一支小曲叩開心扉

nd today we have a love story that started with a song. It was Brooklyn in the late 1950s. Jay McKnight and his friends spent summer evenings outside， singing 1）a cappella. And one night， Jay caught the ear of a girl named Andrea.

Andrea McKnight： We heard these voices—the guys singing on the corner—and this tall， dark fellow was singing. And he had these shades on. I was like， “Look at this guy. Voice was fabulous.” And young as I was—at the time I think I was， what， 14—I said， “Nah， he’s not even going to take notice of me.”

Jay McKnight： I was 18 going on 19 years of age. I looked at a friend of mine who I was singing with and I says [sic]， “I’m going to marry her.” You know what he told me？ “You’re going to jail. She’s too young.” I said，“No， I’m really going to marry her.”

So one day she was by herself. I said， “I’m going to talk to her now.” As a young guy， you’d drop your voice on a...

Andrea： He was trying to impress.

Jay： Yes， I said， “Hi， how you doing？” —like that， you know； that’s to impress...

Andrea： Which made me nervous.

Jay： It was to impress.

Andrea： You remember the thing that impressed me about you： We were on the bus coming from the movies， and it started thundering and poured down rain. Getting off the bus， there was a 2）puddle， and you took your shirt off...

Jay： Yeah， that was...

Andrea： ...and laid it down. I was finished. Finished， you hear？

Jay： Yeah， we actually wanted to get married， but everybody in her family wanted to kill me. So our parents got together and talked.

Andrea： You had to come and speak to my grandmother...

Jay： I was scared， and she was terrified. But we did get married.

Andrea： We did.

Jay： I was no bed of roses to live with because I’m an entertainer. There’s a lot of temptation out there when you’re singing.

Andrea： Yeah.

Jay： I mean， there’s a lot. But I used to tell them： When you get as pretty as my wife， then we’ll talk. Andrea： Why do you think that we lasted as long as we did？

Jay： I think it’s because we grew up together.

Andrea： Did you ever think that we would grow old together？

Jay： I never thought I would ever grow old. That’s to start off with.

Andrea： OK.

Jay： People look at us sometimes and say， you all are still holding hands. That’s right.

Andrea： Uh-huh， our children say that to us.

Jay： Yeah， but no other woman will ever move me. And I’ll always love you， no matter what.

今天，我們來聽一個愛情故事，這個故事以一首歌開始。那是在上世紀五十年代后期，在紐約布魯克林的夏夜，杰伊·麥奈特會跟他的朋友在戶外清唱。有一天晚上，他的歌聲引起了一個叫安德列亞的女孩子的注意。

安德列亞·麥奈特：我們聽到歌聲，一群男孩子在街角處唱歌，其中有一個個子高高的黑小伙。他戴了墨鏡。我當時想，“看看這家伙，嗓子真棒。”我當時還很小，我想大概是14歲吧。我對自己說：“算了，他根本就不會注意到我的。”

杰伊·麥奈特：我當時18歲，快19了。我看了一眼跟我一起在唱的朋友，說道：“我要跟她結婚。”你知道他說什么嗎？“你會坐牢的，她太小了。”我說：“不，我真的會娶她。”

于是有一天，碰巧她獨自一人，我說：“我現在就去跟她聊一下。”當時年輕，覺得應該壓低嗓門兒……

安德列亞：他想給我留個好印象。

杰伊：正是。我說：“嗨，你好嗎？”當時我就用這種聲音說話，你知道吧，就是想給她留個好印象……

安德列亞：他這樣讓我很緊張。

杰伊：但我的初衷是想給她留個好印象。

安德列亞：你記得是什么事情給了我好的印象嗎？我們看完電影坐公共汽車回來，在路上雷電交加，大雨傾盆。下車的時候，地上有一灘水，你脫下上衣……

杰伊：是的，是這樣……

安德列亞：……然后把它鋪在地上。我徹底被你俘虜了，徹底被打敗了，你聽到了嗎？

杰伊：對。我倆真的想結婚，但她家里的所有人都恨不得要殺了我。所以，我們雙方的父母聚到一起討論這事。

安德列亞：你后來還得到家里來跟奶奶聊……