不爱看电视剧的我，被导演推荐一系列的电视剧以学习剧本的写作要点。

我没上过电影学院，可导演却是电影学院科班毕业。在北京的时候，当我们的剧本创作遇到瓶颈，导演就会让我看电视剧，那会儿观摩的通常是中国电视剧，一般来说，我能忍耐个几集，然后就开始打哈切或者干脆站起来说看不下去了。

导演总说他们当年在电影学院就是大量的观摩影视作品，电影我喜欢看，导演推荐的好莱坞电影，我看完总是觉得很受震撼，感触良多。但是，电视剧尤其是中国的连续剧，我几乎没有一部能从头到尾耐心看完。

有阵子我也不知道自己怎么回事儿。比如我喜欢郑晓龙的《北京人在纽约》，看了两遍。听说他最近又拍了一部挺火的《甄环转》，我就找来看，可看了开头，就不耐烦，一下子跳到结尾，然后就自己骗自己算是看完了。感觉自己快没希望了，没有一部电视剧我能从头看到尾，这怎么写剧本啊？怎么这点儿耐心都没有呢？

直到导演给我推荐了一部美国电视剧，我也不知道有多少集，反正糊里糊涂就跳了进去，一下子好几天连看了一百多集，呵呵呵，我竟然有些废寝忘食的，这部剧竟然这么吸引我！很多感想，无法完全理清，打电话的时候，就跟我曾是外科医生的父亲提起这部戏，没谈过瘾， 再跟将要学医的儿子聊这部剧，儿子却警告我：“妈妈，这部电视剧好长，要花很多时间看的！”是吗？我这才注意到自己已看了一百多集了，估计还有一半没看呢！我的老天啦！

感触很多，本来想跟儿子来回地谈感想，可他没我起劲儿，也罢，我就看到哪儿想到哪儿就写到哪儿。

先把与儿子的通信翻成中文放在这里：

Dear son, 亲爱的儿子， 

I am watching Grey's Anatomy, which Chinese movie director referred it to me for learning TV script writing skills. I am so getting into it because It seems that I see your future working environment there and sometimes I also feel that I can understand my dad, a surgeon’s life better. 

我正在看实习医生格蕾，是中国的电影导演推荐我观摩以学习电视剧剧本写作的技巧。我是如此沉陷其中，因为我似乎看到你将来工作的场景，有的时候我甚至感觉到更能理解我父亲，一个外科医生的一生。 

First of all, I was surprised to see there are seven years residence for surgical doctors, much longer than I thought before. Just like it was said in the movie: those seven years will be the best years of your life! 

首先，我很惊讶外科医生竟然需要七年的住院医生的经验，比我原先想象的要长的多。正如电视剧里所说的：这七年将是你一生中最美好的时光。 

Second, the work is so intense, that some of them failed at the beginning (the male resident doctor failed on his first try to do the surgery，he totally freaked out.  ) 

其次，（外科医生的）工作强度也令我惊叹。那些实习医生有些在刚开始时是失败的。（电视里那个男实习医生第一次上手术台就无法动手术，彻底被惊吓了） 

Third, you have to enjoy the work to appreciate it. The main female character (Meredith) went through with her training doctor for a brain surgery, after that operation, she was so high and satisfied with that, not only she started paying respect to her training doctor who happened slept with her before, but she paid a trip to see her mom, who used to be a famous surgeon，now living at elderly nursery home. 

第三，我感觉到一个人必须要喜欢他的工作才能真正享受其中。女主角格蕾医生跟她的训练主治医生做颅外手术，手术成功后，她是如此的兴奋和满足，以至于她不仅对那个跟她有一夜情的主刀医生充满了崇拜之情，而且还特地去探访她在老人院里的母亲，一位曾经很著名的外科医生。 

I guess what I want to say to you is: son, you really need to find that passion which will lead you to the success and satisfaction of your career, then you will love and enjoy it, don't look at the money or monetary reward first. 

我其实想对你说：儿子，你真的需要发现那股热情，才能引领着你走向你职业的成功之路和满足之旅，只有那样，你才能真正喜欢和享受（医生这个职业），不要看在金钱的份上。 

I will tell you more about my thoughts as I watch more episodes. Have you watched this TV series before? if not, please watch it in your spare times, we can exchange our thinking on it. How is that? 

随着剧集的进展，我会跟你说我更多的感受。你看过这部电视剧吗？如果没有的话，在你空闲的时间找来看看，我们俩可以相互交流观感，怎么样？ 

I read your article about the super zip. Seems some negative on Mountain Lakes. So we can always hope to go back California someday, right? 

我读了你写的有关超级邮政编号的文章，读上去似乎你对山湖镇有些负面的看法哦。我们总是可以寄希望将来有一天搬回加州去，对吧？ 

Love 爱你的

Mom 妈妈

儿子的回信： 

Hi mom,嗨，妈妈，

I watched the first few episodes a few years ago, so I know generally what the show is about. It is very interesting in terms of how it depicts life as a doctor. But it definitely is a more dramatized version of reality.

几年前我看过几集，所以我大概知道这部电视剧。它描绘的医生生活是很有趣的，不过，肯定是对现实生活的一种戏剧性的版本。

Finding the passion to go through with the hell of residency is something I am on the way to doing. High salary is nice and justified after 8 years of school and several more years of residency, but that's not the reason why I'm doing this. Don't worry.

发现热情能（助我）走过住院医生地狱般的磨炼是我现在时常在做的事情。高薪是好的，但是想想八年大学和医学院的学习和好几年的住院医生的生活，（高薪）绝不是我选择这个职业的原因。别担心！

And yes, I would very much like to go back to California.

是的，我很愿意将来回加州。

Love,爱你的
Kevin凯文 

 待续