《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 75 (165):愿望成真

I wait for a pause in Ketut's predictions, then interrupt to remind him that I had been here to see him already, two years ago.

我等待赖爷停止预言，而后打断他，让他知道两年前我来过这里看他。

He looks puzzled. "Not first time in Bali?"

他迷惑不解。“不是头一次来巴厘岛？”

"No, sir."

“不是。”

He thinks hard. "You girl from California?"

他绞尽脑汁想。“你是加州来的姑娘？”

"No," I say, my spirits tumbling deeper. "I'm the girl from New York."

“不是，"我有些丧气地说，"我是纽约来的姑娘。”

Ketut says to me (and I'm not sure what this has to do with anything), "I am not so handsome anymore, lost many teeth. Maybe I will go to dentist someday, get new teeth. But too afraid of dentist."

赖爷对我说（我不晓得这和任何事有哪门子关系）：“我不再英俊，掉很多牙。或许哪天该去看牙医，弄新牙齿。但我怕牙医。”

He opens his deforested mouth and shows me the damage. Indeed, he has lost most of his teeth on the left side of his mouth and on the right side it's all broken, hurtful-looking yellow stubs. He fell down, he tells me. That's how his teeth got knocked out.

他张开荒芜的嘴巴，展现其损害。没错，他的嘴里左侧的牙齿缺了大半，右侧全部碎裂，看来像是有害的黄色残牙。他说自己摔了跤，因此牙齿全毁。

I tell him I'm sorry to hear it, then try again, speaking slowly. "I don't think you remember me, Ketut. I was here two years ago with an American Yoga teacher, a woman who lived in Bali for many years."

我跟他说得悉此事甚感难过，而后我又试了一次，放慢速度说。“我想你不记得我了，赖爷。两年前我跟一位美国瑜伽老师来过这里，她在巴厘岛住过多年。”

He smiles, elated. "I know Ann Barros!"

他高兴地微笑。“我认识芭洛丝（AnnBarros）！”

"That's right. Ann Barros is the Yoga teacher's name. But I'm Liz. I came here asking for your help once because I wanted to get closer to God. You drew me a magic picture."

“没错。芭洛丝正是这位瑜伽老师的名字。我是小莉。我曾来请你帮忙，因为我想更接近神。你画了张魔法图给我。”

He shrugs amiably, couldn't be less concerned. "Don't remember," he says.

他和蔼地耸耸肩，漫不经心地说：“不记得了。”