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Christmas in Bed-Stuy was a magical time.
Bed-Stuy的圣诞节非常迷人
There was snow,there were twinkling lights.
既有雪 又有闪闪的霓虹灯
Something about the holidays brought out the best in people.
节日的种种勾出了人们最美的一面
People in the neighborhood were more generous...
街坊们也变的慷慨了
Merry Christmas,here's your scarf.
圣诞快乐 你的围巾
I threw in a free gift wrapping.
我免费包装了一下
Here's your insulation.
这是你的绝缘毯
Watch your step.
小心路滑
Happy holidays. Thank you.
节日快乐 谢谢
They seemed more concerned about the needy...
他们似乎更关心可怜的人
I know you lost your man,Mrs. Roberts.
我知道你家男人没了 Roberts太太
But with a body like that,
既然以前那个已经去了
I know Santa's going to bring you another one.
圣诞老人会给你个新的
And everyone had that Christmas spirit.
所有人都有圣诞精神 (圣诞精神就是给与)
This Christmas tree $5.00.
这棵圣诞树 5美元
Hey,hey,hey! Give me that money!
嘿 嘿! 把钱给我!
Even if it belonged to somebody else.
即使这不是他的
Holiday cheer was going all around.
到处是节日的欢呼
But there was something else going around the city
但是城市里还有些别的东西
the flu.
流感
Ma,do we have to wear all this stuff?
妈 我们必须穿上这东西?
Yes.There's a bad strain of the flu going around
当然 流感正在外面肆虐
and I don't need anybody getting sick.
我不想让任何人得病
Feel like my throat is a little scratchy.
我的喉咙都感觉有点痒
But we already got our flu shots.
但是我们都打了流感疫苗
You did,but Chris didn't.
你打了 可Chris没打
Chris,I want you to meet me after school so you can get yours.
Chris 放学后等我一起去打针
But in the meantime,I want you to stay away from other kids.
这段时间里不要和别的孩子一起
Don't touch anything,don't even breathe unless you have to.
不要摸任何东西 也不准多吸一口气
Now go.Go,go,go.
现在 出发
If it was up to my mother,
如果我和老妈顶嘴
she would've sent me to school like this.
她就会这样把我送到学校
Looks like I should be selling subway tokens.
看起来我可以去卖地铁票了
For me,this was going to be the best Christmas ever.
对我来说 这将是个最好的圣诞节
Because I was working at Doc's,
因为我在Doc的小店打工
I could afford actual presents for my family,
因此可以给家里人买些礼物
not the crappy kind kids make.
不像其他笨小子那样
A Play-Doh skillet.
培乐多橡皮泥锅
You shouldn't have.
要这个干嘛？
Papier-msh?work boots.
纸糊的工作靴
I love it.
我爱这个
What's this,a fruitcake?
这是水果蛋糕?
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
在我那儿可以零付后取
where you paid off $5.00 a week until you owned something.
每周需付5美元 直到够你买回这东西
It was like having a credit card and a hostage situation,
就像信用卡和抵押贷款的组合版
all rolled into one.
卷成一个
I was getting presents on layaway
我一边存着这些礼物
and a shot to keep the flu away.
一边打针预防感冒
God,I hope they hurry up,so we can get inside before they start reusing the needles.
天啊 希望他们快点 我们就能赶在他们重复使用针头之前进去了
Sorry about that.
对不起
You getting a flu shot,too?
你也要打预防针吗?
Yeah. Make mine a double.
好吧 给我打双份
At school,the holiday brought out the school choir.
在学校 唱诗班也在节日里开始了
Pull it together,Smokey.
跟上节奏 Smokey (Smokey Robinson 歌手)
I don't want to be here all day.
我可不想一整天都待在这儿
Okay,okay.
好吧 听着
This time,sing it with feeling.
这次要带有感情的唱
You're singing about an impoverished family,
你们要歌唱的是
living in the ghetto,
住在犹太区的一户穷苦家庭
who gave birth to their firstborn child in a manger.
在马槽里生下了他们的第一个孩子
Chris,you can relate to this,can't you? Chris
这些你比较熟悉 是吧?
Not really.
不是吧
All right,give me a minute and then we'll try it again.
好吧 歇会再来一遍
You don't look so good.
你脸色看起来不好
Are you getting sick?
得病了?
'Cause you've got to be careful.
你要小心点
The flu's going around and it's no joke.
流感正到处肆虐 可不是开玩笑的
My father has it,and last night,
我爸爸也感冒了
it sounded like he coughed up a lung.
昨晚好像要把肺给咳出来一样
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.
这样才买的起我的礼物
This year,I went all out.
我给大家准备了真正想要的礼物
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 谢谢你Chris
A Wayne Gretzky hockey game! Thanks,Chris.
Wayne Gretzky冰上曲棍球游戏 谢谢你Chris
The Young and the Restless soundtrack featuring "Nadia's Theme"?!
《跃动青春》 的原声大碟 "娜迪亚的主题曲"
Thanks,Chris.
谢谢你 Chris
Patti Labelle's "New Attitude" perfume?!
Patti Labelle的"好心情"香水?!
Thank you,Chris.
谢谢你 Chris
Wow,that's a lot of stuff.
哇 有不少东西哦
Sounds expensive.
听起来很贵吧
It is; I got it from Goldstein's.
的确 我从Goldstein那里弄来的
What? Are you crazy?
什么? 你疯了吗?
I don't even shop there and I'm white.
我这个白人都不去那买东西
Okay...
好吧...
Well,I need to y $35 before Christmas Eve or else they're gonna sell it.
我必须在圣诞夜之前付清35美元 不然他们就会卖掉这些东西
I'm warning you.
我警告你
Bless you.
保佑你
Oh,poor Chris.
可怜的Chris.
Winters can be so tough when you can't afford heat.
要是付不起暖气费 冬天可是很痛苦的
I've got heat.
我们家有暖气
Okay,let's try it again.
好吧 再来一遍
Greg,would you start us off?
Greg 起个调好吗?
Silent night...
平安夜...
Rochelle!
Rochelle!
Whenever Christmas came around,
每到圣诞节
my father always picked up extra work,
我爸爸都会打点零工
so he could afford presents.
这样就可以买一些礼物
Christmas tree? No,thank you.
要圣诞树吗? 不 谢谢
Hanukkah bush? No,thanks.
光明节灌木? 不 谢谢
Kwanzaa stump?
宽扎节树桩? (Kwanzaa 宽扎节 美国黑人节日 12月26日至1月1日)
