August 1st Chapter One
第一章講述了kwanbloodshed的出生,成長,以及文中Olivia對于Kwan的看法產(chǎn)生的一系列變化。這一章中讓bloodshed我最為深刻的兩個情節(jié)就是Kwan對于她母親的一種執(zhí)念的愛以及她對于Olivia情感的轉(zhuǎn)變。
對于母親Kwan其實一直抱有不滿的心情,因為母親一直以來顯得如此不真實,她知道她愛她,但是她從為切實的感受到。她問過自己的母親,但是總是遭到了拒絕,慢慢的,這樣的拒絕對她來講已經(jīng)變成一種傷疤,不能愈合,但是她又將這樣的傷痛掩蓋,假裝一切都好?;蛟S這樣兒時的缺愛也造成后來她想要與丈夫離婚的促因之一,她愛自己的丈夫,也知道他愛她,但是她并不滿足于這樣的愛,她想要的更多希望尋找一個能把她當做全部的人,顯然那是不可能的,這不是童話世界,是現(xiàn)實。而另一方面,Olivia的愛比起其他人來講更加熱烈而持久,但是當她沉浸于她的愛中時,有時不時的厭煩,嫌棄,她討厭她代替了她母親的位置,但是在這樣的同時,她也愛著自己這位同父異母的姐姐。這位擁有神奇“魔力”的姐姐。
喜歡的句子:
*When Icompared the amount of time she spent with others-even total strangers- Ifelt myself sliding further down the ranks of favorites, getting bumped and bruised.
*With me, she is unreliable. Promises to take me to the movies or the public pool were easily erased with excuses or hate it whenyou pout.
*Ilearned to make things no matter, to put a seal on my hopes and place them on a high shelf, out of reach. And telling myself that there was nothing inside those hopes anyway, Iavoidedthe wounds of deep disappointment. The pain was no worse than the quick sting of a booster shot.
*If hopes never come true, then hope for what you don’t want.
* As soon as night fell, the grasshopper began to chirp as loudly as a bicycle bell warning people to get out of the road.
* If you ask someone to cut off his hand to save you from flying off with the roof, he immediately cuts off both hands to show he is more than glad to do so.”
*Sure,I loved him –too much. And he loved me, only not enough. Ijust want someone who think I‘m number one of his life. I’m not willing to accept emotional scraps anymore.
August 2nd Chapter Two
這一章圍繞這夢境展開,剛開始有些混亂,又看了一遍,感覺朦朦朧朧的感覺,看了大家的卡,才弄明白了些。
很喜歡其中的一個句子
“Now you have no heart, how can live? Now energy, no color in cheek, pale, sad, tired.”
看似簡單的句子,但是其實在現(xiàn)實生活中也顯得很有道理,人要有信念,信仰,其實我覺得信不信教都是可以的,并不是只有信教才說明有信仰,很多時候,我認為只要一個人有追求,對于生活有目標,而不是一個“空心人”,突然想起一首詩,是艾略特的《空心人》,這首講的關(guān)于一戰(zhàn)后沒有追求,沒有愛情,沒有信念的人們空虛的內(nèi)心世界,真?zhèn)€社會顯得死氣沉沉。就像文中所說的沒有心,我們?nèi)绾紊睿繌拇艘部闯鲂拍顚τ谌藖碇v是如何的重要,希望我們每個人都可以成為一個“真心人”。
還有另一句也很喜歡“Time is not the same between one lifetime and the next.”就像文中所說的一樣,每個人的時間都是不一樣的,我們的時間永遠不會與那先我們的摯愛一樣,或許我們能做的就是盡我們可以做的珍惜身邊的親友,而不是為了金錢和工作而忘記生活中更加重要的事情,當然金錢也很重要。φ(>ω<*)
本章以O(shè)livia的夢境為主,朦朧又不缺乏現(xiàn)實感,介紹了客家人的生活方式以及那里是如何決定自己的另一半的,那里的女人堅強美麗,歌聲動人,也會持家又不嫌苦嫌累以及當Cape誘騙村民加入戰(zhàn)斗為上帝而戰(zhàn),結(jié)果打破了原有的平靜的同時,也是他們妻離子散,只剩下老人與孩子。還介紹了Miss Banner和Lao Lu與她發(fā)生的事情。
喜歡的句子:
*He was strong enough to work himself to death, smart enough to find the answer to whatever he wanted to know.
*Chinese words are good and bad this way, so many meanings, depending on what you hold in your heart.
感受:感覺這一章讀的朦朦朧朧的,好像讀懂了, 但好像也沒讀懂,大家的打卡都很棒,感觸很深。
August 3st Chapter Three
這一章主要談討了Olivia與鬼魂之間的事兒,以與Simon的爭吵為出發(fā)點,展開了與Miss Bonner之間的事情,以及帶走自己娃娃上的披肩的小女鬼,她驚訝于鬼魂可以帶走活人的東西。但我更喜歡的一段情節(jié)就是她與Simon探討死亡后生活的問題,天堂或是地獄是否真實的存在,其實我們都不知曉,只是有的時候只是種希望或是信念,信或是不信只在于個人。而且有些時候,那些我們身邊的親友,有一天他們離開我們時,我們傷心,我們懷念,我們回憶,但是隨著時間的流逝,我們會不會像文中所說的那樣,那樣的真切的感覺就此消失。不知緣由,又不知需不需要去尋找。其實對于死亡,還是所知甚少,有事不想提及,因為害怕,因為不安,不過現(xiàn)在還是努力的過好每一天,才是最重要的。
今天讀的也很慢,沒有期待中那樣理解的快,不懂得地方也蠻多的,回去又讀了一遍,有地方偶爾情節(jié)連不起來,又回去看了看,希望以后慢慢變好,大家理解的都很透徹,但是自己總是半懂不懂的,厲害的人真的很多,其實很羨慕,到自己也要加油!
1. What is the “married filing joint return”?
2. What made Olivia believe that she would be a photographer?
Aunt Betty was the first person to tell Olivia that she had a photigraphic.
3. What was the Captain, a dog or a human being?
a dog
4. Where did Miss Banner come from?
She was born to a family who lived in a village far, far west of Thistle.And now was different; she was born in America, a country beyond Africa, beyond England and Portugal.
5. What was listening to in this world according to Nunumu?
Metal, wood, water, fire, earth.
6. Can Oliva see ghost when she was little?yes
7. Who did she say the other day when she was playing a Barbie doll?
A girl who is a ghost.
8. What went missing?
The feather boa.
9. What were the two explanations she provided?
Captain took it or buried it in thd backyard or her mom sucked it into the vacuum.
10. What did Oliva and Simon have in common?
The feelingsabout Eric.
11. What made her love Simon more? Why?
They alaways have the same feeling that makes she felt really warm and this is why she loves Simon.'
1. Of cicadas, she would say they looked like dead leaves fluttering, felt like paper crackling, sounded like fire roaring, smelled like dust rising, and tasted like the devil frying in oil.
2. By the time I went to college, I didn’t believe in heaven and hell anymore, none of those metaphors for reward and punishment based on absolute good and evil
August 4th Chapter Four
本章以O(shè)livia與她媽媽的之間的故事開始,有關(guān)于她媽媽看待婚姻戀情的想法,還有與媽媽之間的交談以及想起以前需要媽媽是他卻不在的傷心,反而是Kwan來關(guān)心他的故事。我最喜歡的是前一半部分,在她小時候,他的媽媽對她的要求允諾著,但從未履行過,一次次的傷心與失落在無形中讓她放棄了對于來自媽媽的愛,就像第一章所說的那樣“Ilearned to make things no matter, to put a seal on my hopes and place them on a high shelf, out of reach. And telling myself that there was nothing inside those hopes anyway, Iavoidedthe wounds of deep disappointment. The pain was no worse than the quick sting of a booster shot. ”她把自己的傷痛埋得很深很深,不去在意,不去渴求,然而這一次與媽媽的談話又讓那樣的傷痛顯現(xiàn),盡管母親說要安慰她,但實則卻是責備他的婚姻,她說她的婚姻同她的一樣失敗,她的母親將她傷疤再次戳破,她不想去,但思緒已經(jīng)回到以前,她想起自己獨自在床上哭泣,盡管不想被Kwan發(fā)現(xiàn),但還是發(fā)現(xiàn)了,Kwan女里逗她笑,不想讓她傷心,但又能怎樣,對于母親帶來的傷是抹去的,因為Kwan畢竟不是媽媽呀。
1. What does the following sentence mean? Through these guiding thoughts, my mother has found true love as many times as she’s quit smoking for good.
2. When was Oliva angry with her mother?
Her mom promised to do a lot of things with Olivia but never perform it, moreover, when Olivia asked why, she always complainsto her. Olivia never felt true love from her mother which hurt her heart deeply.
3. Why could not Kwan see God or Jesus?
She thought because she was Chinese.
4. Who was Miss Banner's sweetheart?
General Cape
5. What are the reasons that some newcomers sat on the back benches?
This was in case the Ghost Merchant came back and they needed to runaway
6. Why did people in the sermon like the little show very much?
Because when the music started, we knew our suffering was almost atan end
7. Why were the Sunday sermon become very popular?
Many beggars came to hearMiss Banner’s stories from her childhood which made everyone every happy.
8. What was the second secret of Nunumu?
She know who is the Miss Banner’s sweatheart.
9. How did Nunumu know General Cape was Miss Banner's sweetheart?
The shape of a naked ladyin the box which the image on the cloth of General Cape.
Do you think Oliva’s mother should be blamed for Oliva’s failed marriage?
No, marriage is a thing for both of them not for her mother. One can never blamed other’s marriage, there is a lot of things that we never know about them, the thing between, so how can we blamed them as we never truly know them. So does Olivia’s mom.
Why did author create a mother and a Kwan in such a contrast?
Both of them is Olivia’s nearest man, one is her mother, another is her sister, but her never give her trulywarm when she needed, while Kwan play this role all her life. But the most important thing is the role of mom can never replace by Kwan. Mom is mom , Kwan is Kwan, even she is important to Olivia. So in my opinion the author want us to know the importance of the influencethat our parent does.
August 5th Chapter Five
Kwan想盡辦法讓Olivia與Simon聯(lián)系,在Kwan 看來,他們很適合,她不希望她們就此分開,但是每個人對于愛的要求不同,Olivia想要的更多,她愛他,他也愛她,但是她只是覺得這樣的愛并滿足不了她,這樣的愛,對于她來講是遠遠不夠的。Olivia回憶起她與Simon相遇、相識以及她愛上他那一段日子,甜蜜又帶上著傷痛,就像文中所說“Happy and sad sometimes come from the same thing.”她和每個普通的女生一樣,在愛情來臨的時候,有些不理智,她會去比較她與Eliza的種種,在看到Eliza的照片時,又慶幸自己比她長得漂亮,但當Simon談及Eliza的怎樣怎樣時,她又感到鉆心般的疼痛,當然她有時也會為了迎合他的話題而撒謊,也會為一點點的小事兒開心起來,由此可見Olivia 是如此的深愛著Simon,其實還是很希望他們在一起的。
August 6th Chapter Six
事情發(fā)展的出乎我的預料,Simon 主動親了Olivia,但那之后又說了句“sorry”,我想這是每一個女生最不想聽到的吧,之后他又向她解釋,說他好像同時愛這兩個人,Olivia 不知所措,既生氣又有些期待,盡管對于Simon的態(tài)度很不滿意,但是對于Olivia,她并不想放棄這次機會,她決定與Elza一決勝負。但是讓Olivia沒有想到的是她懷孕了,并且已經(jīng)開始想要與Simon決定今后的生活. Simon讓兩個女人傷心,Olivia質(zhì)問他,責怪他,而Elza卻發(fā)生了意外,不幸的離開了他們,Simon瞬間崩潰了,Olivia感覺很愧疚,她覺得好像是她讓她出現(xiàn)意外的。后來他們還是在一起了,但是其實Olivia并不開心,她的生活到處是她印記,她想安慰他,就和他一起去回憶,去“他們”所見所聞的地方,Simon過得不容易,然而Olivia過得更痛苦。
這場愛情來的不容易,但是當他真正到來時,好像沒有想象中的美好,充滿了對愧疚、痛苦、忍讓、無奈…但是仔細想想,到底又是誰做錯了?Olivia? Simon? 還是Elza? Simon怪他不負責?還是怪Olivia 是第三者?還是Elza太沖動?其實我說不清,只是覺得感情有時也是不能控制的,愛而不得的痛是極為痛苦的。只是愛得更深的那個人其實是最痛苦的。
這章越往下讀感覺越心痛,心疼Olivia,也惋惜Elza的離去,對于Simon也十分氣憤。
期待明天。
I felt myself becoming smaller yet denser, about to be crushed by the weight of my own heart, as if the laws of gravity and balance had changed and I was now violating them.
August 7th Chapter Seven
自從Elza 去世之后,Olivia由于自己的愧疚以及Simon對她一直不能忘記,他們的生活處處有她的痕跡,那不是他們的生活,那是他們?nèi)齻€人的生活,而且Olivia像是第三者,她漸漸地失去原來那樣的她,她迎合Simon,好像她也極其想念她,但是這都是假象她想徹徹底底的擺脫Elza的影子,想徹徹底底的掙脫她的束縛,因此她尋求Kwan的幫助,尋找她,并將Kwan請到她與Simon的家中,以此讓Simon相信Elza希望它開啟新的生活,并徹徹底底的忘記她,Simon相信了這個騙局,沒有再去提過Elza,他們的生活開始了,但是一切并沒有想象中的美好,Elza的思緒一直纏繞在Olivia的心頭,并沒有因為“新的開始”而改變,她的嫉妒轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)楹ε隆鷳n,而且Olivia害怕Simon發(fā)覺他其實并不是真正的愛她,而他們的婚姻也會注定會就此失敗。
其實當Olivia制造這個騙局的那一刻開始,就已經(jīng)對他們的感情造成了傷害,即使Simon并不知情,但是Olivia也已經(jīng)開始意識到這一切來得并不真實,人的感情并不是來去自如的,何況Elza從兒時就陪伴在Simon的左右,而她與他相比卻是一段短暫的時光。
其實有去想過如果Simon知道了這個騙局會怎樣,原諒?還是背棄?Olivia又會怎樣?Olivia做的有錯嗎?其實她想讓他忘記另一個女人,很正常,畢竟每個人都希望自己的另一半是全心全意的愛自己,就算是換做Elza,我想她也會這樣做,或許方式不同。
對于他們的這段感情,我判斷不出對與錯,只是惋惜與無奈。
喜歡的句子:
I’ve come to know that the heart has a will of its own, no matter what youwish, no matter how often you pull out the roots of your worst fears.
Yet over these last seventeen years, I’ve come to know that the heart has a will of its own, no matter what you wish, no matter how often you pull out the roots of your worst fears.
August8th Chapter Eight
他們結(jié)婚了,一切并沒那樣的順利,也沒有像Olivia希望中美好,她太愛他,一次次的忍讓,一次次的爭吵,也有些許的期待,但是總體看來,失望傷心顯得更多一些,但他們一起去醫(yī)院的時候,醫(yī)生說Simon不育,Olivia知道他在想Elza,但是她能說是什么?質(zhì)問他?不能,因為她更在乎他的感受bloodshed;當Olivia在住處因“怪聲”而嚇得心驚膽戰(zhàn)的時候,他卻當做玩笑!當Elza的歌突然流行起來,Simon每天都放并贊賞著,他有沒有考慮過Olivia的感受?都沒有!當初戀愛的美好慢慢淡去,沒有溫存,只有類似白開水的生活,婚姻暴露很多的問題,但是時間真的會消磨很多美好嗎?會然人變得不體諒對方,不考慮對方的感受嗎?還是Olivia太依賴Simon?我覺得不是!
這兩天讀的這幾章越看心情越復雜?。?!想到了一首詩Love me little Love me long, 愛我少一點,愛我久一點,在愛情當中,誰不希望對方多愛自己一點,如果那樣意味著分離,還不如在一開始愛我少一點,愛我久一點,這樣透漏的點點悲傷與無奈就好像是Olivia的內(nèi)心情感,我想這也是后來她決定離婚的原因吧,即使眼前的是自己所愛,但好似守了一顆空殼的心,這樣的無奈與哀傷還不就此分開。
As to our hopes, our dreams, our secret desires, we couldn’t talk aboutthose. They were too vague, too frightening, too important. And so they stayedinside us, growing like a cancer, a body eating away at itself.
Simon took my handagain and squeezed it. I squeezed back.This had potential. Together, I thought, Simon and I could dream up waysto fill the emptiness.
Love me little, love me long
- 愛我少一點,愛我久一點-
Is the burden of my song
我歌唱永恒的愛情
Love that is too hot and strong
如果愛得太炙熱
Burneth soon to waste
它將很快燃燒成灰燼
Still, I would not have thee cold
但也不要對我冰冷
Not too backward ,nor too bold
不要愛得太羞怯,也不要愛得太狂熱
Love that lasteth till its old
不要讓愛的花朵那么快就凋謝
Fadeth not in haste
我要bloodshed你愛我一直到老
Love me little ,Love me long
愛我少一點,愛我久一點
Is the burden of my song
我歌唱永恒的愛情
If thou love me too much,
如果愛我太多
It will not prove me as true as touch
它不可能像金石那樣永恒
Love me little ,more than such
愛我少一點我更愿意
For I fear the end.
只因我怕愛會失去
I am with little well content
一點兒我就感到幸福
And a little from thee sent
一點兒就會讓我滿意
Is enough, with true intent
只要你是真心
To be steadfast friend.
我們的愛至死不渝
August9th Chapter Nine
婚后兩個都在應(yīng)付眼前的生活,不像是新婚夫婦對新生活抱有期待與熱愛那樣。那天,他們向往常一樣去同一家餐廳吃飯,餐廳人不多,Olivia注意到一對夫婦,他們互相好似陌生人,沒有交流,沒有敵意,只是他們之間互相拒絕去了解對方。這樣的情形讓Olivia感覺一絲絲的熟悉感。是多久她和Simon沒有談及到真正實質(zhì)性的東西了,就算是一旦觸及,他們也是當成玩笑將其跳躍,這樣生活這得是結(jié)了婚的人所該面對的嗎?這就是婚姻嗎?婚姻中的兩個人不應(yīng)該相互依靠,相互鼓勵嗎?他們可以談及那些與別人不可以觸及的,可以在難過傷心時,回家時得到一個擁抱。但是在他們的婚姻當中,那樣的溫暖都是浮在表面上的,而那些真正重要的東西卻又觸及不到。這就是他們婚姻的問題。Olivia看到了,當她真正直面去它的時候,盡管Simon想要回避,但是他是做出了改變。這樣的改變對他們的婚姻有很大改變,他們像以前一樣暢談,舒心既興奮,但短暫的美好又被Simon的日記打破,Elza提出離婚,Simon也沒有反對。這件又是誰對誰錯呢?Simon不想說,因為隱私,因為他知道她會生氣,Elza因為想要知道那個真實的Simon,想要尋找一種方式接近她,但是卻發(fā)現(xiàn)到最后他心里還有她,她不想接受,憤怒,心痛,想要與他分別,但真正分開卻更加痛苦。這又能怪誰呢?!好想知道Simon到底怎么想的?。?!
感受:越看越心痛??!
喜歡的句子:
☆They didn’t seem to be having a fight. They justacted resigned, disconnected from both happiness and discomfort.
☆I(lǐng) felt like a small child, hungry and hot,itchy and tired, frustrated that I couldn’t say what I really wanted to. “I’mtalking about us, what’s important. I feel like we’re stagnating and mold isgrowing around the edges.
☆I(lǐng) felt stuck in the bottom of a wishing well. I was desperate to shout what Iwanted, but I didn’t know what that was. I knew only what it wasn’t.
☆He patted my eyes with a tissue, wiped my nose, then eased medown on the bed.
☆The pain seemed to last forever, but lovedisintegrated in a second.
☆I(lǐng) mademyself as unemotional as I could. No hurt, no anger, no forgiveness.
August 10st Chapter Ten
Kwan不希望他們就此這樣分開,因為Lao Lu說他們是天命姻緣,他們注定在一起,盡管她不相信。這章中還講了yiban的故事。
喜歡的句子:
☆To me, best time now. You wait, everything change. Yin people know this.
時間從不會等待我們,珍惜當下才是最重要的,在文中,Olivia對Simon的愛如此深,Simon的愛雖不及她,但也明白他愛她,那為什么兩個人都不能退一步,給對方一個機會呢?或許,有些東西在心里是過不去的,如果可以,Olivia也不會做出這樣的決定。但是總之是希望他們珍惜當下,珍惜對方的。
☆I(lǐng) belonged to everyone, so Ibelong to no one.
文中的Yiban的命運坎坷,母親自殺,父親不負責任,根本不把他當做自己的孩子,將他當做棋子,這樣的命運對他的心里造成了極大的傷害,“我屬于任何人,所以我不屬于任何人。其實對于這句話并不是很理解,但是能感受到他內(nèi)心當中那份憂傷。很心疼他。
☆I(lǐng)n all my life, Ihad never seen a person so intelligent, so wistful, so deserving to belong.
很喜歡這句話。
感受:
我們每個人都需要一個歸屬,都需要依靠,在我們不堅強的時候,在我們流淚的時候,有個肩膀,有個擁抱。我們會在這樣的溫暖當中變得再次堅強,然后面對我們所該面對的,
得到我們所該得到的。還有最重要的是,珍惜我們所擁有的。ヾ(????)?"
August 11st Chapter Eleven
關(guān)于Olivia住處的聲音,終于解決了,就是樓下那位盲人,說起這位盲人,孤獨,殘疾,貧窮,在這樣的環(huán)境之下,惡念在他心中產(chǎn)生,可想而知,孤獨是多么可怕,對他來講,他的生活中缺少愛,他的心中缺少愛,最后就造成這樣的結(jié)局。
Living alone edges my imagination toward dangers.
Simon和Olivia所期待的事發(fā)生了,然而他們卻分開了,當她向他提到他們得到去中國的機會時,Simon流淚了,其實他也是很重視婚姻的,只是在這場婚姻中他們忘記了一些對于他們來講極為重要的東西。
We ’re both quiet, as if to remember our marriage with a few moments of respectful silence.
Olivia太不會表達自己的感情了,總是將愛與想念藏在心中,總是將自己的傷心與難過埋在心底,在愛你的人面前,又何必這樣堅強,又何必這樣勉強自己呢?
But I say nothing, and even congratulatemysef for being keep my ill feelings in check, to not show how much I hurt.
Being able to restrain my emotions isn’t a great victory -it’s the pitful proof of last love. Every word, every gesture is now loaded with ambiously, nothing can be taken at face value.
當Olivia意識到自己這么多年來從未給予Kwan一起愛意之時,她被自己的無情所驚訝到了,被自己是如何像自己的母親所震驚到了,她不想成為像她那樣傷害別人感情的人,她對自己的之前的那樣無情那樣冷淡的舉動感到愧疚,她打算邀請Kwan一同出游。當讀到這里的時候,真的好感動!其實生活中我們每個人都應(yīng)該對那些愛我們的人表達一下愛意,我們要學感激,而不是一味的索取,有時候總覺得沒時間給父母打電話,其實都是理由不是嗎,因為我還有玩手機的時間呀,不要說沒時間,其實都是借口不是嗎。很喜歡一句話“愛你的人如果沒有按你所希望的方式來愛你,那并不代表他們沒有全心全意地愛你?!笨赡苡袝r候父母的愛讓我們難以理解,但是對于我們來講,他們愛是最無私的,當然我想當我們?nèi)蹌e人的時候,最好不要以我們認為的方式去愛,而是以他們想要的方式表達我們的愛,就好比你喜歡吃橘子,到別人卻給你蘋果一樣。
而談到孤獨,我想到了艾米麗·狄金森,她20歲開始寫詩,在她25歲開始,棄絕社交,在家務(wù)勞動之外,她基本閉門不出,在孤獨中埋頭寫詩30年,她把生活過成了詩,她有把詩留給我們,她的詩都很溫暖,有力量,也有哀傷,到更多的快樂,向往。她沒去過遠方,但將生活過成了詩與遠方,對她而言,其實生活并不孤獨,因為她有她所愛的,她所想要追求的。
August 12st Chapter Twelve
Simon還是很在意Olivia的感受他打電話與她商討關(guān)于去中國的事情,他說他不希望因為他而讓她錯過去中國的這次機會,他希望她可以去中國,因為這對于她來講意義非凡。而Olivia聽了Simon的勸說與他的理解寬容時,她突然意識到或許他們可以通過這次機會重新變成朋友,靈魂”之交很難再碰到一個。Olivia試探的邀請他一起去中國,Simon立馬答應(yīng)了。讀到這里的時候,真的好感動,他們的關(guān)系總算有些變化了。還是很希望他們在一起。很喜歡Simon說的那句話超喜歡!“I never stopped being yours.”而這個時候Olivia壓抑的心情總算是變得明朗些了。
他們踏上了去中國的旅途,Kwan全程超興奮,而Olivia在飛機上也因語言的問題鬧了笑話。
喜歡的話:
The first time I was a child that Kwan will be my constant companion for two weeks. The first time that Simon and I will travel together and sleep in seperate rooms.…the emotional havoc of going with the very two people who are the source of my greatest heartaches and hears.
Fate is the reason I'm going. Fate has no logic, you can't argue with it any more than you can argue with a tornado, an earthquake, a terrorist. Fate is another name for Kwan.
August 13st Chapter thirteen
他們?nèi)碎_始了他們的在中國的生活,自從來了中國,很多的事情都很不同,Kwan開始早起,五點鐘就叫他們起來,并讓他們嘗試與賓館不同的實慧既美味的食物,一開始Olivia是拒絕的,但是聽了Kwan的一番勸解后,她也開始認為應(yīng)該嘗試一下。
If you want to take picture of Chinese food, you have to taste real Chinese food. the flavours soak into your tongue, go into your stomach. the stomach is where your true feelings are. and If you take photos, these true feelings from your stomach can come out, so that everyone can taste the food just by looking at your pictures.
很簡單的一句話,卻蘊含很多道理呢!
之后他們租車去Changmian,路途中發(fā)生了很多事情,救下了一只貓頭鷹以及Kwan的三個愿望。
喜歡的句子∶
★My body is jittery with exhaustion and excitement.
★Plumes of acid breakfast smoke mingled with the morning mist.
★You can not stop young girls from wishing . No! Everyone must dream. We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming-well, that's like saying you can never change your fate.
和大家一樣很喜歡最后一句(?′?`?)*??*
對于自己的夢想,目標不要放棄!
分享一首詩《希望是長著翅膀的小鳥》,還有一句肖申克的救贖中的一句話:
“Hope isthegoodthing, maybe the best thing, and no goodthings ever.”
?ω?希望我們都心懷希望!
Hope is the thing with feathers
——Emily Dickinson
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all
And sweetest in the gale is heard
And sore must be the storm
That could abashed the little bird
That kept so many warm
I've heard it in the chillest land
And on the strangest sea
Yet, never, in extremity
Tasked a crumb of me
希望長著翅膀的小鳥
希望是長著翅膀的鳥兒,
棲居在人們的靈魂之中,
吟唱著沒有歌詞的曲調(diào),
永無止息。
在風暴中它的歌聲最為甜美;
風暴必然會帶來痛苦,
風暴會令小鳥窘困驚慌,
它卻留給我們?nèi)缢箿嘏?/p>
我已在最荒寒的陸地上,
聽到過經(jīng)的歌唱,
也在最陌生的海洋中聽到,
但它縱然身處絕境,
也不向我索取分毫。
August 14st Chapter fourteen
他們車夫叫Rocky,他自學英語,但能說的就那么幾句,他很想去美國做演員,然后掙很多的錢,Kwan沒有打斷他,也沒有否認或是去破滅他的這種夢想,但是現(xiàn)實是殘酷的,無論在哪個國家,就算是在那時的美國,也是如此,在那里,人們壓力很大,窮人也很多。當Kwan想要告訴他這樣的現(xiàn)實時,他突然想起Olivia所說的話,我們不能打破任何人的夢想,每個人都有心懷希望的權(quán)利。
Kwan 看到了那熟悉的美景,那是Kwan給她講的故事,那是夢中的景象!這才是他們真想要看到的景象,這里沒有喧囂,沒有美國街頭的快節(jié)奏,這里平靜,祥和,給予人溫暖的感覺。
Olivia知道BigMa去世,因為他看到了她的靈魂,她傷心的哭了。但是傷心也只能短暫的,還是要面對所要面對的。
★You can not stop people from wishing. They can't help trying. As long as they can see sky, they'll always want to go As high As they can.
★Simon's face is tense, but when he catches me looking at him, he smiles.很溫馨的畫面是不是ε?(?> ?<)? з
★In the distance is another pair of tall peaks, dark jade in color, and beyond the purple shadows of two more. Simon and i stare at each other, wide-eyed.
★Anyway, regrets are useless, always too late.
August 15st Chapter fifteen
Olivia因為Big Ma的離世十分傷心,但是Kwan不知道如何去安慰她,她不認識Big Ma,也并不了解她,但卻曾經(jīng)極度的傷過她,在她的心上刻上了傷疤。這讓特Kwan想起了自己的母親,如果未來的某一天自己的母親也離她而去的時候,她會不會也會感到難過、孤單,會不會對她對自己的傷害選擇原諒,帶著這樣的愧疚她思考著這個問題。其實Kwan是愛她的,只因為重視,才會受到傷害,我們總是對于那些我們所愛的人更加的苛刻,我們會對他們索取的很多,希望得到他們的重視自己更多的愛護。其實對于現(xiàn)在的Kwan來講,她想要的不過是一句來自母親的對不起而已。
Olivia并不再沉浸于悲傷之中,她開始與她講關(guān)于上一世中的故事,那場叛亂,讓她失去了她的丈夫Zeng,他們本可以一起逃到山洞之中,但是Kwan想要救自己的朋友,盡管Zeng有些不情愿,但是他知道有時候愛一個人并不只是愛她就好了,很多的時候要為她的周圍所考慮,畢竟當他們決定在一起的時候,其實就不僅僅是兩個人的事了。
★The rivers are already flowing, not with boats but with blood.
★Ten years before, the Heavenly King had sent a tide of death from the mountains to the coast. Blood flowed, millions died.Now the tide was returning.
★But i knew this stillness meant the season of danger was now danger disaster would soon begin. The air was thick and damp, hard to breathe. I saw No birds, I saw no clouds. The sky was stained orange and red, As If the bloodshed had already reached into the heavens.
★And still i couldn't get rid of this feeling that something was crawling on my skin.
★The night grew darker, the air even heavier, as the ground rose up and smashed against My face.
★That with your death, i know too late what i have truly lost.
感受:愛情很神奇,你會為那個人付出,你會想為那個人做一些事情,但有時候卻覺得它很復雜,看不透對方,難以捉摸。不過對于Zeng的犧牲很傷心π_π。
August 16st Chapter sixteen
Big Ma想要讓Olivia給她拍照,因為當她在世時并沒有什么好看的照片,盡管Kwan并不想給去世的人拍照,但是一想到來中國之后的各種奇怪的事情,她也就同意了。他們來到了Big Ma的家,他們要在這里待上一陣子,但是由于臥室有限Olivia與Simon需要同房,但是她覺得極為不適合,他們畢竟已經(jīng)離婚了。關(guān)于Dulili的身份還是有很多疑問的。
喜歡的句子:
★I wink at Kwan and try to keep a straight face. Simon's eyes widen. this is a game he and I used to play in the early days of living together.
★It's the first warm moment we've shared in a long time. at what point in our marriage did our teasing drift into sarcasm?
他們的關(guān)系終于又有了一些改變,還是很希望他們在一起!
August 17st Chapter seventeen
感受:
這一章內(nèi)容超精彩,盡管還是有很多疑惑,但又感慨作者強大的想象力!
關(guān)于Dulili的故事很奇妙,她從不說話,不像是Kwan那樣瘦弱,她與Kwan是好朋友,他們之間不需要語言,Kwan也是唯一一個能理解她的"shadow talk"的人,她帶來了幸運,也帶來了災(zāi)難,一場大雨讓他們?yōu)l臨死亡,但是他們的靈魂還在,只是Kwan身體再也不能復活了,Big Ma本想將他們埋葬起來,但是奇怪的事情發(fā)生了,lili醒了,但是并不是她,她身上的靈魂是Kwan的!在夢中Kwan來到了yin world,但是lili讓他回去,她說七年之后,一切將會重新安排。然后Kwan就回去了
這章疑惑很多,期待明天
喜歡的句子:
She watched the world like a baby bird, black, looking for danger.
August 18st Chapter eighteen
Now that our marriage is over, I know what love is. It’s a trick on the brain, the adrenal glands
releasing endorphins. It floods the cells that transmit worry and better sense, drowns them with biochemical bliss. You can know all these things about love, yet it remains irresistible, as beguiling as the floating arms of long sleep.
很喜歡這句話,說的很真實,又有些無奈。它讓我們憂慮,又讓我們快樂,讓我們思念,又讓我們無奈,但是我們還是會沉浸在其中,無法自拔。
這一章腦洞也很大,Dulili殺雞,changmian真的含義等……
August 19st Chapter19
看到這一章其實蠻欣慰的,因為Olivia與Simon終于和好了,后來他們在山谷里還是很驚險的,Olivia很擔心他們有危險,而Simon卻想進去看看到底有什么,男人的好奇心總是比女人強,正如文中所說"Probably one of those biological differences between men and women. Women’s brains use higher and more evolved functions, which account for their sensitivity, their humaneness, their worry, whereas men rely on more primitive functions.
有時候男生不會理解女生的想法,而女生也是一樣,因為他們的思考方式不同,因為他們的所求不同。在這樣敏感的情緒趨勢之下,Olivia詢問了關(guān)于他們分居之后的生活,當知道結(jié)果后她極度失望,但是Simon覺得這些并不重要,因為那些人他并不在意,對他來講,那些只不過是一些需求,他真正在意的是Olivia,但Olivia并不這樣理解,她覺他背叛了她,她又提起Elza,她在意除她以外的女人,他們爭論著,Olivia哭了,Simon也很生氣。
感受:
或許女生們都會對愛的人更加苛刻,希望他們更加忠誠,無論是肉體還是精神方面,但現(xiàn)實有時并不會這樣,那這樣的時候又該如何做出選擇呢?還是很希望他們快些和好!!
August 20st Chaptertwenty
自從Olivia與Simon吵架后,Simon就一直未歸,Olivia的心情又生氣慢慢轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)閾?、著急,然后又很焦急、害怕他發(fā)生什么不好的事情,其實她有些坐立不安,但又不想不想表現(xiàn)的過于明顯。后來她再也坐不住了,后來她與Kwan出去尋找,他們找了很久,依舊沒有找到他,不過Kwan卻找到了音樂盒,那個上一世時Ms Banner送給她的音樂盒,而Olivia其實就是Ms Banner,輪回可能會改變一些東西,但那些真正存在于內(nèi)心的情感是帶不走的。
喜歡的句子:
He’s inconsiderate that way. He keeps people waiting. He doesn’t eventhink they might beworried. He’ll be here any minute. He’ll arrive with thatirritating grin of his, and I’ll be pissed for worrying without reason.
August 21st Chapter21
Kwan繼續(xù)講著上一世他們的故事,當Kwan與yi ban安全到達洞穴后,她告訴他了實情,她說Miss Banner只是假裝愛著擦Cape,她只是想要就他們,yiban 聽后機器憤怒,想要回去,Nunumu叫他不要沖動,然后她找了個借口去救Miss Banner,Miss Banner的腿受傷了,但是他們還是回到了洞穴,但卻沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)yiban,后來Miss Banner叫他不要再找了,他們時間也不多了,如果yiban死了,他們將在world of yin 中相遇,然后他們就相互依偎,直到死去。
August 22st Chapter22-24
Kwan與Olivia回憶他們前世是如何去世的,但他們都記不太清,Kwan還說前世中她是Elza的女兒。他們繼續(xù)續(xù)尋找Simon,當Kwan說要去一個洞穴是,讓她在外邊等著,就在這時,Simon出現(xiàn)了,Olivia又哭又笑,不知如何是好,他們緊緊相擁,讓對方切實感受到他們的存在。他們在那兒等Kwan,但是卻一直沒有等到。就這樣,Kwan消失了兩月,警察,政府,專家都出動了,也沒有找到,他們在changmian辦了葬禮,Olivia懷孕了,生了個小姑娘,她與Simon的生活依舊會有爭吵,但是現(xiàn)在的他們不會再像以前那樣,他們會信任對方,包容對方,關(guān)心對方。而Olivia不會再為Kwan的離去而傷心,因為在她心里,Kwan依舊活著。
★You can’t let those you love leave you behind in this worldwithout making them promise they’ll wait.
★We’re still working things out, deciding what’s important, what matters, howto be together for more than eight hours at a stretch without disagreeing aboutwhich radio station we should put on.
★I think Kwan intended to show me the world is not a place but thevastness of the soul. And the soul is nothing more than love, limitless, endless,all that moves us toward knowing what is true. I once thought love wassupposed to be nothing but bliss. I now know it is also worry and grief, hopeand trust.
★Ifpeople we love die, then they are lost only to our ordinary senses. If weremember, we can find them anytime with our hundred secret senses.