Part 3 At the Viewing 在葬礼上

Dialogue Script   对话原文   

Sarah: Oh, no. It looks like we're late.
Mike: Let's just sit in the back. We can still hear the service from here.
Sarah: There're so many people here. Where are Rich and Cath and Tom's parents?
Mike: They're probably up front. The preacher's about to speak. Let's listen.
Sarah: (after the preacher's eulogy) That was such a touching speech. He must have really known Tom well.
Mike: Oh, how I wish this all wasn't happening!
(A man rushes in)
Tom: Sorry! Excuse me!
Sarah: (surprised) Tom? Tom! Is this a joke? Is it really you? But...but...everyone said you were dead!
Tom: I'm OK! I was out of town with...Fanny.
Sarah: Oh, Tom! I'm so...so happy. But then...(points to the front) who's that?
Tom: Tom Smith. But not me. The pallbearers are carrying out the casket. It would be rude to just leave. Let's follow.
Sarah: It seems so strange to be here, burying you, but it's not you.
Tom: (throws a handful of dirt into the grave) Ashes to ashes and dust to dust...
Sarah: This has been the worst and best day of my life, Tom. The kept you in the hospital, and ...
Tom: Uh…I'll tell you all about it another day.
Sarah: But you're OK? It was nothing serious, was it?
Tom: You look very elegant in black. But I don't want you to wear black in my honor for a long time yet to come...

讲解：

1. Sarah 和Mike来到了Tom葬礼的现场，正赶上牧师致词。不过在葬礼上他们没有看见Tom的爸爸妈妈，还有Rich 和Cath，可能都是Tom的家人，或许他们在最前面。They're probably up front. front本来就表示“前面”，这里又加了一个up，强调在最前面。

2. 在美式葬礼上，一般是由牧师主持，由家属和应邀的亲友致悼词，就是eulogy。整个仪式持续的时间大概是半小时到一个小时，在葬礼的过程当中，常会播放死者生前爱听的音乐。而追悼会之后，如果是举行土葬，则立即转移到墓园举行下葬仪式，参加者多是家属和比较亲近的朋友。

3. Sarah觉得牧师的致词很感人，他一定是跟Tom很熟，Mike只希望这一切都没有发生过，Oh, how I wish this all wasn't happening! 这是一个虚拟语气的感叹句。这时人群当中突然闯进了一个人，Sarah定睛一看，那人不正是Tom吗？真是的，幸好是在大白天，要不然还以为见鬼了呢。

4. 原来Tom安然无恙，几天没有消息因为他跟Fanny一起出去玩了。out of town，意思就是“不在家里，到外地去了，出远门”。比如说，I was out of town last week.上周我出门了，不在家里。看到Tom活生生地出现在他面前，Sarah非常高兴，简直都有点语无伦次了。但是，既然Tom安然无恙了，那么准备下葬那个是谁呢？

5. 原来死的那个也叫Tom Smith，但并不是Sarah的朋友Tom，只是同名同姓的人而已。这时扶棺人已经在抬棺木了，离开会很失礼，所以他们决定跟着送葬的队伍走。pallbearers就是指“出殡时的扶棺者，护柩者”。Sarah待在这里挺奇怪的，埋葬Tom，那个人却不是他们认识的Tom。

6. Tom还像模像样的往坟墓里抛了一把泥土，还说Ashes to ashes and dust to dust…意思是“尘归尘，土归土”，这在汉语里经常听到，就是来源于这句话。那么这句Ashes to ashes and dust to dust又是出自何处呢？它出自基督教圣公会的《公祷书》，也就是the Book of Common Prayer，是用在葬礼仪式上的祷告文。

7. 因为圣公会是英国国教，《公祷书》对圣公会信徒的重要性仅次于圣经，所以在英语文学上也造成了影响，《公祷书》里面的祷词，也常被引用于其他教派的英语祷词中。Sarah说这一天真是这辈子最糟糕也最棒的一天，在同一天经历了生死。Tom说Sarah穿黑颜色的衣服看起来非常优雅，但是Tom可不希望在漫长的将来，Sarah为了他穿上黑衣，意思就是他可不想那么早死。

8. in one's honor，表示“向某人致敬”，有些事情或者活动，是为了向某人致敬，而这种说法也常用在某人过世之后，你特别做了某样事情，好对这个人表达敬意，这里Tom当然是指Sarah特地穿上黑色的衣服参加他的葬礼。