Willie: Emma?

 

Emma: Yeah?

 

Willie: It's... It's Will.

 

Emma: Willie? Oh, my goodness. Hi. Wow! Hey. Will Donner. Um... How...

 

Willie:  I... I was... I was just walking, and I just saw you.

 

Emma: This is really something. How are you?

 

Willie: I know. I... I'm good. I'm really good. How are... how are you?

 

Emma: I'm fine. Doing fine. I...Weird¹. I don't know.

 

Willie: I know. I know.

 

Emma: Gosh. Look at you. Whiskers.

 

Willie: Look at you. Breasts.

 

Emma: Yeah. So, what? Do you... you live here now? Did you move here?

 

Willie: I'm here. I'm always here.

 

Emma: Yeah?

 

Willie: Yeah. 

 

Emma: Well, what? Did you just move back, or...

 

Willie: No.

 

Emma: You're just visiting?

 

Willie: Yeah. Yeah. I'm just visiting.

 

Emma: What's it been? Like years and years.

 

Willie: It's been forever. It was the end of summer. I was visiting Joey, remember? It was all muggy² and hot out, and then we went swimming, but you had to go to your dance lesson.

 

Emma: Really? 

 

Willie:  Yeah.

 

Emma: Joey... I haven't thought about him in so long.

 

Willie: Hey. Emma.

 

Emma: Yeah?

 

Willie: Uh... Do you want to go sit somewhere?

 

Emma: Oh, Willie, I can't. I'm meeting somebody. I'm really happy to see you though. You look really great.

 

Willie: Thanks. You look beautiful.

 

Emma: Thank you.

 

Willie: But I... I would also say you look like you've been through the wringer.

 

Emma: Do you want to walk with me for a little?

 

Willie: Sure.

 

Emma: Okay.

 

Joey: Hey, Jimbo.

 

Jimbo: Is my brother around?

 

Joey: Uh, he's not actually. Uh, you know, today's the big day. Didn't you know that?

 

Jimbo: Know what?

 

Joey's wife: He finally went to Emma's.

 

Jimbo: No, no. See? See, this is the thing.

 

Joey's wife: What thing?

 

Jimbo: He's sick. All right? And somebody's gotta do something. Okay? Somebody's gotta step in.

 

Joey: What are you talking about, he's sick?

 

Jimbo: Just look at him. Who is he talking to half of the time?

 

Joey: Jimmy, you know exactly who he's talking to.

 

Jimbo: Oh, I do?

 

Joey: Your mom and your dad.

 

Jimbo: You know what he thinks about his mommy and daddy? He thinks they went to a Broadway show on a Thursday afternoon. Matinee on a Thursday? No, that doesn't happen. You ever see my mother without a cigarette in her hand? My Fair Lady? No way. Dad was taking her to radiation treatments. Breast cancer, lung cancer, liver cancer. And how do I know this? How do I know? I know because he told me...when I was 11. He wants to believe in this... fairy tale. You know? Our beautiful mother, our... our handsome father... frickin' Prince Charming, Cinderella. Matinee my ass³. Everything was as bad as it could get, and then it got worse.

 

 

1. really something: 真了不起

 

I read in today's newspaper that you win the literary prize. That's really something! Congratulations!（我在今天的报纸上看到你获得文学奖了，太棒了，祝贺你啊！）

 

2. whisker: 腮须胡须，似须物

 

He has heavy whiskers.（他长着很重的连鬓胡子。）

 

The candidate lost the election by a whisker.（该候选人以微弱劣势失去了竞选。）

 

3. wringer: 绞衣机，榨干机，也可以指勒索者

 

4. for a little: 一会儿

 

I often nod off for a little while after lunch.（我在午饭后常睡一小觉。）

 

5. the big day: 重要的一天，大日子，大喜的日子

 

6. step in: 介入，干预

 

If they step in where they're not wanted, they'll get their noses put out of joint⁴.（如果他们介入与他们无关的事，会有人阻止他们的。）

 

7. Broadway show: 百老汇演出

 

8. Matinee: 午后的演出，日戏，日场

 

9. My Fair Lady: 电影《窈窕淑女》，这里金博是说自己的母亲并非淑女

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