo.
请发送照片。
I am a junior and a history major.
我是一名大三学生，专业是历史。
This realty company is selling my grandmother's house for $49,900.
这家房地产公司正在以 49,900 美元的价格出售我祖母的房子。
I lived in the house for 15 years with my grandmother.
我和祖母在这所房子里住了 15 年。
Below is a photo of the house and one of me.
下面是房子的照片和我的一张照片。
And he gives the realty's phone number.
他还提供了房产的电话号码。
If you are not interested, then please pass this flyer to your female friends.
如果您不感兴趣，请将此传单传递给您的女性朋友。
I'm very shy, so I haven't enclosed my phone number.
我很害羞，所以没有附上我的电话号码。
And at the bottom it says, please hurry, time is running out.
底部写着，请快点，时间不多了。
Wait, wait, before you go.
等等，等等，在你走之前。
Let's see the picture.
让我们看一下图片。
You guys can't see this.
你们看不到这个。
He's a very serious looking guy in a tie.
他是一个打着领带、看上去很严肃的人。
Next person.
下一个人。
Ira Glass Our next reader, Kara [?
艾拉·格拉斯（Ira Glass）我们的下一位读者，卡拉 [？
Schenk ?].
申克？]。
My letter is written on the back of a CBGB's flyer from New York, from a guy that I met while I was in Paris.
我的信写在一张来自纽约的 CBGB 传单背面，是我在巴黎时认识的一个人写的。
He was cycling through Europe.
他骑自行车穿越欧洲。
Dear Kara, Hey, I haven't written to you in a long time.
亲爱的卡拉，嘿，我已经很长时间没有给你写信了。
I had been in the midst of a personal and emotional whirlwind.
我一直处于个人和情感旋风之中。
Whoosh, and the wind went rushing through my brain and into my body chemistry.
嗖的一声，风吹过我的大脑，进入我的身体化学物质。
And God spoke to me and said, get a grip, dude.
上帝对我说，抓紧点，伙计。
Whereas you've been sitting at work wishing you were on vacation, I've been sitting in my parents' house and on the couches of several friends wishing that I had work to do.
当你坐在工作岗位上希望自己能去度假时，我则坐在父母的房子里和几个朋友的沙发上，希望自己有工作要做。
Without the stable base of my own place, it was indeed difficult to focus on anything.
没有自己的立足点，确实很难集中注意力。
Socializing?
社交？
Yes.
是的。
Continued cycling around?
继续骑车到处走？
Yes.
是的。
Work?
工作？
Absolutely no.
绝对不。
Right now, as I write to you, I am glowing like a pregnant woman.
现在，当我写信给你时，我像孕妇一样容光焕发。
After several weeks of trying to get in this film production company, playing my cards and doing spot jobs for the dude who runs it-- who is our age, is the son of a Time-Warner Company huge corporate executive, has access to the mass media, as well as access to, no kidding, millions of dollars-- I've emerged with, yes, a job.
经过几个星期的努力，我努力进入这家电影制作公司，打牌，为经营这家公司的家伙打点工作——他和我们同龄，是时代华纳公司一家大企业高管的儿子，可以接触大众媒体，也可以接触到，不开玩笑，数百万美元——我终于找到了，是的，一份工作。
How fortunate for me and my wonderful temperament and abilities.
我和我出色的气质和能力是多么幸运。
He needs me to save his project, to co-rewrite the story, as well as edit the thing, a short 30 minute film-poem on the Hudson Valley of Upstate New York.
他需要我拯救他的项目，共同重写故事，并编辑这首关于纽约州北部哈德逊河谷的 30 分钟短片电影诗。
He is letting me put my whole lower leg in the door, never mind my foot.
他让我把整个小腿放进门里，更不用说我的脚了。
I am excited and ready to begin work.
我很兴奋并准备开始工作。
I am going to do a great job for him.
我将为他做一件伟大的工作。
So now, I am slightly more sane, more filled with better cheer, and open to a little sharing and communication with several individuals.
所以现在，我更加理智了，更加充满了更好的快乐，并且愿意与几个人进行一些分享和交流。
It is a pleasure to correspond with you.
很高兴与您通信。
It was certainly a pleasure to hang out in Paris.
在巴黎闲逛当然是一种乐趣。
Hoping to hear from you soon.
希望尽快收到您的来信。
Why not send along some writing samples, so that we may begin to fully share our literary interests and creations?
为什么不寄一些写作样本，以便我们可以开始充分分享我们的文学兴趣和创作呢？
Love and kisses, Sparky.
爱和亲吻，斯帕克。
PS, thank you so much for the photos.
PS，非常感谢你的照片。
I look pretty good.
我看起来不错。
I'm shocked.
我很震惊。
Next reader.
下一位读者。
Is this Miki Greenberg?
这是米基·格林伯格吗？
Did you fill one of these out?
您填写了其中一项吗？
Miki?
三木？
Ira Glass Miki is running sound for us.
Ira Glass Miki 为我们提供了良好的运行环境。
Who's going to run sound while you are coming up here, Miki?
当你来这里的时候谁来运行声音，Miki？
You're invaluable.
你是无价的。
You can't be taken away from this.
你不能被带走。
It's like the pilot coming back to chitchat with the passengers.
这就像飞行员回来与乘客闲聊一样。
OK, here we go.
好的，我们开始吧。
Let's hope the plane doesn't crash.
希望飞机不要坠毁。
I heard about a pilot who used to do that as a joke.
我听说有一位飞行员曾经开玩笑地这样做过。
Sit in the back in the regular, on those little Caribbean flights.
在加勒比海的常规航班上，请坐在后排。
The pilot would sit in the back in regular clothes, and then he'd wait till everyone got on, and wait about 15 minutes and say, damn it, where is that pilot?
飞行员会穿着普通衣服坐在后面，然后他会等到所有人都上车，等大约 15 分钟后说，该死，那个飞行员在哪里？
I'm going to fly this thing myself.
我要亲自驾驶这件事。
Go up in front, and all the passengers would be like freaking out.
走到前面，所有乘客都会吓坏了。
This is a letter that comes from someone I do not know.
这是一封我不认识的人写来的信。
It's from an insurance agency.
这是保险机构发来的。
It comes here to the club.
它来到了俱乐部。
I'm one of the people who runs Lunar Cabaret.
我是月球歌舞表演的经营者之一。
And we have a band called the Dysfunctionells that play here every two or three months.
我们有一支名为 Dysfunctionells 的乐队，每两三个月在这里演出一次。
The cover of the letter is a psychedelic graphic that says the words, featuring dot, dot, dot, Dysfunctionells psychedelic?
信的封面是一张迷幻的图形，上面写着这样的字样，特色是点，点，点，功能障碍迷幻？
Just for the record, the Dysfunctionells are a very folk-based, Bluegrass, rocking band that I love.
郑重声明一下，Dysfunctionells 是一支我很喜欢的民谣蓝草摇滚乐队。
They're not psychedelic at all.
他们根本不迷幻。
But here's what it says.
但这就是它所说的。
Regarding survival of the fittest.
关于优胜劣汰。
Dear fine club owner, psychedelic light shows.
亲爱的精品俱乐部老板，迷幻的灯光秀。
Remember Janice, Jimmy, Jerry, Timothy?
还记得珍妮丝、吉米、杰瑞、蒂莫西吗？
What a long, strange trip it has been.
这是一次多么漫长而奇怪的旅程啊。
Things change.
事情发生了变化。
Music certainly changes.
音乐肯定会改变。
Your club featured Dysfunctionells.
你的俱乐部以功能障碍为特色。
You have to change to survive.
你必须改变才能生存。
The current issue of Illinois Entertainer features an article titled, "The End of an Era," which describes the closing of what the magazine calls the Midwest's premiere hard rock, heavy metal club.
最新一期的《伊利诺伊州艺人》刊登了一篇题为“一个时代的终结”的文章，描述了该杂志所称的中西部首屈一指的硬摇滚、重金属俱乐部的结束。
The owner cites, quote unquote "the sky high insurance premiums," as one of the contributing factors in his decision to close the doors permanently on the club.
老板称，“天价保险费”是他决定永久关闭俱乐部的因素之一。
It goes on to talk about why he's underwriting this, financially strong, blah, blah, blah.
接下来谈到他为什么要承保这个，经济实力雄厚，等等等等。
And then he says, your phone number is 312-327-6666.
然后他说，你的电话号码是 312-327-6666。
Ours is 708, blank, blank, blank, 3790.
我们的是708，空白，空白，空白，3790。
One way or another, let's talk.
不管怎样，我们来谈谈吧。
I think he wanted to sell us some insurance.
我认为他想向我们推销一些保险。
I think he wanted to.
我想他想这么做。
This is the weirdest insurance letter I've ever gotten in my life.
这是我一生中收到的最奇怪的保险信。
Next, David Sadowski.
接下来是大卫·萨多斯基。
David Sadowski Letters from Bullwinkle.
大卫·萨多斯基 (David Sadowski) 布尔温克尔的来信。
In 1983, at the Chicago International Film Festival, they had a tribute to Rocky and Bullwinkle.
1983年，在芝加哥国际电影节上，他们向洛基和布温克尔致敬。
And I talked to Bill Scott and June Foray, who did the voices of Bullwinkle and Rocky, afterward.
我还采访了比尔·斯科特和琼·福雷，他们后来为布温克尔和洛基配音。
First, here's part of what they said at that event.
首先，这是他们在那次活动中所说的部分内容。
How long did it take for you to develop the characterizations?
你花了多长时间来塑造人物形象？
Bill Scott-- About a minute and a half.
比尔·斯科特——大约一分半钟。
No, as a matter of fact, the strange thing was, June got slickered into doing Rocky over a drunken martini lunch with Jay Ward.
不，事实上，奇怪的是，琼在与杰·沃德共进喝醉的马提尼午餐时，狡猾地扮演了《洛奇》。
She would have agreed to anything.
她什么都会同意。
Can you do a flying squirrel?
你能做一只飞鼠吗？
Oh sure, I can do a flying squirrel.
哦当然，我可以做一只飞鼠。
I was a writer, and Jay Ward does not read.
我是一名作家，而杰伊·沃德不读书。
And the only way he knew what was in the script, was if I would read them to him.
他知道剧本里的内容的唯一方法就是我能否把剧本读给他听。
And I read him the voices on the way to the recording session, first one, right.
我在去录音的路上给他读了声音，第一个，对吧。
And there's June, there's Paul Frees, Bill Conrad, all those wonderful people.
还有琼，还有保罗·弗里斯、比尔·康拉德，所有这些很棒的人。
And I said to him, who's going to read Bullwinkle?
我对他说，谁去读《布温克尔》？
And he said, oh, I thought you were.
他说，哦，我以为你是。
And that's how much preparation I had for the part of Bullwinkle Moose.
这就是我为布尔温克尔驼鹿这个角色所做的准备。
So afterward, I talked to them, asked them some more questions.
所以后来我和他们交谈，问了他们更多的问题。
And I got their autographs here on this ticket.
我在这张票上得到了他们的签名。
It says, Hi-dee to old Dave from old Bullwinkle and Bill Scott, plus Rocky, Natasha, Nell, and June Foray.
上面写着，Hi-dee，老布尔温克尔和比尔·斯科特，还有洛基、娜塔莎、内尔和琼·弗雷，对老戴夫的称呼。
But anyway, afterward, I told Bill Scott I wanted to write a book about The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show .
但无论如何，后来我告诉比尔·斯科特我想写一本关于《洛基和布温克尔秀》的书。
And he said, get in line.
他说，排队吧。
I still have yet to see one, though.
不过，我还没有看到一个。
And then I told him I had a 78 RPM record of Rocky and Bullwinkle.
然后我告诉他我有一张 78 RPM 的《Rocky and Bullwinkle》唱片。
It was a song called, "I Was Born to be Airborne." He said, there is no such thing.
那首歌叫《我生来就是空降兵》。他说，没有这样的事。
This record, he said, didn't exist.
他说，这个记录并不存在。
But then I told him that I had taped all the shows off the air, off WGN.
但后来我告诉他，我已经录制了 WGN 播出的所有节目。
And I had them all on videotape.
我把它们全部录在录像带上。
And he got excited, because he had never seen most of the shows in their original form.
他很兴奋，因为他从未看过大多数节目的原始形式。
And he had me make copies for them.
他让我为他们复印。
So Bullwinkle, Bill Scott, paid me to make videotapes, copies of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Shows for him.
因此布尔温克尔，比尔·斯科特，付钱给我为他制作《洛基秀》和布尔温克尔秀的录像带、副本。
So we kept up a little bit of a correspondence.
所以我们保持了一些通信。
And I'll just read from some of these letters.
我将只读其中一些信件。
Good luck with the taping.
祝录音顺利。
I look forward to seeing some of the shows that I've never seen before.
我期待看到一些我以前从未看过的节目。
Here with another payment for your taping [?
这是您的录音的另一笔付款[？
chores.
家务活。
?] This stuff looks very good, although I am weary of the pull a rabbit out of my hat stuff.
？] 这个东西看起来非常好，尽管我厌倦了从我帽子里变出兔子的东西。
And I'm depressed at how fast and skimpy the Mr. Know-It-Alls had to be done.
我对万事通先生的完成速度如此之快、如此之少感到沮丧。
But the other material is very fresh and funny to me.
但其他材料对我来说非常新鲜和有趣。
Some of it I even remember.
其中一些我什至还记得。
Though I must say that the episode of Bumbling Brothers, when Conrad breaks up at the end, was a complete surprise.
但我必须说，《笨手笨脚的兄弟》中康拉德最后分手的那一集完全令人惊讶。
I thought it was hysterical.
我认为这是歇斯底里的。
For god's sake, please record the Hoppitys.
看在上帝的份上，请记录下Hoppitys。
I've never seen one of them.
我从未见过其中之一。
I wrote the Hoppity episodes, I think.
我想，《Hoppity》剧集是我写的。
Though I may have rewritten somebody else's stuff.
虽然我可能重写了别人的东西。
Tell you better after I see them.
等我见到他们之后再告诉你更好的情况。
I can usually recognize my own stuff.
我通常能认出自己的东西。
I also did the voice of Fillmore Bear, but I was in a period of relative modesty at the time, and was in favor of just taking one credit on a show, preferably the highest in the production hierarchy.
我也为菲尔莫尔熊配音，但当时我正处于相对谦虚的时期，并且赞成只在一场演出中获得一份荣誉，最好是制作等级中最高的。
I don't know that I'd do it again.
我不知道我还会再做一次。
And anyway, the upshot of it was, the taping project was never completed.
无论如何，其结果是，录音项目从未完成。
Because shortly after receiving the fourth letter from him, Bill Scott had a heart attack and died at the age of 65.
因为在收到他的第四封信后不久，比尔·斯科特就突发心脏病去世，享年65岁。
And so, while that may have been a sad thing, one thing that they did say at the festival was that-- somebody asked, why did they stop doing the show?
因此，虽然这可能是一件悲伤的事情，但他们在节日上确实说过的一件事是——有人问，为什么他们停止做这个节目？
And they said, well, you know, we had enough for syndication, but we could have gone on forever.
他们说，好吧，你知道，我们已经足够进行联合组织了，但我们可以永远继续下去。
And in syndication, they will.
在联合组织中，他们会的。
Who would have thought we'd have a Rocky and Bullwinkle expert here?
谁会想到这里会有一位洛基和布温克尔专家？
Thank you.
谢谢。
Andrew Fenchel.
安德鲁·芬切尔.
While he's taking the stage, Andrew is wearing an Iron Maiden tee-shirt.
当安德鲁登上舞台时，他穿着铁娘子 T 恤。
Kick ass.
踢屁股。
Andrew Fenchel I found this letter in the street, in my neighborhood.
安德鲁·芬切尔 我在我家附近的街上发现了这封信。
I think it won't really need any other introduction except that, where the letter writer refers to Vienna, I think it's safe to assume that that's not Austria.
我认为实际上不需要任何其他介绍，除了信作者提到维也纳时，我认为可以安全地假设那不是奥地利。
OK.
好的。
Time, 10:00 PM.
时间，晚上 10:00。
June 10, '96.
96 年 6 月 10 日。
Dear Carla, what's up babe?
亲爱的卡拉，宝贝怎么样？
How are you doing?
你好吗？
Fine, I hope.
好吧，我希望。
Well, I'm in Vienna.
嗯，我在维也纳。
But I didn't forget to write.
但我没有忘记写。
Baby, I miss you.
宝贝，我想你。
I can't wait to see you.
我等不及要见你了。
I've been thinking about you all the time, and I can't stop.
我一直在想你，无法停止。
I got into a fight in here with a king, and for that, I got two weeks in the hole.
我在这里和一位国王打架，为此我在洞里待了两周。
Baby, I hope you're not talking to someone else.
宝贝，我希望你没有和别人说话。
I've been waiting for your letters, but I haven't received any yet.
我一直在等你的来信，但还没有收到。
What's up with that?
这是怎么回事？
Carla, I feel that you don't love me anymore.
卡拉，我觉得你不再爱我了。
Baby, I love you more than what you could ever know.
宝贝，我爱你胜过你所能想象的。
I miss making love to you, kissing you.
我想念和你做爱、亲吻你。
Please, send me some pictures of you.
请给我发一些你的照片。
When I get out of here, I'm going to get a job.
等我离开这里，我就去找份工作。
I'll even quit gang banging if you show me you love me.
如果你让我知道你爱我，我什至会放弃帮派。
Carla, what do you mean when you say, you went from 100% to 50%?
卡拉，你说你从 100% 上升到 50% 是什么意思？
I don't understand.
我不明白。
I haven't been cheating on you.
我没有欺骗你。
And I'll be with you all the time when I get out.
当我出去时我会一直陪着你。
Carla, I care about you a lot.
卡拉，我非常关心你。
You just don't know.
你只是不知道。
Why is your mom going to kick you out?
为什么你妈妈要把你赶出去？
What have you done?
你做了什么？
Please, don't lie to me.
请不要对我撒谎。
Are you [BLEEP] around with someone else?
你[BLEEP]和其他人在一起吗？
Staying out late?
在外面呆到很晚？
What is it?
它是什么？
I've got the feeling you are seeing someone else, but I guess I can't trip, so long as when I get out, you come back to me.
我有一种感觉，你正在和别人约会，但我想我不能绊倒，只要我出去后，你就回到我身边。
What do you mean that you love me, and good luck in life?
你说你爱我，祝你生活愉快，这是什么意思？
I get the first part, but not the second.
我得到了第一部分，但没有得到第二部分。
Are you breaking up with me?
你要和我分手吗？
Are you going away from me?
你要离开我吗？
Whatever you do, wherever you go, you'll always be in my heart, Carla.
无论你做什么，无论你去哪里，你将永远在我心中，卡拉。
Believe that.
相信这一点。
I know you think I don't love you anymore, but you're wrong, babe.
我知道你认为我不再爱你了，但你错了，宝贝。
I said it before, and I'll say it again.
我以前说过，我还会再说一遍。
I love you, Carla.
我爱你，卡拉。
Our program was produced today by Dolores Wilber and myself, with David Hauptschein, Peter Clowney, Alix Spiegel, and Nancy Updike.
今天我们的节目由多洛雷斯·威尔伯（Dolores Wilber）和我本人以及大卫·豪普特沙因（David Hauptschein）、彼得·克劳尼（Peter Clowney）、阿利克斯·斯皮格尔（Alix Spiegel）和南希·厄普代克（Nancy Updike）共同制作。
Contributing editors Paul Tough, Jack Hitt, and Margie Rochlin.
特约编辑 Paul Tough、Jack Hitt 和 Margie Rochlin。
[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] If you would like a tape of this program, it's only $10.
[致谢] 如果您想要该节目的磁带，仅需 10 美元。
Call us at WBEZ in Chicago, 312-832-3380.
请致电芝加哥 WBEZ，电话：312-832-3380。
Again, 312-832-3380.
再次拨打 312-832-3380。
Our email address, [email protected] .
我们的电子邮件地址，[电子邮件受保护]。
[FUNDING CREDITS] WBEZ management oversight by Torey Malatia.
[资金来源] WBEZ 管理由 Torey Malatia 监督。
I'm Ira Glass.
我是艾拉·格拉斯。
Back next week with more stories of This American Life .
下周我们将带来更多《美国生活》的故事。
This American Life is produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago and delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange.
《This American Life》与 WBEZ Chicago 合作制作，并由 PRX 公共广播电台传送到各电台。