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Christmas in Bed-Stuy was a magical time.
Bed-Stuy的圣誕節非常迷人
There was snow,there were twinkling lights.
既有雪 又有閃閃的霓虹燈
Something about the holidays brought out the best in people.
節日的種種勾出了人們最美的一面
People in the neighborhood were more generous...
街坊們也變的慷慨了
Merry Christmas,here's your scarf.
圣誕快樂 你的圍巾
I threw in a free gift wrapping.
我免費包裝了一下
Here's your insulation.
這是你的絕緣毯
Watch your step.
小心路滑
Happy holidays. Thank you.
節日快樂 謝謝
They seemed more concerned about the needy...
他們似乎更關心可憐的人
I know you lost your man,Mrs. Roberts.
我知道你家男人沒了 Roberts太太
But with a body like that,
既然以前那個已經去了
I know Santa's going to bring you another one.
圣誕老人會給你個新的
And everyone had that Christmas spirit.
所有人都有圣誕精神 (圣誕精神就是給與)
This Christmas tree $5.00.
這棵圣誕樹 5美元
Hey,hey,hey! Give me that money!
嘿 嘿! 把錢給我!
Even if it belonged to somebody else.
即使這不是他的
Holiday cheer was going all around.
到處是節日的歡呼
But there was something else going around the city
但是城市里還有些別的東西
the flu.
流感
Ma,do we have to wear all this stuff?
媽 我們必須穿上這東西?
Yes.There's a bad strain of the flu going around
當然 流感正在外面肆虐
and I don't need anybody getting sick.
我不想讓任何人得病
Feel like my throat is a little scratchy.
我的喉嚨都感覺有點癢
But we already got our flu shots.
但是我們都打了流感疫苗
You did,but Chris didn't.
你打了 可Chris沒打
Chris,I want you to meet me after school so you can get yours.
Chris 放學后等我一起去打針
But in the meantime,I want you to stay away from other kids.
這段時間里不要和別的孩子一起
Don't touch anything,don't even breathe unless you have to.
不要摸任何東西 也不準多吸一口氣
Now go.Go,go,go.
現在 出發
If it was up to my mother,
如果我和老媽頂嘴
she would've sent me to school like this.
她就會這樣把我送到學校
Looks like I should be selling subway tokens.
看起來我可以去賣地鐵票了
For me,this was going to be the best Christmas ever.
對我來說 這將是個最好的圣誕節
Because I was working at Doc's,
因為我在Doc的小店打工
I could afford actual presents for my family,
因此可以給家里人買些禮物
not the crappy kind kids make.
不像其他笨小子那樣
A Play-Doh skillet.
培樂多橡皮泥鍋
You shouldn't have.
要這個干嘛？
Papier-msh?work boots.
紙糊的工作靴
I love it.
我愛這個
What's this,a fruitcake?
這是水果蛋糕?
No,it's a vegetable cake.
不 是蔬菜蛋糕
I ain't eating that.
我可不吃那玩意
In my neighborhood, we had layaway, layaway
在我那兒可以零付后取
where you paid off $5.00 a week until you owned something.
每周需付5美元 直到夠你買回這東西
It was like having a credit card and a hostage situation,
就像信用卡和抵押貸款的組合版
all rolled into one.
卷成一個
I was getting presents on layaway
我一邊存著這些禮物
and a shot to keep the flu away.
一邊打針預防感冒
God,I hope they hurry up,so we can get inside before they start reusing the needles.
天啊 希望他們快點 我們就能趕在他們重復使用針頭之前進去了
Sorry about that.
對不起
You getting a flu shot,too?
你也要打預防針嗎?
Yeah. Make mine a double.
好吧 給我打雙份
At school,the holiday brought out the school choir.
在學校 唱詩班也在節日里開始了
Pull it together,Smokey.
跟上節奏 Smokey (Smokey Robinson 歌手)
I don't want to be here all day.
我可不想一整天都待在這兒
Okay,okay.
好吧 聽著
This time,sing it with feeling.
這次要帶有感情的唱
You're singing about an impoverished family,
你們要歌唱的是
living in the ghetto,
住在猶太區的一戶窮苦家庭
who gave birth to their firstborn child in a manger.
在馬槽里生下了他們的第一個孩子
Chris,you can relate to this,can't you? Chris
這些你比較熟悉 是吧?
Not really.
不是吧
All right,give me a minute and then we'll try it again.
好吧 歇會再來一遍
You don't look so good.
你臉色看起來不好
Are you getting sick?
得病了?
'Cause you've got to be careful.
你要小心點
The flu's going around and it's no joke.
流感正到處肆虐 可不是開玩笑的
My father has it,and last night,
我爸爸也感冒了
it sounded like he coughed up a lung.
昨晚好像要把肺給咳出來一樣
I can't get sick. I need to work,
我不能得病 我要工作
so I can get my presents out of layaway.
這樣才買的起我的禮物
This year,I went all out.
我給大家準備了真正想要的禮物
I got everybody something that they really wanted.
今年我要大出血
Like what?
比如?
A Billy Ocean tea set! Thanks,Chris.
Billy Ocean的茶具 謝謝你Chris
A Wayne Gretzky hockey game! Thanks,Chris.
Wayne Gretzky冰上曲棍球游戲 謝謝你Chris
The Young and the Restless soundtrack featuring "Nadia's Theme"?!
《躍動青春》 的原聲大碟 "娜迪亞的主題曲"
Thanks,Chris.
謝謝你 Chris
Patti Labelle's "New Attitude" perfume?!
Patti Labelle的"好心情"香水?!
Thank you,Chris.
謝謝你 Chris
Wow,that's a lot of stuff.
哇 有不少東西哦
Sounds expensive.
聽起來很貴吧
It is; I got it from Goldstein's.
的確 我從Goldstein那里弄來的
What? Are you crazy?
什么? 你瘋了嗎?
I don't even shop there and I'm white.
我這個白人都不去那買東西
Okay...
好吧...
Well,I need to y $35 before Christmas Eve or else they're gonna sell it.
我必須在圣誕夜之前付清35美元 不然他們就會賣掉這些東西
I'm warning you.
我警告你
Bless you.
保佑你
Oh,poor Chris.
可憐的Chris.
Winters can be so tough when you can't afford heat.
要是付不起暖氣費 冬天可是很痛苦的
I've got heat.
我們家有暖氣
Okay,let's try it again.
好吧 再來一遍
Greg,would you start us off?
Greg 起個調好嗎?
Silent night...
平安夜...
Rochelle!
Rochelle!
Whenever Christmas came around,
每到圣誕節
my father always picked up extra work,
我爸爸都會打點零工
so he could afford presents.
這樣就可以買一些禮物
Christmas tree? No,thank you.
要圣誕樹嗎? 不 謝謝
Hanukkah bush? No,thanks.
光明節灌木? 不 謝謝
Kwanzaa stump?
寬扎節樹樁? (Kwanzaa 寬扎節 美國黑人節日 12月26日至1月1日)
