A Walk in the cloud.docx

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AWalkinthecloud

AWalkintheLoud

一

Paul:

Betty?

Man'svoice:

Iprefertodineathomealone.

Betty:

Paul?

Paul!

Paul:

WhenIdidn'tseeyouonthedockIthought--

Betty:

Ididn'tknowyouwerecomingtoday.

Paul:

Didn'tyougetmyletters?

Betty:

Oh,ohPaul,Istartedtoreadthem,Idid,butafterthefirstfew,Ijustcouldn'tbeartohearaboutallthatfightingandthekilling.

Paul:

Iwroteyoualmosteveryday.

Betty:

Iknow.AndIkeptthem.Look.See?

Oh,Paul,eventhethoughtofyouinallthatdanger,itwasjusttoomuch.IknewifIgotthem,youwerestillalive.That'sallthatIcaredabout-that,thatyouwerealive...safe.That'sallthatwasimportanttome.Canyouforgiveme?

Paul:

Yeah,sure.

Betty:

Iwrotetoyou.Yougotthose,right?

Paul:

Gotafew.

Betty:

ItoldyouIwasn'tabigwriter.

Man'svoice:

Iquiteagreethedistinctionisdubious.Don'tyou?

Betty:

It'sacourseI'mtaking.Self-improvement.Hisname'sArmistead.Hemakestonsofmoney.Thewholecountry'smakingmoneyhandoverfist.You'vebeenaway,outoftouch.Youdon'tknow,butyouwill.IwenttoseeMr.Sweeneyandmakesureheheldyourjob,likehepromised.Hesaidyoucouldstartthedayyougotback."Rarelycared,justmakesureyouwearyouruniform,"hesaid.Whocouldresistawarhero?

OfcourseInegotiatedaraise.

Paul:

Betty,I...Idon'twanttogobacktosellingchocolate.

Betty:

You'vegotsomethingbetter.

Paul:

No...Idon't.But,youknow...inthewar,Ihadtimetothinkaboutwhat'simportant,aboutwhatIwantoutoflifeforme,forus.Iwroteyouallthisintheletters.

Betty:

Arewebacktothoseoldlettersagain?

Youwantmetoreadtheletters?

Paul:

No.It'sjustyou'dunderstandwhatI'mfeeling,whatIwant.

妙语佳句，活学活用

1.Handoverfist

这个片语的意思是"大量地，迅速地（赚钱）"，源于航海或捕鱼，当渔民用力拖网时，双手必须一前一后交替拉，当后面的那只手松开向前伸时，前面那只手处于紧张状态。

例如：

Heownsachainofrestaurantsandmakesmoneyhandoverfist.

2.Outoftouch

本意是指"中断联系"，这里引申为"不知道现在的情况"。

我们来看个例子：

JohnandMarkhavebeenoutoftouchforyears.

Thatspeechshowedhe'soutoftouchwithhisconstituency.

此外，outoftouch还表示"不表同情，和…不一致"，例如：

Olderpeoplesometimesseemoutoftouchwiththemodernworld.

3.Holdone'sjob

Hold这个词在此处的意思是"保留，保有"的意思，就是Mr.Sweeney为Paul保留他的工作。

此外，hold还表示"担任职务或拥有权力"，例如：

Heheldthegovernorshipforsixyears.

那如果说"有（工作）"要怎么表达呢？

除了常用的have之外，还可以说holddown，例如：

Paulholdsdowntwojobs.

影片简介

AWalkintheClouds：

漫步在云中

这是一部很老的电影了，尽管离我们其实也不过12年的时间，但现在知道的人也许不多。

该怎样形容这部电影呢？

浪漫？

唯美？

纯情？

也许就像它的名字一样，看它的感觉就像在云中漫步一样。

ReevesplaysPaulSutton,anAmericanG.I.returningtoSanFranciscoafterthewar'sendin1945toawarbride（DebraMessing）hehardlyknows.WhileonatraintoSacramento,hemeetsVictoriaAragon（AitanaSanchez-Gijon）,aMexican-AmericanliteraturestudentheadedhometothefamilyvineyardintheNapaValleyforthegrapeharvest.ButVictoriahasaproblem:

sheispregnant,unmarried,andfearfulofthereactionofherverytraditionalfatherAlberto（GiancarloGiannini）.Inanefforttohelp,PaulofferstoposeasVictoria'shusbandforonenight,thenmakeaquickdeparture,providingacoverstoryforthepregnancy.ThoughAlbertomakesPaul'slifemiserable,Paulfindsithardertoleavethanheexpected,asheisdrawnbothtoVictoriaandtothesenseoffamilyheneverhad.

AWalkintheCloudsfallssomewhereintheterritoryofafilmlikeLegendsoftheFall.GiancarloGianniniisalsoquitegoodasthestubbornAlberto,whouseshissharptonguetoasserthimself.TheonethingAWalkintheCloudshasalloverLegendsoftheFallisthatitdoesn'ttakeitselfnearlyasseriously.AnthonyQuinn,asAragonpatriarchDonPedro,hamsitupalmostasmuchasAnthonyHopkinsdidinLegends,butheknowsit,andturnsDonPedrointoagrandepicurewhoteachesPaulsomeamusinglessons.ThereisawonderfulsequencehighlightingthewarofwillsbetweenPaulandAlbertowhenthetwomenraceeachothertofillbasketsofgrapesduringtheharvest.

AllthisAWalkintheCloudshasgoingforit,yetitcomesupsurprisinglyshortasalovestory,andit'snotallReeves'fault.Hischaracterisaniceguywithsimpledreams,andthatspellsboringunlesstheactorinvolvedcanprovidesomeshadings.TherearetimeswhenReevesdeliversalinelike"Sheisliketheairtome"asthoughhewerereadingitoffacuecardforthefirsttime,andyoujustwanttograbhimaroundtheneckinawell-intentionedbutultimatelyfutileefforttowringsomeintonationoutofhisvoice.AitanaSanchez-Gijonislovely,butthere'snotmuchinterestingabouthereither,whichpresentsthedilemmaofaromancethat'softenhardtocaremuchabout.AWalkintheCloudsmaynotbethebestromancearound,butithasenoughstyleandsparktocastitsownuniquespell.

考考你

将下面的句子译成汉语。

1.Thewholecountry'smakingmoneyhandoverfist.You'vebeenaway,outoftouch.Youdon'tknow,butyouwill.

2.Inthewar,Ihadtimetothinkaboutwhat'simportant,aboutwhatIwantoutoflifeforme,forus.

二

Paul:

Idon'tthinkwe'vebeenproperlyintroduced.I'mPaulSutton.

Victoria:

VictoriaAragon.I'msorryaboutthebus.

Paul:

Um...

Victoria:

Ifeelterrible.AlltheproblemsI'vecausedyou.Youshouldjustkeepgoing.Whoknowswhatwillhappentoyounext?

Paul:

There'salwaysthepossibilityofaforestfire,Isuppose.Whyaren'tyouonthebus?

Victoria:

Mystop.

Paul:

You'rewaitingforaride.

Victoria:

No.No.Amiracle.He'sgoingtokillme.

Paul:

Who?

Victoria:

Myfather.

Paul:

Listen,ifyou'restillworriedaboutthatpicture--

Victoria:

It'snotaboutthepicture.Oh,God.

Paul:

Look,it'snoneofmybusiness,butifyou'dliketotalkaboutit...

Paul:

"Iwasnotmeantfortheconventionsofthisworld,notmeanttobetieddown.I'mafreespirit."Who'safreespirit?

Victoria:

Myprofessor.HeandIwere...We--Wewere...

Paul:

Idon'tknowyourfather,butIdon'tthinkjustbecausesomefreespiritbrokeupwithyou--

Victoria:

I'mpregnant.

Paul:

Oh.Oh.You'reveryupset.Icanunderstandthat.Definitelyunderstandthat.But,Victoria,lookatthepositiveside.It'sanewlifecomingintotheworld.That'samiracleinitself,right?

Victoria:

"Iwillkillanyonewhodishonorsmyfamily."Howmanytimeshashesaidthat?

Ahundredtimes,amilliontimes?

Paul:

I'msureit'sjustafigureofspeech.

Victoria:

It'snot.Myfathermeanswhathesays.Always.He's--He'sveryold-fashioned.IfIcomehomethiswaywithoutahusband,he'llkillme.Iknowhewill.

Paul:

Howaboutifyoudoshowupwithahusband?

Victoria:

Whodoeswhat,comesforthedayandthenjustleaves?

Paul:

Yes,sure.Comestomeetthefamily,staysonenight,leavesinthemorning,putsaletterinthemailboxsayinghe's...

Victoria:

Abandonedme.

Paul:

Ithappens.

Victoria:

You'reverykindfortryingtohelpme.Maybeitmightwork...but...there'snobody.

Paul:

MissAragon.Victoria.There'sme.

三

Paul:

WhenIwasakid...everynightI'dclimbuptotheroofoftheorphanage,andI'dmakeawishoneverystarIcouldsee.

Victoria:

That'salotofwishing.

Paul:

Itusuallyboileddowntoonewish,really.

Victoria:

Whatwasthat?

Paul:

Whatyouhaveinthere.

Victoria:

Everyonealwaystellingyouhowyoushouldliveyourlife.

Paul:

Betterthanhavingnoonetellingyou.

Pedro:

Youknow,in1580thefirstAragon,alsoaPedro,camefromSpaintoMexicowithadreaminhishead,theclothesonhisback,andtherootfromthefamily'svineyardinsidehispocket.Excuseme.MayI...seeonemore?

Whichone?

Ah,that'snogood.Tryonemore.Ahh...that'swonderful.Come...Iwillshowyousomething.ThisistherootIbroughtwithme,adescendantfromtherootthefirstPedrobroughtwithhim.Allourvinescomefromthisone.It'snotjusttherootofLasNubes.It'stherootofourlives,ofVictoria'slife.Nowthatyou'reapartofallthis,apartofus,itistherootofyourlife.Youareanorphannolonger.So,youwillstaywithyourfamilywhileweharvestthefruit?

Ah.It'saspecialtime.It'satimeofmagic.

Paul:

Ireallycan't.Ihavecommitments.

Pedro:

Whataboutthecommitmentstoyourfamily?

W-Whatcanbemoreimportantthanthat?

Paul:

Iwouldliketo,really.ButIcan't.  

Pedro:

Hesaidyouwouldnotstay.

Paul:

Whodid?

Pedro:

Alberto.Hesaid,"Thefirstchancethegringogets,hewillleaveher."Hisexactwords.

Paul:

I'mnotleavingher.I'm--

Pedro:

No,no,no,no.Iunderstand.Justmypoorgranddaughter.Hewillwhipherwithit.She'llbetheonetopayforyourcommitments.Suchapity.Suchasweetgirl.

Paul:

Butitwouldjustbethedifferenceofaday.

Pedro:

Themostimportantdayofouryear,thedaythatmakesorbreaksourfortunes--that'swhathewillthrowuptoherfortherestofherlife.Iknowmyson.

Paul:

DonPedro.

Pedro:

Eh?

Paul:

You'reright.It'sonlyoneday.I'llstay.

Pedro:

Right.MayI?

It'sagoodthing.Youhavenomorechocolatestosell,anyway.Comeon.

Victoria:

Ithoughtyouwereleaving.

Paul:

IthoughtitwouldbebetterforyouifIstuckaroundatleastuntiltheharvest.

Alberto:

Don'tyouhavechocolatestosell?

Paul:

Familycomesfirst.

妙语佳句，活学活用

1.Boildown

在这里的意思是"Simplify,summarize,orshorten;leadtotheconclusionthat缩短，减少，归纳为，简单地归结为"，例如：

Itallboilsdowntoaclearcaseofmurder.

Johnfinallymanagedtoboilhisthesisdownto200pages.

2.Throwupto

这里的意思是"criticize,upbraid责备，指责"，例如：

Dadwasalwaysthrowingituptotheboysthattheywerecarelessandmessy.