A Special Friendship

2017-04-06WJ

疯狂英语·新读写 2017年1期

小女孩与大巨人的奇幻友情

迪士尼电影《圆梦巨人》（The BFG）讲述的是一个孤儿院的孤女与一个不吃人的巨人的故事。

这个名叫苏菲（Sophie）的小女孩在夜里经常睡不着觉。有一天，她在“巫师出没的时刻”看到一个像楼房一样高的巨人沿街走过来。巨人发现苏菲看见了他，便把她拎回了巨人国。这个巨人被苏菲称为BFG，即“友好的巨人”（Big Friendly Giant）。他专门搜集好梦，把梦分门别类地装在玻璃瓶子里，再挨家挨户地把好梦吹到人们的睡梦中。他与巨人国中的其他巨人不一样：其他巨人都吃人，他只吃自己种植的食物。为了阻止其他巨人继续吃人，聪明的苏菲想出一个好办法：她让BFG调制出一个关于巨人吃小孩的噩梦，并把这个梦吹到英国女王的睡梦里。

最终，在女王的帮助下，那些吃人的巨人被制服了，而苏菲和BFG也回到了各自的生活中，不时呼唤对方。

by WJ

BFG正在为捉梦做准备。因为外面有吃人的巨人，他不准苏菲一起去。可是大胆又好奇的苏菲哪里肯错过这样的机会，她不停地求BFG带她一起去。

Scene A

Sophie:You can’t have secrets from me. It’s too late for that. You must take me.

BFG:No.

Sophie:We can’t have secrets. I’ll tell you mine. I sneak around at night too, and I steal sometimes, and I lie. So…so I’m lonely most of the time. I’ve never had a best friend. Sounds like you, I’ll bet.

BFG:We…we gets over it and we…we…we gets on with it.

Sophie: FleshHead, he’ll come and eat me. My blood will be on your hands.

BFG:Everything about you goes against all my better judgmentals, gal.

Sophie:Well, I’m right about this one. I promise I am.

电影中的BFG因为很少和人类说话，而他的英文也不过由一个小男孩所教，同时根据一本从人类房间“借”来的书自学而来，所以BFG讲的英语会有不少不规范的地方。选段中有语法错误的句子都画了线。另外，录音朗读部分我们会采用正确的形式。

1. We…we gets over it and we…we…we gets on with it. 这句话的动词使用不当，gets应改为get，正确的句子应为：We…we get over it and we…we…we get on with it.

2. Everything about you goes against all my better judgmentals. 这句话的用词不当，judgmental应改为judgment，意思是“判断”，正确的句子应为：Everything about you goes against all my better judgments.

sneak [sni:k] v. 偷偷溜走

steal [sti:l] v. 偷，偷窃

flesh [fleʃ] n. 肉，肉体

judgmental [dʒʌdʒ'mentl] adj. 审判的

gal [gæl] n. 女孩（常用于口语中）

在躲避几个吃人巨人的过程中，苏菲不慎遗失了自己的毛毯。BFG害怕吃人巨人会吃掉苏菲，便把她送回了孤儿院。

Sophie:Did I fall asleep? Why are you giving me a dream? Why are you giving me a dream? Why are you giving me a…dream?

BFG:You dropped your blanket. So they must know you was there. You is not safe with me, gal.

Sophie:So? You is not safe with me. Never mind that now.

BFG:There was a boy. He liked to read. He taught me how to read. You’s wearing his little red jacket. I hears his lonely heart, just like I hears yours. Then, he seen me, like you did. So I had to take him, hipswitch. I could’ve brought him back home, but then it be too late.

Sophie:It won’t be like that. We’ll stop the giants. We’ll make them go away forever. Was the boy scared?

BFG:Yeah, in the end.

Sophie:I’m not.

BFG:Brave Sophie.

Sophie:I’m not. I’m not. I’m not!

在这个选段中，BFG的话中同样有不少不规范之处。有语法错误的句子都画了线。录音朗读部分我们会采用正确的形式。

1. So they must know you was there. 动词使用不当，was应改为were，正确的句子应为：So they must know you were there.

2. You is not safe with me. 动词使用不当，is应改为are，正确的句子应为：You are not safe with me.

3. You’s wearing his little red jacket. 动词使用不当，is应改为are，正确的句子应为：You’re wearing his little red jacket.

4. I hears his lonely heart, just like I hears yours. 动词使用不当，hears应改为heard，正确的句子应为：I heard his lonely heart, just like I heard yours.

5. Then, he seen me, like you did. 动词使用不当，seen应改为saw，正确的句子应为：Then, he saw me, like you did.

6. I could’ve brought him back home, but then it be too late. 动词使用不当，be应改为was，正确的句子应为：I could’ve brought him back home, but then it was too late.

drop [dʒɒp] v. 落下（过去式：dropped）

hipswitch ['hɪpswɪtʃ] 巨人国里的语言，意思是“立刻”

在女王的帮助下，吃人巨人们被隔绝在了一座小岛上。从此以后，苏菲和女王生活在一起，而BFG则回到了他的巨人国，继续为人类圆梦。虽然巨人国只剩下他一个人，但是BFG并不孤单：他还是会在梦里与苏菲相见，倾听她的小秘密。

Scene C

Sophie: I had a dream last night. In the dream, I was awakened by a beautiful buzzing humming noise floating above my bed. I walked to the window and against the horizon I saw his long legs leaping, suitcase and trumpet in hand. I could see all the way to Giant Country. I could see the garden BFG was growing. He had fruits and berries, cauliflower and tomatoes. I saw the stone door and the crooked windows. His cape was hanging by the door. I saw the crow’s nest and his sailor boat bed. I saw his rocking chair and a fire burning in the fireplace with a much nicer stew cooking. I could see the scattered pages of the book he was writing. He was happy and I was happy. When I’m lonely, which is not nearly as often as before, I talk to him and he actually hears me. Because BFG hears all the secret whisperings of the world.

Good morning, BFG.

awaken [ə'weɪkən] v. 唤醒

（过去分词：awakened）

buzzing ['bʌzɪŋ] adj. 嗡嗡响的

humming ['hʌmɪŋ] adj. 发出嗡嗡声的

float [fləʊt] v. 浮动（-ing形式：floating）

leap [li:p] v. 跳跃（-ing形式：leaping）

suitcase ['su:tkeɪs] n. 手提箱

trumpet ['trʌmpɪt] n. 喇叭

cauliflower ['kɒlɪflaʊə] n. 花椰菜，菜花

cape [keɪp] n. 斗篷，披肩

crow’s nest [krəʊs nest] n. 守望楼，岗亭