《时空恋旅人》精讲 31生活的真谛

So I'm almost up-to-date with my story.

所以，对于我的人生我总是有第一手消息

As all families do, we got used to life after death.

像所有的家庭一样，我们习惯了亲人离世后的生活

And it was still fine.

还好没什么问题

And things settled back into their traditional rhythms season after season,

所有的一切都重回正轨…

and are much as they have always been.

跟以往的一祥

And we've got used to Kit¹ Kat being happy again.

凯蒂跟以前一样快乐，我们已经习惯了

And then we got used to her being a mum.

并且得习惯她已经为人母的事实

Albeit² not a very good or even safe one.

尽管不是很好很有安全感的一个

And in the end,

最后…

I think I've learned the final lesson from my travels in time.

我想我已经从穿越时空这件事上学到了最后的教训

And I've even gone one step further than my father did.

我已经比我爸爸多迈出了一步

Okay, I'll do the kids.

好的，我来搞定这些孩子

No, don't worry. I'll do them.

不，别担心，我来

Yeah, you do them, you lazy bum³.

好吧，你来，你这个懒惰虫

The truth is, I now don't travel back at all. Not even for the day.

事实上，现在我已经不再穿越回过去了，即使像这样的日子

I just try to live every day as if I've deliberately⁴ come back to this one day

我试着过好每一天，就像我已经穿越回去那一天一祥…

to enjoy it as if it was the full final day

去享受它…就当它是我非凡却又普通人生的…

of my extraordinary, ordinary life.

最后一天

Hello, you're down already. That's great. Thank you so much for that.

哈喽，你已经慢了，很好，谢谢

And in we go.

我们坐进来

Posy? Posy!

在第一次见到可爱的你之前

那很好

That's fine.

We're all travelling through time together

我们人生中的每一天…

every day of our lives.

都是一起穿越时空

All we can do is do our best

我们所能做的是尽全力…

to relish⁵ this remarkable⁶ ride.

品味这个过程

1 kit   

n.用具包，成套工具；随身携带物

参考例句：

• The kit consisted of about twenty cosmetic items.整套工具包括大约20种化妆用品。
• The captain wants to inspect your kit.船长想检查你的行装。

2 albeit   

conj.即使；纵使；虽然

参考例句：

• Albeit fictional,she seemed to have resolved the problem.虽然是虚构的，但是在她看来好象是解决了问题。
• Albeit he has failed twice,he is not discouraged.虽然失败了两次，但他并没有气馁。

3 bum   

n.臀部；流浪汉，乞丐；vt.乞求，乞讨

参考例句：

• A man pinched her bum on the train so she hit him.在火车上有人捏她屁股，她打了那人。
• The penniless man had to bum a ride home.那个身无分文的人只好乞求搭车回家。

4 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

5 relish   

n.滋味，享受，爱好，调味品；vt.加调味料，享受，品味；vi.有滋味

参考例句：

• I have no relish for pop music.我对流行音乐不感兴趣。
• I relish the challenge of doing jobs that others turn down.我喜欢挑战别人拒绝做的工作。

6 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。