影片獨(dú)白 Alberto: Don't you have chocolates to sell? Paul: Family comes first.
文化面面觀
Las Nubes --- Napa Valley北加州的納帕山谷
Las Nubes 是西班牙語，意思是 the clouds。影片中的 Las Nubes 就如同一個(gè)夢(mèng)幻中的葡萄園，當(dāng)
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Napa Valley contains many vineyards, such as this one.
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得起 the clouds 的美名。據(jù)說為了尋找一個(gè)帶有夢(mèng)幻般色彩的葡萄園，導(dǎo)演曾經(jīng)親赴歐洲、澳洲和南美各地挑選，最后才終于選定了美國(guó)加州的納帕山谷。它的美麗也確實(shí)在影片中展現(xiàn)無疑。在納帕山谷中，無論清晨還是傍晚，山坡上都會(huì)出現(xiàn)陣陣薄霧，使人有如臨夢(mèng)幻之感。而片中導(dǎo)演那夢(mèng)幻與現(xiàn)實(shí)相結(jié)合的拍攝方法，更是使影片充滿了拉美夢(mèng)幻現(xiàn)實(shí)主義的浪漫風(fēng)情和韻味。
Napa Valley is widely considered one of the top wine regions in California, and all of the United States with a history dating back
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| Fruity grapes in one of the vineyards of Napa Valley |
to the nineteenth century. The Mediterranean climate and geography of the valley along with the surrounding hills and mountains are conducive to growing wine grapes. Several microclimates exist within the area due to various weather and geographical influences. The open southern end of the valley floor is cooler during the growing season due to the proximity of San Pablo Bay while the sheltered, closed northern end is often much warmer. The valley floor is flanked by the Mayacamas Mountain Range on the western and northern sides while the Vaca Mountain Range is on the eastern side. Several smaller valleys also exist within these two ranges. The floor of the main valley gradually rises from sea level at the southern end to 362 feet above sea level at the northern end in Calistoga at the foot of Mount St. Helena. The eastern side of the valley tends to be more arid due to the fact that winter storms tend to drop much more precipitation on the western mountains and hills. The soil in the southern end of the valley consists mainly of sediments deposited by earlier advances and retreats of San Pablo Bay while the soil at the northern end of the valley contains a large volume of volcanic lava and ash. Several of the small hills that emerge from the middle of the valley floor near Yountville are indicators of the region's volcanic past.
思想火花
這是一個(gè)關(guān)于愛和根的故事。保羅本是一個(gè)孤兒，在上戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)的前夕和自己并不了解的妻子結(jié)了婚。在復(fù)員回家后，保羅又踏上了買巧克力的道路。在列車上，保羅結(jié)識(shí)了維多利亞，了解到她所面臨的困
境后，出于善意假辦成維多利亞的丈夫，想使其免受責(zé)難安頓下來后自己再悄悄離開。然而很多事情并不如想象的那樣簡(jiǎn)單。維多利亞家人正向反向的推波助瀾，總使保羅的離開一推再推，兩人的愛情漸漸萌芽生長(zhǎng)，但又明了彼此的責(zé)任，十分克制。在回到家后，等待保羅的卻是另有所愛的妻子。當(dāng)他拿到離婚書的那一刻，他如獲重釋，快樂的跑開并搭車去找維多利亞，歷盡坎坷，有情人終成眷屬。
和保羅相比，維多利亞是個(gè)有根的人，無論是她父親自夸的"她的祖先可以追溯到墨西哥最有名望的家族"，還是葡萄園中那顆被奉為圖騰的老葡萄樹，都表示著這個(gè)家族的源遠(yuǎn)流長(zhǎng)。一家人居住在一起，慈祥的爺爺，明理通達(dá)的媽媽，這些都是保羅所不具有、并且極端渴望的。當(dāng)他愛上維多利亞后，他融入了這個(gè)家族，找到了自己的根，心中幼年的創(chuàng)傷和殘酷戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)對(duì)他的傷害才開始愈合。
《云中漫步》是浪漫愛情影片，而男女主人公的愛情則因環(huán)境使其親近，然彼此又分外克制而更加唯美動(dòng)人，也許從相識(shí)之初乃至保羅決定與維多利亞一起去葡萄園時(shí)，他們也并沒有想到最終會(huì)跌進(jìn)愛情的巢臼，恰是這意外的自然，使保羅的善良與正義感更加突顯出來。愛很多的時(shí)候總會(huì)陰差陽錯(cuò)，然真情的萌動(dòng)仍會(huì)穿越千山萬水的心路歷程使對(duì)方感知。
考考你
用今日所學(xué)將下面的句子譯成英語。
1．這件事除去枝節(jié)不管，可以歸結(jié)為你們倆誰也不喜歡誰。
2．我希望你能留在這里直到結(jié)束。
A Walk in the Clouds《云中漫步》（精講之二）考考你 參考答案
1．他被工作束縛住了。
He was tied down by his work.
2．上個(gè)月鮑勃和瑪麗分手了。
Bob and Mary broke up last month.
3．我并非真的說我的合伙人是條蛇，不過是打個(gè)比方。
I didn't really mean my associate is a snake; it was just a figure of speech.
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