家族的败家子

字幕原文

Uncle Jules was my father's brother, 于勒叔叔是我父亲的弟弟，

and for years he had been the terror of the family. 这么多年来，他一直都是全家人的心头大患。

He had wasted his own share of the family money, 他把自己分到的那份家产挥霍一空，

and then a good part of my father's too. 接着又把我父亲的钱败掉了大半。

In those days, people like that were sent to America. 在那个年代，像他这种人都会被打发去美洲。

So Uncle Jules was put on a ship from Le Havre to New York. 于是，于勒叔叔被送上了一艘从勒阿弗尔开往纽约的船。

Once there, he set himself up in some kind of business, 到了那儿之后，他做起了点小生意，

and soon wrote to say he was making a little money, 很快就来信说自己赚了点小钱，

and hoped to repay my father for the harm he'd done. 希望能弥补过去给我父亲造成的损失。

That letter caused a sensation. 这封信在家里引起了巨大的轰动。

Jules, who'd always been called worthless, suddenly became an honest man, 以前总被骂作一无是处的于勒，突然变成了一个正直的人，

a good-hearted man, a true member of the family. 一个心肠极好的人，一个真正的自家人。

A little money can change a family's opinion of you overnight. 只要有了点钱，一家人对你的看法就能在一夜之间彻底改变。

And then, a second letter arrived. 后来，第二封信寄到了。