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Life Story

生活的故事

Tennessee Williams

田纳西·威廉斯

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

这是你们第一次一床同眠，共剪西窗烛

without the advantage or disadvantage of any prior acquaintance,

而事先没有相互之间带有偏爱或偏见的相知相识

the other party very often says to you,

你们一中的一个伙伴总是会和你说

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

和我聊聊你自己吧，我对你的一切都有浓厚兴趣

what’s your story?

你的经历是什么呢?

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

然后你觉得他们可能真的真的想要了解你的往事，既然他们这么真诚地想要了解你的生命历程，

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

所以你就点燃一支烟然后开始向他们讲述你的故事

the two of you lying together in completely relaxed positions

你和你的伙伴翻身调整到了一个特别舒服的位置，

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

你们就像一个身处无聊的小孩扔在床上的一对布娃娃

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

你告诉他们你的往事，或者说你的整个过去，

as time or a fair degree of prudence allows,

出于时间的流逝或者一种彬彬有礼，谨慎处事的教养，

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

他们说嗯，嗯，嗯，嗯，嗯