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精子捐赠的爸爸们想对未来宝宝说点什么？
2007-04-18 23:06:04 来源：未知 |
"Sperm Monologues": What to tell your unborn child
Some sperm donation clinics invite men to leave a message behind for their unborn child to hear when they are 18.
一些精子捐赠诊所邀请“爸爸”们对还未出生的宝宝说几句话，以便孩子们18岁的时候能够听到。
What do they say?
他们会说些什么呢？
That question inspired "The Sperm Monologues(1)", a thought-provoking(2) new play at the Edinburgh Fringe arts festival about the motives behind these video time capsules(3).
爱丁堡艺穗节上一个引人深思的话剧恰恰受启发于此。《精子独白》就是要发掘爸爸们录制这些历史录像的初衷。
James Farrell, the play‘s director and co-author, explained the process.
话剧导演、合作作者詹姆士·法雷尔讲述本剧的诞生。
"This is not compulsory and in the UK messages are written rather than recorded on video. Currently this is a more common practice in the United States," he said.
“这并非强制性的，在英国人们更愿意写封短信，而不是录像。现在，美国这种现象也普遍起来。”
"We sent e-mails around to our friends asking what they might say in such a situation and that is where we got the idea for the piece."
“我们给朋友们发电子邮件，询问他们在这种情况下会说些什么，这就是我们最初的灵感来源。”
Although the title echoes(4) Eve Ensler‘s hit play "The Vagina Monologues", Farrell said:” The Vagina Monologues is very much about women‘s liberation -- this is my body, this is me. The Sperm Monologues are not about men‘s liberation, but what we want to say is we do have feelings and we want to be noticed."
尽管标题与伊娃·恩斯特的经典话剧《阴道独白》有异曲同工之妙，但是法雷尔说：“《阴道独白》很大程度上是讲女性的解放—这是我的身体，这是我。《精子独白》却不是关于男性的解放，我们只是想表达我们也有感情，我们需要被关注。”
David Mildon, one of three actors playing the parade of fathers recording their messages, said: "Things are shifting so fast. The Englishman still has his stiff(5) upper lip(6) but wants to show his feelings too."
三个饰演录像爸爸中的大卫·米尔顿说：“世界变化真快。英国人的上嘴唇虽然僵硬如初，但是也渴望表达他的感情。”
The play also broaches(7) the thorny(8) issue of anonymity and how new legislation risks discouraging donors in a country where an estimated 1,000 babies are born by sperm donations every year.
话剧还提出了匿名捐赠和新立法不支持捐赠的棘手话题。美国每年大约有1000个婴儿诞生于精子捐赠。
From last year, any man wishing to donate sperm has to be prepared to be identified in case any future offspring wants to trace them.
从去年开始，任何捐赠者必须准备接受身份确定，以便未来的孩子想寻找他们。
Some donors do it for cash, others just for a laugh or a dare(9). But the play‘s protagonists(10) offer a much broader spectrum(11) of motives.
有些捐赠人是为了钱，其他人只是觉得好玩或者挑战。但是剧中主要演员们提出了更为多样的动机。
The divorced philosophy lecturer asks in his message "Is it nature or nurture(12)? Come and find me. I am a human being at sea like you, like everyone."
离异的哲学讲师在录像中问：“是天性还是养育？来找我吧。我和你、和每个人一样，只是茫茫人海中的一粟。”
Another donor explains why he was driven to leave something behind: "I am gay so I cannot do it naturally and yes, I know it is a bit weird to come out to your child before it is born."
另外一位捐赠者解释留言的原因时说：“我是同性恋，无法自然地做这件事情。是的，我知道在孩子没出生前和他们表白感觉有点怪异。”
A third man, coming up to his 30th birthday, had just got a new job when he discovered he had a terminal(13) illness.
第三名捐赠者将近而立之年，刚刚找到一份新工作，突然发现自己得了绝症。
"I have six months to live so I wanted to leave a legacy(14) and you are it. My advice -- don‘t waste a second."
“我只有六个月的生命了，因此我要留下一个后代，而你就是。我的建议是—别浪费一分一秒。”
1. monologue：独白
2. thought-provoking：发人深思的
3. capsule：现代历史资料和文物的储放器
4. echo：模仿
5. stiff：僵硬的、费劲的
6. upper lip：上嘴唇
7. broach：提出
8. thorny：痛苦的、棘手的
9. dare：挑战
10. protagonist：主角
11. spectrum：范围
12. nurture：养育
13. terminal：最终的
14. legacy：遗产、子嗣
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