影片独白 Alberto:
Don't you have chocolates to sell? Paul: Family comes
first.
文化面面观
Las Nubes ---
Napa Valley 北加州的纳帕山谷
Las Nubes 是西班牙语，意思是 the clouds。影片中的 Las Nubes 就如同一个梦幻中的葡萄园，当
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Napa Valley contains many
vineyards, such as this one. |
得起 the clouds
的美名。据说为了寻找一个带有梦幻般色彩的葡萄园，导演曾经亲赴欧洲、澳洲和南美各地挑选，最后才终于选定了美国加州的纳帕山谷。它的美丽也确实在影片中展现无疑。在纳帕山谷中，无论清晨还是傍晚，山坡上都会出现阵阵薄雾，使人有如临梦幻之感。而片中导演那梦幻与现实相结合的拍摄方法，更是使影片充满了拉美梦幻现实主义的浪漫风情和韵味。
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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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
这是一个关于爱和根的故事。保罗本是一个孤儿，在上战场的前夕和自己并不了解的妻子结了婚。在复员回家后，保罗又踏上了买巧克力的道路。在列车上，保罗结识了维多利亚，了解到她所面临的困
境后，出于善意假办成维多利亚的丈夫，想使其免受责难安顿下来后自己再悄悄离开。然而很多事情并不如想象的那样简单。维多利亚家人正向反向的推波助澜，总使保罗的离开一推再推，两人的爱情渐渐萌芽生长，但又明了彼此的责任，十分克制。在回到家后，等待保罗的却是另有所爱的妻子。当他拿到离婚书的那一刻，他如获重释，快乐的跑开并搭车去找维多利亚，历尽坎坷，有情人终成眷属。
和保罗相比，维多利亚是个有根的人，无论是她父亲自夸的"她的祖先可以追溯到墨西哥最有名望的家族"，还是葡萄园中那颗被奉为图腾的老葡萄树，都表示着这个家族的源远流长。一家人居住在一起，慈祥的爷爷，明理通达的妈妈，这些都是保罗所不具有、并且极端渴望的。当他爱上维多利亚后，他融入了这个家族，找到了自己的根，心中幼年的创伤和残酷战争对他的伤害才开始愈合。
《云中漫步》是浪漫爱情影片，而男女主人公的爱情则因环境使其亲近，然彼此又分外克制而更加唯美动人，也许从相识之初乃至保罗决定与维多利亚一起去葡萄园时，他们也并没有想到最终会跌进爱情的巢臼，恰是这意外的自然，使保罗的善良与正义感更加突显出来。爱很多的时候总会阴差阳错，然真情的萌动仍会穿越千山万水的心路历程使对方感知。
考考你
用今日所学将下面的句子译成英语。
1．这件事除去枝节不管，可以归结为你们俩谁也不喜欢谁。
2．我希望你能留在这里直到结束。
A Walk in the Clouds《云中漫步》（精讲之二）考考你 参考答案
1．他被工作束缚住了。
He was tied down by his work.
2．上个月鲍勃和玛丽分手了。
Bob and Mary broke up last month.
3．我并非真的说我的合伙人是条蛇，不过是打个比方。
I didn't really mean my associate is a snake; it
was just a figure of speech.
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