隔着时差的跨年

类别:情绪

讲述了身处异乡的主人公通过屏幕与家人跨越时差、云端倒数新年的温情瞬间。

时长 62 秒 · 语速 128 wpm

字幕原文

It was noon where I was. 我这边正是正午。

Bright sun, people eating lunch outside. 阳光明媚,大家都在户外吃着午饭。

An ordinary Tuesday. 一个再普通不过的周二。

On my laptop screen, it was almost midnight. 而在我的电脑屏幕里,那边已经是午夜了。

My whole family was squeezed onto one sofa, 全家人挤在一张沙发上,

in the living room I grew up in. 就在我从小长大的那个客厅里。

My uncle was too close to the camera. 我叔叔离镜头太近了。

My grandmother kept asking, "Can she see us? 我奶奶一直在问:“她能看见咱们吗?

Can she hear us?" 能听见咱们说话吗?”

"I can hear you, Grandma." “我听得见,奶奶。”

"She can hear us!" “她听得见咱们!”

Behind them, the TV was counting down. 他们身后的电视机正在倒计时。

My mother fixed her hair, as if I'd never seen her before. 我妈理了理头发,搞得好像我头一回见她似的。

Ten. 十。

Nine. 九。

Eight. 八。

I counted with them, alone at my kitchen table, with a sandwich. 我独自坐在厨房的餐桌旁,吃着三明治,跟着他们一起倒数。

Three. 三。

Two. 二。

One. 一。

They shouted. 他们欢呼起来。

I shouted. 我也跟着欢呼。

Then I closed the laptop, and it was Tuesday again. 然后我合上了电脑,时间又回到了周二。

But for one minute, 但有那么一分钟,

I was twelve hours ahead of myself, and home. 我提前跑到了十二小时后的未来,回到了家。

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