逆风少年

DifferentDrummersisbasedonatruestoryabouttwounusualboysinSpokane,Washingtoninthemid1960s.Inthismoreinnocenttime,whenbodybuilderJackLalanneruledtheairwaves,thetwoheroes,acoupleofelementaryschoolstudents,makeaboldattempttotriumphovermortalitythroughfriendship.ElevenyearoldDavidisslowingdownandisnowwheelchair-boundbymusculardystrophy,whileLylecan'tstopspeedingup.Backthen,hewasreferredtoashavingaconditioncalledMDB(MinimalBrainDysfunction)buttodayhewouldbediagnosedwith"AttentionDeficitDisorder."LylewantsmorethananythingtogetDavidoutofhiswheelchairandrunningagain,andheconcoctsawildschemeinvolvingascienceproject,somefiremen,drummers,theschoolprincipal,acopandahand-walkacrosstheschoolgymnasium,amongotherthings.Itworkslikethis:InspiredbyhisTVidol,Lalanne,andhismessageof"intestinalfortitudeandwillpower,"LylemanagestoconvinceDavidthat...

1. The death of Mrs. McGuire

Lyle: Actually Mrs. McGuire's my favorite teacher ever. 老实说麦圭尔老师是目前为止我最喜欢的老师。

David: Me too. She is really sick though. And...she is not going to make it. 我也是。但是她病的很重。所以她不会回来了。

Lyle: Not gonna make it to what? 不会回哪里了？

David: No. I mean, she's going to die. 没有。我的意思是，她可能会死。

Lyle: What are you talking about?! That's the craziest thing I've ever heard! You don't know that. Anyway, who told you that? That doctor? 'Cause if he did, I want to call him right now! Did the doctor tell you that? 你在胡说些什么？！那是我听过最疯狂的事情了！你又不知道。到底是谁跟你说这些话的，医生吗？如果是他的话，我想立马给他打电话！是医生这么告诉你的吗？

David: No. No, it wasn't the doctor. Mr. McGuire called me last night and asked me to pray for her because she's in the hospital. So... 不是的。不，不是医生。麦圭尔先生昨晚打电话给我了，并让我为她祈祷，因为她住院了。所以……

Lyle: Mr. McGuire told you she's gonna die? 麦圭尔先生告诉你她要死了吗？

David: Mr. McGuire didn't tell me. ... God told me. 麦圭尔先生没有告诉我。上帝告诉我的。

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Only God knows. 鬼才知道呢！对于科学问题或现象，我作为一个理性的人愿意相信其背后必然存在某种规律的；但是对于情感的事情，我却宁愿相信冥冥之中是命运的安排，聊以自慰罢了。

2. Don't trick someone you are talking with.

Lyle: Mr. Merrick? Do you think there's such a thing as God? 梅立克先生？你认为真的存在上帝这回事吗？

Merrick: Such a thing as God? Do you lie awake at night thinking up these questions for me? 上帝这回事？你晚上不睡觉就为了出这些问题给我吗？

Lyle: No. No, I just want to know. 'Cause this kid in my class said God told him Mrs. McGuire is gonna die. And that's crazy. And it makes me mad. But what is he's right? So I really want to know if he talks to God. 不是的。不，我只是想知道。因为我班上有一个同学说上帝告诉他麦圭尔老师将要死了。那太荒唐了，让我快发疯了。但如果他是对的呢？所以我真的很想知道他是否真的和上帝对话了。

Merrick: It doesn't really matter what your friend says. And it doesn't matter what I say either. There's something you need to decide on your own. Pure and simple. 你朋友说了什么其实不重要。我说什么也不重要。有些事你需要自己作决定。就这么简单。

Lyle: So you don't think there's a God, do you, Mr. Merrick? 所以你不相信上帝存在是吗，梅立克先生？

Merrick: Don't try that on me. You can't trick people into saying what you think you need to hear. It's one of the reasons you end up here so often. 别用这种方式试探我。你不应该套一个人的话，让他说你想听的东西。这就是你常常把天就这么聊死了的原因。

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非常常见的沟通误区。聊天不要总是希望说服别人或者诱导对方说出你想要的结果，这是对对方的一种“精神操控”。

3. Don't cry easily.

（Lyle 的妈妈正在给他处理伤口）

Lyle's mom: Hey! Hold still. Don't you go tearing up on me. Tears are for hurts of the heart. 不要动。别因为这个就哭。心灵的创伤才流泪。

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就这？你就因为这个哭？

4. True love?

Lyle: Hey, can you make me one that says “Lyle plus Sharon Anne equals true love”? 那你能帮我做一个牌子吗？刻上“莱尔+莎伦安妮=真爱”。

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小孩子都这么直白的嘛？有时候还真羡慕小孩子，可以毫无顾忌地说出自己喜欢的事物，深情凝视着中意的对象而毫不感到尴尬。人越是长大，就越难以直接地表达自己的情感，就越是要把内心深埋，这何尝不是一种悲哀。