雙語散文:The Perfect Woman(完美女人)

【英文原文】

Once upon a time, an intelligent, attractive, self-sufficient woman in her late twenties decided that she wanted to settle down and find a husband. So she journeyed out into the world to search for the perfect man.

She met him in New York City at a bar in fancy hotel lobby. He was handsome and well spoken. In fact, she had a hard time keeping her eyes off of him. He intrigued her. It was the curves of his cheek bones, the confidence in his voice, and the comfort of his warm, steady hands. But after only a short time, she broke things off. “We just didn’t share the same religious views,” she said. So she continued on her journey.

She met him again in Austin a few months later. This time, he was an entrepreneur who owned a small, successful record label that assisted local musicians with booking gigs and promoting their music. And she learned, during an unforgettable night, that not only did they share the same religious views, he could also make her laugh for hours on end. “But I just wasn’t emotionally attracted to him,” she said. So she continued on her journey.

She met him again in Miami at a beachside café. He was a sports medicine doctor for the Miami Dolphins, but he easily could have been an underwear model for Calvin Klein. For a little while, she was certain that he was the one. And all of her friends loved him. “He’s the perfect catch,” they told her. “But we didn’t hang in the same social circle, and his high profile job consumed too much of his time,” she said. So she cut things off and continued on her journey.

Finally, at a corporate business conference in San Diego, she met the perfect man. He possessed every quality she had been searching for. Intelligent, handsome, spiritual, similar social circles, and a strong emotional connection – perfect. She was ready to spend the rest of her life with him. “But unfortunately, he was looking for the perfect woman,” she said.

【中文譯文】

　　完美的女人

過去，有一位聰明、有魅力、自力更生的女人在她快要30歲時，終於決定要穩定下來找位老公。於是她開始尋訪這個世界，爲的就是找到自己的完美情人。

在一個豪華酒店的酒吧裏，她遇見了第一個他。他是如此的英俊得體，以至於她根本無法將視線從他身上移開。他臉頰彎曲的輪廓，他透露着自信的聲線，還有他溫暖堅實的雙手，這一切都讓她對他產生了濃厚的興趣。但僅僅過了一小會兒，這一切美好就被打破了，她說：“我們對宗教有不同看法。”於是她繼續踏上了自己的旅程。

幾個月後，她在奧斯丁遇見了第二個他。這一次，他是一位唱片公司老闆，他的公司主要是爲當地音樂人預約演唱會並幫他們做音樂宣傳。在經歷了一個難忘之夜後，她瞭解到他們有同樣的宗教看法，而且他能讓她連續開心幾小時。可她說：“他就是沒法在情感上吸引我。”於是她再次踏上路途。

在邁阿密一個濱海咖啡廳，她遇見了第三個他。他是邁阿密海豚隊的運動醫學科醫師，不難看出，他很可能同時也是CK的內衣模特。有那麼一小會兒，她幾乎肯定他就是自己要找的那個人。她的所有朋友也很喜歡他，他們告訴她“他絕對是完美的情人”。但她還是說：“我們的社交圈子不同，而且高調的工作佔了他太多的時間。”因此她再次中斷了這一切，繼續自己的旅程。

最後，在聖地亞哥一次公司商務會議上，她終於遇見了這位完美情人。他身上有她所尋找的每一個特質，智慧、英俊、崇高、相似的社交圈子、情投意合——總之就是完美。她準備和他一起度過後半生，但是，“不幸的是，他也還在尋找自己的完美情人。”她說。