The Graduate 《毕业生》（视频精讲之四）

影片对白

Ben: I drove - I drove Mrs. Robinson home. She wanted me to drive her home so I - drove her home.

Mr. Robinson: Swell¹. I appreciate it.

Ben: She's upstairs. She wanted me to wait down here till you got home.

Mr. Robinson: Standing² guard over the old castle, are you?

Ben: Yes, sir.

Mr. Robinson: Here. Congratulations! It looks like you need a refill.

Ben: Oh no. I've got to go.

Mr. Robinson: Is anything wrong? You look a little shaken up.

Ben: Oh no. No - I'm just - I'm just a little worried about my future. I'm a little upset about my future.

Mr. Robinson: Come on. Let's have a nightcap together. Scotch³?

Ben: Bourbon. 

Mr. Robinson: Ben - how old are you now?

Ben: Twenty. I'll be twenty-one next week.

Mr. Robinson: That's a hell of a good age to be.

Ben: Thank you. Thank you very much.

Mr. Robinson: I wish I was that age again. Because, Ben -

Ben: Sir?

Mr. Robinson: You'll never be young again.

Ben: I know.

Mr. Robinson: Ben, can I say something to you?

Ben: What?

Mr. Robinson: How long have we known each other now? How long have you and I known each other? How long have your Dad and I been partners?

Ben: Quite a while.

Mr. Robinson: I've watched you grow up, Ben.

Ben: Yes, sir.

Mr. Robinson: In many ways I feel as though you were my own son.

Ben: Thank you.

Mr. Robinson: So I hope you won't mind my giving you a friendly piece of advice.

Ben: I'd like to hear it.

Mr. Robinson: Ben - I think - I think you ought to be taking it a little easier right now than you seem to be. Sow a few wild oats. Take things as they come. Have a good time with the girls and so forth⁴.

Mrs. Robinson: Don't get up.

Mr. Robinson: I was just telling Ben here that he ought to sow a few wild oats. Have a good time while he can. You think that's sound advice?

Mrs. Robinson: Yes, I do.

Ben: I've got to go.

Mr. Robinson: You have yourself a few flings this summer. I bet you're quite a ladies' man.

Ben: Oh no.

Mr. Robinson: What? You look to me like the kind of guy who has to fight them off. (to Mrs. Robinson) And doesn't he look to you like the kind of guy who has to fight them off?

Mrs. Robinson: Yes, he does.

妙语佳句，活学活用

1. swell
好极了。

Swell 在非正式用语中是“精彩的；优秀的”的意思，相当于excellent，wonderful。例如：had a swell time 过得极为开心。

2. shaken up
慌乱；惶恐；不安的样子。

例如：He looked shaken up when he saw you. 他看到你的时候非常惶恐。

3. Let's have a nightcap together.
咱俩再喝最后一杯。

Nightcap是指晚上睡觉前的饮料，通常都是酒精饮料，这里指“晚上喝的最后一杯酒”。

4. That's a hell of a good age to be.
正是人生好年华啊。

hell of a 是口语用法，表示强调，相当于very。Hell of a 这个短语的意思不是很明确，需要根据上下文的语境来决定。比如：He is a hell of a driver. 既可以表示“他是个好司机”，也可以表示“他的驾驶技术很烂”。

5. to take it a little easier
放松一些；潇洒一些；别这么紧张兮兮，心事重重。

相当于take it easy。

6. Sow a few wild oats

这是一个俗语，指年轻人到处谈情说爱，寻欢作乐。A silly and old-fashioned expression meaning to have sexual adventures with lots of different girls. "To sow" is literally⁵ to scatter⁶ seed, and oats are a type of cereal.

7. You have yourself a few flings this summer
这个夏天你会有几回艳遇。fling 指短暂的恋情。

8. You're quite a ladies' man.
你在女人中间很吃香。/在女人中间很得宠/吃得开。

文化面面观

酒（liquor）之种种

在这几段戏里都出现了酒。本送Mrs. Robinson回家后，Mrs. Robinson请本喝bourbon。本在酒店与Mrs. Robinson约会时，她自己要了martini。而影片中本的父母请朋友来参加本的毕业聚会和生日聚会都少不了酒。

由于酒的原料，酒精含量proof，性质相差千差万别，酒的分类也有许多。

以酒的性质划分，可分为三大类：（1）发酵酒类fermented liquor，包括葡萄酒wine、啤酒beer、米酒sake和苹果酒cedar等。（2）蒸馏酒类distilled liquor，包括威士忌whisky、白兰地brandy、朗姆酒Rum等以及众多的中国白酒。（3）精炼和综合再制酒类，包括金酒gin、利口酒(甜露酒)liqueur、味美思Vermouth等。

Mrs. Robinson喝的Bourbon是一种美国威士忌。
威士忌以大麦barley、裸麦rye、玉米corn等谷物为原料，经过发酵蒸馏后放入木制的酒桶(barrels)中陈化（to age）。是最具代表性蒸馏酒。
美国威士忌，主要原料是玉米。酒精含量可达80%。属于烈酒spirits。Whisky的另一大家族是苏格兰威士忌（Scotch）。电视广告中的芝华士（Chivas），百龄坛（Ballantine）和黑方（Johnny Walker Black Label）都是著名苏格兰威士忌。

Mrs. Robinson与本在酒店约会，要了一杯马提尼酒（martini）。这是一种混合酒，由Vermouth（味美思）和gin（金酒）调配而成。
Vermouth以白葡萄酒为主要成分，加上大约有近30种各种各样的香料（spices）配制而成。大家是否记得《毕业生》主题歌之一Scarborough Fair中就提到其中几种parsley (欧芹), sage⁷ (鼠尾草), rosemary (迷迭香) and thyme (百里香)。味美思主要产地为法国和意大利。

Jin以稞麦、玉米等为原料，发酵后，再蒸馏出酒精度很高的酒液，加入杜松子（juniper berries）和其他香料，再次蒸馏而成。最早由荷兰人发明，作为药剂，现在是英国劳动大众的最爱。

葡萄酒与白兰地
葡萄酒是把葡萄榨汁后发酵，然后放入木桶中使它成熟的一种酒。以产地著称的有香槟酒(Champagne)，波尔多酒(Bordeaux)等。

白兰地则是用葡萄以及各种水果为原料，经过发酵、蒸馏等过程酿造而成的酒，酒精度数为80。白兰地要放入木桶中，长年贮藏使它成熟。所以白兰地的前身其实就是白葡萄酒。说到白兰地，全世界公认是法国的最好，而法国的白兰地中又以干邑白兰地为最。有一句名言：All cognac is brandy but not all brandy is cognac.干邑白兰地产自法国西南的一个古老小镇干邑（Cognac）。

白兰地贮存时间越久越好。法国白兰地用字母或星来表示酒贮存时间和长短。V.S.（very special）为12-20年陈的白兰地酒；V.S.O.P (very special old pale)为20-30年陈的白兰地酒；X.O（extra old）一般指40年陈的白兰地酒。世界上最有名的白兰地有：轩尼诗，马爹利，人头马等。

考考你

请用对白中的表达方法翻译一下句子。
1. --你来北京多久了？
--有一阵子了。半年吧。

2. --我有点紧张，明天有一个面试。
--放松点儿，别这么紧张。我敢说，你肯定能被聘用。

The Graduate 《毕业生》（精讲之三）考考你 参考答案

1. --你什么时候有空，我想请你吃饭。
--太好了。我什么时候都行。
When are you available (free), I would like to treat you to dinner?
Fine. I am always available for that. (Any time would be fine with me.)

2. --我这次回北京想看看老同学，跟他们聊一聊。你能帮忙联系一下吗？（安排一下）
--没问题，我可以安排。
--While I am staying in Beijing, I would like to see some old classmates and have a talk with them. Can you make some kind of arrangement?
--Sure. (Just leave it to me.) I'll make the arrangement.

3. --你昨天看了《疯狂的石头》。觉得怎么样？
--挺幽默的。
--You watched the "Crazy Stone" yesterday. How did you find it?
--I find it very humorous.

1 swell   

vi.膨胀，肿胀；增长，增强

参考例句：

• The waves had taken on a deep swell.海浪汹涌。
• His injured wrist began to swell.他那受伤的手腕开始肿了。

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

3 scotch   

n.伤口，刻痕；苏格兰威士忌酒；v.粉碎，消灭，阻止；adj.苏格兰(人)的

参考例句：

• Facts will eventually scotch these rumours.这种谣言在事实面前将不攻自破。
• Italy was full of fine views and virtually empty of Scotch whiskey.意大利多的是美景，真正缺的是苏格兰威士忌。

4 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

5 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

6 scatter   

vt.撒，驱散，散开；散布/播；vi.分散，消散

参考例句：

• You pile everything up and scatter things around.你把东西乱堆乱放。
• Small villages scatter at the foot of the mountain.村庄零零落落地散布在山脚下。

7 sage   

n.圣人，哲人；adj.贤明的，明智的

参考例句：

• I was grateful for the old man's sage advice.我很感激那位老人贤明的忠告。
• The sage is the instructor of a hundred ages.这位哲人是百代之师。