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简和汤姆的恋爱，遭到了汤姆舅舅的反对，于是他们决定私奔。在离家的路上，简不小心看到了汤姆口袋里的家书，才知道汤姆家境困难，全靠舅舅给他的补助维生，而汤姆的放荡，其实是种掩饰。百感交集的简决定放弃私奔的打算...

Jane: How many brothers and sisters do you have in Limerick, Tom?

Tom: Enough. Why?

Jane: What are the names of your brothers and sisters?

Tom: They...

Jane: On whom do they depend? Your reputation is destroyed. Your profligacy is a beautiful sham.

Tom: I can earn money.

Jane: It will not be enough.

Tom: I will rise.

Jane: With a High Court Judge as your enemy? And a penniless wife? God knows how many mouths depending on you? My sweet, sweet friend, you will sink, and we will all sink with you.

Tom: I will...

Driver: Hampshire Flyer. Hampshire Flyer's leaving in five minutes.

Tom: No! No, Jane. I will never give you up.

Jane: Tom...

Tom: Don't speak or think. Just love me. Do you love me?

Jane: Yes. But if our love destroys your family, it will destroy itself.

Tom: No.

Jane: Yes. In a long, slow degradation of guilt and regret and blame.

Tom: That is nonsense.

Jane: Truth. Made from contradiction. But it must come with a smile. Or else I shall count it as false and we shall have had no love at all.

Tom: Please.

Jane: Goodbye.

词汇解释

1. reputation n. 声誉，好名声

He trades on his father's reputation.
他用他父亲的名誉牟利。

2. profligacy n. 肆意挥霍；放荡；浪费

His profligacy leaded to the failure in career.
他的挥霍毁了他的事业。

3. sham n. 假装；骗子；赝品

That company is a sham. They promise to help you , but they only steal your money.
那家公司是冒牌的。他们承诺会帮助你，可事实上，他们只会赚你的钱。

4. penniless adj. 身无分文的；贫穷的

Children with his wife left him, he became penniless, helpless, and he once again for advice to the elderly.
妻子带着孩子离他而去，他变得一贫如洗，孤立无援，于是他再一次向这位老人讨教。

5. sink vi. 下沉；消沉

He began to sink after his wife's leave.
妻子离开后，他开始消沉。

6. degradation n. 降格，堕落，退化

He lives in utter degradation.
他生活十分潦倒。

7. nonsense n. 废话，胡说，荒唐

What he said is nonsense.
他的话纯粹是胡说。

8. contradiction n. 反驳，矛盾，不一致，否认

He will permit no contradiction.
他决不允许有异议。

口语讲解

1. depend on 依赖

All living things depend on the sun for their growth.
万物生长靠太阳。

But that all depend on the specific circumstances.
不过，那要看具体情况而定。

情景对话：

A: I don't know whether I can win her heart. 我不知道是否能赢得她的欢心。

B: She dreams to be rich, so it depends on your fortune. 她做梦都想有钱，所以这要看你的财力了。

2. God knows 天知道！

He went God knows where.
他去的地方没人知道。

He is living God knows where.
天知道他住在哪儿。

情景对话：

A: Where should we find him? 我们该到哪儿找他呢？

B: God knows. 天知道！

3. count ...as...将...视为...

I count him as being very reliable.
我以为他是很值得信赖的。

I count you as one of my friends.
我把你算作我的一个朋友。

情景对话：

A: Alice went through big difficulities. 爱丽丝经受了很多困难。

B: Yeah, as a friend of her, I count it as a personal favour. 是啊，作为她的朋友，我感同身受。

参考译文

简：你家里有多少兄弟姐妹？

汤姆：很多，怎么了？

简：他们都叫什么名字？

汤姆：他们...

简：他们靠谁糊口？你会身败名裂的，你的风流真是个善意的谎言。

汤姆：我会赚钱。

简：不够的。

汤姆：我会升职的。

简：和你舅舅作对？带着一个身无分文的妻子？想想有很多人要依靠你。亲爱的，你会沉沦，我们都会跟着你沉沦。

汤姆：我会...

赶车人：汉普郡，去汉普郡的马车五分钟后上路。

汤姆：别，别，简，我不会放弃你的。

简：汤姆...

汤姆：别说也别去想，你爱我就行，你爱我吗？

简：我爱你。但如果爱情毁了你的家庭，它就会毁掉自己。

汤姆：不。

简：会的。在内疚、后悔和自责中不断消逝。

汤姆：胡说。

简：是事实，矛盾的事实，但必须微笑面对。否则这就不是事实，我们宁可没爱过。

汤姆：求你了。

简：再见。

练习题

1. 人是要靠自己的。

2. God knows when he would come back.

3. 乐观的人总将困难视为机会。

参考答案

1. Men must depend on himself.

2. 天知道他什么时候回来。

3. Optimistic people always count difficulity as a chance.