Gossip Girl: Hear those silver bells? It’s Christmastime in the city. Some families actually do make the Yuletide gay, managing to leave their troubles far away. Other families have a merry little Christmas even when their troubles aren’t so far away. Some presents might end up getting returned. Some gifts are for keeps. Other presents come when you least expect them. And everyone knows the biggest present comes in the smallest box. Then there are those boxes you wish you had never opened. Have a holly, jolly Christmas!
绯闻女孩:有没有听见银铃响?正是圣诞时节满街巷。有些人家的确能共享佳节欢乐,将所有烦恼抛在脑后。有些亦可度个小小快乐圣诞,即使忧愁近在身边。有些礼物送出去后兜兜转又转了回来。有些值得一生珍藏。还有礼物来得出乎预料。所有人都知道,最大的礼物,藏在最小的盒子里。还有一些你盼着念着的盒子,却从没有机会打开。快快乐乐地,过个圣诞吧。
【台词讲解】
1. 什么是Make The Yuletide Gay?
yuletide又叫yule,是日耳曼异教徒在冬季庆祝的一个宗教节日,这个节日的风俗和形式很大程度上被基督教的圣诞节所吸收了,所以被誉为是圣诞节的源头,因而很多时候会用yuletide一词表示圣诞节的意思。而这里的gay和同性恋无关,其实是“愉悦、快乐”的意思。所以Make The Yuletide Gay就是度过一个快乐和谐的圣诞节。
2. holly, jolly是什么意思?
jolly比较好理解,就是“高兴、愉快”;而holly却表示冬青树,不少国家的人都是拿冬青树而不是松树作为圣诞树的,它也是圣诞的象征之一。因此说have a holly jolly Christmas也是圣诞快乐的另一种比较流行的说法。
3. 这段话隐藏了哪些歌词?
如果你对圣诞歌曲很熟的话,一听就能听出来这段话是从经典的圣诞歌曲《Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas》改编过来的,歌中唱到:
Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Make the Yule-tide gay,
From now on,
our troubles will be miles away.
你看,是不是这几句词儿都用上了呢?《Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas》是非常脍炙人口的一首圣诞歌,最早是由Judy Garland演唱的,此后翻唱版本多不胜数,以下就是独立女王Tori Amos在美剧《识骨寻踪》中翻唱的Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas。此外,A Holly Jolly Christmas也是一首有名的圣诞歌,来自Burl Ives。