Chapter 15 of 22 · 3'03"
Silence and a Place to Pray 加油站默哀IMDb ↗
外国加油站也会为别人的国家静默
Come from Away · 2021
Learning settings
The story so far
Everything you need before watchingOn Gander's main street, stranded passengers shuttle for phones and showers. Kevin is buying coffee at a gas station when the whole place goes still: America is holding a national moment of silence, and Newfoundlanders keep it with them. Beulah walks Hannah to church to light a candle for her son. A local man finds the diverted rabbi and, after a lifetime of hiding, says he is Jewish. Ali feels watched while praying at noon. The library opens as a quiet place to pray.
Chapters
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Language points
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Review right after watchingmain drag
主街、主干道
moment of silence
默哀、静默片刻
go quiet
突然安静下来
just like that
一下子就没了
check on
去看看某人好不好
diverted
被改降到这里
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“I don't know if that would happen back home”
我不知道换作在家乡会不会这样
一句把跨国默哀说成对照,夸人却不直说谢谢。
I don't know if that would happen + 地点
看见别处的善意,不知自己那边做不做得到时。
I don't know if we'd do that at home. / That wouldn't happen where I'm from.
neutral
don't know 连读,back home 落下。
“As a boy, I was told I should never tell anyone I was Jewish. Even my wife.”
小时候有人告诉我,千万别对任何人说自己是犹太人。连我妻子也不行。
短句叠两层秘密,Even my wife 把隐瞒钉死。
As a boy, I was told I should never + 动词
讲童年禁忌、长期隐瞒身份时。
Growing up, I was told never to say it. / I wasn't allowed to tell anyone.
literary
As a boy 稍停,never tell 咬死,Even my wife 更沉。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passageI'm getting a coffee at a gas station on the main drag, when suddenly the entire place goes quiet. And nobody moves. Even the people outside are still. And I look up at the TVs… and I realize. It's a national moment of silence in America. And all these Newfoundlanders, these people from another country, they maintain that moment of silence. I don't know if that would happen back home at a busy gas station on the main drag. But it happened here.
我在主街加油站买咖啡, 突然整个地方安静下来。 没有人动。 连外面的人也站住了。 我抬头看那些电视…… 然后我明白了。 这是美国全国默哀的时刻。 而这些纽芬兰人, 这些来自另一个国家的人,他们把这段默哀守住了。 我不知道换作在家乡会不会这样 在主街一家忙碌的加油站。 但在这儿发生了。
I was born in Poland, I think. And my parents, they were Jews. They sent me here before the war started. I still remember some of the prayers they taught me. As a boy, I was told I should never tell anyone I was Jewish. Even my wife. But after what happened on Tuesday, so many stories gone, just like that, I needed to tell someone.
我想我是在波兰出生的。 我父母,他们是犹太人。 战争开始前,他们把我送到了这儿。 他们教我的祷告,有些我还记得。 小时候有人告诉我,千万别对任何人说自己是犹太人。连我妻子也不行。 可星期二那件事之后,那么多故事一下子就没了, 我必须找个人说出来。
