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I pictured his triumphs eclipsing those of my contemporaries.
我想象着他的成功让我在同龄人中脱颖而出
And how gratifying that would be.
想象着那种满足感
Suddenly, my thoughts darkened.
可一转念 我突然变得黑暗起来
These victories...
那些成功
how desperate to claim them as mine.
我多希望是我自己
They would be his.
那都是他的成功
Um... my dad, like, whenever he sees
我爹吧 不管他从哪看到
a photo of me on the Internet or in a magazine,
我的照片 杂志上 网上
for some reason he thinks it's, like, my obituary.
他都会觉得这是我的讣告
And that I've, like, died.
就好像 我挂了一样
It sounds like your dad might be a little bit crazy.
听起来你老爹有点不正常啊
Crazy? Uh, yeah, a little. I would say, um...
有点疯 是有那么一点
Like, maybe this? Maybe, yeah.
大概这么多 对对 再多点
Maybe a little more than that.
可能还要多一点
Maybe a little bit more than a little. Yeah, yeah.
可能比这个还多 对吧
What if Troy lorded his success over me,
要是特洛伊用他的成功来打击我怎么办
or hoarded it away?
或者把它藏起来
It sounds like your father might be mentally ill,
感觉你老爹精神有点问题啊
in need of some help.
需要看病了
What if, in the end,
要是 到了最后
Troy's wins made me feel even more the failure?
儿子的成功让我更相形见绌怎么办
What if I became envious of my own son?
要是我连儿子都开始嫉妒怎么办
The thought horrified me.
我不敢往下想了
重点讲解

triump over sb
triump over sth
a great success, achievement or victory
巨大成功；重大成就；伟大胜利
one of the greatest triumphs of modern science
现代科学最重大的成就之一
It was a personal triumph over her old rival.
这是她对老对头的个人胜利。

horrify
to make sb feel extremely shocked, disgusted or frightened
惊吓；使厌恶；恐吓
同义词：appal
The whole country was horrified by the killings.
全国都对这些凶杀案感到大为震惊。
It horrified her to think that he had killed someone.
一想到他杀过人,她就感到毛骨悚然。

contemporary
a person who lives or lived at the same time as sb else, especially sb who is about the same age
同代人；同辈人；同龄人
She and I were contemporaries at college.
她和我在大学是同学。
He was a contemporary of Freud and may have known him.
他是弗洛伊德的同代人,可能认识弗洛伊德。

视频及简介
该片讲述了一名有着美好工作及家庭的男人，相当羡慕老同学们比他拥有更好的命运。而在陪同儿子前往大学途中的东海岸之旅，他不得不再次面对老友们给他带来的挫败感。