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  • DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE WHEN WE WERE 19

  • AND TOTALLY IN LOVE AND COULDN'T TELL ANYONE?

  • MY FATHER WAS EVERYTHING TO ME.

  • I LIVE MY LIFE TRYING TO BE HALF THE MAN MY FATHER WAS.

  • DO YOU HAVE ANY REGRETS, GRANDPA?

  • NOPE, LIVED A WONDERFUL LIFE.

  • I WANT YOU TO DO THE SAME THING, LIVE WITH COURAGE.

  • [INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

  • [INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

  • BENJI: I JUST START BY ASKING YOU

  • ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ON MY LIST, RIGHT?

  • ANYTHING YOU WANT.

  • OKAY.

  • SO WHAT WERE YOU LIKE AS A KID?

  • I WAS PRETTY WEIRD.

  • I DIDN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING BUT WATCH TV

  • AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME BY MYSELF.

  • BUT I ALWAYS LIKED TALKING TO OLDER PEOPLE,

  • LIKE THE WAITRESS AT THE LUNCHEONETTE AT NEAR MY HOUSE

  • OR MY GRANDPARENTS.

  • I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS JUST A FEW YEARS OLDER THAN YOU,

  • YOUR GREAT-GRANDPA ABE AND YOUR GREAT-GRANDMA ROSE

  • AND HER SISTERS CAME OVER TO OUR APARTMENT FOR THANKSGIVING.

  • AFTER DINNER, I FOUND THIS TAPE RECORDER LYING AROUND

  • AND SOMEHOW I GOT THE IDEA TO INTERVIEW THEM.

  • I DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT I WAS DOING,

  • BUT I RECORDED THEIR VOICES AND STORIES

  • AND I SAW HOW MUCH THEY LOVED BEING LISTENED TO.

  • A FEW YEARS LATER, YOUR GREAT-GRANDPA

  • AND YOUR GREAT-GRANDMA AND ALL HER SISTERS PASSED AWAY,

  • BUT I REMEMBERED I'D MADE THAT TAPE.

  • SO I WENT LOOKING FOR IT, BUT I COULDN'T FIND IT.

  • EVEN NOW WHEN I GO TO YOUR GRANDMA'S HOUSE,

  • I GO LOOKING FOR THAT TAPE, JUST HOPING IT'S GONNA TURN UP.

  • BENJI: I DON'T GET IT. WHY DO YOU KEEP LOOKING FOR IT?

  • BECAUSE IT WOULD MAKE ME SO HAPPY

  • TO HEAR THOSE VOICES AGAIN,

  • AND I'D LOVE TO PLAY THAT TAPE FOR YOU.

  • YOU KNOW, DOING THAT RECORDING REALLY TAUGHT ME SOMETHING.

  • YOU CAN FIND THE MOST AMAZING STORIES FROM REGULAR PEOPLE.

  • ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK THEM ABOUT THEIR LIVES AND LISTEN.

  • BENJI: REALLY? THAT'S IT?

  • DAVE: YEAH, IT'S SIMPLE.

  • WE CAN LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT THE PEOPLE ALL AROUND US,

  • EVEN ABOUT THE PEOPLE WE ALREADY KNOW,

  • JUST BY TAKING THE TIME TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.

  • AND IF YOU PAY JUST A LITTLE ATTENTION,

  • YOU'LL FIND WISDOM AND POETRY IN THEIR WORKS.

  • DO PEOPLE REALLY WANT YOU TO ASK ABOUT THEIR LIVES?

  • YEAH, THEY DO.

  • MOST PEOPLE LOVE TO BE LISTENED TO

  • BECAUSE IT TELLS THEM HOW MUCH THEIR LIVES MATTER.

  • ALL YOU NEED TO ASK ARE QUESTIONS LIKE:

  • WHO IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN YOUR LIFE?

  • OR, WHAT ARE YOU PROUDEST OF?

  • REALLY, LISTENING CLOSELY IS SIMPLE.

  • WHEN YOU'RE CURIOUS, TREAT PEOPLE WITH RESPECT

  • AND HAVE JUST A LITTLE COURAGE TO ASK THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS,

  • GREAT THING ARE GONNA HAPPEN.

  • [INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

  • JAMES: LET'S TALK ABOUT MISS DEVINE.

  • CHERIE: LIZZY DEVINE.

  • JAMES: MISS DEVINE WAS A WIRY LADY.

  • SHE WORE SUMMER DRESSES, SHE HAD A BANDANA AND A STRAW HAT

  • AND SHE WAS THE ONLY PERSON I KNEW

  • THAT HAD MORE POWER THAN MY GRANDMOTHER.

  • CHERIE: SHE WASN'T A MEAN PERSON, SHE WAS STERN.

  • JAMES: STERN, YES, VERY STERN.

  • CHERIE: YOU KNOW, WHEN SHE SAID SOMETHING,

  • SHE MEANT EXACTLY WHAT SHE SAID.

  • IN FACT, SHE WAS OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER.

  • THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD KEEP YOU

  • FROM GOING TO SUNDAY SCHOOL,

  • YOU HAD TO HAVE ONE FOOT ON A BANANA PEEL

  • AND THE OTHER IN THE GRAVE.

  • JAMES: ABSOLUTELY. CHERIE: THAT'S THE ONLY THING.

  • JAMES: THERE'S NO EXCUSE.

  • CHERIE: YOU HAD TO GO. JAMES: HAD TO GO.

  • CHERIE: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU PRAYED FOR

  • WHEN YOU WERE IN MISS DEVINE'S CLASS WAS,

  • "LORD, PLEASE LET ME GET OLD ENOUGH

  • TO GET OUT OF THIS CLASS." (LAUGHTER)

  • SHE DID THE CATECHISM, "WHO MADE YOU? GOD.

  • WHERE IS GOD? EVERYWHERE!" (LAUGHTER)

  • SHE WENT THROUGH, AND WE SAID, "OH LORD, HAVE MERCY, PLEASE."

  • JAMES: THIS MISS DEVINE WOULD COME IN ON SUNDAY MORNINGS

  • TO TAKE US TO SUNDAY SCHOOL,

  • AND WHEN I SAW HER COME, CHERIE,

  • I THOUGHT THE LEAVES WOULD BE BLOWING OFF THE TREES

  • AND THE SKY WOULD GO BLACK AND THE CLOUDS WOULD COME IN.

  • AND SHE'D COME IN THE HOUSE ONE MORNING SAYING,

  • "GOOD MORNING, CHILDREN."

  • AND EVERYBODY, MY MOTHER ON DOWN SAID,

  • "GOOD MORNING, MISS DEVINE."

  • AND SHE SAID, "IT'S TIME TO GO TO SUNDAY SCHOOL

  • THIS MORNING, CHILDREN."

  • I SAID, "MISS DEVINE, I CAN'T GO TO SUNDAY SCHOOL TODAY."

  • SHE SAID, "NO?" I SAID, "NO, MA'AM."

  • SHE SAID, "WHY NOT?"

  • I SAID, "BECAUSE MY MOTHER DIDN'T BRING ENOUGH CLOTHES

  • FOR ME TO GO TO SUNDAY SCHOOL THIS MORNING."

  • SHE SAID, "OH, NO?" I SAID, "NO MA'AM."

  • SHE SAID, "WHAT DO YOU HAVE?

  • WHAT KIND OF CLOTHES DO YOU HAVE?"

  • I SAID, "ALL I HAVE, MISS DEVINE,

  • ARE MY PAJAMAS AND MY TENNIS SHOES."

  • SHE SAID, "WELL, THAT'S OKAY, HONEY.

  • PUT YOUR TENNIS SHOES ON.

  • WE'LL GO TO SUNDAY SCHOOL."

  • I LOOKED AT MY MOTHER AND SHE LOOKED AWAY, CHERIE.

  • MISS DEVINE MADE ME WALK TWO BLOCKS

  • IN MY PAJAMAS AND MY TENNIS SHOES.

  • I HAD TO SIT IN CHURCH WITH MY FRIENDS,

  • DOING SUNDAY SCHOOL IN MY PAJAMAS AND MY TENNIS SHOES.

  • I'M GONNA TELL YOU, CHERIE, I NEVER LIED AGAIN. (LAUGHS)

  • CHERIE: MISS DEVINE WAS ALWAYS THERE TO TAKE CARE OF US.

  • JAMES: RIGHT.

  • CHERIE: BUT WHEN MISS DEVINE BRAIDED YOUR HAIR,

  • YOUR EYES WENT UP LIKE THIS. (LAUGHTER)

  • YOU HAD TO SLEEP ON SOFT PILLOWS

  • BECAUSE, I MEAN, BOY, SHE HAD IT TIGHT.

  • JAMES: MM-MM.

  • CHERIE: AND MISS DEVINE HAD MANGO TREES ALL OVER HER YARD,

  • BUT MISS DEVINE NEVER BROUGHT YOU A MANGO

  • UNTIL IT WAS ROTTEN. (LAUGHTER)

  • IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD SMELL LIKE LIQUOR. (LAUGHTER)

  • THAT'S WHEN SHE BROUGHT YOU A MANGO.

  • JAMES: YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF

  • THAT WE GOT GROWING UP, AND I NEVER FORGET THAT.

  • [INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

  • NOE: MY MOTHER, SHE WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE

  • UNDER $8,000 A YEAR.

  • AND IF SHE REACHED THE $8,000,

  • SHE WOULD ACTUALLY BE HAPPY THAT SHE MADE THAT MUCH.

  • SO, I WOULD LITERALLY GO OUTSIDE MY HOUSE,

  • PUT ALL MY PRODUCTS THERE AND SELL THEM.

  • I DIDN'T MAKE MUCH.

  • I MADE, WHAT, 20 BUCKS A WEEK.

  • BUT FOR A EIGHT YEAR OLD,

  • YOU'RE A MILLIONAIRE WITH THAT KIND OF MONEY.

  • ALEX: THAT'S A LOT OF COMIC BOOKS AND STUFF, YEAH.

  • NOE: BUT THE THING IS, I WASN'T LIKE OTHER KIDS.

  • I DIDN'T GO BUY POKEMON CARDS.

  • LITTLE MONEY I MADE, I GAVE IT TO MY MOM.

  • THE FIRST TIME, I REMEMBER SHE WAS COOKING

  • AND I CAME UP TO HER AND I TOLD HER,

  • "MOM, I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY,

  • SO HERE'S 15 BUCKS I MADE."

  • SHE TURNED OFF THE STOVE,

  • SHE TURNED AROUND AND STARTED CRYING AND HUGGED ME.

  • FROM THAT POINT ON,

  • I JUST DEDICATED ON GETTING MONEY FOR MY FAMILY.

  • ALEX: HOW DID YOU MAKE THAT MONEY?

  • NOE: FIRST OF ALL, THE ONE THING THAT COMES TO PEOPLE'S MIND

  • IN THE BAD NEIGHBORHOODS IS DRUGS,

  • BUT I DID NOT SELL DRUGS.

  • REASON FOR THAT IS, FIRST OF ALL, I KNOW IT'S WRONG.

  • SECONDLY, I PICTURE MY MOM, HOW DISAPPOINTED SHE'LL BE

  • IF SHE FINDS THAT OUT.

  • SO, I ACTUALLY STARTED HELPING IN A CONSTRUCTION SITE,

  • AND THIS WAS IN FIFTH GRADE.

  • IT WAS BAD ON MY BONES.

  • I HAVE BAD SHOULDERS, BAD KNEES,

  • FOR ALL THE STUFF THAT I WAS CARRYING.

  • ALEX: WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER, DID YOU REALIZE KIND OF LIKE,

  • HEY, THIS ISN'T NORMAL,

  • OR THIS ISN'T WHAT OTHER PEOPLE GO THROUGH.

  • NOE: WELL, I ALWAYS KNEW I WAS POOR.

  • BUT I REMEMBER ONE TIME IN PARTICULAR,

  • MY SHOES WERE ALL SCRAPED UP,

  • SO I GOT PAINT AND I PAINTED THEM WHITE.

  • SOME KID FELL AND TRIPPED IN FRONT OF MY SHOES

  • AND NOTICED THEM.

  • HE POINTED IT OUT AND LAUGHED,

  • AND THAT'S WHEN IT HIT ME REALLY HARD, LIKE,

  • I'M ACTUALLY POORER THAN I THOUGHT.

  • HOW'S YOUR FIRST SEMESTER OF COLLEGE BEEN?

  • THINGS ARE GREAT.

  • I JUST THINK ABOUT IT, LIKE, BEING THE FIRST ONE

  • TO GO TO COLLEGE IN MY WHOLE FAMILY OF OVER 50 OF US.

  • THAT'S MY BIGGEST MOTIVATION.

  • I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU THAT YOU WENT THIS FAR,

  • AND I JUST WANT TO HAVE YOU COME BACK IN LIKE, TEN YEARS,

  • DRESSED REALLY SHARP, YOU KNOW...

  • NOE: AND NICE SHOES.

  • ALEX: WITH A SUIT AND NICE SHOES AND FINALLY HAVE A PAIR OF SHOES

  • THAT YOU HAVEN'T PAINTED,

  • AND I WANT YOU TO GET EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER WANTED.

  • [INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

  • I ALWAYS HAVE A NOTECARD IN MY POCKET THAT TELLS ME

  • WHAT THE DATE IS AND I HAVE TO WRITE DOWN WHEN I EAT MEALS,

  • BECAUSE SOMETIMES I MIGHT EAT LUNCH THREE TIMES

  • BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER THAT I ATE ALREADY.

  • THE DOCTORS SAY THE BRAIN CAN

  • CONTINUE HEALING UP TO TWO YEARS,

  • BUT WHATEVER IS NOT BACK BY THAT POINT

  • IS NOT LIKELY TO EVER COME BACK.

  • SO YOU HAD YOUR SURGERY IN NOVEMBER OF 2008, RIGHT?

  • RIGHT.

  • AND SO, I'M GONNA HAVE TO LIVE THE REST OF MY LIFE THIS WAY.

  • AND THE THING THAT SCARES ME THE MOST IS LIKE,

  • THE THOUGHT THAT I WILL WAKE UP ONE DAY

  • AND I'LL BE 80 YEARS OLD

  • AND I WON'T REMEMBER THE LAST 40 YEARS OF MY LIFE.

  • YASIR: DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU FIRST CAME OUT OF SURGERY?

  • GWEN: I KNOW THAT I USED TO ALWAYS THINK

  • THAT I WAS IN SAN FRANCISCO. (LAUGHS)

  • YASIR: WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS CALLED?

  • DO YOU REMEMBER?

  • GWEN: CONFABULATIONS? YEAH.

  • DO YOU REMEMBER ANOTHER CONFABULATION

  • THAT I USED TO HAVE?

  • YASIR: YOU USED TO THINK

  • THAT YOUR CO-WORKER BARBARA WAS YOUR MOM.

  • GWEN: (LAUGHS) THAT'S RIGHT.

  • YASIR: EVEN THOUGH SHE'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT RACE THAN YOU.

  • GWEN: (LAUGHS) THAT'S FUNNY, YEAH.

  • THERE WAS ONE POINT WHERE YOU WERE CONFUSED

  • BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT WE HAD BROKEN UP.

  • AND I WOULD ASK YOU LIKE,

  • "WHY DO YOU THINK YOU'RE STAYING AT MY PLACE?"

  • YOU'RE LIKE, "WELL, WE'RE JUST COOL LIKE THAT."

  • (LAUGHS) YEAH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

  • THAT'S ALRIGHT.

  • AND AFTER ALL YOU'VE BEEN DOING FOR ME.

  • THANKFULLY YOU GOT OVER THAT.

  • I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT AS WELL.

  • SO IS THERE ANY POSITIVE THINGS THAT HAVE COME

  • OUT OF LOSING YOUR MEMORY, WHEN YOU LOOK BACK ON IT?

  • WELL, I RAN THE NEW YORK CITY MARATHON WITH YOU,

  • MY BOYFRIEND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ASKED YOU

  • WAS TO HELP ME AS A TRICK TO NOT LET ME LOOK

  • AT ANY OF THE MILE MARKERS ALONG THE WAY.

  • AND IF I ASKED YOU HOW LONG WE'D BEEN RUNNING,

  • TO ALWAYS TELL ME 10 OR 15 MINUTES. (LAUGHS)

  • AND IT REALLY WORKED LIKE A CHARM.

  • YASIR: YEAH.

  • GWEN: AND WHEN WE GOT TO THE END,

  • YOU AND I ARE RUNNING ACROSS THE FINISH LINE,

  • AND AS IF ON CUE, I STARTED CRYING MY EYES OUT,

  • I WAS SO HAPPY.

  • YOU KNOW, I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF DAYS

  • SINCE MY INJURY COMPARING MYSELF TO WHAT I USED TO BE

  • AND FEELING SAD ABOUT THE THINGS THAT I'VE LOST,

  • BUT DOING THE MARATHON SHOWS ME

  • THAT I STILL HAVE A LOT LEFT IN ME.

  • [INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

  • MY DADDY WAS ELECTED MAYOR TWICE

  • AND I USED TO WALK DOWN THE STREETS HOLDING HIS HAND.

  • EVERYBODY'D STOP AND PET ME ON THE HEAD AND SAID,

  • "HOW YOU DOIN', LITTLE MAYOR?" (LAUGHS)

  • YEAH, I HAD A WONDERFUL DADDY.

  • AND WHEN I WAS ABOUT 14, HE SAID, "SON, LOOK,

  • YOU COME FROM A LONG LINE OF CHRONIC ALCOHOLICS.

  • I'M AN ALCOHOLIC JUST WAITING FOR THE FIRST DRINK

  • AND I REFUSE TO TAKE IT."

  • HE SAID, "IF YOU DO, YOU'LL GET AWAY WITH IT FOR A WHILE,

  • BUT IT'LL DESTROY YOUR LIFE AND PROBABLY KILL YOU."

  • HE SAID, "I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT."

  • I SAID, "OKAY, DADDY, I'LL GIVE IT SERIOUS THOUGHT."

  • I GAVE IT ENOUGH THOUGHT THAT THAT HALLOWEEN,

  • I WENT TRICK-OR-TREATING WITH MY BUDDY

  • AND WE PASSED A HORSESHOE OF FRAT HOUSES.

  • THOSE KIDS KNEW WHO I WAS.

  • EVERYBODY KNEW WHO MY DADDY WAS.

  • AND ONE OF THEM FRAT BOYS SAID, "HEY, YOU EVER HAD A DRINK?"

  • AND I SAID, "NO, I HADN'T."

  • AND HE SAID, "NOW, YOU DRINK THIS.

  • IT'S GONNA BURN AND YOU'RE GONNA LIKE THIS."

  • I NEVER FELT SO GOOD IN MY LIFE.

  • AS LONG AS I HAD ALCOHOL IN MY SYSTEM,

  • I WAS WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE,

  • A SELF-CONFIDENT, GOOD-LOOKING, WITTY HUMAN BEING.

  • AND IT WORKED VERY WELL FOR 40-SOME MORE YEARS OF MY LIFE.

  • DAVID: MUST TAKE A LOT OF SELF-DISCIPLINE TO TURN AROUND.

  • EDDIE: WELL, IT TOOK MORE THAN THAT.

  • I HAD JUST BEEN RELEASED FOR MY 28TH TREATMENT FOR ALCOHOLISM.

  • THE DOCTOR TOLD ME WHEN I LEFT, SAID, "I'LL GIVE YOU TWO WEEKS

  • AND I'LL READ YOUR NAME IN THE OBITUARIES."

  • SO I WENT TO THE CEMETERY WHERE MY MOTHER AND DADDY WERE BURIED

  • AND I LET THEM KNOW THAT I'M SOBER

  • AND GONNA DIE THIS WAY.

  • SO THEN I CAME ON DOWN TO A PLACE I KNEW

  • THERE WAS AN EXIT RAMP OF CARS COME AROUND.

  • I HELD A SIGN THERE AND THAT'S WHERE I MET YOU.

  • EVERY TIME YOU CAME BY, YOU'D STICK OUT A TWO DOLLAR BILL

  • AND A CAN OF TUNA FISH.

  • AND IT WAS NEW YEAR'S EVE AND I HAD NOWHERE TO GO,

  • COULDN'T DRINK, EVERYBODY'S PARTYING.

  • AND YOU WALKED ON OVER AND SAID, "YOU REMEMBER ME?"

  • I SAID, "YEAH, YOU'RE THE TWO DOLLAR BILL MAN."

  • HE SAID, "I'M GONNA TAKE YOU HOME WITH ME

  • FOR A NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY.

  • HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THAT?"

  • I SAID, "I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD WORK, SIR.

  • YOU'VE GOT A WIFE?

  • SHE'S GONNA HAVE A LOT TO SAY TO YOU ABOUT BRINGING

  • A HOMELESS, SMELLY OLD MAN HOME WITH YOU."

  • YOU SAID, "MY WIFE WILL RECEIVE YOU WELL."

  • I WENT TO YOUR HOME AND HAD A SHOWER

  • AND YOU GAVE ME SOME CLEAN CLOTHES

  • AND WE SAT DOWN AT THE TABLE AND I TOLD YOU SOME STORIES

  • ABOUT WHO I REALLY WAS AND WHO MY DADDY WAS.

  • THERE WAS A LOT MORE TO ME THAN YOU MIGHT IMAGINE.

  • I HOPE I WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A HELP ALONG YOUR PATH.

  • WELL, YOU KNOW, DAVID, WITHOUT YOUR KINDNESS

  • AND YOUR FAMILY AND ALL, I DON'T KNOW...

  • I WOULDN'T SAY I'D HAVE GONE BACK DRINKING AGAIN,

  • BUT I SAY IT WOULD'VE BEEN ROUGH.

  • [INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

  • WHEN DID YOU AND DAD DECIDE TO ADOPT?

  • WE ALWAYS KNEW FROM THE TIME WE FIRST MARRIED,

  • AND WE MUST'VE TALKED ABOUT IT EVEN BEFORE THAT.

  • YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY METHODICAL PEOPLE. (LAUGHTER)

  • NOW, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU DON'T KNOW.

  • WHEN I WAS 17, I GOT PREGNANT.

  • AND THE LIGHT OF MY LIFE IS MY FATHER,

  • BUT HE GAVE ME 24 HOURS TO LEAVE TOWN.

  • AND I GAVE THIS BABY UP FOR ADOPTION

  • AND SAID AT THAT TIME THAT I WILL ADOPT A CHILD

  • WHEN I'M ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF A CHILD.

  • WOW.

  • I JUST...WASN'T READY FOR THAT.

  • I'M SURE.

  • SO MANY TIMES I WOULD THINK,

  • "GOSH, IS THIS THE TIME TO TELL HIM?"

  • BUT I'M 73 NOW AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE SUCH A BIG SECRET.

  • WELL, I GUESS SPEAKING OF SECRETS, WHEN I CAME OUT,

  • I REMEMBER KINDA SAYING TO YOU, "HEY, MOM,

  • I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING,"

  • AND I STUMBLED JUST TELLING YOU I WAS GAY.

  • AND THE FIRST THING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH WAS,

  • "I LOVE YOU AND I'M YOUR MOTHER."

  • JACKIE: BY THAT TIME I KNEW.

  • IT WASN'T EVEN ANY QUESTION IN MY MIND.

  • IT'S JUST...YOU, AND I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER

  • IF YOU'RE HAPPY WITH YOUR LIFE.

  • PLUS, YOU HELP ME WITH MY HAIR SOMETIMES. (LAUGHTER)

  • YEAH, IT COMES WITH ITS PERKS.

  • THERE'S NO DOWNSIDE FOR ME.

  • SCOTT: IT'S KINDA FUNNY, I THINK WHERE YOU'RE CONCERNED,

  • I TRY NOT TO BE VERY EMOTIONAL.

  • I WORRY THAT YOU'LL NEVER KNOW JUST HOW DEEPLY I LOVE YOU

  • AND HOW SCARY IT IS FOR ME SOMETIMES

  • TO IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT YOU.

  • JACKIE: THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN'T MAKE BETTER FOR YOU

  • AND I DON'T DOUBT IT'LL BE TOUGH, BUT YOU'LL BE OKAY.

  • THE THING THAT'S BEEN WONDERFUL, SWEETHEART,

  • IS THAT WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER

  • AND WE HAVEN'T MISSED MUCH.

  • [INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

  • I WASN'T VERY NICE.

  • IF I MAKE A MISTAKE, MY MOTHER, SHE MAKE ME APOLOGIZE.

  • IN OUR CUSTOM, WHEN YOU APOLOGIZE TO YOUR MOTHER,

  • YOU HAVE TO BRING A CUP OF TEA AND SAY, "I'M SORRY."

  • BUT I PURPOSELY DROPPED THAT HOT CUP OF TEA

  • ON MY MOTHER'S LAP.

  • AND I WASN'T A GOOD STUDENT.

  • I ALWAYS LIE TO GET OUT OF SCHOOL

  • BECAUSE A LOT OF BOYFRIEND AFTER ME. (LAUGHTER)

  • THAT TIME I WAS STILL YOUNG; I WAS NOT BAD LOOKING THEN.

  • (LAUGHTER) SO WHAT ELSE?

  • HURRY, HURRY.

  • I'M GONNA GO HOME.

  • HOW'D YOU MEET GRANDPA?

  • I WAS A TRAINING NURSE IN A HOSPITAL.

  • HE WAS THERE FOR HEMORRHOIDS OPERATION.

  • SO WHEN YOUR GRANDPA SEE ME,

  • YOUR GRANDPA KEEP ON ASKING ME TO GET MARRIED.

  • AND I SAY, "I DON'T LIKE YOU.

  • YOU HAVE BALD HEAD." (LAUGHTER)

  • I DIDN'T LIKE HIM BECAUSE HE'S UGLY.

  • BUT ONE THING ABOUT YOUR GRANDPA, HE'S VERY SMART.

  • THAT'S IT. NO MORE QUESTION.

  • GRANDMA.

  • JUST A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS?

  • -SHORT ONE. -SHORT ONES.

  • TELL ME ABOUT WORKING AT BLOOMINGDALES.

  • WHAT DID YOU DO?

  • YOU KNOW WHAT I DO.

  • I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU.

  • NO, YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT.

  • I AM A DETECTIVE. (LAUGHTER)

  • I GOT THE VERY FAMOUS DESIGNER.

  • I BETTER NOT MENTION HER NAME.

  • SHE STOLE THIS DRESS, $3,000.

  • SO I WALKED OUT THE STORE, I SAID,

  • "WOULD YOU LIKE TO PAY ME THAT DRESS?"

  • SHE SAID, "DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?"

  • I SAID, "YEAH, YOU'RE A THIEF!" (LAUGHTER)

  • SO, THAT'S MY LIFE.

  • DO YOU HAVE ANY REGRETS?

  • NO! WHY SHOULD I REGRET?

  • NO. I THINK I'M OLD ENOUGH TO DO WHATEVER I WOULD LIKE.

  • AND THAT'S IT. (LAUGHTER)

  • [INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

  • YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LINE BETWEEN INDEPENDENT AND STUBBORN

  • AND MY MOM CROSSED THAT A LOT.

  • CHEN: SHE LIKED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THINGS,

  • BUT SHE DIDN'T REALLY MIND.

  • LIKE, SHE TOOK CARE OF GRANDPA

  • AND SHE DID A LOT OF THAT ON HER OWN.

  • YOU KNEW, BECAUSE SHE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT,

  • BUT SHE WOULD DO IT EVEN THOUGH SHE COMPLAINED.

  • CHENG: YEAH.

  • I DON'T KNOW HOW WILLING SHE WOULD'VE BEEN TO DO STORYCORPS

  • IF SHE ACTUALLY DIDN'T KNOW SHE HAD SO LITTLE TIME LEFT.

  • IT WAS KIND OF LIKE ONE OF HER LAST GIFTS TO US.

  • MY MOTHER WAS CREMATED AND THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS

  • TO PUT HER IN THE SAME CREMORIAL...

  • NEXT TO GRANDPA. (LAUGHS)

  • CHENG: BUT SHE SAID, YOU KNOW,

  • "KEEP ME AT YOUR PLACE FOR A WHILE."

  • SO RIGHT NOW I HAVE THE ASHES AT HOME

  • AND I TALK TO MY MOM EVERY NOW AND THEN.

  • I'LL TELL HER GOODNIGHT OR "I MISS YOU"

  • OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

  • SO, I'M KINDA HAPPY SHE'S WITH ME.

  • [INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

  • SO MAYBE THIS YEAR, I'LL ASK GRANDMA SOME QUESTIONS,

  • JUST LIKE YOU DID WHEN YOU WERE A KID.

  • BENJI, SHE'D LOVE THAT.

  • LISTENING IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING GIFTS YOU CAN GIVE.

  • IT MEANS THE WORLD TO PEOPLE AND IT'S FREE.

  • I MEAN, JUST IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN

  • IF EVERYONE STOPPED AND LISTENED.

  • I THINK WE'D SEE WE'RE NOT NEARLY AS DIFFERENT

  • AS WE THINK.

  • WE'D SEE A LITTLE BIT OF OURSELVES

  • IN THE STORIES OF STRANGERS.

  • PEOPLE MIGHT SHOUT A LITTLE LESS AND LISTEN A LITTLE MORE,

  • BECAUSE WHEN WE TAKE THE TIME TO REALLY LISTEN,

  • WE SEE THAT KINDNESS,

  • COURAGE AND GENEROSITY ARE ALL AROUND US,

  • AND WE KNOW THAT EVERY VOICE MATTERS.

  • [INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

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傾聽是一種愛的行為。Sneak Peek (Listening Is an Act of Love: Sneak Peek)

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