美国国家公共电台 NPR Imagining Daniel Day-Lewis In A Life Without Acting

 

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

He brooded as Lincoln, seduced¹ in "The Unbearable² Lightness Of Being" and murdered in "There Will Be Blood." This week, Daniel Day-Lewis, three-time Oscar winner and incomparable film chameleon³, announced he's retiring from acting⁴ at age 60. A statement released by his spokeswoman gave no explanation, saying this is a private decision, and Day-Lewis will have no further comment.

The actor has often taken lengthy⁵ sabbaticals between films. But this time, it's apparently⁶ permanent. So what will he be doing? Well, we know that Day-Lewis has a number of deep passions outside acting - woodworking, for one. He even applied⁷ for an apprenticeship⁸ with a cabinet maker⁹ before drama drew him in. More recently, he apprenticed¹⁰ with a master cobbler in Florence.

When I interviewed Daniel Day-Lewis in 2012, I asked him about these pursuits. He demurred¹¹. As a private person, he said he didn't like to cast attention on his life off the screen. But, eventually...

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST)

DANIEL DAY-LEWIS: You know, I'm handy. I - you give me a toolbelt. I know what do with it (laughter).

BLOCK: He opened up about woodworking just a little bit.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST)

DAY-LEWIS: And it was something I felt immediately drawn¹² towards. And I discovered that my hands were good - that I could make things. And I've always loved to do that. And I (laughter) just remember that my middle son, who's 14, overheard on the radio somebody saying, yeah. I think he makes chairs in his spare time, which he thought was one of the funniest things he'd ever heard. And he now - he imagined me setting up a shop somewhere with Dan's Chairs as the (laughter)...

BLOCK: Hanging outside?

DAY-LEWIS: ...As the shingle¹³ outside. Dan's Chairs. It was also that same boy, Ronan, who said when somebody asked him what I did - he said, I think he's in construction.

BLOCK: (Laughter).

DAY-LEWIS: And what I loved is that he said, I think because (laughter)...

BLOCK: He just wasn't quite sure.

DAY-LEWIS: It's perfect that kids just never quite know what (laughter) the hell their parents get up to.

BLOCK: But about shoemaking, Day-Lewis was mum. I even played my I'm the daughter of a sandal maker card. No dice¹⁴.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST)

DAY-LEWIS: I'll tell you what. If we meet one of these days, then we can talk (laughter).

BLOCK: I look forward to that conversation.

DAY-LEWIS: I'd happily talk about it to you in private.

BLOCK: Now I'm picturing Daniel Day-Lewis in retirement¹⁵ on his farm in Ireland, cobbling away. Or maybe he'll finally get to hang that shingle, Dan's Chairs.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SONG FOR A CARPENTER")

DAN FOGELBERG: (Singing) Oh, he makes his life as a carpenter. He works his hands in wood.

1 seduced   

诱奸( seduce的过去式和过去分词 )； 勾引； 诱使堕落； 使入迷

参考例句：

• The promise of huge profits seduced him into parting with his money. 高额利润的许诺诱使他把钱出了手。
• His doctrines have seduced many into error. 他的学说把许多人诱入歧途。

2 unbearable   

adj.不能容忍的；忍受不住的

参考例句：

• It is unbearable to be always on thorns.老是处于焦虑不安的情况中是受不了的。
• The more he thought of it the more unbearable it became.他越想越觉得无法忍受。

3 chameleon   

n.变色龙，蜥蜴；善变之人

参考例句：

• The chameleon changes colour to match its surroundings.变色龙变换颜色以适应环境。
• The chameleon can take on the colour of its background.变色龙可呈现出与其背景相同的颜色。

4 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

5 lengthy   

adj.漫长的，冗长的

参考例句：

• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
• The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。

6 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

7 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

8 apprenticeship   

n.学徒身份；学徒期

参考例句：

• She was in the second year of her apprenticeship as a carpenter. 她当木工学徒已是第二年了。
• He served his apprenticeship with Bob. 他跟鲍勃当学徒。

9 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

10 apprenticed   

学徒，徒弟( apprentice的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I was apprenticed to a builder when I was fourteen. 14岁时，我拜一个建筑工人为师当学徒。
• Lucius got apprenticed to a stonemason. 卢修斯成了石匠的学徒。

11 demurred   

v.表示异议，反对( demur的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• At first she demurred, but then finally agreed. 她开始表示反对，但最终还是同意了。
• They demurred at working on Sundays. 他们反对星期日工作。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

12 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

13 shingle   

n.木瓦板；小招牌(尤指医生或律师挂的营业招牌)；v.用木瓦板盖（屋顶）；把（女子头发）剪短

参考例句：

• He scraped away the dirt,and exposed a pine shingle.他刨去泥土，下面露出一块松木瓦块。
• He hung out his grandfather's shingle.他挂出了祖父的行医招牌。

14 dice   

n.骰子；vt.把（食物）切成小方块，冒险

参考例句：

• They were playing dice.他们在玩掷骰子游戏。
• A dice is a cube.骰子是立方体。

15 retirement   

n.退休，退职

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。