《道林·格雷》四-凯发k8官网

影片对白：

dorian: this young lady.

manager: miss sibyl vane, my lord, in the role of ophelia.

sibyl: ...see that noble and most sovereign reason like sweet bells jangled, out of ¹ and harsh. that unmatch'd form and feature of blown youth blasted with ². oh, ³ is me.

manager: may i present the theatre royale's miss sibyl vane, my lord?

gray: i'm not really a lord. i don't know why he keeps saying that.

sibyl: we don't get many gentlemen in this theatre.

gray: really? well, then, i shall recommend it to them.

sibyl: may i ask what brings you to my ⁴ room?

gray: well, i...i just happened to be passing the theatre and...well, you see, i was in the gin shop...

sibyl: i know.

gray: you remember? well, a friend took me there for the first time. well, i say the first time. of course, i have...well, i wanted to... wanted to say hello, but then you left with...

sibyl: with jim.

gray: yes. quite. jim.

sibyl: my brother.

gray: brother?

sibyl: mm.

gray: well, that's splendid! sorry. it was wrong of me to... please forgive my intrusion, miss vane.

sibyl: wait! there's something you haven't told me.

gray: yes, of course. i do beg your pardon. ophelia is a most challenging role and your performance this evening was...impeccable. in fact, extraordinary. in fact...you are extraordinary. and when i saw you on the stage, and even more so, now i stand before you, i am awestruck and ⁵ by your radiance.

sibyl: i meant your name. you didn't tell me your name.

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sibyl: so, how many other girls do you bring here?

gray: hundreds. thousands.

sibyl: you must be courting dozens at least.

gray: no.

sibyl: you can tell me the truth.

gray: there's only you. there's only you.

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henry: tell me, what are your actual relations with this young thing?

basil: a fraction of respect, man.

gray: it's not like that. sibyl's sacred.

henry: it's only the scared things that are worth ⁶. people nowadays fear their passions.

gray: well, i don't.

henry: of course you do. we're taught terror from the nursery. terror of god, or, even worse, of scandal. we're taught to spend our entire lives ⁸ in self-denial. the truth, mr gray, is that every impulse we strangle only poisons us.

basil: you'll make him wish he'd never mentioned the girl.

tailor: well, monsieur.

henry: there's something missing.

gray: thank you, ⁹.

gray: i took the liberty of filling it with my blend.

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sibyl: oh, dorian. it's beautiful.

gray: i just thought it would suit you.

sibyl: i should be going. jim will worry.

gray: of course. or we could...i mean...you could...stay...here...with me. we shouldn't be afraid of our feelings, sib.

sibyl: it's just...i've seen other girls who give themselves, and then i've seen what becomes of them.

gray: i love you. forgive me. i didn't mean...

sibyl: you're all i ever want in the world.

妙语佳句 活学活用

1. dressing room: 化装室。dressing table则是“梳妆台”，dressing gown是“晨衣，睡袍”。

2. intrusion: 侵入；闯入；打扰。例如：numerous intrusions on somebody's privacy（无数次地侵扰某人的私人生活）。

3. impeccable: 无可挑剔的，无瑕疵的，完美的。例如：impeccable character（无可挑剔的品德）。

4. awestruck: 充满敬畏的。

5. court: 求爱。影片中sibyl觉得像dorian这么英俊的男子可能同时在和几个女人谈恋爱，她有点不相信自己会那么幸运。看一下例子：we used to go there when we were courting.（我们谈恋爱的时候常去那儿。）court还可以表示“设法赢得（某种地位等），求取”，例如：the teacher tried to court popularity by giving his students very little work.（老师给学生布置很少的作业以博得他们的好感。）

6. ⁷: 退缩，畏缩。例如：we found the kidnapped children cowering in a corner.（我们发现被绑架的儿童畏缩在角落里。）

7. self-denial: 克己，自我牺牲。影片中亨利指人们出于对上帝或对流言的恐惧而克制自己的欲望。

8. strangle: 抑制，压制。例如：creativity is being strangled by financial pressures.（创造力被经济上的重重压力抑制住了。）

9. take the liberty of doing sth.: 未经许可做某事。liberty指的是“（未经许可的）冒昧行为；放肆，失礼”。请看例子："whenever he needs a car he just takes mine, without asking whether i mind." "what a liberty!" （“他一需要用车，就开走我的车，也不问我是否介意。”“真是太过分了！”）

10. become of sb./sth.: （常指坏事）……发生（遭遇）某种情况；结果（怎么样）。看一下例子：whatever became of that nice girl you used to share a flat with?（过去同你合住一套房子的那个可爱的女孩后来怎样了？）

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