男主角Ben的一段自白,是给About the fit公司的一个求职录像。
Ben: Fred said,"Love and work. Work and love. That's all there is."
Well, I'm retired, and my wife is dead.
As you can imagine, that's given me some time on my hands.
My wife's been gone for three and a half years.
I miss her in every way. And retirement?
That is an ongoing, relentless effort in creativity.
面对退休这件事情,那是一个在创造新鲜上的坚持不懈、不间断的努力的过程。
At first, I admit I enjoyed the novelty of it.
我承认开始我很享受这份新鲜。
Sort of felt like I was playing hooky.像是在翘班(逃学)。
I used all the miles I'd saved and traveled the globe.
The problem was, no matter where I went, as soon as I got home, the nowhere-to-be thing hit me like a ton of bricks.
没有归属感是个问题。
I realized the key to this whole deal was to keep moving.
不断前进,keeping moving.
Get up, get out of the house, and go somewhere.
Anywhere.
Come rain or shine, I'm at my Starbucks by 7:15.
(Excuse me, mind if we join you?
No.
Hey, How are you?)
Can't explain it, but it makes me feel part of something.
(These guys today, they're not numbers guys.
Don't talk figures with them.)
How do I spent the rest of my days?
You name it. Golf, books, movies, pinochle.
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Tried yoga, learned to cook.
Bought some plants, took classes in Mandarin.
Xiang xin wo, wo shen me dou shiguo le.(This is Chinese)
Translation..."believe me, I've tried everthing."(现在完成时,啥事儿都试过了)
And then, of course, there are the funerals.
So many more than I could imagine.
The only traveling I do these days is out to San Diego to visit my son and his family.
圣迭戈(圣地亚哥),美国加利福尼亚州的一个太平洋沿岸港市。位于美国本土的极端西南角。
They're great. I love them to pieces.
Ben非常爱他的孩子和孙子们。
But to be honest, I think I probably relied on them way more than I should.
rely on依靠。Ben是一个独立的美国老人。
Don't get me wrong, I'm not an unhappy person.
上句似乎有些失落,但很快转头解释,他是一个积极向上和乐观的人。
Quite the contrary.恰恰相反。
I just know there's a hole in my life, and I need to fill it soon.
(背景:新的一天开始了,Ben去了菜市场)
Which brings me to today when I was leaving the market and caught your flyer out of the corner of my eye.
当我离开市场,我的余光扫到了你们的招聘广告,于是有了今天的视频。
(Senior Intership Programme, About The Fit.com Apply today.)
Seniors, be an intern.
以下为Ben和一位倾慕于他的女士的聊天内容。
Ben, I thought that was you.
What'd you find?
I think an internet place is looking for senior interns.
Am I reading this right?
Let me see.
Applicants must be over 65 years of age.
Have organizational skills, a genius interest in e- commerce.
Whatever that is...
And your roll-up-your-sleeves attitude.
Aboutthefit.com, isn't that the outfit that was...
Yeah.
They bought one of those old factories in Red Hook.
(Red Hook is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, New York. It is located on a peninsula(半岛) projecting into the Upper New York Harbor. A prosperous shipping and port area in the early 20th century, the area declined in the latter part of the century.)
My daughter says they sell clothes on the Internet.
How that works, I have no idea.
Well, you have to upload the application.
That could be challenging. Listen to this...
Cover letters are so old-fashioned.
Show us who you are with a cover-letter video.
Upload your video to Youtube or vimeo using .mov .avi or a .mpg file.
We look forward to meeting you.
Well, I guess that's meeting me.
I swear I don't even know what language that was.
What are you doing tonight, Ben? A frozen lasagna?
Well...
I could make a little salad, turn it into a dinner for two.
Like we did that time and never did again.
You know that was over five months ago.
Oh, yeah. We got to do that again for sure.
But okay if we take a rain check.(Rain check是美国流行口语,典故出自露天举行的棒球比赛。棒球是最受美国人欢迎的运动之一。如球赛进行时天不作美,突然之间下起了倾盆大雨,比赛不得不取消,但是观众可以领取“雨票”,或用原票存根作为“雨票”(rain check),即球赛改期举行时可凭之入场,后来被用于日常,表示这次没时间赴约,委婉的拒绝。)
You are awful cute, you know that?
No, I didn't.
Well, it's true, you are.
So, I'll see you.
Don't take too long, doll.
You are not getting any younger.
I know, I know. All right.
回到视频录制:
So here I am, applying to be one of your interns.
Because the more I think about this idea, the more tremendous I think it is.
I love the idea of having a place that I can go every day.
I want the connection, the excitement.
I want to be challenged.
And I guess I might even want to be needed.
The tech stuff might take a bit to figure out.
I had to call my 9-year-old grandson, just to find out what a USB connector was.
But I'll get there. Eager to learn.
Also, I want you to know. I've been a company man all my life.
I'm loyal, I'm trustworthy, and I'm good in a crisis.
And I love that you are right here in Brooklyn.
I've lived here all my life, and lately I feel I may not be hip enough to live in Brooklyn.(hip时髦的)
So, this could help with that, too.
I read once, musicians don't retire.
They stop when there's no more music in them.
Well, I still have music in me. Absolutely positive about that.
(Ben的视频录制结束。)