A trip TOT和library
Ritter：I didn't know what to do or where to go,
麗塔：我不知道要做什麼也不知道往哪去
and somehow,
然後莫名其妙的
my feet started walking down the street,
我的腳開始順著大街走
across the bridge,
經過大橋
past the Metropol Cinema,
經過大都會影院
and do you know where？
然後你猜我到哪了
Sipos：Where？
西波斯：猜不到 哪？
Ritter：Right into a library.
麗塔：直直就進了圖~書~館啊
Sipos：The library？
西波斯：圖書館？
Ritter：Can you imagine？
麗塔：你敢信嗎
Sipos：How did you like it？
西波斯：那你覺得那兒怎麼樣
Ritter：Oh,you've never seen such a place.
麗塔：哦你絕對沒有見過這麼厲害的地方
So many books ！ (hhhhh
好！多！書！呀！
And so much marble.
還有好多大理石
And so quiet.
而且好安靜
Ritter：
麗塔：
And suddenly,all of my confidence,
突然之間我所有的信心
dribbled away with a pitiful plop.
啪嗒一聲就全都不見了
My head was beginning to swim.
我的腦子裡一團漿糊
And my forehead was covered with cold perspiration.
額頭上不停冒冷汗
I started to reach for a book.
我企圖去拿一本書
And my hand automatically came to a stop.
但是我的手不由自主地停住
I don't know how long I stood frozen.
我不知道我石化了多久
A victim of panic and mortification.
深受恐懼與羞恥的迫害
Oh,how I wanted to flee.
哦我多想趕緊逃出去
When a kindly voice,
這時一個友好的聲音
a gentle voice,
一個溫柔的聲音
whispered,”Pardon me.”
輕聲說：“不好意思”
Sipos ：Oh,”Pardon me.”
西波斯：哦“不好意思”
Ritter：
麗塔：
Uh-huh~
啊~哈~
And there was this dear,sweet,clearly respectable,
我眼前是一位親切的甜美的顯然十分斯文的
thickly-bespectacled man,
戴著厚厚眼鏡片的男人
who stood by my side.
他站在我的身邊
And quietly said to me,
悄聲對我說
“Ma'am,don't mean to intrude,
“女士無意打擾”
but I was just wondering,
“我只是想問問”
are youneed of some help？ ”
“我能幫你做些什麼嗎”
I said”No..Yes,I am~”
我說“不……啊不對我需要”
Oh~
哎呀~
The next thing I know,
接下來我就發現
I'm sipping hot chocolate,
我正輕嘬著熱可可
and telling my troubles to Paul.
給保羅講著我的煩惱
Whose tender brown eyes,
他那溫柔的棕色眼眸
kept sending compassionate looks.
滿盛著和善關切的目光~
A trip to the library.
圖書館之行啊
Has made a new girl of me.
成就了不一樣的我
For,suddenly,I can see.
因為突然之間我發現了
The magic of books！
書籍的魔力！
I have to admit,in the back of my mind.
我必須承認我的內心深處
I was praying he wouldn't get fresh.
一直祈禱他不要太單刀直入
And all of the while,I was wondering.
與此同時我也在琢磨
Why an illiterate girl should attract him.
為什麼一個文盲姑娘能引他注意
Then,all of a sudden,he said,
然後突然之間他說
I couldn't go wrong,with “The Way Of All Flesh.”
“與《眾生之路》我就不會走上錯路”
Of course,it's a novel,but I didn't know.
當然這是一本小說不過我不知道
Or I certainly wouldn't have smacked him.
否則我也不至於打了他一巴掌
Well,he gave me a smile that I couldn't resist.
但他只是朝我微笑魅力我無力阻擋
And I knew at once how much I liked this,
我瞬間明白了我多麼喜歡這位
optometrist.
驗~光~師
Sipos：Optometrist？
西波斯：驗光師？
Ritter：
麗塔：
Op-to-me-trist.
衣安——冠昂——師
You know what this dear,sweet,
你知道接下來這位親切的甜美的
slightly-bespectacled gentleman said to me next？
戴個小眼鏡兒的紳士對我說了什麼嗎
He said he could solve this problem of mine.
他說他願意幫我解決煩惱
I said,”How~“
我說：“怎麼來？”
He said,If I'd like,
他說如果我不介意
he'd willingly read to me,
他很願意為我朗讀
some of his favorite things.
一些他最喜歡的書
I said,”When~”
我說：“啥時候？”
He said,”Now. ”
他說：“就現在。”
His novel approach seemed highly suspicious.
他這個新花樣看起來非常可疑
And possibly dangerous,too.
並且很可能有危險
I told myself,
我警告自己
”Wait！Think！Dare you go up to his flat？“
“等等！動點腦子！你敢就這樣去他的公寓？”
What happens if things go wrong？
萬一事情不按說好的發展怎麼辦
It's obvious he's quite strong.
顯然他既結實又強壯嘿嘿嘿
He read to me all night long.
他給我讀了一整夜的書
Now,how about that？
現在你感覺這人怎麼樣
It's hard to believe how truly domestic.
我不敢相信自己感到如此溫馨
And happily hopeful I feel.
愉悅又充滿希望
I picture my Paul there,reading aloud as I cook.
我彷彿看到我的保羅為我讀書我給他做飯
As long as he's there to read,
只要他的讀書聲不停
there's quite a good chance,indeed.
那麼很可能非常有可能
A chance that I'll never need.
我可能永遠也不需要
To open a book .
（親自）翻開一本書
Unlike someone else.
不像是某些人
Someone I dimly recall.
某些我都忘得差不多的人
I know he'll only have eyes for me.
我知道保羅會只看著我一個人
My optometrist，
我的驗光師
Paul！
保羅！
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