《复仇》 第277期:断送的文学家

 So, Mason, 梅森

this is how you've been spending your days? 你每天就这样打发日子吗

Most of them. 差不多吧

Wine coolers? 不喝酒吗

Oh, I've never been much of a drunkard. 我一直都不怎么喝

Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Hemingway, of course-- 菲茨杰拉德  福克纳  海明威

These were pillars of cirrhosis. 是我肝硬化的支柱

Me? I've always been a lightweight. 我的体重向来很轻

So does this mean you've decided¹ against writing my biography? 那就是说  你决定不给我写自传了

That decision was made for me. 做这个决定是为我好

My typewriter is now but a... 我的打字机已经化成

an unsightly heap of molten dreams. 一堆熔化的难看的梦想了

I'll never write again. 我不会再创作了

Poetic² justice has been served. 正义得以诗意地伸张

I can't help feeling like I bear 我一直觉得

some responsibility for what happened. 自己要为发生的事负责

Well, if we hadn't been out to dinner 如果我们没去吃饭的话

the night the fire started-- 那晚的火灾...

Unburden yourself, Nolan. 这跟你无关  诺兰

This was the work of a singular force, 这是某人的杰作

one which bears the name Amanda Clarke. 一个叫阿曼达·克拉克的人

Well, if Daniel hadn't been arrested the other night, 要不是丹尼尔那晚被抓

I'd say, you sounded paranoid. 我就会觉得这是你的臆断了

What did he do this time? 他又怎么了

You really don't know? 你真不知道吗

 

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 poetic   

adj.富有诗意的，有诗人气质的，善于抒情的

参考例句：

• His poetic idiom is stamped with expressions describing group feeling and thought.他的诗中的措辞往往带有描写群体感情和思想的印记。
• His poetic novels have gone through three different historical stages.他的诗情小说创作经历了三个不同的历史阶段。