Hey, upper east siders 嘿 上东区的各位 Gossip Girl here 我是绯闻女孩 And I have the biggest news ever 我手上有一条超劲爆的八卦 【Dan独白】 The Upper East Side was like something from Fitzgerald or Thackeray 上东区的生活就像菲茨杰拉德或是萨克莱笔下的小说 Teenagers acting like adults 年轻人像成人一般放肆 Adults acting like teenagers 成人也像年轻人一样幼稚 Guarding secrets,spreading gossip 他们有的想要保守秘密 有的想要传播流言 All with the trappings of truly opulent wealth 一切都被包裹在纸醉金迷的假象之下 And membership in this community was so elite 圈内人非富即贵 皆是名门望族 You couldn't even buy your way in 你无法用金钱打进这个圈子 It was a birthright 唯有靠出身 A birthright I didn't have and my greatest achievements would never earn me 而一个用多少成就都无法弥补的出身 恰恰是我求之不得的 All I had to compare to this world was what I'd read in books 为了了解这个世界 我只能沉浸在阅读之中 But that gave me the idea 但我也萌生了这样一个想法 If I wasn't born into this world, maybe I could write myself into it 既然我无法出生在这个圈子里 或许文字可以让我融入其中 I'd overheard enough conversations to be able to mimic the language of the Constance girls 我偷听到足够多的八卦 让我可以得心应手地模仿一个女生的语气 But every writer needs his Muse 但每一个作家都有一位属于他的缪斯 And it wasn't until that photo of Serena in the white dress 直到S穿着一袭白色长裙出现在我面前 That I knew I had something strong enough to actually create a legend and launch a web site 我意识到是时候创建一段属于我自己的传奇了 Within weeks, I was getting dozens of e-mails with stories about Upper East Siders 不过几个礼拜 我便收到了成千上万关于上东区的八卦 So I posted them anonymously 我把这些消息匿名发布出来 And then I got more 从此往后 我收到越来越多的八卦 Oh, my God. Before long it was a monster 很快这个网站就变成了洪水猛兽 Everyone was sending tips 每个人都在传播八卦 And when Serena came back from boarding school 当S从寄宿学校回来的时候 I wrote my first post about me 我写下了关于我自己的第一条八卦 Lonely Boy, the outsider, the underdog 寂寞男孩 圈外人 失败者 I might've been a joke, but at least people were talking about me 也许我在别人眼里是个笑话 但至少会有人谈论我 【END】 You may be rid of Dan Humphrey, but you'll never be rid of me 你也许会厌倦D 但你绝对不会厌倦我 There will always be someone on the outside,wanting to get in 永远都会有圈外人 渴望着加入上东区 Who am I now? 你知道我现在的身份吗 That's one secret I'll never tell 这是我永远不会告诉你们的秘密 X.O.X.O, Gossip Girl 绯闻女孩