双语美文：生活因为爱情才显得真实

Sometimes all this is just hard to believe.

有时候，这一切都让人难以相信。

I mean, I'm living in Paris now. And that's the Eiffel Tower over there.

我的意思是，我现在住在巴黎。而埃菲尔铁塔就在那边。

When I was in college, all I thought about was coming to this city.

当我还在上大学的时候，我满脑子想的都是到这个城市来。

I was gonna live in an attic² appartment and work in Skakespeare & Co¹. while I wrote my novel.

我会住在一间阁楼公寓里，一边在莎士比亚书店上班一边写我的小说。

I had fantasy³ about falling in love with a tragically⁴ detached⁵ French girl that I would finally break through to when I kiss her in front of the tourists up there, at the top of the Eiffel Tower.

我曾经幻想着在这里爱上一名超脱到悲怆的法国姑娘，然后终有一天，在埃菲尔铁塔的顶上，在那么多游客的面前，冲破一切世俗去亲吻她。

I got through some very tough time thinking about this city.

那时候，当我幻想着这座城市的时候，我有过一段很潦倒的日子。

But right now I'm actually here with the woman I love.

而现在我却真的到这来了，还和我所爱的女子在一起。

And the Eiffel Tower is right there.

而且埃菲尔铁塔就在那边。

However, I somehow keep having the feeling that I cannot really enjoy it because at any moment something terrible could happen.

只是，我还是忍不住觉得我不能够全心全意享受这一切，因为任何时候都可能有不好的事情发生。

Sometimes life just doesn't seem real. Sometimes it just feels like you're living in a dream.

有时候生活给人的感觉就是这么不真实。有时候你简直就像是生活在梦里。

But there's one thing I'm sure of. And it's that I've made a promise and I'm gonna keep it.

不过，有一件事我却能确认。那就是我已经许下了一个承诺，并且我会遵守这个承诺。

I've promised my love that we're gonna build a future together and I'm gonna kiss her at the top of the Eiffel Tower, in front of all those tourists.

我已经向我所爱的人许诺，我们会一起搭建自己的未来，并且，我还会在埃菲尔铁塔的顶上，在那么多的游客面前，给她一个吻。

This promise makes my days feel real.

是这个承诺让我的生活有了真实感。

Maybe life itself doesn't have to be totally real. What really matters is our feeling towards those who we care about.

或许，生活本身并不一定得是真实的。真正重要的东西，是我们对那些心念之人抱有的情感。

I can no longer think about a future without her. A future without her is no future at all.

我已经无法想象一个没有她的未来了。一个没有她的未来，根本就不是未来。

Yes, love is my reality.

是的，这份爱情就是我的现实。

Thank you, my love, for coming into my life.

感谢你，我的爱，感谢你来到我的生命中。