《肖申克的救援》

胡志美

《肖申克的救贖》是1994年由Frank Darabont 編著并導演的一部電影。它的原型是Stephen King 的小說《麗塔·海沃斯和肖申克的救贖》。該影片自上映以來就因其演員演技精湛，主題深刻而受到多項提名，好評如潮。

Plot：

It portrays the hero， Andy Dufresne， who spent 19 years digging his way out of the Shawshank prison with a small rock hammer and once again regain1 freedom. It contains such views as hope， friendship and persistence2. Years have passed， but The Shawshank Redemption successfully stood the test of time and became one of the most classic movies.

該影片刻畫了主人公安迪·杜弗雷斯歷時19年用一把小石英錘挖隧道逃出肖申克監獄并最終重獲自由的勵志故事。影片中包含很多真知灼見諸如希望、友誼和堅持等等。盡管多年過去了，但《肖申克的救贖》歷經時間的檢驗成為了一部經典之作。

In 1947， the promising banker Andy Dufresne was convicted of3 murdering his wife and her lover. He was actually innocent4 but he had to spend the rest of his life in the Shawshank prison.

1947年，一個很有前途的銀行家安迪·杜夫雷斯被指控謀殺自己的妻子及其情人。實際上他是冤枉的，但他不得不在肖申克這個臭名昭著的監獄渡過自己的余生。

During his stay in Shawshank， Andy made friends with Red who had wide contacts outside and can help others get such things as chess， cigarette， alcohol and so on. Andy asked Red to get him two things—a tiny rock hammer and a post of the then famous actress Rita Hayworth.

在肖申克的日子里他和瑞德成為了朋友，瑞德在外面有很廣泛的人脈可以幫其他獄友弄到很多諸如象棋、香煙和酒之類的東西。安迪讓瑞德幫他弄了兩樣東西——一把小石英錘和一張當紅女星麗塔·海沃絲的海報。

Once， Andy and several other inmates got a chance to work outside when he overheard5 captain Hadleys （the most cold-hearted guard） complaining about the tax on the inheritance. Andy took a risk and gave Hadley some professional suggestions on how to minimize the tax legally.

有一次，安迪和其他幾個獄友有機會到室外去干活，他無意中聽到海德里（最嚴厲的一個獄警）抱怨遺產稅，他冒險上前給他一些專業的建議，告訴他怎樣合法地交最少的稅。

Soon， he is asked to help the guards in Shawshank and nearby prisons deal with their financial matters. The warden Norton took advantage of Andys expertise6 in accountancy to launder7 money for him with a fake identity. In return， he was given an chance to work in the library where he started teaching the rest of inmates to read and write and encourage them to have faith in life again.

從那以后，肖申克及鄰近監獄的警衛都要安迪幫忙處理金融問題。由于安迪在財務方面的特長，典獄長諾頓讓安迪用一個假身份幫他洗錢。作為回報，安迪被安排在圖書館工作，在那里他開始教其他獄友讀書寫字，并鼓勵他們重新對生活充滿希望。

The appearance of Tommy changed the situation dramatically8 because Tommy could testify Andys innocence. Andy went to meet Norton in excitement， hoping to gain a retrial9 and win his freedom back. However， In order to keep Andy in prison to help him launder money， Norton refused the request， and even murdered Tommy.

湯米的出現使當時的情況發生了急劇轉變，因為湯米可以作證洗清安迪的罪名。安迪興沖沖地去找典獄長希望自己的案子能被重審以重新贏回自由。但諾頓為了讓安迪繼續呆在監獄里幫他洗錢，不僅沒有答應還槍殺了湯米。

Tommys death hastened10 Andys pace of regaining freedom. He pretended to give in to Norton but secretly planned his escape and collected the evidence for Nortons and Hadleys crime.

湯米的死加速了安迪追求自由的步伐。他假裝向諾頓妥協，但私下里計劃著他的越獄計劃并偷偷收集諾頓和海德里的犯罪證據。

One morning， Andy was absent for the roll call. He escaped from the tunnel covered by Rita Hayworth. While Norton and other guards were wondering how he could secretly digged such a big hole， Andy withdrew all the money in Nortons bank by using the fake identity he created. At last Norton committed suicide and Hadley was arrested because Andy revealed11 their crime to the local newspaper. In the end， Andy settled down in a seaside village of Mexico where he got his final freedom together with his old friend Red.

一天早上點名的時候，安迪不在。其實他已經通過墻上那個被星麗塔·海沃絲的海報遮住的通道逃出了肖申克監獄。當諾頓他們正驚訝于他是如何秘密地鑿出這么深的通道時，安迪已用那個假身份取走了諾頓賬戶上所有的錢。最后，諾頓自殺了，而海德里鋃鐺入獄，因為安迪向當地一家報社揭露了他們的犯罪證據。在電影的最后，安迪和他的老朋友瑞德在墨西哥一個海邊小鎮安定下來，重獲了最后的自由。

View：

There are always moments in our life when we feel both hopeless and helpless. We feel that the whole world has abandoned12 us and that so many difficulties stand in our way to success. Life is full of ups and downs， then what should we do？ Simply give up？ Absolutely not.

生活中總有些時刻讓我們覺得無望又無助，覺得全世界都已棄我們而去，覺得自己人生的成功之路困難重重。生活總是充滿起起落落的，那我們該怎么辦呢？輕易放棄嗎？當然不能。

Life is like a box of chocolate， you never know what you will get. The key to getting through difficulties is to keep hopeful for life because hope is a good thing， maybe the best of things.

生活就像是一盒巧克力，你永遠不知道自己將要得到什么。而我們渡過難關的關鍵在于要對生活充滿希望，因為希望是一個美好的事物，也許是最好的事物。

Classic lines：

1. Fear can hold you prisoner； hope can set you free. It takes a strong man to save himself， a great man to save another.

怯弱囚禁人的靈魂，希望讓人重獲自由。強者自救，圣者渡人。

2. Hope is a good thing， maybe the best of things， and no good thing ever dies.

希望是好東西，也許是世間最好的東西，好的事情從不會消逝。

3. Some birds arent meant to be caged， thats all. Their feathers are just too bright.

有些鳥兒注定無法被囚禁。它們的羽毛太耀眼了。

4. I guess it comes down to a simple choice： get busy living or get busy dying.

生命可以歸結為一種簡單的選擇：要么忙于生存，要么趕著去死。

[1] regain vt. 恢復；重新獲得 [2] persistence n. 堅持不懈；毅力

[3] be convicted of 被宣判有罪 [4] innocent adj. 無辜的；無罪的

[5] overhear v. 無意中聽到 [6] expertise n. 專門知識；專門技術

[7] launder vt. 洗滌；清洗；洗黑錢 [8] dramatically adv. 戲劇地；引人注目地

[9] retrial n. 復審 [10] hasten vt. 加速；使趕緊；催促

[11] reveal vt. 顯示；透露；揭露 [12] abandon vt. 遺棄；放棄