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1.14.7 7. Forrest Gump(阿甘正传)

7. Forrest Gump(阿甘正传)

本片以智商仅75的阿甘来观看世界,透过它单纯的思想以及善良的个性,描绘出美国50年代至90年代的历史,虽然40年间,美国历史有急剧的变化,但是弱智的阿甘突破智能的限制,以一贯的真诚和天生的直觉行动,反倒开创出自己的一片天地。

获奖:获1995年第67届奥斯卡最佳影片、最佳男主角、最佳导演、最佳剧本改编、最佳剪辑、最佳视觉效果六项大奖。

导演:罗伯特·泽梅基斯(Robert Zemeckis)

主演:汤姆·汉克斯(Tom Hanks),加里·西尼斯(Gary Sinise),罗宾·次怀特(Robin Wright),萨莉·菲尔德(Sally Field)

(Years passed, Forrest obtained success in many fields. Then, one day his mother calls him, wanting to see him.)

F: What’s the matter momma?

Mother: It’s my time. It’s just my time. Oh, don’t be afraid, sweetheart. 1) Death is just a part of life. Something we are all destined to do. I didn’t know it, but I was destined to be your momma. I did the best I could.

F: You did good, momma.

Mother: Well. I happen to believe you make your own destiny. 2) You have to do the best with what God gave you.

F: What’s my destiny, momma?

Mother: You’re gonna have to figure that out for yourself. Life is a box of chocoloates, Forrest. You never know what you’re gonna get.

F: 3) Momma always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them.

Mother: I will miss you, Forrest.

F: She had got the cancer, and died on a Tuesday. 4) I bought her a new hat with little flowers on it.

F: Now because I’d been a football star, a war hero and a national celebrity1 and a shrimping2 boat captain and a college graduate, these city folks of Greensboro Alabama decided to get together and offered me a fine job. So I never went back to work for Lieutenant Dan, though he did take care of my Bubba Gump money. He got me invested3 in some kind of fruit company. So then I got a call from him saying “we don’t have to worry about money no more.” and I said: “That’s good. One less thing.” 5) Now Momma said there is only so much fortune a man really needs and the rest is just for showing off. So I gave a whole bunch of it to the Forrest Square Gospel Church. And I gave a whole Fishing Hospital. And even though Bubba was dead and Lieutenant Dan said I was nuts4, I gave Bubba’s momma Bubba’s share. You know what? She didn’t have to work in nobody’s kitchen no more. And cause I was a god zillionaire5 and I like doing it so much, I cut that grass for free. But at night time when there was nothing to do and the house was all empty, I’d always think of Jenny.

Key Words

1. celebrity n. 名人,名流

2. shrimp n. 虾

3. invest v. 投资

4. nuts n. 疯子,混蛋

5. zillionaire n. 亿万富翁