總有一段“芳華”刻骨銘心

湖北省洪湖市第二中學 歐陽克

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Youthshows our parents’generation when they were young.

在青春片泛濫的年代里，不少觀眾或許對校園戀愛這種套路都有些膩味，然而馮小剛的新片《芳華》讓人眼前一亮，因為它講述的是我們父母一輩的青春……

Chinese movie theaters are never①running short onyouth films.So Young,Fleet of TimeandYesterday Once Moreare just a few that hit the big screen in recent years.

Here comes another one—Youthby director Feng Xiaogang,which was recently released.But this one is a bit different.It②is dedicated tothe youth of our parents’generation.

Set in the 1970s,the story begins in a military arts troupe歌唱團,in which the soldiers’duties are to sing,dance and promote culture.He Xiaoping is a newcomer and a talented dancer.With a painful childhood,she wants to③make a fresh startin the troupe,yet her family’s background makes her the④laughing stockamong the other girls.The only person who’s nice to her is Liu Feng,a kind and selfless man.

In most youth films,the characters’life paths are only influenced by their⑤individualchoices.However,the young people inYouthare also a part of“the whirlwind of historical change”,as film critic Justin Chang wrote in theLos Angeles Times.In a time span of more than 30 years,they have to experiencethe Cultural Revolution(1966～1976)andthe Sino-Vietnamese⑥conflict(1978～1979),during which Liu Feng loses an arm and He Xiaoping⑦suffers froma mental illness.The disbandment解散of the troupe also⑧tearsthemaway fromthe life and people they⑨aresofamiliar with,⑩throwingthemintoa new life they know nothing about.

They all have to learn to“?make peace withthe past and?make the most ofthe present”,wrote reporter Giovanna Fulvi on the websiteTiff.net.

But there’s still something that never changes about youth.No matter what time of history it is,people share the same longing for love and beauty.Sunshine,laughter and swimming pools—these typical images of youth are all well kept by Feng in his new film.

?According toiFeng News,Youthis actually a nostalgic懷舊的and personal work that Feng dedicates to his own experiences of working in a troupe.

“When I?look backin time,everything else in my life seems to be black and white,”he said. “The days in the troupe are the only part of my memory that always remains colorful.”

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Vocabulary Bank

1.run short on缺少

2.be dedicated to...致力于……；獻身于……

3.make a fresh start全新開始

4.laughing stock 笑料；笑柄

5.individualadj.個人的

6.conflictn.沖突

7.suffer from...因……而受罰；染上……

8.tear...away from 使……勉強地離開

9.be familiar with...熟悉……

10.throw...into...把……扔進……

11.make peace with...與……講和；與……和好

12.make the most of...充分利用……

13.according to...根據……

14.look back 回頭看；回顧

Difficult Sentence

Set in the 1970s,the story begins in a military arts troupe in which the soldiers’duties are to sing,dance and promote culture.電影的背景設定在20世紀70年代，故事在一個部隊文工團中展開。在文工團中，唱歌跳舞、做文藝宣傳工作是士兵們的職責。

（be）set in“以……為背景”，為過去分詞作狀語； in which為“介詞+關系代詞”結構，引導定語從句，修飾限制先行詞 arts troupe；to sing,dance and promote culture為動詞不定式作表語。

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中國影院從來都不乏青春片。《致我們終將逝去的青春》、《匆匆那年》,以及《誰的青春不迷茫》都是近年來登陸大銀幕的幾部作品。

最近上映的馮小剛新片《芳華》也是一部青春題材的電影，但這部電影卻有些不同，它講述的是我們父母那代人的青春。

電影的背景設定在20世紀70年代，故事在一個部隊文工團中展開。在文工團中，唱歌跳舞、做文藝宣傳工作是士兵們的職責。新來的何小萍是位極具才華的文藝女兵。她有著一段痛苦的童年經歷，希望在文工團中開始新生活，但她的家庭背景在女孩之中成了笑柄，而善良無私的劉峰是唯一對她好的人。

在大多數青春片中，角色的人生道路往往只受到個人選擇的影響。然而，正如影評人Justin Chang在《洛杉磯時報》上所寫的那樣，《芳華》中的年輕人也處在“歷史變遷的旋風”中。在30多年的時間中，他們經歷了“文化大革命”(1966～1976)以及對越自衛反擊戰(1978～1979)，在這期間，劉峰失去了一條胳膊，而何小萍飽受精神疾病的折磨。文工團的解散也令他們不得不離開自己熟悉的生活和人，投入到一無所知的新生活中去。

所有人都要學著“與過去和解，充分利用好現在”，記者Giovanna Fulvi在Tiff.net上寫道。

但青春中仍有些事物從未改變。不論何時，人們都對愛與美有著同樣的追求。陽光、歡笑以及游泳池 ——這些青春的經典影像都在馮導的這部新片中被完好無損地保存了下來。

據鳳凰新聞報道，《芳華》實際上是一部懷舊的個人作品，馮小剛將此片獻給了自己在文工團工作的經歷。

“現在回憶往事時，很多記憶都是黑白的，”他說道。“唯獨部隊文工團的生活是腦海里一個有色彩的記憶。”