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The Insane Way I Saved My Friends In Another Country

- While studying abroad,

I had one of the wildest nights of my life.

And this is that story.

Hello, again.

All right, so this story goes back a few years.

I was a junior in college, spending a semester overseas,

studying in Rome.

(festive music)

Now, before we get to the juicy stuff,

I should mention just how excited I was to be in Rome.

I was a classics major.

Many of you are absolutely thinking,

I have no idea what that means.

I'll tell us what it means.

I was, and will always be,

fascinated by ancient Greek and Roman civilization.

All things I'll definitely need to know when I'm older.

Ultimately, it doesn't really get much better

than spending six months in Rome.

So, this wild night starts maybe a month into our semester.

It's Saturday night, and we collectively decide

that we're gonna take the plunge

and explore the night life scene.

I say that like it's a thing because it was a thing,

at least to us.

Back in the US, all we knew was house parties

or dancing in someone's basement.

We all get dressed up,

we wanna look cool, we wanna look hot.

We wanna look like this is not our first time doing this.

Fast forward to pulling up to the club.

Well, pulling up to the club. Who do I think I am?

We get to the club and we head inside.

We had chosen a place that sounded cool,

but looking back on it, it just sounds dumb.

It had a dumb name, like Inspire or Radiate or Steam.

Whatever, the name's not important.

So, we're in the club,

and we're actually having a really great time.

We're dancing, we're drinking.

It's not crowded for some reason.

We're living it up.

Obviously, now I understand that people in Rome

don't really start heading out until midnight, 1:00 a.m.,

and here we are, multiple drinks deep by 11.

It got to a point, you know, where we're like,

taking pictures of ourselves.

Couple group shots, couple selfies, cute, cute.

But when we immediately look at those pictures,

they were very clear signals it was time to pack it in.

It's making us laugh, obviously,

but then we really take a closer look at one of my friends.

We zoomed into her eyes, and they're open,

and sure, they're pointed in the direction of the camera,

but there is no soul in those eyes.

At this point in the story,

it's probably two o'clock in the morning.

Let's get everyone together and get the hell out of here.

So, we rally our group, head outside,

and it is a complete madhouse.

There's people everywhere waiting to get in.

Security guards are yelling, cars are honking.

It's complete sensory overload.

How do we get home?

We just gotta get home.

Thinking back, I don't really understand

how this next part is possible, but it's what happened.

There was not a single taxi in sight.

Yeah, there were cars everywhere,

but none of them seemed to be just a regular taxi.

Suddenly, this man leaning on his car gets our attention.

It says taxi on the side of the car,

but it doesn't look like other taxis.

He's just shouting at us in Italian.

We were all just getting the hang of very basic Italian,

so most of what he was saying

was just going right over our heads.

He's opening the door and motioning for us to get in.

Everyone starts heading towards the car,

but in my head, I'm thinking,

this guy is 100% trying to rip us off.

I try asking him how much it'll cost

to take us to where we were staying,

and he says something like,

don't worry, don't worry, pay later.

He's bordering on aggressive, but, I don't know.

He just seemed like a shady guy.

Now, let's pump the breaks on this video

because I can hear everyone yelling,

why are you getting in this car?

And I'm sorry to say, we all pile in the back seat.

I know, I know.

To be honest, my main concern at this point in the night

was just getting us home.

I didn't care at what cost.

So again, as we pull away,

I muster a little bit more Italian to say,

how much is this going to cost?

He seems very annoyed with my question

and fires back a price.

It was way too much.

Everyone in the car can feel the tension.

We're getting ripped off.

Someone else summons the courage to try and negotiate.

Through little bits of English and mostly Italian,

we're able to make out that if we don't like the price,

he'll kick us out and leave us.

Honestly, it was scary.

This clearly wasn't a real taxi.

Yes, we were dumb enough to get in it, but we were stuck.

We didn't say anything else,

and it seemed we all just silently agreed

to take the ride home and we'll pay what we have to.

We quietly do a quick money check.

Okay, we have more than enough.

We're gonna be fine, ripped off, but fine.

We are winding through these streets.

This guy's driving fast, he's talking on the phone.

I had no idea how far away we are.

Nothing looked familiar.

Everyone in the car

starts trading worried glances at each other.

This didn't feel right.

Suddenly, my friend in the middle

puts her hands up to her mouth.

We've been in college long enough to know what that means.

There's some puke coming.

Before any of us can intervene with words of encouragement,

rolling the windows down, she erupts.

Sorry about this next part.

Because her hands are in front of her mouth,

this directs the throw up in a 180 degree plane,

parallel vomit fell directly onto my self

and my friend on the other side of the car.

We try to be quick with the cover up.

The guy driving already hates us, sorry again.

We're scooping the throw up in,

I don't know what we were trying to do,

but the panic was setting in.

The driver slowly looks into his rear view mirror

and really gets a good look

at everything that's happening behind him.

He immediately pulls the car over and is furious.

The second the car stops, he jumps out,

whips the door open, and is yelling at us to get out.

We're all terrified.

Someone has the common sense to pull some money out

and hand it to him.

It clearly wasn't enough.

He takes the money, but then he also takes his phone out.

Something to note, we had driven through an area

that didn't feel like the city

where there was a park or something,

but we were essentially alone with this guy.

Some of us are trying to reason with him.

Some of us are trying

to clean the puke out of the back seat.

And my friend who threw up, she's just like, doing her best.

We're spiraling.

Maybe he's calling the cops.

But as he's talking, he's saying the name Marco a lot.

Who is Marco?

Is Marco on the police force?

Is Marco his boss?

I don't know.

Doesn't make sense for him to even be talking to the police.

Is this cab even legal?

But he is really shouting on the phone,

and gesturing at us.

We need to start talking exit strategy.

We had our money, we cleaned the car out the best we could.

We just needed to get home.

Once again, no real words exchanged,

but we were all clearly on the same page.

We slowly start to work away down the dark road,

and he hurries past us with his arms out blocking us.

We're trying to give him more money.

We don't have much left.

We're apologizing.

He is so angry, all the while, still on the phone,

staring daggers at us.

And I get the sense that

whoever he was talking to on that phone

was on their way here now.

Now, I truly, truly do not know what came over me

in this next moment.

All I knew was that we were not safe,

and we were not going to stick around

to see what happens next.

Somehow, in Italian, I calmly ask,

who are you talking to on the phone?

He gives us this bone chilling smile, and all he says is,

"Mi amico, Marco."

So I said, "Say ciao to Marco."

And grabbed the phone out of this man's hands.

And throw it into the bushes.

Yeah, 100% true.

There's a second of silence which is broken

by my previously dead-eyed friend shouting, "Run!"

Someone throws the last handful of money that we have,

and we all take off.

Now, I'm assuming if you're still watching,

you're enjoying the story,

but the craziest part hasn't even happened yet,

so don't go anywhere.

Oddly enough, the man doesn't chase us,

which makes me think he was trying to scare us,

or made enough money not to care anymore.

Who knows?

So, sweaty, panting, covered in throw up,

we make our way to an intersection,

where at least there are street lights, cars, buildings.

Of course, there's taxis everywhere now.

But all of the drivers took one look at us and floored it.

All hope seemed lost.

No one had any idea what to do.

This night was a disaster.

Now, this next part is not 100% true.

It's 1000% true.

A limousine pulls up next to us.

So, for those of you keeping track,

this is now the second time

a mysterious car has appeared in the story.

The back window rolls down, and it's,

I don't know how else to say this.

A beautifully elegant young Italian couple.

They were dressed like

they were coming home from a ball or something,

and we, we looked like we fell off the back of a train.

In exceptional English, they ask, where are we trying to go?

I don't even remember who did the talking.

I think we were all just processing what just happened,

and what was currently happening.

These magnificent, angelic people opened the door

and tell us to hop in.

They'll take us wherever we need to go.

What?

Yeah, I don't know either.

We drive home, we tell them what happened.

They agreed, it sounded scary.

They stopped at a store to buy us water and pastries.

And eventually, they drop us off at our apartment,

just like they said they would.

We get inside safe and sound,

and just pass out from exhaustion.

Within the past hour, it had gone from Locked Up Abroad

to the Princess Diaries,.

So,

so,

so insane.

If my fancy limo angels are watching,

thank you for being so kind to us.

And to our driver, none of us are proud of what happened,

and we're sorry for the mess.

And to Marco, sweet Marco, I'm sorry we never met.

Ciao.

(dreamy music)

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The Insane Way I Saved My Friends In Another Country |Unbelievable|||||||| الطريقة المجنونة التي أنقذت بها أصدقائي في بلد آخر Die verrückte Art, wie ich meine Freunde in einem anderen Land gerettet habe La locura de salvar a mis amigos en otro país La façon insensée dont j'ai sauvé mes amis dans un autre pays Il modo folle in cui ho salvato i miei amici in un altro paese 私が他国の友人を救った非常識な方法 다른 나라에 있는 친구를 구한 미친 방법 Szalony sposób, w jaki uratowałem przyjaciół w innym kraju A forma insana como salvei os meus amigos noutro país Başka Bir Ülkedeki Arkadaşlarımı Kurtarmanın Çılgın Yolu Божевільний спосіб, як я врятував своїх друзів в іншій країні 我在另一个国家拯救朋友的疯狂方式 我在另一個國家拯救朋友的瘋狂方式

- While studying abroad, ||im Ausland studieren - أثناء الدراسة في الخارج ، -留学中、

I had one of the wildest nights of my life. |||||最瘋狂的|||| |||||الأكثر جنونًا|||| |||||most exciting|evenings out||| |||||最もワイルド|||| |||||más salvajes|||| قضيت واحدة من أعنف ليالي حياتي. 私は人生で最も荒涼とした夜の1つを過ごしました。

And this is that story. وهذه هي القصة.

Hello, again.

All right, so this story goes back a few years. حسنًا ، تعود هذه القصة إلى بضع سنوات.

I was a junior in college, spending a semester overseas, 我||||||||一學期| ||||||||half-year term|abroad كنت صغيرًا في الكلية ، أمضيت فصلًا دراسيًا في الخارج ، 私は大学のジュニアで、学期を海外で過ごしました。 Eu era um júnior na faculdade, passando um semestre no exterior, Я был младшим в колледже, провел семестр за границей,

studying in Rome. الدراسة في روما. ローマで勉強しています。

(festive music) (موسيقى احتفالية)

Now, before we get to the juicy stuff, ||||||spannend| ||||||exciting or interesting|interesting details الآن ، قبل أن نصل إلى الأشياء المثيرة ، さて、ジューシーなものに到達する前に、 Agora, antes de chegarmos às coisas suculentas, Теперь, прежде чем мы перейдем к пикантным вещам,

I should mention just how excited I was to be in Rome. ||提到||||||||| يجب أن أذكر كم كنت متحمسًا لوجودي في روما. Я должен упомянуть, как взволнован я был в Риме.

I was a classics major. ||||主修 |||Altphilologie| |||ancient literature studies|field of study كنت تخصصا كلاسيكيا. Я был классиком.

Many of you are absolutely thinking, |||||在想 يفكر الكثير منكم تمامًا ، Многие из вас абсолютно думают,

I have no idea what that means. انا لا امتلك اي فكرة عن ما يعني هذا.

I'll tell us what it means. |inform|||| سأخبرنا ماذا يعني ذلك. それが何を意味するのか教えてあげます。

I was, and will always be, كنت ، وسأكون دائمًا ، Я был и всегда буду,

fascinated by ancient Greek and Roman civilization. 著迷於|||古希臘||羅馬|文明 captivated by||||||ancient societies مفتون بالحضارة اليونانية والرومانية القديمة. очарован древнегреческой и римской цивилизацией.

All things I'll definitely need to know when I'm older. |||||||||年長 كل الأشياء التي سأحتاج بالتأكيد لمعرفتها عندما أكبر. Все, что мне обязательно нужно будет знать, когда я стану старше. 所有我長大後一定需要知道的事情。

Ultimately, it doesn't really get much better In the end|||||| في النهاية ، لا تتحسن الأمور كثيرًا В итоге лучше не становится 總的來說,其實沒什麼變得更好

than spending six months in Rome. 比在羅馬待六個月。

So, this wild night starts maybe a month into our semester. ||狂野的|||||||| ||exciting and unpredictable|||||||| Итак, эта дикая ночь начинается, может быть, через месяц после начала нашего семестра.

It's Saturday night, and we collectively decide |||||共同| |||||as a group|

that we're gonna take the plunge |||||冒險 |||||take a risk |||||decisión arriesgada que vamos mergulhar что мы собираемся сделать решительный шаг

and explore the night life scene. |探索|||| и исследовать сцену ночной жизни.

I say that like it's a thing because it was a thing, ||||||事情||||| Я говорю это как вещь, потому что это было вещью, 我這麼說是因為它曾經是件事,

at least to us. |至少對我們|| pelo menos para nós. по крайней мере нам. 對我們來說至少是這樣。

Back in the US, all we knew was house parties ||||||知道的||| Вернувшись в США, все, что мы знали, это домашние вечеринки 在美國,我們只知道家派對。

or dancing in someone's basement. ||||地下室 ||||Keller ||||lower level room

We all get dressed up, |||put on clothes| Todos nos vestimos, Мы все одеваемся,

we wanna look cool, we wanna look hot. |想要|||||| queremos parecer legais, queremos parecer gostosos. мы хотим выглядеть круто, мы хотим выглядеть горячо.

We wanna look like this is not our first time doing this.

Fast forward to pulling up to the club. |||駛向|||| |||vorfahren|||| Quickly move ahead|skip ahead to||arriving at|||| Avance rápido para llegar al club. Avanço rápido para chegar ao clube. Быстро вперед, чтобы подъехать к клубу. 快轉到駛進俱樂部。

Well, pulling up to the club. Who do I think I am? |||||夜店|||||| Bem, chegando ao clube. Quem eu penso que sou? Что ж, подъезжаем к клубу. Кем я себя считаю? 好吧,駛進俱樂部。我自以為是誰?

We get to the club and we head inside. |||||||gehen hinein| Chegamos ao clube e entramos. Добираемся до клуба и заходим внутрь. 我們到達俱樂部,然後進入裡面。

We had chosen a place that sounded cool, Мы выбрали место, которое звучало круто,

but looking back on it, it just sounds dumb. ||||||||愚蠢 ||||||||foolish но, оглядываясь назад, это звучит просто глупо.

It had a dumb name, like Inspire or Radiate or Steam. ||||||啟發||輻射||蒸汽 |||silly|||Motivate||Emit energy or enthusiasm||Vapor or mist У него было дурацкое название, вроде Inspire, Radiate или Steam.

Whatever, the name's not important. 隨便||||

So, we're in the club,

and we're actually having a really great time. и мы действительно отлично проводим время.

We're dancing, we're drinking.

It's not crowded for some reason. ||擁擠||| ||full of people|||unknown cause Не многолюдно почему-то.

We're living it up. Мы живем. 我們過得很好。

Obviously, now I understand that people in Rome Очевидно, теперь я понимаю, что люди в Риме 顯然,現在我明白羅馬的人們

don't really start heading out until midnight, 1:00 a.m., |||出發|||午夜|| |||Leaving|||12:00 a.m.|| realmente não comece a sair até meia-noite, 1h, не начинайте выходить до полуночи, 1:00, 實際上直到午夜、一點鐘才開始外出,

and here we are, multiple drinks deep by 11. ||||多杯||喝了很多| |||||beverages or cocktails|many drinks in| e aqui estamos nós, com vários drinques às 11. и вот мы здесь, несколько рюмок до 11. 然後我們到了這裡,11點時已經喝了多杯酒。

It got to a point, you know, where we're like, Знаете, дошло до того, что мы такие, 到了某一個時刻,你知道的,我們開始了,

taking pictures of ourselves. 拍|照片|| 給自己拍照。

Couple group shots, couple selfies, cute, cute. 情侶||||情侶自拍|| Paar|||||| ||photos or pictures||couple self-portraits|| Пара групповых снимков, пара селфи, мило, мило. 情侶團體照,情侶自拍,可愛,可愛。

But when we immediately look at those pictures, Но когда мы сразу смотрим на эти картинки, 但是當我們馬上看那些照片時,

they were very clear signals it was time to pack it in. ||||信號|||||收拾好|| ||||indications|||||give up|| Eran señales muy claras de que era hora de empacarlo. eles eram sinais muito claros de que era hora de empacotar tudo. они были очень четкими сигналами, что пора собираться. 它們是非常明確的信號,告訴我們該打包了。

It's making us laugh, obviously, |||笑| Это заставляет нас смеяться, очевидно,

but then we really take a closer look at one of my friends. но потом мы действительно присматриваемся к одному из моих друзей.

We zoomed into her eyes, and they're open, |herangezoomt|||||| |focused closely on|||||| Мы приблизили ее глаза, и они открыты,

and sure, they're pointed in the direction of the camera, |||指向|||||| и конечно, они направлены в сторону камеры,

but there is no soul in those eyes. но в этих глазах нет души.

At this point in the story, В этот момент истории,

it's probably two o'clock in the morning.

Let's get everyone together and get the hell out of here. |||||||快點||| Давайте соберемся все вместе и уберемся отсюда к черту.

So, we rally our group, head outside, ||集合|||| ||versammeln|||| ||gather together|||| Entonces, reunimos a nuestro grupo, salimos, Então, reunimos nosso grupo, saímos, Итак, собираем нашу группу, выходим на улицу,

and it is a complete madhouse. |||||瘋狂的地方 |||||chaotic place |||||狂乱の家 |||||manicomio и это полный дурдом.

There's people everywhere waiting to get in. Повсюду люди ждут, чтобы войти.

Security guards are yelling, cars are honking. 安全|保安|||||按喇叭 ||||||hupen |||shouting|||blaring their horns ||||||tocando la bocina

It's complete sensory overload. ||感官|感官過載 ||perceptual, sensory-related|overwhelming stimulation Это полная сенсорная перегрузка.

How do we get home?

We just gotta get home. Нам просто нужно вернуться домой.

Thinking back, I don't really understand Оглядываясь назад, я действительно не понимаю

how this next part is possible, but it's what happened. |||部分||||||

There was not a single taxi in sight. |||||||視線內 ||||einzig||| В поле зрения не было ни одного такси.

Yeah, there were cars everywhere,

but none of them seemed to be just a regular taxi. ||||schienen|||||| |||||||||ordinary|

Suddenly, this man leaning on his car gets our attention. |||倚靠|||||| |||resting against|||||| Внезапно наше внимание привлекает этот мужчина, опирающийся на свою машину. 突然,這個靠在他的車上的男人引起了我們的注意。 你接收到的數據截至2023年10月。

It says taxi on the side of the car, |||||側面||| Сбоку машины написано такси, 車側寫著計程車,

but it doesn't look like other taxis. ||||||計程車 ||||||cabs ||||||タクシー 但看起來和其他計程車不太一樣。

He's just shouting at us in Italian. ||||||意大利語 Он просто кричит на нас по-итальянски. 他只是在用義大利語對我們大喊。

We were all just getting the hang of very basic Italian, |||||||||基本的| ||||||den Dreh rausbekommen|||| ||||||understanding|||| Todos estábamos aprendiendo el italiano muy básico, Estávamos todos pegando o jeito do italiano bem básico, Мы все только начинали осваивать базовый итальянский, 我們全都剛剛開始掌握非常基本的義大利語,

so most of what he was saying Так что большая часть того, что он говорил 所以他所說的大部分內容,

was just going right over our heads. ||||||头顶 просто шло прямо над нашими головами. 對我們來說都完全聽不懂。

He's opening the door and motioning for us to get in. |打開||||||||| |||||gesturing to us||||| |||||合図して||||| |||||haciéndonos señ||||| Он открывает дверь и жестом приглашает нас войти.

Everyone starts heading towards the car, |||auf ... zu|| ||moving toward|to|| Все идут к машине,

but in my head, I'm thinking, но в моей голове, я думаю,

this guy is 100% trying to rip us off. |||在試圖|||| |||||cheat|| esse cara está 100% tentando nos enganar. этот парень на 100% пытается нас обокрасть. 這個傢伙百分之百想要騙我們。

I try asking him how much it'll cost ||||||它會| 我試著問他要多少錢

to take us to where we were staying, 帶我們去我們住的地方。

and he says something like,

don't worry, don't worry, pay later.

He's bordering on aggressive, but, I don't know. |接近||具攻擊性|||| |close to being|||||| Está al borde de la agresividad, pero no lo sé. Он граничит с агрессивностью, но я не знаю. 他有點激進,但,我不確定。

He just seemed like a shady guy. |||||可疑的| |||||suspicious or untrustworthy| Он просто казался подозрительным парнем. 他看起來像個可疑的人。

Now, let's pump the breaks on this video ||||刹车||| ||slow down||||| Ahora, bombeemos los descansos en este video Agora, vamos bombar as pausas neste vídeo Теперь давайте прокачаем паузы на этом видео 現在,我們先暫停這段視頻。

because I can hear everyone yelling,

why are you getting in this car?

And I'm sorry to say, we all pile in the back seat. |||||||擠在||||後座 |||||||drängen|||| |||||||crowd into|||| |||||||詰め込む|||| E lamento dizer, todos nós empilhamos no banco de trás. И, к сожалению, мы все сваливаемся на заднее сиденье. 我很抱歉地說,我們都擠在後座。

I know, I know. 我知道,我知道。

To be honest, my main concern at this point in the night |||||擔憂|||||| Честно говоря, моя главная забота в этот момент ночи 說實話,今晚這個時候我最擔心的事

was just getting us home.

I didn't care at what cost. Мне было все равно, какой ценой.

So again, as we pull away, ||||引き離す| Итак, снова, когда мы отрываемся, 所以再次當我們離開時,

I muster a little bit more Italian to say, |||一點||||| |gather||||||| Reúno um pouco mais de italiano para dizer: Я собираю немного больше итальянского, чтобы сказать: 我鼓起一點點意大利語說,

how much is this going to cost? 這需要多少錢?

He seems very annoyed with my question |||生氣的|||

and fires back a price. |開價||| |responds with||| |提示||| y dispara un precio. e atira de volta um preço. и возвращает цену. 並且回了一個價格。

It was way too much. Это было слишком. 這實在是太多了。

Everyone in the car can feel the tension. |||||||緊張氣 |||||||nervous atmosphere Все в машине чувствуют напряжение. 車裡的每個人都能感受到緊張氣氛。

We're getting ripped off. ||被宰| Estamos sendo roubados. Нас разводят.

Someone else summons the courage to try and negotiate. ||召喚||勇氣||||談判 ||||||||verhandeln ||gathers||||||bargain or discuss ||呼び起こす|||||| ||convoca|||||| Alguien más tiene el coraje de intentar negociar. Кто-то еще набирается смелости, чтобы попытаться договориться. 其他人鼓起勇氣嘗試進行談判。

Through little bits of English and mostly Italian, ||片段||||| Через небольшие кусочки английского и в основном итальянского, 通過一些英語和大部分意大利語,

we're able to make out that if we don't like the price, |||determine|||||||| мы можем понять, что если нам не нравится цена, 我們能夠理解如果我們不喜歡價格,

he'll kick us out and leave us. |踢||||| он выгонит нас и оставит нас.

Honestly, it was scary. Ehrlich gesagt||| |||frightening

This clearly wasn't a real taxi. Это явно было не настоящее такси.

Yes, we were dumb enough to get in it, but we were stuck. Да, мы были достаточно глупы, чтобы влезть в него, но мы застряли.

We didn't say anything else,

and it seemed we all just silently agreed ||||||默默地| ||||||stillschweigend| и казалось мы все просто молча согласились

to take the ride home and we'll pay what we have to. чтобы поехать домой, и мы заплатим столько, сколько должны.

We quietly do a quick money check. 我們|||||| Мы спокойно делаем быструю проверку денег.

Okay, we have more than enough. Ладно, у нас более чем достаточно.

We're gonna be fine, ripped off, but fine. Мы будем в порядке, оборванные, но в порядке. 我們會沒事的,被坑了,但還是沒事。

We are winding through these streets. ||蜿蜒穿||| ||Wir schlängeln uns.|durch||Straßen ||navigating through||| ||serpenteando||| Estamos dando vueltas por estas calles. Мы петляем по этим улицам. 我們正在這些街道上穿行。

This guy's driving fast, he's talking on the phone. |Dieser Typ|fährt|||||| |||at high speed||||| Этот парень едет быстро, он разговаривает по телефону. 這傢伙開得很快,他在講電話。

I had no idea how far away we are. |||||wie weit||| 我完全不知道我們有多遠。

Nothing looked familiar. ||熟悉

Everyone in the car

starts trading worried glances at each other. |開始交換|擔心的|瞥视||| |exchanging|nervous|nervous looks||| начинают обмениваться обеспокоенными взглядами друг с другом. 開始互相擔憂地瞥了對方一眼。

This didn't feel right. Это было неправильно. 這感覺不太對。

Suddenly, my friend in the middle 突然,我的朋友在中間

puts her hands up to her mouth. подносит руки ко рту.

We've been in college long enough to know what that means. Мы достаточно долго учились в колледже, чтобы знать, что это значит.

There's some puke coming. ||嘔吐物|要來 ||vomit is coming|about to happen Идет рвота.

Before any of us can intervene with words of encouragement, |||||介入||||鼓勵的話 |||||step in||||supportive words Прежде чем кто-либо из нас сможет вмешаться со словами ободрения, 在我們任何人能介入鼓勵的話語之前,

rolling the windows down, she erupts. |||||suddenly shouts loudly |||||estalla опуская окна, она вспыхивает. 搖下窗戶,她爆發了。

Sorry about this next part. 對於接下來的這部分我感到抱歉。

Because her hands are in front of her mouth, Потому что ее руки перед ее ртом,

this directs the throw up in a 180 degree plane, |||投擲||||| |guides|||||||flat surface это направляет бросок вверх в плоскости 180 градусов, 這使得嘔吐在180度平面上進行。

parallel vomit fell directly onto my self ||||在我身上||自我 simultaneous||landed on|||| |vómito||||| параллельная рвота упала прямо на меня 平行的嘔吐直接掉在我的身上。

and my friend on the other side of the car. 以及我車子另一邊的朋友身上。

We try to be quick with the cover up. |||||||掩飾| |||||||concealment| Мы стараемся быть быстрыми с прикрытием. 我們盡量快速地掩蓋。

The guy driving already hates us, sorry again. ||||討厭||| Парень за рулем уже нас ненавидит, извини еще раз. 開車的那個人已經討厭我們了,真的很抱歉。

We're scooping the throw up in, |舀入|||| |collecting|||vomit| |recogiendo|||| Мы зачерпываем бросок, 我們正在清理嘔吐物。

I don't know what we were trying to do, Я не знаю, что мы пытались сделать,

but the panic was setting in. ||恐慌||| ||intense fear||taking hold| но паника нарастала. 但恐慌感正在來襲。

The driver slowly looks into his rear view mirror |||看||||| ||||||back|| Водитель медленно смотрит в зеркало заднего вида 司機慢慢地看向後視鏡

and really gets a good look и действительно хорошо выглядит 並真正好好地看了一眼

at everything that's happening behind him. на все, что происходит позади него.

He immediately pulls the car over and is furious. ||把車停||||||憤怒的 ||||||||extremely angry Inmediatamente detiene el auto y está furioso. Он немедленно останавливает машину и приходит в ярость. 他立即把車停在一旁,氣得發狂。

The second the car stops, he jumps out, ||||||跳出| ||||||leaps out| Как только машина останавливается, он выпрыгивает, 汽車一停下,他立刻跳了出來,

whips the door open, and is yelling at us to get out. 猛地推||||||||||| flings||||||||||| abre de golpe||||||||||| распахивает дверь и кричит, чтобы мы убирались. 猛地打開車門,對我們大喊要我們下車。

We're all terrified. ||感到恐懼 Мы все в ужасе. 我們都感到害怕。

Someone has the common sense to pull some money out ||||常識||||| Кто-то имеет здравый смысл, чтобы вытащить немного денег 有人有常識把一些錢取出來

and hand it to him. и передать ему. 然後給他。

It clearly wasn't enough. Этого явно было недостаточно.

He takes the money, but then he also takes his phone out. Он берет деньги, но потом достает и телефон.

Something to note, we had driven through an area |||||駕駛||| Что-то отметить, мы проехали через область 有一件事需要注意,我們曾經駕車經過一個區域

that didn't feel like the city 那裡與城市的感覺不太一樣

where there was a park or something, ||||公園|| где был парк или что-то в этом роде, 那裡有一個公園或類似的東西。

but we were essentially alone with this guy. |||基本上|||| но мы были по сути наедине с этим парнем. 但我們基本上是和這個人獨處。

Some of us are trying to reason with him. ||||||推理|| ||||||convince|| Некоторые из нас пытаются урезонить его. 我們中的一些人正在試圖說服他。

Some of us are trying 我們中的一些人正在嘗試

to clean the puke out of the back seat. |||vomit||||| убрать рвоту с заднего сиденья.

And my friend who threw up, she's just like, doing her best. И мою подругу, которую вырвало, она просто старается изо всех сил.

We're spiraling. |失控 |Losing control rapidly. Мы по спирали.

Maybe he's calling the cops. ||||the police

But as he's talking, he's saying the name Marco a lot. ||||||||Marco||

Who is Marco?

Is Marco on the police force? Марко работает в полиции?

Is Marco his boss?

I don't know.

Doesn't make sense for him to even be talking to the police. Для него нет смысла даже разговаривать с полицией.

Is this cab even legal? ||||合法 ||taxi||

But he is really shouting on the phone, Но он реально кричит в трубку,

and gesturing at us. |比手畫腳|| |motioning towards us|| и показывает на нас.

We need to start talking exit strategy. |||||way out| Нам нужно начать говорить о стратегии выхода.

We had our money, we cleaned the car out the best we could. |||||tidied up||||||| У нас были деньги, мы почистили машину как могли.

We just needed to get home.

Once again, no real words exchanged, |||||交流 |||||spoken or shared И снова не обменялись настоящими словами, 再一次,沒有真正的言語交流,

but we were all clearly on the same page. mas estávamos todos claramente na mesma página. но мы все были явно на одной волне. 但我們顯然都在同一個頁面上。

We slowly start to work away down the dark road, |||||||||道路 |||||||||dark path Мы медленно начинаем работать по темной дороге, 我們慢慢開始沿著黑暗的道路前進,

and he hurries past us with his arms out blocking us. ||匆匆地|经过||||||擋住| ||rushes|beyond us||||||| e ele passa por nós com os braços estendidos nos bloqueando. и он спешит мимо нас, блокируя нас руками. 他揮著手臂躲過我們。

We're trying to give him more money. Мы пытаемся дать ему больше денег. 我們想要給他更多錢。

We don't have much left. У нас не так много осталось. 我們沒有剩下多少了。

We're apologizing. |We're sorry. Мы извиняемся.

He is so angry, all the while, still on the phone, Он так зол, все время по телефону,

staring daggers at us. |怒視|| Glaring intensely at us.|intense, angry glare|| mirándonos con puñales. глядя на нас кинжалами.

And I get the sense that ||||感覺| И я чувствую, что

whoever he was talking to on that phone the person||||||| с кем бы он ни разговаривал по этому телефону

was on their way here now. были на пути сюда сейчас.

Now, I truly, truly do not know what came over me ||真的|||||||| Agora, eu realmente, realmente não sei o que deu em mim Теперь я действительно, действительно не знаю, что на меня нашло

in this next moment.

All I knew was that we were not safe,

and we were not going to stick around ||||||待在| e nós não íamos ficar por aqui и мы не собирались задерживаться 我們不打算待在那裡

to see what happens next. 看看接下來會發生什麼。

Somehow, in Italian, I calmly ask, ||||冷靜地| In some way||||without stress| 不知怎的,我用意大利語冷靜地問,

who are you talking to on the phone?

He gives us this bone chilling smile, and all he says is, ||||frightening|Terrifying|||||| Он дарит нам леденящую кровь улыбку, и все, что он говорит, это:

"Mi amico, Marco." |My friend| «Мой друг, Марко».

So I said, "Say ciao to Marco." Поэтому я сказал: «Скажи Марко чао».

And grabbed the phone out of this man's hands. |took forcefully||||||| И выхватил телефон из рук этого человека.

And throw it into the bushes. |||||灌木叢 |||||shrubbery И бросить в кусты.

Yeah, 100% true.

There's a second of silence which is broken |||||||打破 Есть секунда молчания, которая нарушена

by my previously dead-eyed friend shouting, "Run!" ||之前||||| ||||emotionless||| моим другом с мертвыми глазами, кричащим: «Беги!» 由我之前那雙死魚眼的朋友大喊:「快跑!」

Someone throws the last handful of money that we have, |丟出|||||||| |hurls|||small amount||||| Кто-то кидает последнюю горсть денег, что у нас есть, 有人把我們最後的一把錢扔了出去,

and we all take off. e todos nós decolamos. и мы все взлетаем. 然後我們全部開始逃跑。

Now, I'm assuming if you're still watching, ||taking for granted|||| Теперь, я полагаю, если вы все еще смотрите,

you're enjoying the story, |享受||

but the craziest part hasn't even happened yet, ||most unbelievable||||| но самое безумное еще не произошло,

so don't go anywhere.

Oddly enough, the man doesn't chase us, 奇怪的是|||||| Strangely enough|||||pursue| Как ни странно, мужчина за нами не гонится, 奇怪的是,這個男人並沒有追我們,

which makes me think he was trying to scare us, что заставляет меня думать, что он пытался напугать нас, 這讓我想他可能是想嚇嚇我們,

or made enough money not to care anymore. или заработал достаточно денег, чтобы больше не волноваться. 或者賺了足夠的錢而不再在意。

Who knows? Кто знает?

So, sweaty, panting, covered in throw up, |流汗的|喘息|沾滿||| |drenched in sweat|breathing heavily|||| Итак, потные, тяжело дышащие, покрытые рвотными массами, 所以,滿身大汗,氣喘吁吁,身上滿是嘔吐物,

we make our way to an intersection, ||||||十字路口 ||||||crossing point мы идем к перекрестку, 我們走向一個十字路口,

where at least there are street lights, cars, buildings. ||||||路燈|| onde pelo menos há postes de luz, carros, prédios. где хотя бы есть уличные фонари, машины, здания. 那裡至少有街燈、汽車和建築物。

Of course, there's taxis everywhere now.

But all of the drivers took one look at us and floored it. |||||||||||踩下油門| |||||||||||sped away quickly| Pero todos los conductores nos echaron un vistazo y lo derribaron. Mas todos os motoristas deram uma olhada em nós e pisaram fundo. Но все водители взглянули на нас и ахнули. 但是所有的司機看到我們後都踩下油門。

All hope seemed lost. Все надежды казались потерянными. 所有的希望似乎都失去了。

No one had any idea what to do. 沒有人知道該怎麼辦。

This night was a disaster. ||||災難 ||||total mess

Now, this next part is not 100% true.

It's 1000% true.

A limousine pulls up next to us. |豪華轎車||||| |luxury car||||| Рядом с нами останавливается лимузин. 一輛豪華轎車在我們旁邊停下來。

So, for those of you keeping track, |||||保持| Итак, для тех из вас, кто следит, 所以,對於那些在記錄的人來說,

this is now the second time 這是第二次了

a mysterious car has appeared in the story. |神秘的||||||

The back window rolls down, and it's, |||lowers itself||| Заднее стекло опускается, и это,

I don't know how else to say this. Я не знаю, как еще это сказать.

A beautifully elegant young Italian couple. ||優雅的|年輕的|| |Exquisitely|graceful|||

They were dressed like Они были одеты как

they were coming home from a ball or something, ||||||舞會|| ||||||formal dance event|| они возвращались домой с бала или чего-то подобного, 他們從舞會或其他活動回家,

and we, we looked like we fell off the back of a train. ||||||||||||火車 и мы, мы выглядели так, как будто мы упали с задней части поезда. 而我們看起來像是從火車後面摔下來的。

In exceptional English, they ask, where are we trying to go? |卓越的||||||||| |high-quality||||||||| На исключительном английском они спрашивают, куда мы пытаемся попасть? 他們用非常標準的英語問,我們想去哪裡?

I don't even remember who did the talking. 我甚至不記得是誰在說話。

I think we were all just processing what just happened, ||||||消化||| ||||||coming to terms||| Я думаю, мы все просто обдумывали то, что только что произошло, 我想我們都只是在處理剛才發生的事情,

and what was currently happening. |||目前| 以及當前正在發生的事情。

These magnificent, angelic people opened the door ||天使般的|||| ||heavenly or divine|||| Эти великолепные, ангельские люди открыли дверь

and tell us to hop in. ||||跳進去| ||||jump in| и скажи нам зайти. 並告訴我們上車。

They'll take us wherever we need to go. 他們會||||||| 他們會帶我們去任何我們需要去的地方。

What? 什麼?

Yeah, I don't know either. Да я тоже не знаю. 是的,我也不知道。

We drive home, we tell them what happened. Мы едем домой, рассказываем им, что случилось. 我們開車回家,告訴他們發生了什麼事。

They agreed, it sounded scary. Они согласились, это звучало страшно. 他們同意,聽起來很可怕。

They stopped at a store to buy us water and pastries. ||||商店|||||| ||||||||||baked goods Они остановились в магазине, чтобы купить нам воды и выпечки. 他們停在一家商店為我們買水和糕點。

And eventually, they drop us off at our apartment, |||放我們||||| 最後,他們把我們送回公寓,

just like they said they would. так же, как они сказали, что они будут. 就像他們所說的那樣。

We get inside safe and sound, |||||安全無恙 Мы попадаем внутрь в целости и сохранности, 我們安全無恙地進入,

and just pass out from exhaustion. ||昏倒||| ||faint|||extreme tiredness и просто отключился от истощения. 然後因疲憊而昏倒。

Within the past hour, it had gone from Locked Up Abroad |||一小時||||||| In the past||last 60 minutes|||||||| Na última hora, passou de Locked Up Abroad В течение последнего часа он исчез из Запертого за границей. 在過去的一小時內,它已經從《被鎖在國外》變成了

to the Princess Diaries,. |||日記(1) ||Princess|Personal journals к дневникам принцессы. 致公主日記,.

So, 所以,

so, 所以,

so insane. так безумно.

If my fancy limo angels are watching, ||||天使|| ||luxury limousine guardians|luxury stretch car|guardian spirits|| Если мои причудливые ангелы-лимузины смотрят, 如果我的豪華轎車天使們在觀看,

thank you for being so kind to us. 謝謝你們對我們如此友善。

And to our driver, none of us are proud of what happened, ||||||||感到驕||| И нашему водителю, никто из нас не гордится тем, что случилось, 以及我們的司機,我們中沒有人為所發生的事情感到驕傲,

and we're sorry for the mess. |||||disorder or clutter и мы извиняемся за беспорядок.

And to Marco, sweet Marco, I'm sorry we never met. |||親愛的||||||

Ciao. 你好。

(dreamy music) 夢幻的| Ethereal| (夢幻音樂)