《凯莉日记》第1期:不能没有你,妈妈

Carrie. You’re the older one,. You can’t take the bait¹.

凯莉，你是姐姐，让着点

I have teeth marks on my arm.

我的手臂上还有她的牙印。

I know that Dorrit can be difficult. But... Your mom would want you two to get along.

我知道多莉特不太随和。可你妈会希望你们和平相处

Yeah, yeah, I know.

好，好，我知道。

All right? So whatever you two were fighting about, it’s not worth it.

好吗？那不管你们吵什么，都没必要。

She stole mom’s purse.

她偷了妈妈的手提包。

You don’t know that.

你没法确定。

I can’t go to school without that purse, dad.

我不能不带那个手提包上学，爸。

You’re going to school.

你得去上学

I don’t have anything to wear.

我没衣服穿

Come on. You’ve got a whole floor full of clothing.

不是吧，满地都是你的衣服。

No. Mom used to take me shopping for an outfit².

不，妈妈以前常带我去买衣服。

It was--was a thing we did, you know? Back to school clothes?

这是我们的传统，你知道吗？开学服装

Okay, did you want me to take you?

好吧，你想让我带你去买吗

No, no, that was, um... Supposed to be mom.

不，不是，那该。。。是我妈才对。

I see.

我懂了

I just... I need the purse.

我只是需要那个手提包

I--I need a piece of her.

我需要她的遗物

I have an idea.

我有办法了

My mother left us on Memorial³ Day.

我妈是在阵亡将军纪念日过世的（5月30日）

And that’s what this closet⁴ felt like… a memorial.

那也是这个衣帽间给人的感觉。。。一种纪念

A still life of our life without her, as if leaving it untouched might somehow bring her back.

没有她却依然过着的日子，仿佛不去触碰，就可能让她归来。

We had been forbidden to enter… until now.

爸爸一直不许我们进去。。。直到现在

1 bait   

n.饵，引诱物；vt.用饵引诱，折磨，奚落

参考例句：

• The fish took the bait.鱼吞饵了。
• They are too knowing to bite at such a bait.他们很老练，不上这种当。

2 outfit   

n.（为特殊用途的）全套装备，全套服装

参考例句：

• Jenney bought a new outfit for her daughter's wedding.珍妮为参加女儿的婚礼买了一套新装。
• His father bought a ski outfit for him on his birthday.他父亲在他生日那天给他买了一套滑雪用具。

3 memorial   

adj.记忆的；纪念的；n.纪念碑，纪念堂

参考例句：

• We visited the Lincoln Memorial.我们参观了林肯纪念堂。
• He wrote a memorial of the late author.他写了一篇纪念这位已故作家的文章。

4 closet   

n.壁橱；储藏室

参考例句：

• I'll clear out that closet for you.我要替你把那个小衣橱清理出来。
• Hang your overcoat in the closet.把你的大衣挂在衣橱里。