精美英文欣赏:与汤姆·克鲁斯面对面(下)

RD:What do you think your strength is as a parent?

作为父亲，你觉得你的强项是什么？

Cruise¹:Everything! I'm a great parent. I want to be with my kids. They are happy. They get to do all the stuff² I wanted to do when I was growing up.

都是我的强项吧！我是一位了不起的父亲。我的孩子们都很幸福。他们可以做我年轻的时候就很想做的事情。

RD:What do you want your children to learn about life?

我希望你的孩子学习生活的什么呢？

Cruise:I've told them anything is possible. I started them when they were young, first swimming, then riding, hiking, climbing. It's giving them confidence to learn, to put in them a sense of integrity³, sympathy and understanding.

我尽可能地告诉他们所有的事情。当他们很小的时候，我就首先教他们游泳，然后骑车，远足和爬山。这些让他们很有自信，培养了他们的正直感，同情心和理解力。

RD:Do you want to be married again and have more children?

你希望再次结婚，然后有更多的孩子吗？

Cruise:Yeah, yeah. I love kids. And I'd like to get married. I like being in a relationship.

是的，当然。我爱孩子们。我想要结婚。我喜欢恋爱的感觉。

RD:So how does Tom Cruise, single guy, find a girlfriend?

那么，汤姆·克鲁斯，作为单身汉你要怎么找女朋友呢？

Cruise:They call me up.

他们会给我打电话。

RD:How is it going?

感觉怎么样？

Cruise:I'm dating, but I don't have a girlfriend.

我会约会，但是我不喜欢有女朋友。

RD:And you're confident you'll find somebody?

你相信你能找到意中人吗？

Cruise:I have to. There has to be that woman out there. I want to be with someone who's going to be a lot of fun. Someone who doesn't mind traveling, loves kids, loves a lot of activities. Someone I can really trust, someone who can really communicate, someone who enjoys life.

是的。一定会有我的意中人。我喜欢能和一个有趣的人在一起。她不介意旅行，爱孩子，喜欢参加活动。她值得我信任，可以和我促膝长谈，并且热爱生活。

RD:You reconciled⁴ with your father before he died. What was that like?

在你父亲去世之前，你和他合好了。那是怎么回事？

Cruise:I saw him right before he died. So I don't fell regret. You look at people in his position, and you feel bad for them, for what they missed in life. I understand what he was going through.

在他临终前我去看他最好一面。所以我没有遗憾了。站在他的角度看他的一生，我觉得有很多遗憾。我能理解他所经历的一些事情。

1 cruise   

v.巡航，航游，缓慢巡行；n.海上航游

参考例句：

• They went on a cruise to Tenerife.他们乘船去特纳利夫岛。
• She wants to cruise the canals of France in a barge.她想乘驳船游览法国的运河。

2 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

3 integrity   

n.正直，诚实，诚恳，完整，完全，完善

参考例句：

• The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
• He is a man of the highest integrity.他是个极其正直的人。

4 reconciled   

adj. 顺从的, 和解的 动词reconcile的过去时和过去分词

参考例句：

• He evinced a strong desire to be reconciled with his family. 他表现出与家人和好的强烈愿望。
• He had been reconciled with his family. 他与家人言归于好。