You’ve Got Mail《電子情書》

■ 凱瑟琳在網上邂逅一男子，從此開始了情書之旅。這一段是凱瑟林的內心獨白，也是她發(fā)給佚名男子的一封情書。那種甜蜜的表達和對細節(jié)動作的闡述對每一個上網族來說都不會陌生。也許中文已經寫過很多次了，但英文呢？

單詞通緝令

1. notes n.對某人的稱呼

2. as opposed to 相對，對比

3. claim vt. 聲稱；主張

4. impatiently ad.無耐性地

5. on line 上線

Kathleen Kelly: Dear Friend, I like to start my 1)notes to you as if we are already in the middle of a conversation. I pretend that we are the oldest and dearest friends 2)as opposed to what we actually are—people who don’t know each other’s names and met in a chat room where we both 3)claimed we’ve never been before. What will NY152 say today I wonder. I turn on my computer. I wait 4)impatiently as it connects. I go 5)online and my breath catches in my chest until I hear three little words, “You’ve got mail.” I hear nothing, not even a sound on the streets of New York, just the beat of my own heart. I have mail, from you.

凱瑟琳?凱麗：親愛的朋友，我愿意這樣稱呼你，就好像我們已經在談話中。我假設我們是交往已久的密友，相反，事實上我們連對方的名字都不知道，只是相遇在聊天室，一個我們都說從來沒去過的聊天室。我想NY152今天會說些什么。我打開電腦，急切地等著連上網。我上了線，屏住呼吸，直到聽見三個小小的字：“你有信。”我什么都聽不見了，甚至連紐約街上的嘈雜也聽不見，我只聽見自己的心跳聲。我有信，你寫來的。