聲音簡介：周末去看了《小婦人》 Little Women.

The movie was set in 1860s in Concord, New Hampshire, in the aftermath of the American Civil War. It follows the lives of four sisters, Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth.

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故事發(fā)生在19世紀60年代美國南北戰(zhàn)爭期的Concord，New Hampshire州的首府。當時因為戰(zhàn)爭把男性都召上了戰(zhàn)場，脫離了生產(chǎn)，越來越多的女性開始擺脫傳統(tǒng)家庭束縛，投身社會勞動和政治。

當時看完電影只覺得對Jo和Laurie沒在一起意難平。

（沒看過小說原著，僅從電影劇情上聊）

Jo and Laurie met at a party. Jo had scorched her dress so she didn’t join the dancing party. Laurie didn’t laugh at her. They turned out dancing happily outside of the party room.

Jo和Laurie最開始認識是因為在一個舞會上，Jo燒焦了自己的裙子不好意思出去跳舞，而Laurie就陪著她很開心在屋子外面跳起了舞。

他們見面后Jo說的第一句話就為后面的故事埋下了伏筆。

Jo說的是：I can’t get over my disappointment in being a girl.

我真的很失望為什么我是一個女生。

當時的社會環(huán)境認為女性應該完全依附于男性。

出版商Mr. Dashwood就直接對投稿的Jo說:

If the main character is a girl, make sure she is married by the end. Or dead. Either way.

如果故事的主角是個女生,請確保她最后要么結婚了,要么死了。

So Jo at that time was very very afraid of being married. She said she supposed marriage has always been an economic proposition. It’s mercenary, and has nothing to do with romance.

當時的Jo是很恐懼婚姻的。她覺得婚姻是女性對男性的屈服，是功利主義。

在姐妹Meg結婚的時候Jo的反應也很激烈。

She said to Meg--We can leave right now. I can make money. I’ll sell stories. I’ll do anything…And you, you should be an actress, and you should have a life on the stage.

她覺得Meg應該成為一名舞臺上閃閃發(fā)光的女演員，而不是走進婚姻。對那時候的Jo來說婚姻是對事業(yè)的抹殺，而她熱愛自己的寫作事業(yè)。

所以當時Meg結婚后，Laurie對Jo的深情表白遭到了殘忍拒絕。

Laurie said to Jo,

I have loved you ever since I’ve known you, Jo. I couldn’t help it. And I tried to show it, and you wouldn’t let me, which is fine. But I must make you hear now, and give me an answer, because I cannot go on like this any longer! I gave up billiards [ˈbɪljərdz]. I gave up everything you didn’t like. I’m happy I did. It’s fine, and I waited, and I never complained, because I figured you’d love me, Jo. And I realize I’m not half good enough, and I’m not this great man.

他能感覺到Jo也是愛他的，想跟她在一起。但Jo卻說：

You’re a great deal too good for me. And I’m so grateful to you, and I’m so proud of you. And I just , I don’t see why I can’t love you as you want me to.

我只是沒辦法以你希望我愛你的方式愛你。

Jo: Listen, you’ll find some lovely accomplished girl, who will love you and adore you. And she’s going to make a fine mistressfor your fine house. But I wouldn’t, alright?

你會找到那個可愛的出色的崇拜你的女孩，會成為你豪宅的女主人。但我不會。

And we would quarrel, because we can’t help it, even now. I’d hate elegant society, you’d hate my scribbling. And we would be unhappy…Teddy, I don’t believe I will ever marry. I’m happy as I am. And I love my liberty too well to be in any hurry to give it up.

我們會爭吵，我不會喜歡上層社會的做派，你不會喜歡我亂寫東西，我們在一起不會開心的。

我熱愛自由，不認為自己會結婚。

Laurie卻說：I think you will marry, Jo. I think you’ll find someone, and love them, and you will live and die for them, because that’s your way, and you will. And I’ll watch.

Laurie最后這句“我會看著的”真是心酸。

其實Jo說的“I’d hate elegant society”不喜歡做作優(yōu)雅的上流社會做派，從他們第一次在party屋子外面獨自跳舞就可以看出，Laurie也不迎合這些虛偽的東西，這方面他們并沒有不合適。只是Jo單純地不想結婚。

她愛Laurie嗎？我認為是愛的。

在Jo經(jīng)歷了Beth去世回家后，已經(jīng)七年過去了。

Jo對她媽媽說：Perhaps I was too quick in turning him down, Laurie. 我當時拒絕Laurie拒絕得太快了。

Her mom asked her: Do you love him?

Jo said: If he asked me again I think I would say yes. Do you think he’ll ask me again?

如果Laurie再問一次是否愛他，Jo會說Yes。

媽媽還反問了一句 But do you love him?

Jo說I care more to be loved. I want to be loved.

“我更在意被愛。我想要被愛。”很多人聽到這里覺得Jo只是受了打擊為了被愛而回來找Laurie，但Jo后面解釋了她對女性地位低下的無奈，這里她說的I want to be loved，我認為其實指的是I want to be loved, and respected.

Jo的下一段說的是：

You know, I just feel like, women, they have minds, and they have souls, as well as just hearts. And they’ve got ambition, and they’ve got talent, as well as just beauty. And I’m so sick of people saying that love is just all a woman is fit for. I’m so sick of it! But I’m so lonely!

女性也有想法、有靈魂、有野心、有天賦，而不只是美貌。Jo很煩大家都說愛情是女性的全部。她覺得很孤單。

這也回應了她之前不接受婚姻的理由，害怕自己的才華被婚姻埋沒。

而后來Jo已經(jīng)有了轉變，因為她發(fā)現(xiàn)比起令人恐懼的結婚，她更害怕的，是失去Laurie。

Jo wrote a letter to Laurie seven years later after she returned home.

My dear Teddy,

I miss you more than I can express. I used to think that the worst fate was to be a wife. I was young and stupid. But now I have changed. The worst fate is to live my life without you in it. I was wrong to turn you down and run away to New York.

但很可惜，當時Laurie已經(jīng)和Jo的妹妹Amy結婚了，Jo的信Laurie也沒機會看到了。

Laurie明明也還愛著Jo。重聚的時候當Jo很開心跟他說Oh Teddy you’re back!

Laurie問：Are you glad to see me then?

Jo說：Yes!

Laurie淡淡說了一句：Oh I was worried.我想太多了。也就是Laurie以為這七年來Jo并不想見他。

到后來和Jo最后在一起的Friedrich教授出現(xiàn)后，Laurie反復問了三四遍，

Who’s this? Who are you? Can someone tell me who this is?

I’m Laurie. Who are you? --你是誰？Laurie并不想接受教授的出現(xiàn)。

再到把Jo送上馬車追Feirdrich，Laurie依靠在扶梯很失落。

那Laurie愛Amy嗎？也愛，但更多的是享受被愛吧。

他在告訴Jo自己結婚了的時候，對Jo說：

I‘ve always loved you. But the love I feel for Amy, it’s different.

You’re the only one that ever calls me that, Jo, “Teddy.” Amy calls me “My lord.”

Jo是唯一一個叫Laurie “Teddy”的人，就像一起的玩伴。但Amy叫他“My lord”我的殿下。

Laurie自幼失去父母，很缺愛。而Amy從最開始就默默愛Laurie，為了他不跟富人Fred結婚；用一句“I despise you”罵醒了失去Jo以后花天酒地的Laurie。等了七年Jo的Laurie也是累了吧，接受了“被愛”。

所幸Jo最后也找到了適合自己的Feirdrich教授——懂她對寫作的熱愛，最開始就匿名送了《莎士比亞三部曲》，作為評論家也能在寫作上給Jo提供幫助。

It seems like they all have a happy ending. But I think it’s all about timing. Meet the right one, at the right time.看起來他們似乎都有了美好的結局，雖然有很多遺憾。其實就是對的時間，對的人，缺一不可。

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