可可网友们,大家好。今天,《闻香识女人》将落下帷幕。电影中Colonel中校原本习惯了纽约豪华肤浅的生活和士兵的遵从,眼睛失明后和侄女一起平凡寂寞又无助的生活是他完全无法接受的。正是Charlie让他重新感觉到了人性中的温暖,并渐渐打开心门接纳人世间最美好的东西——人的情感。阿尔帕西诺很好把握了这部电影所要揭示的内容,将一个从前的政客,军人,现在的老者、盲人身上复杂、乖张的性格演绎的精彩生动。他也因此片荣获了第六十五届奥斯卡最佳男主角。电影最后的演讲部分一直被传为经典,也显示出阿尔帕西诺不同凡响的表现力。
Headmaster: Stand down, Mr. Slade! 坐下,史雷得先生。
Colonel: I'm not finished. As I came in here, I heard those words: "cradle of leadership." Well, when the bough breaks, the cradle will fall, and it has fallen here. It has fallen. Makers of men, creators of leaders. Be careful what kind of leaders you're producing here. I don't know if Charlie's silence here today is right or wrong; I'm not a judge or jury. But I can tell you this: he won't sell anybody out① to buy his future! And that, my friends, is called integrity. That's called courage. Now that's the stuff leaders should be made of. Now I have come to the crossroads in my life. I always knew what the right path was. Without exception, I knew, but I never took it. You know why? It was too damn hard. Now here's Charlie. He's come to the crossroads. He has chosen a path. It's the right path. It's a path made of principle...that leads to② character. Let him continue on his journey. You hold this boy's future in your hands, Committee. It's a valuable future, believe me. Don't destroy it. Protect it. Embrace it. It's gonna make you proud one day, I promise you. 我还没讲完。来这儿的时候,我听到类似"领袖摇篮"的字眼。支干断掉时,摇篮就垮了。它已经垮了,已经垮了。人类制造者,领袖创造家。当心你创造的是哪种领袖。我不知道查理今天的缄默是对是错,但我可以告诉你,他绝不会出卖别人以求前程。而这,朋友们,就叫正直!也叫勇气。那才是领袖的要件。如今我走到人生十字路口,我知道哪条路是对的,毫无例外,我就知道。但我从不走,为什么?因为妈的太苦了。而查理,他也走到了十字路口,他选择了对的路,充满原则,通往个性之道。让他继续他的行程吧,他的前途掌握在您手中,诸公。绝对是有价值的前途,相信我。别毁了它,保护它,拥抱它,有一天您会引以为傲,我保证。
Colonel中校让礼堂变成了阵地,这一刻,他再次成为了一个给士兵们训话的中校。灵魂中耀眼的一部分再一次呈现出来。
语言点:
1.sell sb out, 出卖某人。我们从词形上也能猜出一二,就不再多说。
2.lead to, 也是大家比较熟悉的短语,它表示“导致;导向;引领;通向”。比如:Smoking can lead to lung cancer. 抽烟可能导致肺癌。This road leads to the hotel. 这条路通向宾馆。
虽然,洋洋洒洒的一段之后,Colonel中校有些自嘲的说,How’s that for cornball? 很滥情是吧?不管是不是滥情、煽情,至少这段话是很有煽动力也富于感染力的。这段演讲也让在座的师生完全站在了Charlie的一边。最后,Charlie完全免责。一个幸福的结尾不等于肤浅的结尾,能够走出阴霾,重新拥抱阳光总是令人感到温暖,令人想要微笑的。好了,《闻香识女人》,我们就听到这里吧。下期再见。