2012-06-29
【后语】
美国人喜欢拿星期五说事：纽约有“星期五餐厅”，全称源于“感谢周末光临”；“黑色星期五”是感恩节后的血拼日；“十三号星期五”暗示晦气不吉利；“休闲星期五”让职员不必西服革履；“受难星期五”全国放假，纪念耶稣受难；“乡村西部星期五”则在中西部盛行，人们打扮成牛仔模样。近年来，“逍遥星期五”悄然流行——我任职的公司推行夏时制，周一到周四每天工作九小时，周五便可提早半天下班。 娃儿也有自己的逍遥星期五，不过他的庆祝方式迥异，却同样令人心花怒放。对他而言，逍遥星期五意味着一周密集课程的暂歇，以及即将到来的周末所承载的诸多可能。他的庆祝方式通常很简单：放学后放下书包，不再立刻翻看作业，而是在客厅的沙发上坐一会儿，像一段短暂的休止符，让一周的忙碌在那片刻的喘息间，被即将到来的闲适所覆盖。那15分钟的静坐，使我感到逍遥的本质，不在于形式上的放松，而在于心灵从“必须”的桎梏中，悄悄转移到了“可以”的自由。我想起他第一次向我描述自己的“逍遥星期五”时的情景：“妈妈，你知道吗？星期五下午放学后，我感觉自己像一只刚被放出笼子的鸟——但我不想立刻飞走，我想先在栖木上站一会儿。”他确实只是那么安静地坐着。而那静坐本身，不是对时间的浪费，而是一种对时间的体味——一种意识到自己终于可以慢下来的片刻。那种感觉，或许正是所有大人追求的“逍遥”的童年版本：简单，自足，无需表演。 【Aiden in English】
We celebrate Fat Friday, the first Friday in the Germantown Academy Summer Camp, every year. We have unique themes for it. This time, the theme was Superheroes. In theater camp, everyone except me wore a costume, such as a Ravenclaw wizard from Harry Potter, Superman, Batman, the Hulk, Spider-Man, Loki, Nick Fury, or Red Arrow. I tried on Tornadoes, a cartoon logo representing a young American football team. We did not have a rehearsal today because it was Fat Friday. Instead, we played games all day long. First, we played Blob Tag. The rules are that if a tagger tags you, you must hold hands with the tagger. The only way to win is to be the last one NOT tagged. I won one time out of four rounds. Next, Mafia-led mafia. There is a narrator in this game. Depending on the number of players, they pick several mafias, including a sheriff and an angel. Everyone closes their eyes every round. The narrator will call the mafia(s), the sheriff, and the angel one by one. The mafia will choose someone to kill. The sheriff is supposed to protect someone from the mafia. The angel will try to save the mafia's next victim and defend them. After everyone has been picked, the narrator tells a story about the person the mafia killed and how they died. If the sheriff correctly identifies a mafia member, the individual is sent to prison for life. If the angel saves the person who is meant to die, the person continues playing. The only way to win is to kill all the mafia. Later, we played Freeze Dance. When the music starts, you have to dance. When it stops, you will freeze. If you move when the music is stopped, you're out. You are also out if you don't dance when the music is on. The last person left in the game is a winner. We got not only our play script but flavor ices like popsicles. Everybody could have up to four. They were perfect for a day at 100oF/37.8oC. My mom thought one was for her when she came to pick me up and saw me holding two. My favorite one was pink. It tasted like a sort of lemonade. The green one I had was lime. The dark red flavor is always reminiscent of cherries. The blue one was blue raspberry. This will be the most remembered day in theater camp by far. 【红霞译】
每年捷门堂夏令营都要庆祝“逍遥星期五”，即开营后第一个星期五，而每次它都含有特定的主题。这回，我们给它冠上“超级英雄日”。除我而外，所有的戏剧营营员都分别打扮成哈利•波特中雷文克劳巫师、造福于人类的超人、伸张正义的蝙蝠侠、见义勇为的蜘蛛侠、狂暴好怒的绿巨人浩克、宇宙间充当恶势力的洛基、神盾局特工尼克•福瑞、正义联盟成员红箭客；我则身着“飓风”美式橄榄球卡通队服，与众不同。正因为“逍遥星期五”，今天我们取消了排练，就是要好好玩上一通游戏。 我们先来“抓人捉迷藏”。游戏规则是，如果你被抓人者触摸了身体任何一个部位，你将变成他/她的一部分，并与他/她一起共同去抓其他人，唯一没有被碰到的人终将获胜。四轮游戏下来，我只赢了一轮。 接下来，我们又玩“黑手党”。游戏中解说员需要根据人数任命黑手党成员、警官和天使。每一位游戏手都应闭上眼睛，由解说员秘密指定三种角色，彼此之间互不知道对方是谁。黑手党可以滥杀无辜；警官负责所有百姓生命安全；天使则要预测谁有可能成为黑手党的目标，并妥善加以保护。游戏开始时，当解说员公布黑手党如何杀人之后，警官应该凭借自己的判断力指证谁是黑手党。如果说对的话，黑手党将终生监禁，游戏结束；如果说错的话，百姓因含冤入狱而被淘汰出局。 后来，我们又跳“冻结舞蹈”。音乐一响，我们马上跟着节拍跳舞；音乐一停，我们必须立刻停下来并保持最后的舞姿不动。如果音乐停下来的时候你却没有停下来，那么你将被淘汰出局；如果音乐继续你没有继续，那么你也被淘汰出局。坚持到最后的那位才是真正的赢家。 “逍遥星期五”结束前，我们不仅人手一册剧本，而且还可以海吃4根棒冰。棒冰对于华氏100度/摄氏37.8度的天气而言，犹如久旱逢甘雨一般。妈妈来接我的时候，恰巧见我两只手各握一根棒冰，她异想天开，以为其中一根是我给她留的，岂不自做多情！我喜欢粉色口味的那种，吃起来带有柠檬的味道。绿色的酸橙味，深红色的樱桃味，蓝色的蓝木莓味，同样叫人回味无穷，这是我夏令营以来最开心的时刻。
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