尚能侃(69):二见钟情 (Love at second sight)
中英文之间有不少表达是很相近的,一见钟情即是一例。莎翁的一句有名的戏文就是:“爱过的人有谁不是一见钟情的呢?”(“Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?” Shakespeare: “As You Like It”)。不过,英文中还有二见钟情 (Love at second sight)一说,上世纪三十年代有个美国电影的片名就叫《二见钟情》 (“Love at second sight”)。
这是若干年前我在“美国老电影”(AMC)频道上恶补英文电影时,看过的一部浪漫喜剧。先是一对素昧平生的阿哥阿妹(阿伦和茱莉叶),在缓缓对驰而过的列车上相视一笑百媚生。阿哥对阿妹竟一见钟情,自此日思夜想,后来又找到他的一个写歌的哥们比尔,楞让人家给他写了首情歌,来记述这一闪而过的艳遇。谁知这首歌在电台上广播之后一炮打红,阿妹茱莉叶对号入座后,顺藤摸瓜地找到了阿伦家中。凑巧阿伦在试验发明安全火柴,无巧不成书的是,试验中发生了个小事故,把阿妹的裙子给烧坏了。阿伦慌忙跑出去给阿妹买裙子,阿妹穿着睡衣,独守家中。这时,情歌创作者比尔来访阿伦,比尔对阿妹也一见钟情。不久,阿妹发现她更爱比尔--因此,对她而言,便是二见钟情!阿伦傻了眼,仔细看看他平时不经意的女助手爱渥玲,原来一点儿也不比茱莉叶差嘛!两对有情人均是“二见钟情”,并结成眷属:lived happily ever after.
我还记得一个被传记作家Robert Newman 称作“二见钟情”的例子。传主是美国著名女剧作家Lillian Hellman, 她在麦卡锡主义甚嚣尘上时,上了黑名单,因为她在国会听证会上拒绝出卖朋友。她在二战刚结束时,曾被美国政府作为文化友好使者,派往莫斯科访问。在一次宴会上,她邂逅了美国外交官John Melby,但她并没来电--其时,她早已有个老相好、作家Dashiell Hammett—she was not looking for love. 不久,她与John Melby再度相遇,这次却是电闪雷鸣!Lillian Hellman返美后,继续与John Melby保持频繁的通信联系。同年夏天,John Melby回美叙职并与自己的老婆离婚,打算跟Lillian Hellman结婚。就在这节骨眼上,John Melby被派驻内战正酣的中国。后来,由于关山阻隔,两人的关系逐渐冷了下去。但他们之间的情书,缠绵悱恻,曾被选入《英文情书尺牍》(“The book of Love”),我还记得这么一句话:“It is odd how lonely it is possible to be in the midst of so many people. Darling, I am very much in love with you.”
虽然中文里似乎没有“二见钟情”这一说法,但这档子事也还是屡见不鲜的。前一阵子,这CND上的史银龙(stansilverdragon)同志,不就心生与他的前女友“二见钟情”的想法了吗--不知有没有被这里广大热心、免费、道德崇高的业余婚姻咨询专家们扼杀在萌芽状态之中?
- posted on 03/05/2008
还有歌:
Love at Second Sight
If we learn to pace ourselves
It won't seem so dramatic, it won't be so unclear
'Cause if we learn to pace ourselves
The ghost up in the attic might just disappear
You may not agree that it could happen here
And in the morning
I think we're gonna laugh somehow
At what we are afraid of now
'Cause in the morning
We'll know better than tonight
If it's gonna end up love (at second sight)
And if we learn to trust our hearts
And disregard the voices leading us away
And we can make a better start
We have all the choices, we have all the say
You might not agree, but, you can't walk away
And in the morning
I think we're gonna laugh somehow
At what we are afraid of now
'Cause in the morning
We'll know better than tonight
If it's gonna end up love (at second sight)
- Re: 尚能侃(69):二见钟情 (Love at second sight)posted on 03/06/2008
两周前和友人谈过这电影,当时忘记电影名字了。 - Re: 尚能侃(69):二见钟情 (Love at second sight)posted on 03/06/2008
哈哈,老土同志露峥嵘啦!Good to see you here! 还有那炉匠师傅在贩黄呢,嘻嘻。。。:)
土干 wrote:
两周前和友人谈过这电影,当时忘记电影名字了。 - Re: 尚能侃(69):二见钟情 (Love at second sight)posted on 03/12/2008
If it is not "Love at first sight," or "Love at second sight" either, what is that called?
Do you have love at Nth sight?" :-), :-), :-)...
I can't Love at first sight, because I can never know people at first sight, nor can I Love at second sight because I would never go back to the one I have already given up. - Re: 尚能侃(69):二见钟情 (Love at second sight)posted on 03/12/2008
Then you must settle on me--my "pengyou"!:)
pengyou wrote:
If it is not "Love at first sight," or "Love at second sight" either, what is that called?
Do you have love at Nth sight?" :-), :-), :-)...
I can't Love at first sight, because I can never know people at first sight, nor I can Love at second sight because I would never go back to the one I have already given up. - Re: 尚能侃(69):二见钟情 (Love at second sight)posted on 03/12/2008
shangnengfan wrote:
Then you must settle on me--my "pengyou"!:)
那您可亏大了。还是ruozhi漂亮。我只是一张嘴,只能和人吵架。:-), :-). :-)...
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