金城武——永不过期的223 · 雲昊

第221期 金城武——永不过期的223

主播：雲昊

坐标：美国 达拉斯

我们分手的那天是愚人节，所以我一直当她是开玩笑，我愿意让她这个玩笑维持一个月。从分手的那一天开始，我每天买一罐5月1号到期的凤梨罐头，因为凤梨是阿May 最爱吃的东西，而5月1号是我的生日。我告诉我自己，当我买满30罐的时候，她如果还不回来，这段感情就会过期。

We broke up on April Fool's Day, so I tookit as a joke. I'm willing to humor her for a month. Every day I buy a can ofpineapple with an expiration date of May 1, because May loves pineapple, andMay 1 is my birthday. I tell myself that if May hasn't come back by the timeI've bought 30 cans, then our love will expire too.

不知道从什么时候开始  在每个东西上面都有一个日子。秋刀鱼会过期，肉酱会过期，连保鲜纸都会过期，我开始怀疑，在这个世界上  还有什么东西是不会过期的？

When did everything start having an expirationdate? Swordfish expires. Meat sauce expires. Even plastic wrap expires. I'mstarting to wonder: Is there anything in this world that doesn't?

终于在一家便利商店  让我找到第30罐凤梨罐头。就在5月l号的早晨，我开始明白一件事情在阿May的心中，我跟这个凤梨罐头没有什么分别。有人说，狗是人类最好的朋友，可是为什么在这个时候，它却不肯跟我分享我的痛苦呢？

I finally found my 30th can in aconvenience store. As May 1 begins, I begin to understand. In May's eyes，I'm no different from a can ofpineapple. People say dogs are man's best friend. So how come mine won't sharemy grief now?

不知道算不算是一个记录呢？那一天晚上我吃掉所有的凤梨，还好阿May不喜欢吃榴莲，要不然我一定是完蛋了，我好想去庆祝一下，阿May可能已经睡着了，可是我不知道另外一个阿May呢？

This must be some kind of record. I ate all30 cans that night. Good thing for me that May wasn't into durian. I feel likegoing out and celebrating. May's probably in bed by now. But what about thatother May?

台词源自：重庆森林 Chungking Express

我是一个很开朗的人，从小我就很喜欢讲话。

I'm a happy man. I was very talkative whenI was small.

但是自从五岁那一年，我吃了一罐过期的凤梨罐头之后。我就没有再讲过话了。

But at age five, I ate a can of pineapplethat had expired, and I stopped talking.

因为这样子，所以我朋友很少，想找份工作呢，也就变得很难，所以我最后决定，我要自己做老板。

For that reason, I have very few friends. Ifound it very hard to find work too. I finally decided to be my own boss.

因为我没有本钱，所以我每天晚上，都会去打开人家已经打烊的店，来做一个不用本钱的生意。

Having no capital, the only thing I can dois sneak into other people's shops after hours and run my own business.

我绝对不是一个贪小便宜的人，我只是觉得非常的浪费嘛。房租都已经交了，为什么不做生意呢？

I'm not a freeloader. I just think it makessense, since the rent's already been paid, to run the business around theclock.

谁说凌晨三点没有人会来买猪肉，我昨天就来买啦，对不对？

Who says nobody buys pork at 3:00 a.m.? Icame yesterday to buy some, didn't I?

做生意嘛，本来就应该照顾到每一个客人的需要。

If you want to do business, you have totake each customer's needs into account.

佛祖说过，我不进地狱，谁进地狱呢，做老板本来就应该要有爱心，关怀与忍耐和私心不要太重。

Buddha said, "If I don't descend intohell, who will?" When you're the boss, you have to be kind, caring andtolerant. You can't just look to your own gain.

我很清楚，天下没有白吃的午餐。所以我每天晚上都做得很勤劳，做到很晚。虽然钱不是赚得很多，可是我过得很快乐

I know very well there's no such thing as afree lunch, so I always work very hard until the wee hours. I don't make a lotof money, but I'm happy.

台词源自：堕落天使 Fallen Angels

我非常喜欢吃冰淇淋，我小的时候，每天都有一辆冰淇淋车停在我家门口，而我每次见到它呢，我都非常的开心。我有一次问我爸爸，你为什么不去开冰淇淋车。他没有答我，后来我才知道，我妈是被冰淇淋车撞死的。我在台湾出生，五岁的时候跟我爸爸来了香港，他是在重庆宾馆当一个伙计。自从我妈妈去世了之后  他就变成不爱讲话，也不爱吃冰淇淋。可能是因为大家都不爱讲话，所以两父子的感情一直都很好

I love ice cream. When I was little, an icecream truck would stop by my house every day. I was always happy to see it.Once I asked my dad why he didn't drive an ice cream truck. He didn't answer. Ilater found out my mother had been run over by an ice cream truck. I was bornin Taiwan. I came to Hong Kong with my dad when I was five. He worked as anassistant at the Chungking Mansions Hotel. He's rarely talked since my motherdied. No more ice cream, of course. Maybe the fact we're both so quiet explainswhy we've always been close.

齐藤先生是个家庭观念很重的一个人。在他还未来做餐馆之前  听说他是个电影导演。所以每次他有什么事情要跟家人讲的时候他通通都会以录影机把它录下来。我相信他儿子在收到这卷录影带子的时候  一定会很开心。有时我也很想学他，但是我不知道录完之后  应该寄给谁，我也不想结果是寄给我自己。

Sato-san is a real family man. He was afilm director before he opened this place. So he always communicates with hisfamily by making a vid eotape. I'm sure his son must be very happy to receivehis videotapes. Sometimes I want to try the same thing. But I don't know whoI'd send my tapes to. I don't want to end up sending them to myself.

那天晚上睡到半夜，我发现我爸爸偷偷去看那卷带子，他看得很开心。虽然我有很多东西是粗心大意，不过我很清楚地记得，那天是我爸爸的六十岁生日。他一边看一边笑，也不知道他在笑什么，不过我知道，他很开心。

Later that night, I discovered Dad secretlywatching the tape. He really enjoyed it. I'm usually very bad at details, but Iremember very well that it was his 60th birthday. He kept laughing as hewatched it. Who knows what he found so funny. But I know he was happy.

老人家说拍照拍得多会短命的，我不知道是不是真的。有一天晚上  我爸说他不舒服，我送他去医院，过了没多久  他就死了。这么多年来，因为有他的关系，我一直觉得我是个小孩子。因为有什么事情  他都可以帮我解决。那天晚上  我在帮他收拾东西的时候。我第一次觉得我已经长大了。我不想做大人，我希望我爸爸可以一直在我身边。当我离开那一间宾馆的时候，我只带了那一卷录影带，临走之前，我看了很多次。看到我爸爸在那里煮东西我很开心。虽然我知道，以后不会有机会吃到他煮的牛排，但是那个味道，我会永远的记住。

Old people say taking someone's pictureshortens that person's life. I'm not sure it's true. One evening, Dad wasn'tfeeling well. I took him to the hospital. He passed away a while later. Allthese years, I've always felt like a little boy because of him. He was someoneI could always turn to, someone to solve all my problems. Packing up his stuffthat evening, I felt like a grown-up for the first time. But I don't wanna be agrown-up. I sure wish Dad could always be with me! When I left the hotel, thevideotape was all I took with me. I watched it over and over before I left.Watching Dad cook in the kitchen, I feel very happy. Though I know I'll nevertaste his steaks again, I'll never forget how they tasted.

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雲昊：江西南昌人，留美软件工程学博士。拥有一副热心肠，被大家亲切地叫做“小哥哥”。

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