歌曲 | Choice Of Three, A |
歌手 | Alex Turner |
专辑 | Late Night Tales: Arctic Monkeys |
[00:00.00]] | Welcome to A choice of three,a short story written and read by Alex Turner. |
[00:07.23] | (P1)In the tunnel, I noticed I had a choice of three. |
[00:09.97] | (P2)While I thought it very kind of them to offer me this, I do wonder if they realise what a dilemma they were sending to face me. |
[00:16.32] | The trouble was if I looked at your reflection in the left window I missed the actual image of you and your reflection in the right. |
[00:22.60] | And if I looked at the right I had the same problem but the other way around. |
[00:26.17] | (P3)At first I thought I should probably settle on one of the mirrors as they were soon to disappear, but that idea quickly wilted and my attention was drawn back to the center, occasionally checking on either side. |
[00:35.34] | I must say I did question the authenticity of your nap a few minutes before. |
[00:39.62] | (P4)As the train left Loughborough I suspected it could have been a device to avoid conversation. |
[00:44.00] | I’d barely considered this for a moment, however, when a heavy breath and a gulping sound that I decided would be too embarrassing to fake led me to conclude that your nap wasn’t fraudulent. |
[00:53.82] | I found it difficult to concentrate on anything else as you slumped beneath your coat. |
[00:58.59] | (P5)Delighted that we’d waited until this hour to travel so the evening sun got its opportunity to skip across those sleeping cheeks, but unnerved by the prospect of being removed from the opposing chair to yours. |
[01:09.57] | I knew it was reserved, but hoped that whoever had reserved it had fallen over. |
[01:13.86] | (P6)It looked as if today I’d be safe; the train wasn’t too busy, but I did take a moment to recall a time when I was less fortunate. |
[01:20.04] | I remembered it with a chilling vividity we were on the way to Brighton. |
[01:23.89] | I knew it was going to be his seat as soon as I saw him on the platform unzipping, checking, zipping, and re-checking things. |
[01:30.60] | Something about his face suggested that he had for years had a moustache and had not long since removed it. |
[01:36.03] | (P7)He wasn’t going to think twice about disposing of me, especially considering then he’d get the chance to sit with you. |
[01:41.39] | Though his hiking boot-march through the carriage was rather revolting, it wasn’t this that made my hands tense up into sour claws of nausea. |
[01:49.48] | (P8)It was the way he said it. “You’re in my seat.” No “excuse me,” no polite uncertainty, just the rigid, hideous fact. |
[01:57.36] | (P9)The thud with which it landed expelled all my preparation. |
[02:00.78] | Before I remembered my plans to pretend to be asleep, deaf, French, or only sat there because someone else was in my seat, I was walking to find another vacancy. |
[02:08.91] | (P10)I ended up dwelling unhappily beside a girl with a boys bum. |
[02:12.64] | I knew that because she walked too far past when she returned to one of what I thought to be two empty seats when I sat myself there. |
[02:18.74] | I fidgeted until our reunion on the platform, where you brutally informed me “That man was really rather pleasant, actually.” |
[02:25.56] | (P11)Today I thought I’d better make sure that couldn’t happen again and I pulled the ticket from the top of my seat. |
[02:30.56] | It took a few attempts and the facade of hanging a jacket to finally complete. |
[02:35.15] | I was terribly cautious. |
[02:36.52] | There’s a threat of punishment for such deeds by fine as far as I understand, but those shackles were at the back of my mind as I crushed the reservation in my hidden fist. |
[02:45.42] | Folding and squeezing as if it were that beast on the way to the seaside. |
[02:50.15] | (P12)Fortunately, there was no retribution. |
[02:53.00] | If anything the train got quieter as the journey continued. |
[02:55.07] | And so in the tunnel, unable to decide, my head flicked through this trilogy of angles, angel after angle, until we were out the other side. |
[03:03.32] | My frantic twitching no doubt caused the man at the adjacent table to narrow his eyes at the very least, I imagine. |
[03:09.80] | (P13)I don’t know for sure. |
[03:11.38] | I didn’t have time to add him to the cycle. |
[03:13.82] |
[00:00.00]] | Welcome to A choice of three, a short story written and read by Alex Turner. |
[00:07.23] | P1 In the tunnel, I noticed I had a choice of three. |
[00:09.97] | P2 While I thought it very kind of them to offer me this, I do wonder if they realise what a dilemma they were sending to face me. |
[00:16.32] | The trouble was if I looked at your reflection in the left window I missed the actual image of you and your reflection in the right. |
[00:22.60] | And if I looked at the right I had the same problem but the other way around. |
[00:26.17] | P3 At first I thought I should probably settle on one of the mirrors as they were soon to disappear, but that idea quickly wilted and my attention was drawn back to the center, occasionally checking on either side. |
[00:35.34] | I must say I did question the authenticity of your nap a few minutes before. |
[00:39.62] | P4 As the train left Loughborough I suspected it could have been a device to avoid conversation. |
[00:44.00] | I' d barely considered this for a moment, however, when a heavy breath and a gulping sound that I decided would be too embarrassing to fake led me to conclude that your nap wasn' t fraudulent. |
[00:53.82] | I found it difficult to concentrate on anything else as you slumped beneath your coat. |
[00:58.59] | P5 Delighted that we' d waited until this hour to travel so the evening sun got its opportunity to skip across those sleeping cheeks, but unnerved by the prospect of being removed from the opposing chair to yours. |
[01:09.57] | I knew it was reserved, but hoped that whoever had reserved it had fallen over. |
[01:13.86] | P6 It looked as if today I' d be safe the train wasn' t too busy, but I did take a moment to recall a time when I was less fortunate. |
[01:20.04] | I remembered it with a chilling vividity we were on the way to Brighton. |
[01:23.89] | I knew it was going to be his seat as soon as I saw him on the platform unzipping, checking, zipping, and rechecking things. |
[01:30.60] | Something about his face suggested that he had for years had a moustache and had not long since removed it. |
[01:36.03] | P7 He wasn' t going to think twice about disposing of me, especially considering then he' d get the chance to sit with you. |
[01:41.39] | Though his hiking bootmarch through the carriage was rather revolting, it wasn' t this that made my hands tense up into sour claws of nausea. |
[01:49.48] | P8 It was the way he said it. " You' re in my seat." No " excuse me," no polite uncertainty, just the rigid, hideous fact. |
[01:57.36] | P9 The thud with which it landed expelled all my preparation. |
[02:00.78] | Before I remembered my plans to pretend to be asleep, deaf, French, or only sat there because someone else was in my seat, I was walking to find another vacancy. |
[02:08.91] | P10 I ended up dwelling unhappily beside a girl with a boys bum. |
[02:12.64] | I knew that because she walked too far past when she returned to one of what I thought to be two empty seats when I sat myself there. |
[02:18.74] | I fidgeted until our reunion on the platform, where you brutally informed me " That man was really rather pleasant, actually." |
[02:25.56] | P11 Today I thought I' d better make sure that couldn' t happen again and I pulled the ticket from the top of my seat. |
[02:30.56] | It took a few attempts and the facade of hanging a jacket to finally complete. |
[02:35.15] | I was terribly cautious. |
[02:36.52] | There' s a threat of punishment for such deeds by fine as far as I understand, but those shackles were at the back of my mind as I crushed the reservation in my hidden fist. |
[02:45.42] | Folding and squeezing as if it were that beast on the way to the seaside. |
[02:50.15] | P12 Fortunately, there was no retribution. |
[02:53.00] | If anything the train got quieter as the journey continued. |
[02:55.07] | And so in the tunnel, unable to decide, my head flicked through this trilogy of angles, angel after angle, until we were out the other side. |
[03:03.32] | My frantic twitching no doubt caused the man at the adjacent table to narrow his eyes at the very least, I imagine. |
[03:09.80] | P13 I don' t know for sure. |
[03:11.38] | I didn' t have time to add him to the cycle. |
[03:13.82] |
[00:00.00] | huān yíng shōu tīng sān ge xuǎn zé, yí gè yóu Alex Turner chuàng zuò bìng lù zhì páng bái de duǎn piān gù shì. |
[00:07.23] | huǒ chē kāi jìn suì dào de shí hòu, wǒ yì shí dào le wǒ yǒu sān ge xuǎn zé |
[00:09.97] | wǒ jué de tā men néng gěi wǒ zhè sān ge xuǎn zé shì hěn rén cí de, dàn tóng shí wǒ yě hěn hào qí, tā men yǒu méi yǒu yì shí dào zhè bǎ wǒ tuī xiàng le yí gè zěn yàng jìn tuì liǎng nán de kùn jìng |
[00:16.32] | wǒ de fán nǎo zài yú rú guǒ wǒ zhù shì zhe nǐ zài zuǒ biān chuāng hù de dào yǐng, nà wǒ jiù huì cuò shī nǐ zhēn shí de yàng zi hái yǒu nǐ zài yòu biān de dào yǐng |
[00:22.60] | rú guǒ wǒ zhù shì zhe nǐ zài yòu biān chuāng hù de yìng yǐng, wǒ hái shì tóng yàng kǔ nǎo zhǐ bù guò yī qiè dōu fǎn guò lái le |
[00:26.17] | gāng kāi shǐ wǒ xiǎng wǒ yīng gāi zhuān xīn dīng zhe yī biān de jìng zi, yīn wèi hěn kuài nǐ de yǐng xiàng jiù huì xiāo shī, dàn zhè gè xiǎng fǎ hěn kuài jiù kū wěi le, wǒ de zhù yì lì huí dào zhōng xīn, ǒu ěr wǎng liǎng biān kàn |
[00:35.34] | wǒ dé chéng rèn jǐ fēn zhōng qián wǒ huái yí guò nǐ shì bú shì zhēn de shuì zháo le |
[00:39.62] | huǒ chē kāi lí lā fū bǎo de shí hòu, wǒ zài xiǎng zhè shì bú shì nǐ yòng lái bì miǎn hé rén jiāo tán de yī zhǒng shǒu duàn |
[00:44.00] | jǐn guǎn rú cǐ, wǒ hái méi xì shēn sī, yī shēng zài wǒ kàn lái hěn lìng rén gān gà de dà shēng chuǎn xī ràng wǒ tuī duàn chū nǐ bìng bú shì zài zhuāng shuì |
[00:53.82] | nǐ shuì zháo shuì zháo shēn tǐ huá luò dào le wài tào dǐ xià de yàng zi ràng wǒ hěn nán bǎ zhù yì lì zhuǎn yí dào qí tā shì qíng shǎng qù |
[00:58.59] | wǒ hěn kāi xīn wǒ men yì qǐ děng dào zhè gè shí hòu cái dēng shàng huǒ chē tà shàng lǚ tú, zhè yàng xī yáng cái dé yǐ zài nǐ chén shuì de miàn jiá shàng tiào yuè, dàn wǒ yě yīn pà bèi cóng nǐ duì miàn dí zuò wèi shàng bèi gǎn zǒu ér zhuì zhuì bù ān |
[01:09.57] | wǒ zhī dào zhè gè zuò wèi bèi rén yù dìng le, dàn wǒ xī wàng nà gè rén diē dǎo le méi gǎn shàng huǒ chē |
[01:13.86] | kàn qǐ lái jīn tiān wǒ shì ān quán de, huǒ chē bú shì hěn yōng jǐ, dàn wǒ hái shì xiǎng qǐ yǒu cì wǒ jiù méi zhè me xìng yùn le |
[01:20.04] | nà shi wǒ men zài qù bù lái dùn de lù shàng, yīn wèi tiān hěn lěng wǒ de jì yì yě yì cháng xiān huó |
[01:23.89] | dāng wǒ kàn jiàn tā zài zhàn tái shàng lā kāi lā liàn, jiǎn chá, yòu lā shàng lā liàn, zài cì zhā kàn, wǒ jiù zhī dào nà shi tā de zuò wèi |
[01:30.60] | tā de liǎn shàng de mǒu zhǒng tè zhēng àn shì zhe tā céng liú guò hǎo jǐ nián de hú zǐ, bù jiǔ qián cái tì qù le |
[01:36.03] | tā kěn dìng huì bù jiā kǎo lǜ zěn me duì wǒ, yóu qí shì zhè yàng tā jiù kě yǐ hé nǐ zuò zài yì qǐ |
[01:41.39] | chē xiāng lǐ tā de dēng shān xié xíng jìn de shēng yīn zhēn de hěn ràng rén tǎo yàn, dàn shì wǒ jǐn zhāng dào niē jǐn quán tou shǒu xīn dōu shì hàn bìng bú shì yīn wèi zhè gè yuán yīn |
[01:49.48] | shì tā duì wǒ shuō huà de yǔ qì " nǐ zuò zài le wǒ de zuò wèi shàng", méi yǒu" bù hǎo yì sī", méi yǒu nà zhǒng lǐ mào xìng de bù què dìng, zhǐ yǒu lěng yìng de chǒu è de shì shí |
[01:57.36] | zhí bái de shì shí bèi" pēng" dì yī shēng là xià, qū sàn le wǒ suǒ yǒu de zhǔn bèi |
[02:00.78] | zài wǒ zhàn qǐ lái qù zhǎo bié de kōng wèi zhī hòu wǒ cái xiǎng qǐ wǒ zhī qián zhǔn bèi hǎo de duì cè: zhuāng shuì, zhuāng lóng, zhuāng shì fǎ guó rén, huò zhě zhuāng zuò shì yīn wèi yǒu rén zuò le wǒ de wèi zi wǒ cái qù zuò nà gè zuò wèi de |
[02:08.91] | zuì hòu wǒ hěn bù kāi xīn de zuò zài le yí gè pì gǔ hěn dà de nǚ shēng páng biān |
[02:12.64] | wǒ zhī dào zhè gè shì yīn wèi wǒ kàn jiàn tā yòu zǒu guò le hěn yuǎn cái zhé huí yí gè wǒ zuò zài nà yǐ wéi shì liǎng gè kōng wèi de zuò wèi shàng |
[02:18.74] | wǒ yī zhí zuò lì bù ān, zhí dào wǒ men zài zhàn tái shàng chóng jù, zài nà li nǐ cán rěn dì gēn wǒ shuō" nà gè nán de qí shí hái zhēn de bù cuò" |
[02:25.56] | wǒ xiǎng jīn tiān wǒ zuì hǎo huán shì què bǎo zhè zhǒng qíng kuàng bù zài fā shēng, wǒ jiù bǎ wǒ zuò wèi shàng fāng de piào gěi chě le xià lái |
[02:30.56] | wǒ shì le hǎo jǐ cì zhuāng zuò yào guà wài tào cái zuò dào de |
[02:35.15] | wǒ fēi cháng dì xiǎo xīn |
[02:36.52] | wǒ zhī dào zhè me zuò bèi fā xiàn shì huì bèi fá kuǎn de, dàn zhèi xiē shù fù bèi wǒ pāo dào le nǎo hòu, wǒ qiāo qiāo dì bǎ yù liú piào zài shǒu xīn niē chéng le yī tuán |
[02:45.42] | wǒ shǐ chū le quán shēn de lì qì jiù hǎo xiàng tā shì chōng xiàng hǎi biān de yě shòu |
[02:50.15] | hěn xìng yùn, wǒ méi yǒu bèi fá |
[02:53.00] | rú guǒ shuō yǒu shén me yì cháng de huà, zhǐ shì huǒ chē suí zhe lǚ tú de jì xù yuè lái yuè ān jìng |
[02:55.07] | suǒ yǐ zài suì dào lǐ, wú fǎ zuò chū xuǎn zé de wǒ zài zhè sān jiǎo xuǎn zé zhōng yáo yáo bǎi bǎi, yí gè xiǎng fǎ lún fān tì huàn lìng yí gè xiǎng fǎ, zhí dào wǒ men chū le suì dào |
[03:03.32] | wǒ fēng kuáng de bù ān fèn bù yì wài dì yǐn qǐ le lín zuò de nán rén de zhù yì, wǒ jué de tā wèi le guān chá wǒ de jǔ dòng bǎ yǎn jīng mī dào le zuì xiǎo de xiàn dù |
[03:09.80] | wǒ yě bù què dìng |
[03:11.38] | dāng shí de wǒ máng yú wǒ de sān ge xuǎn zé méi shí jiān bǎ tā yě jiā jìn lái |