"Model Citizen" | Dystopian Animated Short Film (2020) · Dead Sound
这是一部反乌托邦动画短片，讲述了一个模范家庭如何培养出模范公民的故事。适合练习日常对话和角色扮演。
Hello, citizens of AutoDale, and welcome to tonight's PSA.
大家好，AutoDale的市民们！欢迎收看今晚的公益广告。
What is a model citizen?
什么是模范公民？
"Well, I'm home."
嗯，我回家了。
"How was work today, honey?"
亲爱的，今天工作怎么样？
"It was a delight."
真是太令人愉快了。
Well, families of AutoDale, a model citizen is a providing father.
嗯，在“AutoDale”这个模范社区里，每个家庭的父亲都是负责任、乐于奉献的家长。
A model citizen is a caring mother.
一个模范公民，首先应该是一位充满爱心的母亲。
All in service of a scrappy young boy or girl.
这一切都是为了帮助那个充满活力、充满斗志的男孩或女孩。
A model child, raised by a model family to become a model citizen of their own.
他是一个模范儿童，由一个模范家庭抚养长大，最终也成为了这个家庭的模范公民。
For AutoDale is hardly automatic.
因为“AutoDale”其实根本算不上是一个真正“自动化”的系统（或者说，它的自动化程度非常低）。
You and your families are the gears that keep our engines turning and turning.
您和您的家人，就是那些让我们的“引擎”持续运转的动力来源。
And let us hope that this perfect cycle never ends.
让我们希望这个完美的循环永远不会结束。
"Joe!"
乔！
Greetings, Mr. And Mrs. Robinson.
您好，罗宾逊先生和罗宾逊夫人。
Daily check.
每日检查。
How are we doing tonight?
今晚我们的表现怎么样？
"Well, work was a delight."
嗯，这份工作真的很令人愉快。
"Oh, dinner was just wonderful."
哦，晚餐真是太棒了。
"And Junior's just been tucked in."
而且小杰瑞也已经睡熟了。
Splendid!
太棒了！
Taking after his father, I hope.
希望我能像我父亲一样。
Seems everything's in order.
看起来一切都很正常。
"Leaving so soon?"
这么快就要离开了吗？
"You wouldn't care to join my lovely lady for a dance, would you, Joe?"
你不会想和我那位可爱的女士一起跳支舞吧，乔？
One day, Mrs. Robinson.
有一天，罗宾逊太太……
Not today.
今天不行。
"Aw."
啊。
"You disappointed the lady, Joe."
你让那位女士很失望，乔。
Deepest apologies, Robinson family, but duty calls.
罗宾逊家族的各位，我深表歉意，但职责在身，我必须履行自己的使命。
It would seem the cycle never ends.
这个循环似乎永无止境。
And when the time comes...
当那一刻到来时……
...when your model child is grown up and is ready to start a model family of their own,
……当你的“模范孩子”长大成人，准备组建属于自己的“模范家庭”时……
a true model citizen knows that their duties are finished and their course has run.
一个真正的模范公民明白：自己的职责已经履行完毕，人生旅程也走到了尽头。
"I think it's time."
我想是时候了。
"I was...
我当时……
kind of hoping that the cycle would never end."
有点希望这个循环永远不会结束。
[thunder claps]
[雷声轰鸣]
"I'm so proud of him."
我为他感到非常骄傲。
"We did good."
我们做得很好。
You did indeed, Robinsons.
你们确实做到了，罗宾逊一家。