影片對(duì)白  Miss Aragon. Victoria. There's me.

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1940 年代的美國(guó)道德觀

對(duì)于大多數(shù)中國(guó)人來說，我們眼中的美國(guó)是當(dāng)代好萊塢大片中的美國(guó)：個(gè)人至上、私欲至上，崇拜英雄偶象, 享樂主義,自由主義, 大眾化和通俗化，商品化(市場(chǎng)化)和娛樂化，充斥著吸毒、暴力、色情……然而真實(shí)的美國(guó)并沒有影片中展示的那么糟糕。傳統(tǒng)道德在美國(guó)一直有市場(chǎng)。在1940年代，傳統(tǒng)道德甚至是十分苛刻的。下面是一位美國(guó)觀眾所寫的觀后感，其中詳細(xì)討論了當(dāng)時(shí)的美國(guó)社會(huì)道德，可以幫助我們更好地理解電影。

Does anyone recall a time when values, integrity, uprightness and true human compassion were a way of life? A Walk in the Clouds does. The story is sweet, romantic, dramatic, and heartwarming. The 1940's was an era when it was terrible shame to be unwed and pregnant. Daughters were often cast away or sent to some distant relative to bear their child in loneliness and disapproval, then the child was given for adoption. I know because I was one of those children. For my mother there was no Paul Sutton to love her and rescue her and her child. The father, portrayed by Giancarlo Gianni was a typical man of those desperate war torn years who was unable to get in touch with his feelings on any level except work and anger. I am more amazed at his ability to show affection for his wife than I am at the anger which rules his life. The family who eventually adopted me was just like this family. Hard horrible father, heavy drinker, full of anger, yet rapier wit and tongue. The rest of the family are so real because in those days most families who had a disagreeable father figure pulled together to make up for and cover over the hurts and embarrassment generated by that father. Very different from today's dysfunctional families. Anthony Quinn was superb and Keanu Reeves could not have been more believable as a simple man with a good heart and high values. His character is not meant to display anything but goodness, which he does beautifully. We have to rememberthat men used to be governed more by what was right than by the emotion of the moment as they are today. Aitana as Victoria is very lovely and desirable, but her character is also governed by the morals of the day. While she is sexy and flirtatious and clearly loves Paul, she stops short of using his attraction to her to seduce him because the very things she values and loves about him are his stability and uprightness. Today most women would simply go for it, but this film is not about today. It is about real love and true respect. The musical score is simply beautiful and very moving. The wine country and the shot of the California coast along Big Sur are great. Oh, by the by, for the unbelieving, after the grape harvest in the fall the branches of the vine die and become dry and brittle very quickly. The only part of a grape vine that continues to live is the stock and it's root, but even that seems all gray and dead from just looking at the outside. A fire in a dry, post-harvest vineyard would spread and destroy all, just as it did in the film. Today, there are sprinkler systems, etc. to prevent such loss, but not in the 1940's. What a great movie. I own it and will always enjoy watching it again and again.

小編感言

我想，任何一個(gè)處在困境中的女孩聽到"There's me."這句話的時(shí)候，一定都會(huì)感動(dòng)得一塌糊涂。懷孕后被男友拋棄，受著傳統(tǒng)道德和家庭榮譽(yù)的譴責(zé)，再加上對(duì)嚴(yán)厲專制的父親的恐懼，這時(shí)的 Victoria 真的是上天無路，入地?zé)o門。她能做的就是祈禱奇跡的出現(xiàn)，而奇跡也果真出現(xiàn)了，上帝送來了 Paul Sutton 這樣一個(gè)善良、真誠(chéng)的男人。當(dāng)然，這是電影。生活中發(fā)生在 Victoria 身上的故事，在世界上不同地區(qū)、不同信仰的女孩身上不停上演著，可是世界上并沒有那么多的 Paul Sutton，這些女孩子的命運(yùn)就在世俗的洪流中消逝了。

考考你

用今日所學(xué)將下面的句子譯成英語。

1．他被工作束縛住了。

2．上個(gè)月鮑勃和瑪麗分手了。

3．我并非真的說我的合伙人是條蛇，不過是打個(gè)比方。

A Walk in the Clouds《云中漫步》（精講之一）考考你 參考答案

1. The whole country's making money hand over fist. You've been away, out of touch. You don't know, but you will.
整個(gè)國(guó)家的人都在賺大錢。你不在國(guó)內(nèi)，不了解情況。你不知道這些，但你會(huì)知道的。

2. In the war, I had time to think about what's important, about what I want out of life for me, for us.
在戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上，我有時(shí)間去思考什么是重要的，我想從生活中為自己、為我們得到什么。

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