A Story Of Boy Meets Girl

這是個男女相識的故事
This is a story of Boy Meets Girl.
這個男孩名叫湯姆·漢森，來自新澤西的馬蓋特市
The boy, Tom Hanson of Margate , N.J.,
從小認為他永遠不會得到真正的幸福
grew up believing that hed never truly be happy
除非有天遇上他的另一半
until the day he met The One .
這種想法源自於過早接觸英國傷感流行樂
This belief stemmed from early exposure to sad British pop music
以及對《畢業生》這部電影徹底的誤讀
and a total misreading of the movie The Graduate.
這個女孩名叫莎莫·芬，來自密歇根州的辛尼克山
The girl, Summer Finn of Michigan,
則完全不信這些
did not share this belief.
自從她的父母離異後
Since the disintegration of her parents' marriage,
她只愛兩件東西
she'd only loved two things.
第一件是她烏黑的長發
The first was her long, dark hair.
第二件是她可以如此輕鬆地把它剪掉卻完全沒有留戀
The second was how easily she could cut it off and feel nothing.
1月8日，湯姆遇到了莎莫
Tom meets Summer on January 8th.
他幾乎立即意識到
He knows almost immediately
她就是自己一直在找的人
she is who he's been searching for.
這是個男女相識的故事
This is a story of Boy Meets Girl,
但你先得搞清楚
but you should know up front,
這不是個愛情故事
this is not a Love Story.