How much money do people make for books?
出书需要多少钱啊?
Like an advance? I have no idea.
预付金吗?我不清楚
- $100,000? - Don’t even say it.
- 10万美元? - 可别这么说
Hello?
喂?
Hi.
你好
I know. I know, I know. It is here, too. Cats and dogs.
我知道,我知道,我知道 这里也是,大雨倾盆
I know.
我知道
I know.
我知道
I know.
我知道
Well, thanks.
嗯,谢谢你
Bye.
再见
So not coming.
不来了吗
That was the guy from The Christian Science Monitor.
那个基督教科学箴言报的人打电话说
It’s raining.
下大雨了
And we live in Long Island City and she’s, like, older.
我们住在长岛市,而她,年纪那么大了
It’s mortifying.
真是太丢人了
But on the bright side, more stew for us.
但是往好的方面想想,我们就能多吃点肉了
Just for once, could you not look on the bright side?
就这么一次啊,你就不能不往好的方面想吗?
Yeah. Well, it’s not the end of the world.
好吧,可这又不是世界末日
I thought, I really did think, I just did. I thought "book contract."
我刚才还在想,真的真的在想 想“签约出书”这回事啊
Me, Judith Jones, happily ever after.
我,Judith Jones,从那以后永远幸福快乐
And then we’d have a little money
然后我们还有一些钱
and we wouldn’t live over a pizzeria for the rest of our lives.
我们就不用在披萨店里度过我们的下半生了