3：流感时期的走神

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流感时期的走神

Distraction during flu season

作者小庄 朗读者旺希

Author: Xiao Zhuang, Narrator: Wang Xi

我们很有可能已经生活在这样一个时代了

We are very likely already living in such an era.

对瘟疫的想象也将成为休闲娱乐的一部分

The imagination of plagues will also become a part of leisure and entertainment.

对大家来说 这未必不是件好事

This may not necessarily be a bad thing for everyone.

比如我 每次大隔离前夕

For example, every time before a major lockdown.

就可以把霍乱时期的爱情 传染病屋

You can turn "Love in the Time of Cholera" into a contagious disease house.

英国病人之类的小说电影翻一堆出来

A bunch of novels and movies like The English Patient are being churned out.

开始意淫那些末日爱 断食情

Start fantasizing about those apocalyptic loves and fasting feelings.

在惆怅和满足的混杂错综中吃饭睡觉

Eating and sleeping in a mixture of melancholy and satisfaction.

做梦也对生活充满了感恩

Even in dreams, I'm full of gratitude for life.

猪流感一旦盛行

Once swine flu becomes prevalent

我们爱上医生或者护士的机会就要增加许多

The chances of us falling in love with doctors or nurses will increase significantly.

这由人类居立避害的天性使然

This is due to the nature of humans to stand and avoid harm.

并且更根本的原因还在于

And the more fundamental reason lies in...

达尔文老爷爷及其继承者

Grandpa Darwin and his successors

一百五十多年来不因其烦地告诉我们

For more than one hundred and fifty years, they have tirelessly been telling us.

爱情最初的使命

The initial mission of love.

只不过是为了种族繁衍而设的一个局

It is just a trap set for the purpose of racial reproduction.

一个机关

A mechanism.

可人呢 总是希望本能之外

But people always hope for something beyond their instincts.

还有更高尚的原因和理由

There are even more noble reasons and justifications.

于是思考 于是辩证

So thinking, so dialectical.

于是为了说服自己而拼命说服别人

So in order to convince myself, I desperately try to convince others.

马尔克斯之流很不厚道地利用这个问题

The likes of Márquez unfairly exploit this issue.

来搞惨了我们的脑子

It's messed up our minds.

因为所有从事创作的人都一样

Because all creative people are the same.

喜欢或多或少

Like it more or less.

玩一下文艺的吊诡

Play with some artistic irony.

但为什么每一次还是上当

But why do I still get deceived every time?

咬鼻子酸酸眼睛湿湿

Bitten nose, sour eyes, and wet.

没出息地祈祷日后

Pathetically praying for the future.

也能有机会在病魔缠身中

Also, there is a chance to be amidst the torment of illness.

死于心爱之人怀里

Died in the arms of a loved one.

才算得此生无憾

Only then can one say this life has no regrets.

因为我明白

Because I understand.

在无度的生老病死到来之前

Before the endless cycles of birth, aging, sickness, and death arrive.

就要将罗曼蒂克扼杀在未成年

It's about to strangle romanticism in its adolescence.

爱你 现在 很爱很爱

Love you, now very much, very much.

那么明天

So tomorrow.

明天呢 还爱不爱

Will you still love me tomorrow?

应该还爱的吧

Should still be loved, right?

明年呢

What about next year?

我不知道

I don't know.

以上好似来自罗拉快跑中某场景的对话

The above seems to be a dialogue from a scene in Run Lola Run.

也曾发生在我和第N任男友之间

It has also happened between me and my nth boyfriend.

他的回答毋庸置疑是让我失望的

His answer was undoubtedly disappointing to me.

所以分手往往不需要等到明年就上演了

So breakups often don't need to wait until next year to unfold.

很久很久以后

A long, long time later.

触景深情回想起来

Touching scenes evoke deep feelings and memories.

可以确信的一点是

One thing that can be certain is

年轻的大家都足够称得上诚实

Young people can all be considered honest enough.

不过诚实和幸福无关

However, honesty has nothing to do with happiness.

在消费心理学中

In consumer psychology

有一种幸福的无知效应

There is a kind of blissful ignorance effect.

意思是说

It means to say.

一个人已经做好了被某物品支付报酬的决定之后

Once a person has made the decision to be compensated for something.

就不需要去了解它更多的相关细节

There is no need to understand more related details about it.

那样做对增加幸福感无益

Doing so is not helpful for increasing happiness.

这个理论有实验为证

This theory is supported by experimental evidence.

顾客买了巧克力才看说明书

The customer read the instructions only after buying the chocolate.

或买了电影票后看评论

Or check the reviews after buying the movie ticket.

感受到的愉悦都会随着了解咨询的越来越多

The joy felt will increase as one gains more understanding and consultation.

而表现出直线下降

and show a linear decline

说白了聪明人一定比傻瓜烦恼

In simple terms, smart people are definitely more troubled than fools.

情感世界与消费领域颇有共通之处

The world of emotions has much in common with the field of consumption.

大致说来这两个方面的行为都来自预防

Generally speaking, the behaviors in these two aspects both stem from prevention.

一开始是受冲动驱使寻求快感

At first, it was driven by impulse to seek pleasure.

然而这两个方面的行为都来自预防

However, the behaviors in these two aspects both stem from prevention.

然后和预期进行比较

Then compare with the expectations.

最后回归理性

Finally return to rationality.

其中寻求快感是很值得琢磨的一个环节

Seeking pleasure is a very worthwhile aspect to ponder.

涉及大脑中的奖赏回路机制

Involves the reward circuit mechanism in the brain.

指的是在消费情感以及物质时

Refers to the consumption of emotions and material goods.

因为多巴胺的作用而体验到一种狂喜

Experience a kind of ecstasy due to the effect of dopamine.

压倒式的狂喜

Overwhelming ecstasy.

为了获取这种奖赏

In order to obtain this reward.

有人也许愿付出一切代价也在所不惜

Some people may be willing to pay any price without hesitation.

即便他短暂的没法用正常尺度来衡量

Even if he temporarily cannot be measured by normal standards.

所以最纯粹的幸福感一定是如此得来的

So the purest sense of happiness must be obtained in this way.

只看到你想要的

Only see what you want.

直奔主题

Get straight to the point.

对其他的信息忽视

Ignore other information.

也不去关心快感之后是什么

Don't care about what comes after the pleasure.

就这样做回一个无知的快乐的相信爱的人

Just do it and be an ignorant, happy believer in love.

有没有可能

Is it possible?

我想当瘟疫蔓延

I want to be the plague that spreads.

我们再也没有心情考虑房子股票未来

We no longer have the mood to consider houses, stocks, or the future.

再也没有时间争辩猜忌怄忌

There is no more time to argue, to be suspicious, or to harbor grudges.

再也不会问出明天你是否依然爱我时

I will never ask again if you still love me tomorrow.

就差不多了

It's just about there.

2014 元电话包

2014 Yuan phone package

低过一栋全球通

Lower than a global building.

移民定居有良方

There are effective ways for immigrants to settle down.

看你多懂老美心

Look at how well you understand the Americans.

法律底线不要破

Do not cross the legal bottom line.

自由梦想随你飘

Freedom and dreams drift with you.

一把鼻涕一把泪

A handful of snot and a handful of tears.

但愿他乡是故乡

I hope that a foreign land is like my hometown.

美国也荒唐

The United States is also ridiculous.

美国也天堂

America is also paradise.

MING PAO CANADA MING PAO TORONTO

Ming Pao Canada Ming Pao Toronto