我爱你胜过爱我自己

译/Peacock 绘/小雨点

我爱你胜过爱我自己

I Love You More than Myself

译/Peacock 绘/小雨点

It all began as we were standing in front of the bathroom mirror, me, fixing Amanda's blonde hair. I said, "I love you, Amanda." "And, I love you," she replied. "Oh, yeah,"I taunted①taunted taunt的过去式 taunt 英 ［tɔːnt］ 美 ［tɔnt］ vt. 奚落；逗弄 n. 嘲弄；讥讽 adj. 很高的. "Well, I love you more." Her eyes lit up②lit light的过去式 light up v. 照亮；点亮 eg. The pressure lamp lit up the tent.汽灯照亮了帐篷。as she recognized the cue③cue 英 ［kjuː］ 美 ［kju］ n. 提示，暗示；线索 vt. 给……暗示for the start of another "I love you more" match. "Nuh-uh," she laughed, "I love you the most." "I love you bigger than a volcano!" I countered④countered counter的过去式 counter 英［'kaʊntə］ 美［'kaʊntɚ］ vt.反击，还击；反向移动，对着干；反驳，回答—a favorite family phrase in these battles of love. " But, Mom, I love you from here to China." A country she's learning about from our new neighbors up the street. We volleyed⑤volleyed volley的过去式 volley 英 ［'vɒlɪ］ 美 ［'vɑli］ vt. 截击；齐发；连声发出vi. 截击；齐鸣；进行群射 n. 齐射；齐射出的子弹；凌空状态back and forth⑥back and forth 反复地，来回地 eg. Switching between these states allows Grier to move objects back and forth. 格里尔通过转换这些状态来实现向前和向后移动物体。a few favorite lines. "I love you more than peanut butter." "I even love you more than bubble gum." It was my turn again, and I made the move that usually brings victory. "I love you bigger than the universe!" On this day, however, Amanda was not going to give up. I could see she was thinking. "Mom," she said in a quiet voice, "I love you more than myself."

事情发生时，我们俩正站在浴室的镜子前面。我正在给阿曼达梳理她金色的头发。我说：“我爱你，阿曼达。”“我也爱你。”她回道。“噢，那太好了，”我开始逗弄她，“那么，我爱你更多。”她的眼睛瞬间发亮，因为她意识到了这是另外一场“那么，我更爱你”比赛开始的暗示。“嗯呃，”她笑道，“我最爱你了。”“我对你的爱比火山还要大！”我在这场爱的较量中用了一句最受欢迎的家庭语句迎战。“但是，妈妈，我对你的爱可以从这儿延伸到中国。”这是她从我们街道上新搬来的邻居那儿听来的国家名字。我们用这些美言你来我往地斗了几个回合。“我爱你胜过爱花生酱。”“我爱你胜过爱泡泡糖。”又轮到我了，我决定使出撒手锏。“我爱你超越整个宇宙！”每次用这招都会胜出的。然而，在这天，阿曼达没有打算放弃。我可以看出她在思考。“妈妈，”她用温和的声音说道，“我爱你胜过爱我自己。”