1 BLACK AND WHITE AND TOUGH ALL OVER

LVY + BEAN TAKE THE CASE by annie barrows

安妮·巴罗斯著

BLACK AND WHITE AND TOUGH ALL OVER Bean wasn't allowed to watch television. Or music videos. Bean's mom said she could watch two movies a week, but they had to be movies where everyone was good. There couldn't be any bad words. There couldn't be any mean people. There couldn't be anyone smoking a cigarette or wearing tiny clothes. There were only about ten movies that followed all these rules. Luckily, Bean liked all ten of them. She watched them over and over. Bean's mom said ten movies were plenty. She said kids Bean's age should be using their imaginations instead of watching TV. She said fresh air was more important than movies.

黑与白，浑身都是硬汉比恩不被允许看电视。 或者音乐视频。比恩的妈妈说她可以一周看两部电影，但必须是每个人都很棒的电影。 不能说什么难听的话。 不可能有卑鄙的人。 不可能有人抽烟或穿小衣服。 只有大约10部电影遵循了所有这些规则。 幸运的是，比恩喜欢这十个人。 她看了一遍又一遍。 比恩的妈妈说十部电影够了。 她说，比恩这个年龄的孩子应该发挥他们的想象力，而不是看电视。 她说新鲜空气比电影更重要。

And then what did she do? She made Bean watch a movie. It was her favorite movie, she said. Everyone should see it at least once, she said. The movie was called Seven Falls, but it wasn't about waterfalls or even the leaf-falling kind of fall, which is what Bean had guessed. It was about a guy named Al Seven. Boy, was he tough! He was so tough he talked without moving his lips, and some of it was bad words.

然后她做了什么？她让比恩看电影。 她说，这是她最喜欢的电影。 她说，每个人都应该至少看一次。 这部电影的名字叫《七瀑布》，但它并不是关于瀑布的，也不是比恩猜测的那种落叶般的瀑布。 是关于一个叫Al Seven的人。 天哪，他真厉害！他很严厉，说话时嘴唇都不动，有些话还说得很难听。

He was also kind of mean. Everyone in the movie was kind of mean, plus they all smoked cigarettes. They didn't wear tiny clothes, but that was the only rule they didn't break. "I can't believe you're letting me watch

他也有点刻薄。电影里的每个人都有点刻薄，而且他们都抽烟。 他们不穿小衣服，但这是他们唯一没有打破的规矩。 “我真不敢相信你让我看

this," said Bean. "Seven Falls is a classic," said Bean's mom. "It's one of the greatest movies ever made." "Don't be a stooge," said Al Seven to another movie guy. That was pretty mean, but Bean pretended not to notice, because this was one of the greatest movies ever made. Al Seven was also in black and white, but Bean knew she was supposed to imagine he was in color. "What is it about dames?" asked Al Seven, walking slowly down a rainy street. "They break your heart, I guess," he answered himself. That was the end. Bean's mom let out a big, happy sigh. "Wasn't that amazing? Did you get it?" Get what? Bean wasn't sure, but she nodded. "I'm going to be just like Al Seven when I grow up." Her mother raised one eyebrow. "You'd better not be."

比恩说。“《七瀑布》很经典，”比恩的妈妈说。 “这是有史以来最伟大的电影之一。” “别当傀儡，”阿尔·西恩对另一个电影演员说。 这太刻薄了，但比恩假装没注意到，因为这是有史以来最伟大的电影之一。 阿尔·西文也是黑白的，但比恩知道她应该把他想象成彩色的。 “女人是怎么回事？”阿尔·七在雨中慢慢走着，问道。 “我想，他们伤透了你的心，”他自己回答。 这就是结局。比恩的妈妈高兴地长叹一声。 “那不是很神奇吗？”你拿到了吗？”得到什么? 比恩不确定，但她点了点头。 “我长大后要成为Al Seven那样的人。” 她母亲扬起一条眉毛。 “你最好别这样。”