ANDY
That there are things in this world
not carved out of gray stone. That
there’s a small place inside of us
they can never lock away, and that
place is called hope.
RED
Hope is a dangerous thing. Drive a
man insane. It’s got no place here.
Better get used to the idea.
那时还没有VCD,我的视觉童贞是大三被一部模糊的录像带夺走的。所以,听不到字正腔圆的英文台词。不过我们几个死党,千岛、邵风华、祝子,私下里都喜欢同一部译制片《爱情故事》。尤其是里面的台词--爱是用不着说对不起的。千岛妃子搞到了原版缩写小说,于是,一句英文在我们几个人中间传递--Love means you don’t have to say sorry. 这个句子太长,莎漠背不下来,遂将其改成通俗易懂的山东话--谁SORRY我,我SORRY他老婆。
英文歌倒是常听。那时正是麦克尔-杰克逊最火的时候,我们跟着祝子家的砖头录音机一句一句地干嚎--We are the world, we are the children.
考进大学的时候,我已经可以读原文《圣经》了。当时,外教送我一本书,对我帮助很大,我背得滚瓜烂熟。此书如今在AMAZON.COM上还卖,WORD POWER MADE EASY.