《瘋狂英語(yǔ)》精選輯:浪漫愛(ài)情喜劇
Romance -- A Key Component of The Comedy
浪漫愛(ài)情喜劇
觀點(diǎn)一：就讓愛(ài)情進(jìn)行到底！
I think what really 1)defines a romantic comedy is that it's a comedy in which the central 2)conflict, whatever it is, is based in a romantic relationship. Meaning, many comedies have romances in them. But the question the movie's asking is not about the couple. A romantic comedy asks, "Will these two people become a couple?"
愛(ài)情喜劇片說(shuō)到底就是喜劇，不管怎么樣，沖突的重點(diǎn)都要擺在戀愛(ài)雙方之間，即喜劇與愛(ài)情要融為一體。電影并非要探討情侶本人，而是“有情人能否終成眷屬？”
觀點(diǎn)二：愛(ài)情與歡樂(lè)水乳交融，豈能缺一！
Romance which is light, which is about enjoyment of love, tends to be within the comic because that although comedy can be about the battle of the sexes, and can be about problems which are keeping lovers apart, comedy is also nice as it were... laughter and having fun is part of romance.
愛(ài)情片是輕松愉快的，表現(xiàn)的是愛(ài)的情景，愛(ài)情融合在喜劇中，因?yàn)橄矂【退阏f(shuō)的是兩性斗爭(zhēng)或者情侶分手的問(wèn)題，也能自始自終給我們帶來(lái)歡樂(lè)。歡樂(lè)是愛(ài)情片的一部分。
觀點(diǎn)三：女性終于可以撐起“半邊天”啦！
In the 30's and 40's you have such a wonderful series of romantic movies because women were really 3)feeling their oats and moving into the job market, and you had a lot of very, very strong, tough, heroines out in the world and they were in the movies, too.
30、40年代出現(xiàn)了一系列優(yōu)秀的愛(ài)情片，因?yàn)閶D女在當(dāng)時(shí)開(kāi)始嶄露頭角，紛紛外出工作，社會(huì)上出現(xiàn)了許多硬朗的模范女性，電影中亦是如此。
觀點(diǎn)四：“哇，我夢(mèng)中的白馬王子！”“哦，我夢(mèng)中的白雪公主！”“要是能和他（她）談上一把戀愛(ài)，不知會(huì)是什么滋味？？？”
There are these kind of standard moves that get observed: after there's a set-up, there's what we call a "cute meet" or a "meet cute", meaning some 4)distinctive way that these people come together, ahh, which in my mind is usually 5)reflective of a 6)dynamic relationship. At the core, people who go to romantic comedies, you're 7)preaching to the converted more often than that. These are people who believe in love. And they believe in romance, and that means 8)unattached as well as attached. I might even say more likely you've got a lot of people who are going to these movies to have that experience to enjoy 9)vicariously what it's like to fall in love and to meet the perfect someone.
據(jù)觀察，愛(ài)情片有這些通用模式：在交代了背景后，主角就在機(jī)緣巧合下邂逅，即他們?cè)谔囟ㄇ榫爸凶叩揭黄饋?lái)，我認(rèn)為這很反映出男女關(guān)系中動(dòng)人的一面。觀看愛(ài)情喜劇片的人通常都是愛(ài)情喜劇迷，他們相信愛(ài)情，相信浪漫，無(wú)論是單身的也好，還是已婚的也罷，他們都能夠從愛(ài)情喜劇中找到共鳴。我傾向于認(rèn)為，許多去看愛(ài)情喜劇片的觀眾都想進(jìn)入角色，去經(jīng)歷并享受墜入愛(ài)河和遇上真命天子時(shí)的不同感受。
注釋：
1) define v. 定義，詳細(xì)說(shuō)明
2) conflict n. 沖突，斗爭(zhēng)
3) feeling their oats 感到精神飽滿
4) distinctive a. 有特色的，與眾不同的
5) reflective a. 沉思的
6) dynamic a. 動(dòng)力的
7) preach v. 宣揚(yáng)，鼓吹 preach to the converted 對(duì)人們宣傳他們?cè)缫殉钟械挠^點(diǎn)
8) unattached a. 獨(dú)立的
9) vicariously ad. 有同感地，間接感受到地
