N: how did your father handle it?
B: it was very difficult for my father, very difficult, for my father, u know, been the son of somebody for almost 50 years, and , it was devastating to him, u know, my father loves his father, even my grandfather didn’t know any words, any(我爷爷不识字)
N: he didn’t know any words?
B: my grandfather never been in school, spend his whole life in the countryside, and die in the countryside, that’s it, but he has huge intelligence(我爷爷从来没有上过学,生在农村,死在农村,但他很睿智).
N: I can see that from u, brian
B: what?
N: intelligence
B: J
N: it could be in the genes.【注】遗传的因素在起作用。your father did have it, and so do u now.
B: I am not the sort of man, but my brother is.
N: he was how much older?(他大你几岁【注】这句话是不是和中文的结构很相似?)
B: he was four years older. My brother is that much older than me that I wasn't really like -- it wasn't -- it was almost like being an only child.(我哥哥大我四岁,以至于我感觉到自己是个独生子)
N: u were brothers
B: we were definitely brothers, and friends
N: how explain
B: I confide in him, whenever I make any decisions, any big decisions, I need to talk to him and u know, a lot of cases show that he is always right , for me, a bit for the extreme, and I don’t want to regret for my decision, so he is my best friend.
(我向各个吐露我的想法,每当我做任何重大决定的时候,我总是先跟他商量,因为有太多的事情表明他总是对的,对我自己来讲,有点走极端,而我自己又不愿意后悔,所以他是我最好的朋友)
N: your only friend?
B: no, but he is close to me, he is very careful in the way he live in his life, I am not.(他对他的生活非常仔细,而我不是的)
N: more intense than a friend.【注】intense这个词几乎都有面熟的感觉,但总是很少用到它,表示强烈的,剧烈的,热情的,这句话指的是:你们兄弟关系比朋友更重要
B: it’s blood【注】血肉之情, You know. And I think brothers know things about each other that people -- other people-- you know, that other friends and parents don't know. So I think it's a relationship that can be incredibly powerful, u know?
N: yes, I know
B: and , for, in every family, brothers have roles, and u know, he played the good boy, and I was a rebel.(他从小家里是很乖的孩子,而我自己一直是个叛逆者)
N: it’s a very complicated relationship
B: yes, I think brothers are complicated relationships, but we are close, and we shared things even my girlfriend didn’t know.
N: some of the things that only your brother knew?
B: yes.
N: hmm
B: means what
N: :)
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