今天，我們來讀第三封“瓶中信”。一直以來，Garret都認為，堅守對亡妻的愛和記憶是讓自己繼續活下去的動力。直到看著灰心離去的Teresa乘飛機離開，才突然意識到自己是可以重新來過的。下定決心的Garret第二天駕船到海上的風口，打算給亡妻投去最后一封道別信，然后重新開始。可是，還沒來得及投信的Garret，為了救海上遇難的一家三口獻出了生命。他將要投出的信，此刻，躺在Teresa的手中。

Garret:

Dear Catherine:

My life began when I found you,...and I thought it had ended when I failed to save you. I thought that hanging on to your memory was keeping us both alive. But I was wrong. A woman named Teresa showed me that if I was brave enough to open my heart...I could love again, no matter how terrible my grief. She made me realize I was only half-alive. It scared me and it hurt. I didn't know how much I needed her till the night she flew away. When that airplane took off, I felt something inside me tear away. And I knew I should have stopped her. I should've followed her home. And now tomorrow, I'm going to sail to the windy point...and I'm going to say goodbye to you. Then I'm going to go to this woman and see if I can win her heart. If I can, I know you'll bless me. And bless us all. If I can't, then I'm still blessed because I've had the privilege of loving twice in my life. She gave me that. And if I tell you I love her as much as I loved you then you'll know the whole story.

Rest in peace, my love. Garret.

親愛的Catherine:

遇到你我的生命開始了，我認為失去你后我的生命也結束了。我想帶著對你的回憶會讓我們兩個都活著。但是我錯了。一個叫Teresa的女人讓我明白了，如果我足夠有勇氣打開心扉，我還能再愛一次，不管我的悲痛有多深重。她讓我意識到我只是茍延殘喘。這讓我害怕，讓我痛苦。直到她離開的那個晚上，我才知道自己是多么需要她。當飛機起飛的時候，我感覺到我的心在流淚。我還知道，我應該把她留下來。我應該跟她回家。明天，我將航行到風口，我會對你說再見，然后我會去找這個女人，看看我是否能贏得她的芳心。如果我能，我知道那是你在保佑我，保佑我們所有人；如果我不能，那么我還是得到了祝福，因為在我的一生得到了兩次真愛。她把真愛給了我。如果我告訴你我像愛你一樣愛她，那么你就知道整個故事了。

安息吧，我的愛人。

Teresa: If some lives form a perfect circle others take shape in ways we cannot predict or always understand. Loss has been a part of my journey. But it has also shown me what is precious. So has a love for which I can only be grateful. 如果有些人的生活是一個完美的圓，其他的一些人的生活則是我們無法預測或無法總能理解的。失去已經成了我旅途中的一部分。但是它也告訴了我什么是最寶貴的。擁有這樣的愛，讓我心懷感激。

結局似乎不圓滿，又似乎很圓滿。畢竟一段經歷讓人體會到了愛與被愛的幸福以及生活的真諦，這也算是一種圓滿。好，一起來看文中的兩處語句的用法。

Hang on to是一個固定短語，表示“緊緊抓住，繼續下去”。比如：People should hang on to their beliefs. 人對自己的信念還是要有堅持的。

信的最后，Garret祝福亡妻，rest in peace．這個短語就是我們常常說的“祝某人安息”。

《瓶中信》是根據Nicolas Sparks小說改編電影中最成功的一部之一。下期，我們將為您呈現另一部經由他的作品改編的電影《初戀的回憶》，帶您走進最青澀，卻最純真的初戀回憶。