Part 3 Memories
[00:05.04]回忆点滴
[00:10.08]Step .11. Wed.
[00:12.40]9月11日 星期三
[00:14.72]Remembering September 11
[00:17.19]纪念9.1 1
[00:19.66]Wow, can you believe it's been a year already?
[00:22.18]哇，你能相信已经过去一年了吗？
[00:24.70]I don't think there are enough words to describe how I
[00:27.38]我想没有足够的言辞能形容我
[00:30.06]or the millions of other people affected by this tragedy feel about this incident.
[00:33.53]和千百万被这场悲剧影响的人内心的感觉。
[00:37.01]For the past couple of days I have seen the day of Sept.11 happen all over again.
[00:41.24]在过去几天里,我重复观看了“9.1 1事件”发生的全过程。
[00:45.47]To relive the tragedy by watching the incident on television is just mind-boggling.
[00:49.39]通过电视屏幕重看事件经过来减轻痛楚简直让人难以想象。
[00:53.32]Whenever I see the crash of the towers,the people jumping out of the buildings,
[00:56.74]每当我看到双塔崩塌,人们跳楼逃生，
[01:00.16]and the people's reactions to what they saw,
[01:02.53]他们对眼前一幕所做的反应.
[01:04.91]I just can't help crying.
[01:07.12]我就忍不住眼泪了。
[01:09.34]It hurts to see the images over and over again.
[01:12.02]反复观看这些景象真是让人痛心。
[01:14.70]And I thank God that He has blessed my friends,family,
[01:18.12]我感谢上帝保佑了我和我的朋友、家人
[01:21.54]and I to just continue on living.
[01:23.75]能继续生存下去。
[01:25.97]Even though I do not live in New York,
[01:29.05]尽管我并非身在纽约，
[01:32.12]and thankfully I did not lose anyone in the attacks,
[01:34.81]而且很幸运地役有因这次袭击而失去任何一个朋友，
[01:37.49]as an American it still hurts to see the tragedy.
[01:40.17]但作为一个美国人，仍然为这场悲剧而感到伤痛。
[01:42.85]The images of what happened on that momentous day
[01:45.71]在这重要的一天中所发生的这一切景象．
[01:48.58]will be embedded in my mind for the rest of my life and in all of our lives.
[01:51.80]将在余生都印在我脑海中，印在我们的生活中。
[01:55.02]It's just something you can never forget.
[01:57.20]这是永远不能忘怀的。
[01:59.38]My prayers and thoughts continue to go out to those who died last year,
[02:03.35]我继续为去年因此而丧生的人们．
[02:07.33]the men and women who sacrificed their lives,
[02:10.00]为那些牺牲了他们的生命的人们祈祷和思索，
[02:12.66]and to the families that lost loved ones.
[02:14.95]为丧失所爱的家庭.
[02:17.23]I can't even imagine the pain they went through and are still going through.
[02:20.65]我不敢想像他们所经历的痛苦,而且他们将继续忍受着。
[02:24.07]AII I know is that Sept.11 made us grow closer together as a nation.
[02:28.34]我只知道9·11事件使我们国家团结了起来。
[02:32.60]We continue to have hope as we unite--
[02:34.89]我们将继续满怀希望．因为我们团结一致--
[02:37.18]and that is something that can never be taken away from us.
[02:39.80]这是任何人都不能夺走的。
[02:42.43]Remembering this day also makes me especially proud of my brother
[02:45.60]对这一天的怀念令我为哥哥和所有在军队里服役，
[02:48.77]and all the men and women in our military that fight for our freedom
[02:51.79]为自由而战的军人而自豪,
[02:54.82]and make me proud to be an American.
[02:57.10]并且为我作为一个美国人而自豪。
[02:59.39]June 17, Thursday
[03:07.25]6月1 7日 星期四
[03:15.12]Childhood
[03:16.85]童年
[03:18.58]I remember kindergarten.
[03:20.90]我记得上幼儿园的时候，
[03:23.22]I liked a guy (Josh? I don't remember),
[03:25.85]我喜欢了一个男孩(约瑟？我不记得了)，
[03:28.48]and I used to write his name all over my paper.
[03:31.34]我曾经在纸上写满他的名字。
[03:34.20]Kindergarten was good.
[03:35.96]幼儿园的时光很美好．
[03:37.73]Then the rest of school was bad.
[03:40.27]上学后的日子就糟透了。
[03:42.80]I was shy, so I didn't make friends easily.
[03:45.41]我很害羞,所以不容易交朋友，
[03:48.02]I remember being taunted and teased a lot.
[03:50.45]我还记得我经常被人嘲笑和作弄。
[03:52.88]There are so many times I remember laying my head down on my desk and crying.
[03:56.21]我记得很多次我伏在桌上哭泣，
[03:59.54]People would go and get the teacher and she would try to comfort me.
[04:02.62]同学们把老师找来．然后她就会安慰我。
[04:05.70]People always laughed at me.
[04:07.88]别人总是讥笑我，
[04:10.06]I hated it very much.
[04:12.07]我讨厌这样。
[04:14.09]The slightest insult stuck in my mind for the longest time.
[04:17.00]最轻微的侮辱都会印在脑海里迟迟不能散去。
[04:19.92]I dwelled on the negative thoughts people had about me (still do).
[04:23.25]我总是在想人们对我的负面想法(现在还是这样)。
[04:26.58]I remember one birthday party I invited all the "popular" girls.
[04:29.91]我记得有一次我请了全部受欢迎的女孩来我的生日派对。
[04:33.24]I invited a lot of people.
[04:35.27]我邀请了很多人．
[04:37.31]Only one girl showed up,
[04:39.38]但却只有一个女孩露面．
[04:41.45]I think her morn probably made her come.
[04:43.82]我想可能是她妈妈要她来的。
[04:46.20]I remember trying to impress people so that they would like me.
[04:49.37]我还记得我努力地给人们留下好印象．让他们喜欢我。
[04:52.54]I remember feeling worried and nervous that people would reject me.
[04:55.87]我又担心又紧张．怕人们会拒绝我。
[04:59.20]The first day of school was always so nerve wracking for me.(Still is.)
[05:02.56]开学的第一天总是令我心惊胆战(现在也一样)。
[05:05.93]I wanted so badly to make a good impression.
[05:08.36]我实在太想给人留下好印象。
[05:10.79]Everyone thought I was a shy,little good girl.
[05:13.87]每个人都认为我是个又乖又害羞的小女孩。
[05:16.94]I hated school because people made me miserable.
[05:19.55]我讨厌学校是因为人们令我郁郁寡欢。
[05:22.16]I always felt like a freak.
[05:24.23]我总觉得自己是异粪。
[05:26.30]The "popular" girls were all so much better than me,or so they thought,
[05:29.58]那些“受欢迎的”女孩比我好得多，大概她们也是这样认为的，
[05:32.86]and they never let me forget it.
[05:34.93]她们不会让我忘记这一切。
[05:37.00]May 26, Sunday, sunny
[05:43.67]5月26日 星期日 晴
[05:50.35]Most Vivid Memory of Childhood
[05:52.57]童年最真切的回忆
[05:54.78]My most vivid memory is of my father dying of cancer.
[05:58.20]我至今仍直切地记得我爸爸因癌症过世的事。
[06:01.62]He had been sick for many years.
[06:04.19]他生病很多年了。
[06:06.77]I remember clearly the day before he died,
[06:09.31]我清楚地记得他临终的那天，
[06:11.84]my mother told all of us to go in the room
[06:14.17]妈妈把我们一个一个地叫进房里
[06:16.49]one by one and say goodbye to Dad.
[06:19.51]向他道别，
[06:22.54]I was only nine at that time.
[06:24.57]那年我才九岁。
[06:26.60]Went in there.
[06:27.92]当我走进房间时，
[06:29.23]He was in a coma.
[06:30.74]他已经昏迷了．
[06:32.26]To this day I don't know if he heard me or not.
[06:35.12]到今天为止我都不知道他听到我的话了没。
[06:37.98]At only 9 years old,
[06:39.76]九岁时的我
[06:41.54]how can I possibly say everything I need to say?
[06:44.32]可能将我想说的话都说完吗？
[06:47.09]How can I even wrap my mind around the thought that he won't be here anymore?
[06:51.52]我怎么能意识到自己再也见不到他了呢？
[06:55.94]Won't watch me growing up?
[06:57.82]他再也不能看着我长大成人了?
[06:59.69]I didn't know what to say or how to deal with the fact
[07:02.46]我不知道该说些什么，或者说我不知道如何面对
[07:05.23]that this would more than likely be the last thing I'd ever say to him.
[07:08.65]这些将会是诀别的话语的事实。
[07:12.07]I remember going over and over in my mind,
[07:15.19]我记得我的大脑在反复地思考，
[07:18.30]trying to remember what the last words I'd said to him were when he was awake.
[07:22.03]试图想起在他清醒时我对他说的最后几句话是什么。
[07:25.75]So I stood there, holding his hand for a long time.
[07:28.94]于是我在那儿站了很久．一直握着他的手。
[07:32.12]And then I said the only thing my 9-year-old brain could come up with at the moment
[07:35.94]然后我说了用我九岁脑袋在那个时候
[07:39.76]that seemed to cover it all.
[07:41.54]能想到的最为恰当的话．
[07:43.32]I simply said, "I love you, Daddy."
[07:46.20]我只是简单地说："爸爸，我爱你"。
[07:49.08]He died the next day,
[07:51.01]第二天，他去世了，
[07:52.93]on my mom and dad's 36th wedding anniversary...
[07:56.01]那天是我父母结婚36周年纪念曰……
[07:59.09]I hope he heard me.
[08:00.87]我希望他听到了我所说的话。
[08:02.65]I hope he still does.
[08:04.38]真希望他仍然能听到。
[08:06.11]Dec. 10, Sat., Sunny
[08:14.28]12月10 日 星期六 晴
[08:22.45]The Best Gift Ever
[08:24.58]最美好的礼物
[08:26.70]It was in April of this year.
[08:29.17]这是今年4月的事了。
[08:31.63]I had just got home from my old job.
[08:33.95]那天我刚下班。
[08:36.28]I was losing my job that I had for over a year.
[08:38.99]我快要失去干了一年多的工作，
[08:41.71]So I was very upset.
[08:43.67]所以一直郁郁寡欢。
[08:45.64]I opened the door to my room and threw my cap on the floor,
[08:48.71]打开房门后，我把帽子扔在地上．
[08:51.79]and looked up on my bed.
[08:53.81]我的视线转移到了床上。
[08:55.82]There sat in a little brown basket,
[08:58.45]床上摆着一只小小的棕色篮子．
[09:01.08]the tiniest most adorable little kitten I had ever seen.
[09:04.45]里面装着一只很小的、我所见过最可爱的小猫。
[09:07.81]I sat down next to him and he looked at me all groggy-like.
[09:11.18]我在它旁边坐下．它怯生生地看着我。
[09:14.54]Then I picked him up and brought him out to the kitchen where Jen sat.
[09:17.46]接着我将它抱去厨房，珍在那儿坐着。
[09:20.38]I was like "Is this from you?"
[09:22.70]我问她"这是你送我的吗？"
[09:25.02]and she said,"Yah,
[09:26.89]她回答道"是的．
[09:28.76]remember how I told you my cat had kittens and you said you wanted one?
[09:31.63]记得我告诉你我的猫生了小猫的时候,你说过你想要一只吗？
[09:34.49]Well, there he is."
[09:36.20]呐,就是它了。
[09:37.91]Ah, I didn't know what to say.
[09:40.37]啊,我真不知该说些什么了。
[09:42.84]I was so happy.
[09:44.66]我太高兴了。
[09:46.48]That night he pissed on my leg while I was sleeping and it was gross.
[09:50.38]那天晚上睡觉的时候,它在我腿上撒尿，这真糟糕。
[09:54.29]He continued to be a huge pain in the ass.
[09:56.90]它成为了我最大的烦恼。
[09:59.51]For a week or so I wasn't sure I wanted to keep him.
[10:02.33]过了一个多星期,我不知是否该继续养它。
[10:05.16]But then when he got used to living here,
[10:07.34]但后来它习惯了这里的生活之后，
[10:09.52]he became the sweetest thing in the world and I completely fell in love.
[10:12.99]它变成了世界上最可爱的东西，我完全爱上了它。
[10:16.46]Now he's a big boy and he still curls up with me every night
[10:19.79]现在它已经长大了，每晚我在玩电脑的时候
[10:23.12]and sleeps on my lap when I play the computer.
[10:25.36]它仍然蜷曲地睡在我的大腿上。
[10:27.59]He's like my little buddy.
[10:29.51]它就像我的伙伴一样。
[10:31.44]We're inseparable.
[10:33.26]我们形影不离。
[10:35.08]I completely,adore my kitten.
[10:37.45]我钟爱着我的小猫．
[10:39.83]And he adores me back.
[10:41.79]它也以同样的爱回报
[10:43.75](Except for right now.
[10:45.79](除了现在．
[10:47.82]He's angry with me 'cause I yelled at him for beating up the other cats.
[10:50.65]因为我吆喝它,叫它不要和别的猫打架,它在生我的气
[10:53.47]Now he's hiding behind the Christmas tree.)
[10:55.90]现在又躲到圣诞树的后面去了。)
[10:58.33]I know this may sound weird but because of this kitty cat
[11:01.10]尽管这听起来很荒谬．
[11:03.88]I have learned something.
[11:05.69]但我确实从它身上学到了一些东西。
[11:07.51]I didn't plan to have this little cat running around.
[11:10.18]我并没打算养这只小猫,让它在我身边。
[11:12.84]But now l do,
[11:14.51]但到了现在．
[11:16.19]and I really don't know how I ever got along without him.
[11:18.96]我已经无法想象没有它陪伴的日子了。
[11:21.73]I adore him.
[11:23.51]我爱它。
[11:25.30]So yah,my little kitten is by far the best gift I've ever received.
[11:29.62]因此,这只小猫是我所收过的最好的礼物。
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