喜福会台词

晚餐

[ Waverly Narrating ] Of course, the night was still young.

Thank God I already prepped him on the Emily Post of Chinese manners.

How are you?

[ Man Speaking Chinese ]

Actually, there were a few things l forgot to mention.

[ Rich ] Let me make a toast.

He shouldn't have had that second glass

when everyone else had had only half an inch just for taste.

Shrimp. My favorite.

He should have taken only a small spoonful of the best dish until everyone had had a helping.

He has good appetite.

He shouldn't have bragged he was a fast learner.

But the worst was when Rich criticized my mother's cooking,and he didn't even know what he had done.

As is the Chinese cook's custom,

my mother always insults her own cooking,

but only with the dishes she serves with special pride.

This dish not salty enough.

No flavor. It's too bad to eat.

But please.

Oh! Uh.

That was our cue to eat some

and proclaim it the best she'd ever made.

You know, Lindo,

all this needs is a little soy sauce.

[ Gasping ] Oh!

So, how'd your mom react when you told her about the wedding?

It never came up.

How come?

She'd rather get rectal cancer.

Oh.

Lena独白

My whole life turned in this moment.

If I had Ieft him or kiIIed him,

I would not have lost the one thing that mattered.

[ Water Rippling ]

[ Baby Cooing ]

[ Cooing ]

My mind kept repeating a single thought.

He had taken from me my innocence,

my youth, my heart,everything.

[ Water Splashing ]

[ Splashing Continues ]

So I took from him the only thing l could.

[ Screaming ]

[ Sobbing ]

My baby was so light in my arms,

because his little spirit had flown away.

And with his, my spirit had also gone.

Years Iater, I moved to America.

But what I had done in China was always with me.

In time, I remarried and l had a daughter.

But Lena had no spirit,

because l had none to give her.

Rose见父母

This is Rose Hsu, my girlfriend.

[ Rose Narrating ] The one word sent me into totaI shock,

from which, I'm afraid, l've never quite recovered.

-Hello. Hi. -[ Dad ] Hello.

Is this a private reverie or can an old lady join you?

Sure.

You and Ted haven't known each other long, have you?

Actually, no.

I've never heard him speak of you until this morning.

But it's always a thrill for a mother to hear that sort of excitement

in her son's voice.

So I hope you won't misunderstand

what I have to say.

I want you to know, Rose, that we're a very liberal family.

[ Rose Narrating ] l couldn't believe what she was telling me.

lt was straight out of some awtuI racist movie,

like The World of Suzie Wong.

[ Ted's Mother ] Ted is going to be working with his father in the company.