Little Miss Sunshine《阳光小美女》（精讲之二）(组图)

　　影片对白Richard: And how Dwaynes utilizing seven of them in hispersonalquest to self-fulfillment.

　　Sheryl: Richard, please.

　　Richard: Well, Im just saying Ive come around. I think hecoulduse our support.

　　Olive: How did it happen?

　　Frank: How did what happen?

　　Olive: Your accident.

　　Sheryl: Honey, here.

　　Frank: Oh, no, its okay. Unless you t.

　　Sheryl: No, Im, Im pro-honesty here. I just think, youknow,its up to you.

　　Frank: Be my guest.

　　Sheryl: Olive, um, Uncle Frank didnt really have anaccident.What happened was he...tried to kill himself.

　　Olive: You did? Why?

　　Richard: Im sorry. I dont think this is anappropriateconversation. Honey, lets let Uncle Frank finish hisdinner, okay?Shh.

　　Olive: Why did you want to kill yourself?

　　Richard: No, dont answer the question, Frank.

　　Sheryl: Richard! Richard!

　　Richard: Hes not gonna answer the question. Frank.

　　Frank: I wanted to kill myself-

　　Richard: Dont listen to him.

　　Frank: I was very unhappy.

　　Richard: Hes sick in his head.

　　Sheryl: Richard!

　　Richard: Im sorry! I dont think its an appropriateconversationfor a seven-year-old.

　　Sheryl: Shes gonna find out anyway.

　　Richard: Okay.

　　Sheryl: Go on, Frank.

　　Olive: Why were you unhappy?

　　Frank: Um, well, there are a lot of reasons. Mainly, though,Ifell in love with someone who didnt love me back.

　　Olive: Who?

　　Frank: One of my grad students. I was very much in lovewithhim.

　　Olive: Him? It was a boy? You fell in love with a boy?

　　Frank: Yes, I did. Very much so.

　　Olive: Thats silly.

　　Frank: Youre center. It was silly. It was very, very silly.

　　Grandpa: Theres another word for it.

　　Richard: Dad.

　　Olive: So, thats when you tried to kill yourself?

　　Frank: Well, no. The boy that I was in love with fell in lovewithanother man- Larry Sugarman.

　　Sheryl: Whos Larry Sugarman?

　　Frank: Larry Sugarman is perhaps the second most highlyregardedProust scholar in the U.S.

　　Richard: Whos number one?

　　Frank: That would be me, Rich.

　　Richard: Really?

　　Frank: Mm-hmm.

　　Olive: So thats when.

　　Frank: No. What happened was I was a bit upset so I saidsomethings that I shouldnt have said and I did some things thatIshouldnt have done and subsequently I was fired from my jobandforced to move out of my apartment and move into a motel.

　　Olive: And thats when you tried to-

　　Frank: Well, no. Actually, all of that was okay. What happenedwastwo days ago the MacArthur Foundation, in its infinitewisdomawarded a genius grant to Larry Sugarman. And thats whenI-

　　Grandpa: Decided to check out early.

　　Frank: Yes. Yes. And I failed at that as well.

　　妙语佳句，活学活用

　　1. come around

　　这里的come around 意思是change ones opinion, decision etc., esp.toagree with anothers，例如：Youd better come around, causeyourmamas center.

　　2. Very much so

　　这个片语的意思是to a great degree，例如：

　　My father did inspire me, Very much so.

　　Several meanings of so refer to the truth of something:Itsraining. That is so. Captain Picard, we can contactthealiens. Make it so.

　　So...we can say Quite so! when we hear something we agreewith.And if we say, Very much so, we are simply intensifyingouragreement, just as if we were saying, Very true!

　　3. check out

　　在这里做俚语用，意思是to die，Grandpa 这里说的decided to checkoutearly意思就是决定早点死。

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　　 影片对白 Olive, um, Uncle Frank didnt really haveanaccident. What happened was he...tried to kill himself.

　　文化面面观

　　Proust scholar VS MacArthur Foundation

　　1. Proust scholar　　A Proust scholar is someone who has devoted his or her lifesworkto studying the 20th century French author Marcel Proust.Proustschef doeuvre is a work in seven volumes collectivelyentitled TheRemembrance of Things Past. A Proust scholar willprobably focushis/her attention on this work, but will also beinterested inProusts life and lesser works of fiction.

　　The Remembrance of Things Past itself is fodder for a lifesworthof study. Written over a span of 13 years, from 1909 to theend ofProusts life in 1922, the novel offers a thoughtful lookinto thesocial and political changes in France during the latterpart of the19th century. The novel features over 2,000 charactersand dealswith such themes as the nature of memory, the conflictbetween artand society, homosexuality, World War I, the rise ofthe middleclass and the decline of the aristocracy. Much of thework isautobiographical, so studying Prousts life offerssignificantinsight into the novel. Proust is also known for hislong, elaboratesentences and sensory detions.

　　A Proust scholar works at an institution of higher educationandwill probably begin his study with an undergraduate course inarelated but broader field, such as French literature.Progressionto a Masters Degree and Doctorate is mandatory tobecome a scholarof this sort. In addition to individual study andwork withcolleagues, a Proust scholar will most likely teach somegraduateand/or undergraduate courses and work with grad studentsdevelopingtheir theses.

　　A Proust scholar is a very specialized type of academic, ashe/shefocuses on the life and work of a single author. However,the studyof Proust has many connections to various fields ofstudy, such asFrench and European history, human sexuality,psychology, andphilosophy. A Proust scholar may choose to focus onone or a few ofthese areas or may try to synthesize many ofthem.

　　2. MacArthur Foundation　　Macarthur Foundation, formally known as The John D. andCatherineT. MacArthur Foundation, is a private general-purposefoundationcreated in 1978 and headquartered in Chicago. At the timeof hisdeath, John D. MacArthur (1897-1978) was one of thethreewealthiest men in America and the owner of the nationslargestprivately held insurance company, Bankers Life andCasualtyCompany. Catherine T. MacArthur (1909- 1981) worked closelywithher husband and was a director of the Foundation untilherdeath.

　　One of the nations ten largest foundations, theMacArthurFoundations assets are around $4 billion and itdistributesapproximately $180 million in grants annually. It isorganized intofour divisions: Human and Community Development,focused on publiceducation, juvenile justice, mental health policyand neighborhooddevelopment, with special emphasis upon Chicago andFlorida; GlobalSecurity and Sustainability, with grants forconservation,international peace, population and reproductivehealth, withspecial initiatives in Russia, south Asia andsub-Saharan Africa;the General Program, which providesinstitutional grants to suchorganizations as National Public Radio;and the controversialMacArthur Fellows Program, which awardsbetween twenty and fortyfive-year fellowships, or genius grants,of around $500,000 totalented persons who show exceptional meritand promise ofcontinued and enhanced creative work. The Foundationhas fieldoffices in Florida, Mexico, Brazil, Nigeria, India, andRussia.

　　思想火花

　　在这个片段里，舅舅向 Olive解释他为什么会自杀。爸爸开始不同意舅舅说，认为这不是一个能向7岁的孩子解释的事情，但妈妈坚持，因为Olive自己总有一天也会发现的。于是我们就在舅舅的讲述中了解到他的不幸：他做了一连串错误的选择，最后连自杀都失败了，在爸爸看来，他就是个十足的loser。这是影片向我们展示的第一个失败的人生。这样的事情在我们的生活中也常以不同的形式上演着，比如最近频出的学生自杀事件。世界似乎只有两极，要么成功，要么失败。到底是什么把我们逼到了这种思想的两极呢？

　　考考你

　　将下面的句子译成汉语。

　　1. Mainly, though, I fell in love with someone who didnt lovemeback.

　　2. I was very much in love with him.

　　Little Miss Sunshine《阳光小美女》（精讲之一） 考考你参考答案

　　1. 把眼睛蒙起来作画，这可真够前卫的。

　　Painting blindfolded, thats far out.

　　2. 他们又吵又闹，餐馆的主人把他们撵了出去。

　　The owner kicked them out of the restaurant for being loudanddisorderly.

　　3. 我们得不时检查一下他的工作。

　　We need to check on his work from time to time.

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