4 第三幕ACT3-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《茶馆Teahouse》

第三 时 间 抗日战争胜利后,国民党特务和 美国兵在北京横行的时候。秋, 清晨。 地 点同前幕。 ① dignify /diqnifai/ v.增威严 [幕启:现在,裕泰茶馆的样子可 使高贵 不像前幕那么体面了。藤椅已不 见,代以小凳与条凳。自房屋至 家具都显着暗淡无光。假若有什 ② gloomy /qlu:mi/a. 抑沉的,忧 闷的 么突出惹眼的东西,那就是“莫 谈国事”的纸条更多,字也更大 了。在这些纸条子旁边还贴着 “茶钱先付”的新纸条。 ③ in advance提前,预先 ④shutter /fAta/n. 百叶窗,遮门 [一清早,还没有下窗板。王利发 的儿子王大捡,垂头丧气地独自 收拾屋子。 [王大挫的妻周秀花,领着小女儿 王小花,由后面出来。她们一边走 一边说话儿。 ·118. ACTIII Time After the defeat of the Japanese in 1945, the period in which US soldiers and KMT secret service agents were running loose in Beijing. An early morning in autumn. Place The same as the previous act. The curtain rises:he Yutai Teahouse is no longer the dignified^{① establishment of earlier times. The wicker chairs have disappeared, replaced by stools and benches. Everything, from the building to the furniture, looks gloomy{②}. If there is anything outstanding which catches the eye, it is the paper slips with "Do not discuss affairs of state" on them. Their number has increased and the characters enlarged. Alongsides these, new paper slips have been added, with "Please pay in advance③" on them. It is early morning, the wooden shutters③ have not yet been taken down from the windows. Wang Dashuan, Wang Lifa's son, in low spirits, is tidying the premises. His wife Zhou Xiuhua, leading their young dauger Wang Xiaohua by the hand, enters from the back. They are talking to each other as they enter. ·119· 茶馆 王小花 妈,响午给我做点热汤面吧!好 多天没吃过啦 周秀花 我知道,乖!可谁知道买得着面 买不着呢!就是粮食店里可巧有 面,谁知道咱们有钱没有呢!唤! 王小花 就盼着两样都有吧!妈 周秀花 你倒想得好,可哪能那么容易!去 吧,小花,在路上留神吉普车 王大挫 小花,等等! ①jeep/d3i:p/ n. 吉普车 王小花 干吗?爸! 王大铨 昨天晚上...... 周秀花 我已经嘱咐过她了!她懂事! 王大铨 你大力叔叔的事万不可对别人说 ②din/din/v.絮豁不休地说,喧 闹 呀!说了,咱们全家都得死!明白 吧! 王小花 我不说,打死我也不说!有人问 我大力叔叔回来过没有,我就说; 他走了好几年,一点消息也没有! [康顺子由后面走来。她的腰有点 弯,但还硬朗。她一边走一边叫 王小花。 康顺子 小花!小花!还没走哪? 王小花 康婆婆,干吗呀? 康顺子 小花,乖!婆婆再看你一眼, (抚 ③ stroke /strauk/ v. 抚,抚摸 弄王小花的头)多体面哪!吃得不 足啊,要不然还得更好看呢! 周秀花 大婶,您是要走吧? 康顺子 是呀!我走,好让你们省点嚼谷 呀!大力是我拉扯大的,他叫我 ·120· Teahous Wang Xiaohua Ma, make me some hot noodle soup for lunch. It's ages since we've had it. Zhou Xiuhua I know, pet, but who knows if there'll be any flour in the shops today. Even if there is some, we don't know if we can afford it. What a life Wang Xiaohua Let's hope there will be both, ma. Zhou Xiuhua You can hope, but that won't get you far. Off you go now! Be careful of those jeeps^①} on your way! Wang Dashuan Xiaohua,wait! Wang Xiaohua What is it, dad? Wang Dashuan About last night... Zhou Xiuhua I've dinned{②} it into her. She's a sensible child. Wang Dashuan Never tell anybody about your uncle Dali. If you do, we've all had it! Understand? Wang Xiaohua a I won't say a word, even if they kill me. If I'm asked about Uncle Dali, I'll just say he's been gone for many years. No news about him at all! [Kang Shunz enters from the rear. Her back is now sligly bent, but she's still going strong. She is calling out to Xiaohua as she comes in.] Kang Shunz Xiaohua! Xiaohua! You still here? Wang Xiaohua Granny Kang, what is it? Kang Shunz My dear, let me have another look at you. [Stroking^③} Xiaohua's hair] How pretty! But too thin! With more to eat she'd look even better. Zhou Xiuhua Aunt, have you made up your mind to go? Kang Shunz Yes, I'll go. Then I won't be a burden to you. I ·121· 茶馆 走,我怎能不走呢?当初,我刚 到这里的时候,他还没有小花这 么高呢! 王小花 看大力叔叔现在多么壮实,多么 大气! 康顺子 是呀,虽然他只在这儿坐了一袋烟 的工夫呀,可是叫我年轻了好几 岁!我本来什么也没有,一见着 他呀,好像忽然间我什么都有啦 我走,跟着他走,受什么累,吃 什么苦,也是香甜的!看他那两 只大手,那两只大脚,简直是个 顶天立地的男子汉 王小花 婆婆,我也跟您去! 康顺子小花,你乖乖地去上学,我会回来 看你! 王大挫 小花,上学吧,别迟到! 王小花 婆婆,等我下了学您再走! 康顺子 哎!哎!去吧,乖!(王小花下) 王大铨 大婶,我爸爸叫您走吗? ① leak out 泄漏,走 康顺子 他还没打好了主意,我倒怕呀,大 力回来的事儿万一叫人家知道了 啊,我又忽然这么一走,也许要连 累了你们!这年月不是天天抓人 吗?我不能做对不起你们的事! 周秀花 大婶,您走您的,谁逃出去谁得 活命!喝茶的不是常低声儿说: 想要活命得上西山吗? 王大挫 对! ·122. Teahous brought Dali up. Now he wants me to go with him. How can I refuse? When we first came here, he wasn't even as big as Xiaohua is now. Wang Xiaohua Now, he's so strong. He's wonderful! Kang Shunz He was here only a few minutes, but I really feel years younger. I haven't a thing in the world, but when I see him, I feel I've everything. Yes, I'll go with him. With him, hard work or sufferings will be sweet, You saw his big hands and feet, a real man! Wang Xiaohua Granny, I want to go with you! Kang Shunz Xiaohua, you be a good girl and go to school. I'll come back and see you. Wang Dashuan 1 Xiaohua, go to school now. Don't be late. Wang Xiaohua Granny, don't go till I've come back from school. Kang Shunz Yes, yes! Run along now, my dear! [Exit Wang Xiaohua.] Wang Dashuan Aunt, has dad agreed to let you go? Kang Shunz He hasn't decided yet. What worries me is, if Dali's visit somehow leaks out {①} and then I suddenly disappear, it may mean trouble for you. People are getting arrested all the time. I don't want to let you down. Zhou Xiuhua Now, aunt, you just go ahead. You'll have a chance to live if you go away. Customers are always whispering to each other,"If you want a chance to live,go to the Western Hills." Wang Dashuan That's right. ·123· 茶馆 康顺子 小花的妈,来吧,咱们再商量商 量!我不能专顾自己,叫你们吃 亏!老大,你也好好想想!(同周 秀花下) [丁宝进来。 丁 宝 嗨,掌柜的,我来啦! 王大挫 你是谁? 丁 宝 小丁宝!小刘麻子叫我来的, 他 说这儿的老掌柜托他请个女招待 王大铨 姑娘,你看看,这么个破茶馆, ① dump /dAmp/ a. 垃圾场 能用女招待吗?我们老掌柜呀, 穷得乱出主意 ② scheme /skitm/n. 方案,计划 [王利发慢慢地走出来,他还硬 ③ gait /qeit/ n. 步态 朗,穿得可很不整齐。 ④ shabbily /faebili/ ad. 衣衫襟 王利发 老大,你怎么老在背后褒贬老人 地,不体面地 呢?谁穷得乱出主意呀?下板子 rundown说坏话,贬低 去!什么时候了,还不开门了 [王大捡去下窗板。 丁 宝 老掌柜,你硬朗啊? 王利发 嗯!要有炸酱面的话,我还能吃 三大碗呢,可惜没有!十几了? 姑娘! pack away吃掉很多,胃口大 丁 宝 十七! 王利发 才十七? 丁 宝 是呀!妈妈是寡妇,带着我过日 ·124· Teahous Kang Shunz Well, Xiuhua, let's talk it over. I mustn't think of myself only and let all of you suffer for it. Dashuan, you'd better think it over too. [Goes off with Zhou Xiuhua. Ding Bao enters.] Ding Bao Hi, manager, I'm here! Wang Dashuan Who're you? Ding Bao Little Ding Bao. Pockmark Liu Jr told me to come here. He says the old manager here asked him to find a waitress. Wang Dashuan Take a good look around, miss. You think a dump^{①} like this needs a waitress? But the old manager here's so desperate for money, he's always thinking up some crazy scheme②! [Wang Lifa enters with a slow gait③. He's still in good health, but shabbily④}dressed.]) Wang Lifa Now, Dashuan, who taught you to run down{your elders behind their backs? Who's full of crazy schemes? Take down the shutters! The teahouse should have opened long ago. [Wang Dashuan goes to take down the shutters.] Ding Bao Old manager, you look pretty fit! Wang Lifa Yes. If there were some noodles with fried bean sauce around, I could pack away three huge bowls. Only there aren't any. Still in your teens, miss? DingBao I'm seventeen. Wang Lifa Only seventeen? Ding Bao Yes. My mother was a widow, tried to bring me up. ·125· 茶馆 子。胜利以后呀,政府硬说我爸 爸给我们留下的一所小房子是逆 产,给没收啦!妈妈气死了,我 做了女招待!老掌柜,我到今天 还不明白什么叫逆产,您知道吗 王利发 姑娘,说话留点神!一句话说错 了,什么都可以变成逆产!你看 这后边呀,是秦二爷的仓库,有 人一瞪眼,说是逆产,就给没收 ① frown /fraun. 皱眉头 啦!就是这么一回事 ② confiscate /konfiskeit/ v. 没收. 充公 [王大挫回来。 丁 宝 老掌柜,您说对了!连我也是逆 ③ suck up to 巴结 产,谁的胳臂粗,我就得侍候谁! 他妈的,我才十七,就常想还不 如死了呢!死了落个整尸首,干这 一行,活着身上就烂了! 王大挫 爸,您真想要女招待吗? 王利发 我跟小刘麻子瞎聊来着!我一辈 子老爱改良,看着生意这么不好, 我着急! 王大挫 您着急,我也着急!可是,您就 忘记老裕泰这个老字号了吗?六 十多年的老字号,用女招待? 丁 宝 什么老字号啊!越老越不值钱!不 信,我现在要是二十八岁,就是叫 ·126· Teahous After the war, the government insisted that the little house my father left us was traitor's property and took it away from us. The shock killed my mother. So I became a waitress. Old manager, I haven't a clue what traitor's property means. Do you know? Wang Lifa Better watch your tongue, miss. One wrong word can make anything traitor's property. Take the place behind here. Used to be a warehouse of Master Qin. Then someone frowned① at it. Said it was traitor's property. It was confiscated②. Simple as that! [WangDashuan comes back.] Ding Bao You said it, old manager. Even I'm traitor's property! I have to suck up to③} whoever's the boss. Hell! I'm only seventeen but I often wish I was dead! At least my body would be my own! This job rots you away slowly. Wang Dashuan Dad, do you really want to hire a waitress? Wang Lifa I had a chat with Pockmark Liu Jr about it. I've always been keen on reforming. And with business so bad, I'm worried. Wang Dashuan Me too! But don't forget Yutai's good 1 name.A respectable old name of sixty years' standing. Now hiring a waitress? Ding Bao Good old name my foot! The older you become, the more worthless you are! You don't believe me? If I ·127·