影视听力 第46期:Once 曾经

一名街头卖艺的爱尔兰小伙子正在弹奏一首好听而悲伤的歌，他猛然抬头，发现一个女孩站在自己面前，瞪着大眼睛好奇地打量自己——这就是一个动人故事的开始…

 对话文本:(系普特网友整理，文本只包括旁白影评部分，不包括电影原声。)

Once, directed and written by James Carney, was one of the standouts of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and it’s easy to see why. It’s a completely charming movie, small, modest, a little bit anecdotal, making no great claims for itself, making no big dramatic points. That just works on every level. It’s a simple enough story ,takes place in Dublin. It’s about two people, their names are never given. One is a street musician played by Glen Hansard, the other is a Czech immigrant played by Marketa Irglova.

What develops between them is a romance of sorts, but it really takes place entirely¹ through their shared love of music. The two main performers are really singers and songwriters ,and they are there performing their own compositions, and that gives the movie a special appeal. Even if it's not quite your style of music, it’s a kind of earnest folk pop, little bit like Melissa Etheridge, maybe. It still really works because it shows how much these people care about this project, about this music. It animates² the movie. It makes it come alive , and it gives you something to care about.

The thing about Once that is really special is as if characters seem very real, without ever seem dull. Their problems are not earth-shaking. There is nothing melodramatic or overdone³ about it. And yet, it just works. You can’t take your eyes off these people ,you care very much about what’s gonna happen to them. And it holds you in a delicious kind of suspense⁴ even though the states don’t seem to be all that high. Because they are high for these people, these are their lives after all.

You’re never quite sure  how it’s gonna end up. But when it does end, you feel like you really see something wonderful and almost perfect.

1 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

2 animates   

v.使有生气( animate的第三人称单数 )；驱动；使栩栩如生地动作；赋予…以生命

参考例句：

• The soul animates the body. 灵魂使肉体有生命。 来自辞典例句
• It is probable that life animates all the planets revolving round all the stars. 生命为一切围绕恒星旋转的行星注入活力。 来自辞典例句

3 overdone   

v.做得过分( overdo的过去分词 )；太夸张；把…煮得太久；（工作等）过度

参考例句：

• The lust of men must not be overdone. 人们的欲望不该过分。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The joke is overdone. 玩笑开得过火。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4 suspense   

n.（对可能发生的事）紧张感，担心，挂虑

参考例句：

• The suspense was unbearable.这样提心吊胆的状况实在叫人受不了。
• The director used ingenious devices to keep the audience in suspense.导演用巧妙手法引起观众的悬念。