Chapter 4 of 18 · 2'36"
Owen Is Asking for Fred 欧文找弗雷德IMDb ↗
病童还在等一个不知能否回来的人
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made · 2021
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The story so far
Everything you need before watchingThe syrup-soaked dead letter is finally dry. Inside is not a bill but a child's drawing: Dere Ferd, I miss you. Under it, a mother writes to John: Fred left two years ago, seven-year-old Owen has leukemia, and from the ICU he keeps asking to see his friend. The envelope had no postage, bounced, and looped through the system for who knows how long. The team stops debating procedure. If the boy is still alive, they had better start now.
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Review right after watchingtrack someone down
追查并找到某人
dead letter
无法投递的死信
no matter what
无论发生什么
return to sender
退回寄件人
had better
最好还是去做
leukemia
白血病
manage to
总算撑了下来
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“If this boy has managed to survive,”
如果这孩子还撑到了现在，
用完成时把未知的存活说成已经发生的奇迹，后面的寻找才有重量。
If + 某人 + has managed to + 动词...
不确定对方是否熬过难关、但仍要行动时。
If he's still with us, ／ If she made it this far,
literary
If 轻，managed 加重，survive 放慢落下。
“Then we'd better get started.”
那我们最好马上动手。
四个词收掉辩论，had better 把建议说成不能不做。
Then we'd better + 动词原形.
听完坏消息、该结束讨论开始干活时。
Then we should get moving. ／ We'd better start now.
informal
Then 稍顿，better 咬清，started 下沉收住。
“I know he'll find some peace.”
我知道他会得到一点安宁。
不求痊愈，只求安宁，把最重的愿望说得很轻。
I know + 某人'll find some peace.
无法保证结果、只能许一个心里的安慰时。
I know she'll rest easier. ／ At least he'll be at peace.
literary
know 稳住，find some 连读，peace 轻轻落地。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passage"Dear John, It's been two years since Fred left us and went to live with all of you. It's always meant so much to Owen to know that his friend was still out there on the lawn with you. He's such a happy little seven-year-old, and I'm so proud to be his mom. Anyway, tonight, he just suddenly collapsed... ...collapsed, and now I'm here with him at Rocky Canyon in the ICU. And they think he has... ...leukemia. He's so afraid, and he's asking to see Fred. If there's any way you can track him down and bring him to the hospital... then no matter what happens, I know he'll find some peace.
「亲爱的约翰， 弗雷德离开我们已经两年了 去和你们大家住在一起。 对欧文来说，这一点一直很重要 知道他的朋友还在那儿 在草坪上陪着你们。 他是个快乐的七岁小孩， 能做他妈妈，我真骄傲。 可今晚，他忽然就倒下了…… ……倒下了， 现在我和他在洛基峡谷医院的重症监护室。 他们觉得他得了…… ……白血病。 他好害怕， 一直吵着要见弗雷德。 要是你们有任何办法能把他找回来 带到医院来…… 那么无论发生什么， 我知道他会得到一点安宁。
So we know the letter's addressed to John, but without a last name, it's useless. All we know is delayed due to missing postage. By the time it arrived, John Whoever didn't live there anymore, so it was returned to sender. That is the letter's directive. And it must be honored. So it goes back into the mail. And the cycle continues until it's classified as a dead letter. So we have no idea how long it was in the system.
所以我们知道这封信是写给约翰的， 可没有姓， 就没用。 我们只知道因为没贴邮票被延误了。 等它送到的时候， 那位约翰某某已经不住那儿了， 于是被退回寄件人。 这就是这封信的投递指令。 而且必须被遵守。 于是它又回到邮路里。 循环就这样继续 直到被归为死信。 所以我们根本不知道它在系统里转了多久。