保姆日记（2007）

姓名
”Name.”
安妮布瑞达
Annie Braddock.
年龄
”Age.”
21岁
Twenty-one.
兴趣
”Area of interest.”
人类学
Anthropology.
叙述你的工作经历
”Describe your work experience as
和研究领域的关联性
it relates to your intended field.”
谢天谢地，最后一个问题
Thank God.
该从何讲起呢？
Where do l begin?
请注意
Attention,
自然历史博物馆再过15分钟
the museum of Natural History will be closing
就要关闭了
in 15 minutes.
请从西区的楼梯
Please exit the Hall of…
离开部落民族陈列室
Tribal Peoples using the western staircase.
世界各国抚养小孩
Child rearing around the world
有各种不同的惯例和习俗
boasts a wide variety of customs and mores.
但最诡异的社会模式
But perhaps the most bizarre social patterns…
应该是在曼哈顿这个社区吧
can be found within the small island community of Manhattan.
混球！
Asshole!
住在这个曼哈顿小岛的居民
The inhabitants of the region known as the Upper East Side…
拥有全世界最富裕
have the most prosperous yet
却也最奇特的社会体制
idiosyncratic social systems on the planet.
在成功交♥配♥和繁衍后代之后
After successfully mating and producing offspring…
男人经常事不关己似地疏远家庭
the men are often distant and uninvolved…
丢下女人去打猎、采集
leaving their women to hunt, gather,
照顾一家老小
and provide for their families.
但曼哈顿妈妈们应变能力强
Yet the resourceful mothers of the Upper East Side…
多得是时间去参与
have plenty of time to participate
各种女性专属的活动
in a variety of sex-role-specific activities.
包括…
These include
残害肢体
body mutilation…
宗教冥想
sacred meditation…
甚至是禁食
even fasting rituals.
我们不免会想到育儿问题
Which brings us to our focus on child rearing.
到底谁在带小孩？
Who actually does it?
非洲人有句俗话说：
Well, in Africa they have a saying,
“养个小孩要全村总动员”
”lt takes a village to raise a child”.
但曼哈顿的这个部落
But for the tribe of the Upper East Side,
养小孩只要一个人就够了
it takes just one person;
那就是保姆
The Nanny.
这里描述的不是典型的部落仪式
What’s depicted here is not a typical tribal ritual…
而是一位保姆的顿悟过程
but rather the unraveling of one such ”nanny”.
那位保姆就是我
Actually, this nanny is me…
我要抨击泰迪熊的原因
and why l’m telling off the teddy bear
就是这份考察日记的主题
is the subject of this field diary.
若我的报告把某些人定型归类
lf by chance my report stereotypes
请原谅我
or geographically profiles, forgive me.
也许我的观察不够客观
l’m not exactly an objective observer.
葛瑞丝贝利
Gracie Bailey,
经济学学士，副修传播学
Bachelor of Economics,minor in Communications.
好耶！
Yeah!
温蒂贝辛
Wendy Bassin,
主修都市计划，副修社会学
honors in Urban Planning, minor in Sociology.
安妮布瑞达
Annie Braddock.
主修贸易，副修人类学
High honors in Business, minor in Anthropology.
我从泰迪熊事件前几个月说起
Here l am a few months before the teddy-bear incident…
我在纽泽西州土生土长
a native New Jersey girl participating
参加令人不安的人生必经仪式
in a dreaded rite-of-passage ceremony.
天哪！
Oh, my God!
史贝兹！
Spaz!
这位是抚养我长大的女人
And here’s the woman who reared me,
她是单亲妈妈
pretty much all by herself.
她是个护士
She’s a nurse;
看鞋子就知道了
note the shoes.
这是什么？
What is it?
拆开就知道了
You’ll see.
谢谢你 -不值多少钱
Wow. Thank you. l know it’s not much,
但我想替你买♥♥第一件套装
but l wanted to buy you your first business suit.
谢谢
Thanks.
等你当上知名财务长再来回忆
You can look back on this when you’re a famous CFO.
妈，别闹了
Mom, come on.
只是去高盛面试而已
lt’s one meeting at Goldman Sachs.
竞争很激烈
lt’s highly competitive.
我搞不好不会被录取
l’m probably never gonna get the job.
少悲观了
Stop with the negativity.
你♥爸♥就是太悲观
Your father was always negative.
才落到今天这种下场
Look what it got him.
在斯克兰顿住货柜屋
A double-wide trailer in Scranton.
我不是开玩笑
Honey, l would give the world
我巴不得能有你这么好的际遇
to be sitting where you’re sitting right now.
你比我聪明
You are so much smarter than l was.
谁也不能阻止你追求梦想
No man is gonna squash your dreams.
人生要怎么过不必听别人的
No one’s gonna tell you how to live your life.
我可能不是当财务长的料
Maybe l’m not CFO material.
说不定我更适合别的工作呢？
What if l’m better suited at something else?
比如什么？
Like what? Anthropology?
人类学？搞那个有出息吗？
How are gonna make a living at that?
你要是想穿草裙闲逛
lf you wanna run around in grass skirts
先赚够钱去渡假村过圣诞吧
make enough money to spend Christmas at Club Med.
（萨摩亚群岛成年礼）
安妮，7点15分了
Annie, it’s 7:15!
动作快，不然会迟到
Get moving or you’re gonna be late!
妈呀
Goodness.
真受不了这种套装
l have to admire this corporate drag.
至少我没你爱玩
At least l’m not wearing last
在外面过夜没换衣服
night’s outfit at 8 a.m., party girl.
你错过了一场超赞的派对
Let’s just say you missed a fabulous throw-down.
汤姆韦伦也有去
And Tom Whalen was there.
那又怎样？
So?
他有问起你
He asked about you.
问了两次
Twice.
我要走了
Well, l’ve gotta go.
去面对现实人生
Real life awaits.
你研究的文化都没你这么禁欲
l bet none of those cultures you studied practiced such rigorous celibacy –
有没有听过震教♥徒♥？
Ever hear of the Shakers?
有，都绝种了
Yes, and they’re extinct.
请问一下！
Excuse me, sir!
先生？
Sir!
我下错站了，请问钱伯街在哪儿
l got off at the wrong stop. Can you tell me where Chambers Street is, please?
有没有看到红雨伞的大楼？ -有
See the building with the red umbrella? Yes.
再走5条街就到了
lt’s about five blocks below that.
妈的！
Oh, shit!
我们的金融分♥析♥师训练竞争激烈
Our Financial Analyst Training Program is so competitive.
千多个人要抢十个名额
We have over 8,000 applicants for 10 positions.
请你用几句话介绍
So why don’t you tell me in your own words…
安妮布瑞达是怎样的人？
who exactly is Annie Braddock?
这个问题…
Wow. That’s…
真是够简单的了
certainly an easy enough question.
安妮布瑞达是…
Annie Braddock is a kind…
我是…
l am…
说啊
Go on.
其实…
Well, you see…
我根本不知道
l have absolutely no idea.
失陪了
Excuse me.
安妮布瑞达是谁？
Who is Annie Braddock?
这不是脑筋急转弯
lt wasn’t exactly a trick question,
我却回答不出来
yet somehow l couldn’t formulate a response.
基本资料我当然都知道
Of course l knew all the basic facts —
生日、出生地
date of birth, hometown,
社会经济架构