The Shawshank Redemption 肖申克的救赎（精讲之一）

影片对白

MAN #1: Sit.

MAN #2: We see by your file you've served twenty years of alife sentence.

RED: Yes, sir.

MAN #3: You feel you've beenrehabilitated?

RED: Yes, sir. Absolutely. I've learned my lesson. I can honestly say I'm a changed man. I'm no longer a danger to society. That's theGod's honest truth.

CON² #1: Hey, Red. How'd it go?

RED: Same old shit, different day.

CON #1: Yeah, I know how you feel.I'm up forrejection³ next week.

CON #2: Yeah, I got rejected last week. It happens.

CON #3: Hey, Red,bump me a deck.

RED: Get the fuck out of my face, man!You're into mefor five packs already.

CON #3: Four.

RED: Five!

RED (V.O.): There's must be a con like me in every prison in America. I'm the guy who can get it for you. Cigarettes, a bag of reefer if that's your thing, a bottle of brandy to celebrate your kid's high school graduation. Damn near anything within reason. Yes sir, I'm a regular Sears & Roebuck.

RED: So when Andy Dufresne came to me in 1949 and asked me to smuggle⁴ Rita Hayworth into the prison for him, I told him no problem.

妙词佳句，活学活用

1. life sentence: 无期徒刑；终身监禁。《肖申克的救赎》是一部监狱题材的影片，所以牵扯到很多和犯罪相关的词语，在这个片段里我们还会看到一个单词：con.这是一种俚语的说法，意思是“罪犯”。相当于convict. 此外对罪犯的终极惩罚通常就是死刑，而死刑一词的表达是death penalty, 我们把它放在这里和影片中出现的相关词汇一起掌握。

2. rehabilitate¹: 这个词的本意是“康复、修复”，在这个语境里，因为Red在申请假释，所以警察这句话不是问他“你觉得你已经康复了吗？”而是问他是否已经“改邪归正”。

3. God's truth：意思是“真实的事情”，一般用来指说话人特别想强调的事实，比如It is God's truth that my next door neighbor was a murderer at large!就是“我的隔壁住着一个在逃的杀人犯，这事儿千真万确！”

4. up for：打算；准备 I'm up for rejection next week. 意思为“我已经做好了准备，下周申请假释的时候也被拒”。再如：The house is up for sale. 房子准备出售。be up for是一个很常用的词组，在口语中，为了避免句式单调，我们可以用这个词组替代be ready.

5. bump me a deck：这是非常俚语的讲法。bump这里的意思相当于lend，deck是指a pack of cigarettes。所以整句的意思就是“借我一盒烟”。监狱里的犯人常常用一种普通人听不懂的指代词语来谈论一些事情，这可以说是他们长年牢狱生活的“创造”。

6. be into sb：这也是一个非常俚语的讲法。在这里的是borrow或者owe的意思。整句话的意思就是：You have already borrowed five packs from me.

美国文化面面观

 

1. Sears & Roebuck: born during the latter part of the 19th century, Sears & Roebuck Company is one of the most trusted economic institutions in U.S. history and eventually grew to be the 7th largest corporation in the world during the 20th century. 西尔斯-罗巴克连锁公司，美国一家著名的公司，以零售著称，历年都名列美国财富500强。右面的这张照片是他们早期的产品目录，相当于消费指南。（Red这里说自己能从监狱外把任何狱友们想要的东西偷偷弄进来，这些东西的品种之多，不亚于一家百货公司。）

 

 

2. Rita Hayworth: one of classic Hollywood beautiful leading ladies. 丽塔·海华丝，上世纪四五十年代好莱坞著名的女影星，以性感著称，代表作品有《封面女郎》Cover Girl，《荡妇姬黛》Gilda，《上海小姐》The Lady From Shanghai。（安迪让瑞德帮她弄的当然不是女影星本人，而是她的一张巨幅海报，这个我们可以在影片中看到。在影片中，瑞德所看电影的女主角就是丽塔·海华丝。）

 

 

考考你

翻译下面的两个句子。

1. 我觉得无期徒刑比死刑更残酷。
2. 我已经准备好迎接明天的面试了。

1 rehabilitate   

vt.改造(罪犯)，修复；vi.复兴，(罪犯)经受改造

参考例句：

• There was no money to rehabilitate the tower.没有资金修复那座塔。
• He used exercise programmes to rehabilitate the patients.他采用体育锻炼疗法使患者恢复健康。

2 con   

n.反对的观点，反对者，反对票，肺病；vt.精读，学习，默记；adv.反对地，从反面；adj.欺诈的

参考例句：

• We must be fair and consider the reason pro and con.我们必须公平考虑赞成和反对的理由。
• The motion is adopted non con.因无人投反对票，协议被通过。

3 rejection   

n.拒绝，被拒，抛弃，被弃

参考例句：

• He decided not to approach her for fear of rejection.他因怕遭拒绝决定不再去找她。
• The rejection plunged her into the dark depths of despair.遭到拒绝使她陷入了绝望的深渊。

4 smuggle   

vt.私运；vi.走私

参考例句：

• Friends managed to smuggle him secretly out of the country.朋友们想方设法将他秘密送出国了。
• She has managed to smuggle out the antiques without getting caught.她成功将古董走私出境，没有被逮捕。