双语读剧：Call me by ...（一）27:今天是红色：他仓促、坚决、急躁
“Well, Signora Milani needs the money,” he said, coming downstairs, billowy blue shirt, espadrilles, red trunks, sunglasses, and the red Loeb edition17 of Lucretius18 that never left his side. “I’m okay with her,” he said as he rubbed some lotion on his shoulders.
“I’m okay with her,” Chiara said, tittering. “I’m okay with you, you’re okay with me, she’s okay with him—”
“Stop clowning and let’s go swimming,” said Chiara’s sister.
“嗯，米拉尼太太需要这笔钱。”奥利弗边说边走下楼，又是那件宽松蓝衬衫、布面平底凉鞋、红色泳裤、太阳镜，还有一本随身携带的红色洛布版《卢克莱修》。“我对她还算满意。”他边说边在肩膀上抹防晒乳。
奇亚拉哧哧笑着说：“我对她还算满意。我对你还算满意，你对我还算满意，他对她还算满意……”
“别开玩笑了，我们去游泳了。”奇亚拉的妹妹说。
He had, it took me a while to realize, four personalities depending on which bathing suit he was wearing. Knowing which to expect gave me the illusion of a slight advantage. Red: bold, set in his ways, very grown-up, almost gruff and ill-tempered—stay away. Yellow: sprightly, buoyant, funny, not without barbs—don’t give in too easily; might turn to red in no time. Green, which he seldom wore: acquiescent, eager to learn, eager to speak, sunny—why wasn’t he always like this? Blue: the afternoon he stepped into my room from the balcony, the day he massaged my shoulder, or when he picked up my glass and placed it right next to me.
我花了一段时间才了解，根据他当天身上的泳裤不同，他有四重人格。知道可能出现的是哪一种，让我有占了点优势的错觉。红色：大胆、固执、非常成熟、近乎粗暴的坏脾气——最好离他远一点。黄色：活泼、愉快、风趣、但并非没有芒刺——别太轻易让步。可能立马变成红色。他很少穿的绿色：默许、积极学习、积极发言、阳光开朗——为什么他不能一直是这样？蓝色：他从阳台走进我房间的那个下午，他为我按摩肩膀的那一天，或者他帮我捡起玻璃杯放在我旁边的时候。
Today was red: he was hasty, determined, snappy.
On his way out, he grabbed an apple from a large bowl of fruit, uttered a cheerful “Later, Mrs. P.” to my mother, who was sitting with two friends in the shade, all three of them in bathing suits, and, rather than open the gate to the narrow stairway leading to the rocks, jumped over it. None of our summer guests had ever been as freewheeling. But everyone loved him for it, the way everyone grew to love Later!
今天是红色：他仓促、坚决、急躁。
往外走的时候，他从大水果盘里抓起一个苹果，对母亲兴高采烈地说了一声“回头见，教授太太！”当时母亲正和两名好友坐在阴凉处，三个人都穿着泳衣。奥利弗没打开通往礁石那道狭窄阶梯的门，而是从上面跳过去。我们从没遇到过这样无拘无束的夏季住客，但人人都因此喜欢上他，也逐渐爱上他那句“回头再说”。
“I’m okay with her,” Chiara said, tittering. “I’m okay with you, you’re okay with me, she’s okay with him—”
“Stop clowning and let’s go swimming,” said Chiara’s sister.
“嗯，米拉尼太太需要这笔钱。”奥利弗边说边走下楼，又是那件宽松蓝衬衫、布面平底凉鞋、红色泳裤、太阳镜，还有一本随身携带的红色洛布版《卢克莱修》。“我对她还算满意。”他边说边在肩膀上抹防晒乳。
奇亚拉哧哧笑着说：“我对她还算满意。我对你还算满意，你对我还算满意，他对她还算满意……”
“别开玩笑了，我们去游泳了。”奇亚拉的妹妹说。
He had, it took me a while to realize, four personalities depending on which bathing suit he was wearing. Knowing which to expect gave me the illusion of a slight advantage. Red: bold, set in his ways, very grown-up, almost gruff and ill-tempered—stay away. Yellow: sprightly, buoyant, funny, not without barbs—don’t give in too easily; might turn to red in no time. Green, which he seldom wore: acquiescent, eager to learn, eager to speak, sunny—why wasn’t he always like this? Blue: the afternoon he stepped into my room from the balcony, the day he massaged my shoulder, or when he picked up my glass and placed it right next to me.
我花了一段时间才了解，根据他当天身上的泳裤不同，他有四重人格。知道可能出现的是哪一种，让我有占了点优势的错觉。红色：大胆、固执、非常成熟、近乎粗暴的坏脾气——最好离他远一点。黄色：活泼、愉快、风趣、但并非没有芒刺——别太轻易让步。可能立马变成红色。他很少穿的绿色：默许、积极学习、积极发言、阳光开朗——为什么他不能一直是这样？蓝色：他从阳台走进我房间的那个下午，他为我按摩肩膀的那一天，或者他帮我捡起玻璃杯放在我旁边的时候。
Today was red: he was hasty, determined, snappy.
On his way out, he grabbed an apple from a large bowl of fruit, uttered a cheerful “Later, Mrs. P.” to my mother, who was sitting with two friends in the shade, all three of them in bathing suits, and, rather than open the gate to the narrow stairway leading to the rocks, jumped over it. None of our summer guests had ever been as freewheeling. But everyone loved him for it, the way everyone grew to love Later!
今天是红色：他仓促、坚决、急躁。
往外走的时候，他从大水果盘里抓起一个苹果，对母亲兴高采烈地说了一声“回头见，教授太太！”当时母亲正和两名好友坐在阴凉处，三个人都穿着泳衣。奥利弗没打开通往礁石那道狭窄阶梯的门，而是从上面跳过去。我们从没遇到过这样无拘无束的夏季住客，但人人都因此喜欢上他，也逐渐爱上他那句“回头再说”。
