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I don't know if you saw it, but Josephine had some photos
不知道你们有没有看过…
in the most recent Newsweek.
《新闻周刊》登了乔瑟芬的照片
Really?
真的？
That's just wonderful.
太棒了
I spent a week in Morocco for the story. It was incredible.
我在摩洛哥为报导拍照 那里真的很棒
Oh. We'll have to pick up a copy.
我们该去买一本
I don't know if you're aware of this, Josephine
乔瑟芬，不知道你知不知道…
but African parrots, in their native Congo, they speak only French.
非洲鹦鹉在他们的刚果家乡 只说法文
Really?
真的？
You're lucky to get four words out of them in English.
能听到他们讲英文算你走运
But if you were to walk through the jungle
但如果你穿越森林…
you'd hear them speaking the most elaborate French.
你会听见他们讲流利的法文
Those parrots talk about everything. Politics, movies, fashion.
这些鹦鹉什么都谈 政治、电影、时尚
Everything but religion.
就是不谈宗教
Why not religion, Dad?
为什么不谈宗教？
It's rude to talk about religion. You never know who you're gonna offend.
谈宗教很没礼貌 你不知道可能会冒犯到谁
Josephine actually went to the Congo last year.
乔瑟芬去年到过刚果
Oh, so you know.
那你知道啰
Hello.
你好啊
Hi. How are you feeling?
你感觉如何？
Oh, I was dreaming.
我刚刚在作梦
What were you dreaming about?
你梦到什么？
Oh, I don't usually remember
我通常不会记得…
unless they're especially portentous. Do you know what that word means?
除非梦境特别凶 你知道那个字的意思吧？
It means when you dream about something that's gonna happen.
就是你梦见即将发生的事
Like one night, I had a dream
就像有一天，我梦到…
where this crow came and said:
有只乌鸦飞来跟我说：
"Your aunt is gonna die."
“你阿姨快死了”
I was so scared, I woke up my parents
我吓坏了 我叫醒我爸妈…
but they said it was just a dream and to get back to bed.
他们说那只是个梦就回去睡了
But the next morning, my Aunt Stacy was dead.
但是第二天 我史黛阿姨过世了
That's terrible.
真可怕
Terrible for her, but think about me, young boy with that kind of power.
对她来说很可怕，但是想想我 一个拥有超能力的男孩
Wasn't three weeks later when the crow came back to me in a dream
不到三周之后 那乌鸦又出现在我梦里…
and said, "Your daddy's gonna die."
他说：“你爸快死了”
I didn't know what to do.
我不知道该怎么办
I finally told my father, but he said:
最后我告诉我爸，他说：
"Oh, not to worry." But I could see he was rattled.
“不用担心” 但我看得出他惊惶失措
The next morning, he wasn't himself.
第二天早上，他完全变了个人
Kept looking around, waiting for something to drop on his head.
他老是四处张望 等着有东西砸向他的脑门
Because the crow didn't say how it was gonna happen, just those words:
因为那只乌鸦没说他会怎么死 只说了那句话：
"Your daddy's gonna die."
“你爸快死了”
Well, he left home early and was gone a long time.
他早早就出门 出去了很久一段时间
When he finally came back, he looked terrible
等他回来之后，样子狼狈至极…
like he was waiting for the ax to fall all day.
好像他整天都在等斧头砍向他
He said to my mother:
他跟我妈说：
"I've just had the worst day of my life."
“我刚过了这辈子最糟的一天”
"You think you've had a bad day?" She said.
我妈说：“你以为你过的很糟？”
"This morning, the milkman dropped dead on the porch."
“今天早上 送牛奶的在门口暴毙了”
Because, see, my mother was banging the milkman.
懂吧，我妈跟送牛奶的有一腿
