最美的人们05-查尔斯-博耶

[00:01.48]Charles Boyer查尔斯·博耶
[00:04.54]This is kind of personal. It may get a little syrupy, so watch out.
[00:10.78]It started as a note to my wife.
[00:12.97]And then I thought that since some of you might have husbands or wives and might feel the same way,
[00:19.08]I’d pass it along. I don’t own this story, anyway. Charles Boyer does.
[00:23.36]Remember Charles Boyer? Suave¹, dapper, handsome, graceful².
[00:28.50]Lover of the most famous and beautiful ladies of the silver screen.
[00:32.21]That was on camera and in the fan magazines. In real life it was different.
[00:37.69]There was only one woman. For forty-four years. His wife, Patricia.
[00:42.71]Friends said it was a lifelong love affair.
[00:45.44]They were no less lovers and friends and companions after forty-four years than after the first year.
[00:51.35]Then Patricia developed cancer of the liver. And though the doctors told Charles, he could not bear to tell her.
[00:59.13]And so he sat by her bedside to provide hope and cheer. Day and night for six months.
[01:06.65]He could not change the inevitable³. Nobody could. And Patricia died in his arms.
[01:12.57]Two days later Charles Boyer was also dead. By his own hand.
[01:17.49] He said he did not want to live without her. He said, “Her love was life to me.”
[01:23.40]This was no movie. As I said, it’s the real story—Charles Boyer’s story.
[01:28.43]It’s not for me to pass judgment⁴ on how he handled his grief⁵.
[01:32.25]But it is for me to say that I am touched and comforted in a strange way.
[01:37.72]Touched by the depth of love behind the apparent⁶ sham⁷ of Hollywood love life.
[01:42.87]Comforted to know that a man and woman can love each other that much that long.
[01:48.77]I don’t know how I would handle my grief in similar circumstances.
[01:52.92]I pray I shall never have to stand in his shoes.
[01:56.00]But there are moments when I look across the room
[01:59.06]—amid the daily ordinariness of life—and see the person I call my wife and friend and companion.
[02:06.50]And I understand why Charles Boyer did what he did.
[02:09.77]It really is possible to love someone that much. I know. I’m certain of it

1 suave   

adj.温和的；柔和的；文雅的

参考例句：

• He is a suave,cool and cultured man.他是个世故、冷静、有教养的人。
• I had difficulty answering his suave questions.我难以回答他的一些彬彬有礼的提问。

2 graceful   

adj.优美的，优雅的；得体的

参考例句：

• His movements on the parallel bars were very graceful.他的双杠动作可帅了!
• The ballet dancer is so graceful.芭蕾舞演员的姿态是如此的优美。

3 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

4 judgment   

n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见

参考例句：

• The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
• He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。

5 grief   

n.悲伤，悲痛，悲伤的事，悲痛的缘由

参考例句：

• Don't allow yourself to sink into grief,it can do no good.不要使自己陷入悲哀之中，这样一点好处也没有。
• After her mother died,she abandoned herself to grief.母亲死后，她沉浸于悲痛之中。

6 apparent   

adj.表面上的，貌似真实的，显然的，明明白白的

参考例句：

• The apparent truth was really a lie.表面上看似实话，实际上是个谎言。
• His guilt is apparent to all.他的罪恶尽人皆知。

7 sham   

n./adj.假冒(的)，虚伪(的)

参考例句：

• They cunningly played the game of sham peace.他们狡滑地玩弄假和平的把戏。
• His love was a mere sham.他的爱情是虚假的。