I Never Thought I Would Be a Star我從沒想過我會成為明星

⊙ By Aamir Khan ⊙ 翻譯：BillyBudd

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I Never Thought I Would Be a Star我從沒想過我會成為明星

⊙ By Aamir Khan ⊙ 翻譯：BillyBudd

前一陣子在國內票房一路飄紅的印度勵志電影《摔跤吧！爸爸》讓許多年輕人認識了印度的“國寶級”全能演員阿米爾·汗。阿米爾·汗從小就生活在“圈里”，他父親和叔叔都是電影導演，他年僅八歲就在叔叔導演的電影里露面，但家人始終反對他當演員；一直到上大學的時候，他自己萌發了當演員的念頭，并于1988年在他表兄執導的《冷暖人生》中飾演拉茲一角。從影近三十年來，阿米爾·汗拍了四十余部電影，獲獎無數，他的表演就是票房的保證。那阿米爾·汗究竟是如何看待自己的表演生涯的呢？來聽聽他是怎么說的吧。

Interviewer:When did that first1)germ [d?з?m] n.芽，萌芽germof that thought come to you “Maybe I can be an actor?”

Aamir:Well,you know,I think it must have been when I was about 15,16 or so.What really made me realize that I want to be in the film,whether it’s acting…I want to be part of cinema is when I did a short film for a friend of mine.So,he was making a short film for himself to learn cinema and film-

口語指南針

印度英語語速快，口音重，乍聽起來很難懂，大部分中國學生都會抱怨說要聽明白印度英語不是件容易的事。其實，只要掌握了一些規律，你也能聽懂印度英語。印度英語有三個特點：一是在輔音發音上沒有爆破音和清輔音之分，因此p成了b、t成了d、k成了g；二是有些開口元音變成了閉口元音，如[e?]變成了[?]等；三是聲調與我們聽慣的英美口音不同。明白了印度英語的這三個特點，聽時再結合上下文，你就可以基本理解印度英語的大意了。making and…and he needed help,so he asked me if I’d act in it.And I was his actor,spot boy,production manager,assistant director,all rolled into one.So we2)shoot [?u?t] v.拍攝，過去式為shot。shotthat film,it’s a 40-minute film,and the experience of doing that film made me realize that this is where I want to be.

And then,today,when I think back,actually the seed here,it was3)sow [s??] v.播（種），過去分詞為sown。sownmuch earlier,because,when I was a kid,I used to love to listen to stories.And a lot of writers and directors would come to4)pitch [p?t?] v.<非正式>推銷，力薦pitchscripts to my dad and to my uncle,and I would sit in the corner,and I used to listen to the stories.So I must have heard hundreds of stories of different writers,directors who come and pitch.Could be story line here,could be an outline here,could be a fully developed script here.And every Saturday,Sunday,which was a school holiday for me,I used to listen to stories,and,you know,I think that was my first training ground of understanding script and stories,and I used to listen to them talk,and I still remember my dad used to always say at the end of a5)narration [n??re??（?）n] n.敘述，故事narration…

Interviewer:So,you were naturally…

Aamir:…what he was saying,which I realized later on,is he was saying “What is the6)premise [?prem?s] n.前提premiseof your film? What are you trying to say?” All of this started going into me at a very young age.I was seven or eight at that time.So,but it7)come to the fore 出現，涌現came to the foreinto my8)conscious [?k?n??s] adj.有意識的，意識到的consciousthinking when I was about 15.

瓷貼面修復，因其色澤穩定、對牙齦無刺激、牙體預備量少等優點，已被廣泛應用于臨床中[1]。傳統的修復方法，主要依靠肉眼觀察及手工來完成，存在一定的誤差，既增加了患者的每次就診的時間和就診次數，又降低了患者的舒適程度。隨著科技的發展及口腔技術的改革創新，數字化技術在口腔領域中逐漸被廣泛應用，目前口腔醫生已可采用數字化技術制作出更精確的全瓷貼面修復體[2]，在時間效率、制作精度和患者舒適度方面顯示出了更多的優勢。本研究對數字化方法和傳統方法制作的全瓷貼面的臨床療效進行了觀察。

Interviewer:Like9)eureka [???ri?k?] int.（歡呼）找到了，有了eureka.

Aamir:Yeah,that’s what I want to do.

作文素材常積累：阿米爾·汗——By seeking andblundering[犯愚蠢錯誤],we learn.不論是科學界還是文學界，各界大拿從未質疑犯錯對成功的引領作用。阿米爾也不例外。1988年，年僅23歲的阿米爾獲印度國家電影獎特別關注獎。隨后，年輕氣盛的他一口氣接了好幾部電影，但大多票房及口碑不佳。失敗后的阿米爾進行了反思，從而樹立了幾個從業原則，比如文中提及的根據劇本質量選電影等。正如他本人所言，正是從失敗中吸取了教訓才讓自己變成了更優秀的人。犯錯并不可怕，可怕的是不能從錯誤中走出來，吸取教訓再次放手一搏。Like eureka.

Eureka是個感嘆詞，據說是古希臘數學家及發明家阿基米德在洗澡時跨進浴盆后注意到水位上升，然后靈機一閃，明白了盛水容器中排出的水的體積等于浸入水中的不規則物體的體積這一道理，大呼“Eureka! Eureka!”后興奮得衣服也沒穿，跑到大街上同眾人分享這一發現。Eureka是當時阿基米德說的古希臘語的英文音譯，意思就是“我發現了”，后指因突然找到解決方法而歡呼，常用詞組為eureka moment，例：Adam jumped with excitement when the idea hit him.It was truly an eureka moment.（想法出現時，亞當興奮地跳了起來，那真的是靈光一閃的瞬間。）

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采訪者：你第一次萌生“或許我可以當一個演員”這種想法是什么時候？

阿米爾：嗯，你知道嗎，我想一定是在我15、16歲左右。我真正意識到自己想要進入電影這個行業，不論演不演戲……在幫一個朋友拍攝一部短片的時候，我產生了進入電影行業這個念頭。他當時因為正在學習電影和電影制作，要自己拍一個短片，需要人幫忙。于是他就問我要不要在里面演個角色。于是我就成了他的主演、場務、制片主任跟助理導演，身兼數職。然后我們就拍了那部短片，那是個40分鐘長的片子，就是這次拍片的經歷讓我意識到，這就是我想做的事。

采訪者：這么說，你是自然而然……

阿米爾：……我是后來才理解他說的話。他當時說：“你影片的前提是什么？你想表達什么？”所有這些都在我很小的時候就扎根在我心里，我那時才七八歲。但直到我15歲時，我才有意識地想到這一點。

采訪者：就像靈機一動。

阿米爾：對，那就是我想做的事。

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阿米爾眼中的阿米爾

My Mistakes

I made a lot of mistakes in my career and had unsuccessful films also to my credit.But I have always learnt from my mistakes as that has always pushed me to do better and10)evolve [??v?lv] v.發展，進化evolveas an actor and as a person.I don’t regret doing any film in my career as the experience has taught me a lot.

My Passion for Cinema

I never thought I would be a star and be successful.I believed in doing what I felt was right and just followed by heart.The two qualities that I feel have brought me till here are my11)passion [?p??（?）n] n.熱情，熱愛passionand madness for cinema but the same also12)backfire [?b?kfa??（r）] v.產生反效果，事與愿違backfireat times and is dangerous.

My View on13)box office 票房，售票處Box Office Numbers

Box office numbers are a possible indicator of how much people have liked a film,but they are not the only indicator.Sometimes,numbers can be misleading.14)by and large 大體上，總的來說By and large,the number forms a15)yardstick [?jɑ?dst?k] n.碼尺，準繩yardstickthat if this film has16)garner [?gɑ?n?（r）] v.獲得garneredso much then a lot of people have liked it and seen it again and again.So numbers are some sort of a yardstick for appreciation of a film.

My Choice of Films

My choice of films is17)dictate [d?k?te?t] v.決定，對……有決定性影響dictatedby my creative18)instinct [??nst??kt] n.本能，天性instincts.What moves me as a creative person or as a human being…that is what19)drive [dra?v] v.推動，驅動drivesme in accepting films.Number is the last thing on my mind when I’m listening to a story.

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我對錯誤的認識

我在我的電影生涯中曾犯過許多錯誤，也拍過一些失敗的影片。但我總會從自己的錯誤中吸取教訓，因為這么做總是能激勵我成為一名更好的演員、更優秀的人。對我職業生涯中參演過的所有影片，我都不會感到后悔，因為正是這些經歷使我獲益良多。

我對電影的熱情

我從沒想過我會成為明星，獲得成功。我相信要做自己認為正確的事，然后一切從心就好。我覺得我之所以有今天，原因有兩個：我對電影的熱愛與瘋狂，但它們有時也會產生適得其反的效果，非常危險。

我對票房的看法

票房是一種指標，它可能反映了人們對一部電影的喜愛程度，但這并非唯一的指標。有時候，數字也會誤導人?？偟膩碚f，票房是一種標準，它意味著如果一部電影的票房收入很高，那代表它受到觀眾的喜愛，從而吸引了大批觀眾多次觀影。因此，票房是衡量觀眾對一部影片賞識程度的大致標準。

我對電影的選擇

我對電影的選擇是由我的創作直覺決定的。促使我成為一個有創造性的人的因素……就是推動我同意出演角色的原因。在我傾聽某個故事時，錢是最無足輕重的。