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第四页：演员介绍
第五页：剧情简介

影片对白：

Ben: It takes approximately 500 pounds to crush a human skull. But the human emotion is a much more delicate thing. Take Suzy, my first real girlfriend. My first real breakup, happening right in front of me. I never thought it was going to be similar to a car crash. I've slammed the brakes, and I'm skidding towards an emotional impact. So is this all my fault? Me. Ben Willis. It's funny what goes through your mind at a time like this. The two-and-a-half years we spent together. The promises we made. The holidays we took with her parents. The lamp we bought at Ikea together. It was my final year at art college. And in the weeks that followed the breakup, I tried to figure out what went wrong. Why did we break up? It's funny, but when I think back now the reason seems so small. One day she's with me, and she's saying "I love you," and the next week she's with someone else. Probably saying the same thing. So did she really love me? What is love anyway? And is it really that fleeting?

Sean: Forget about her. You don't wanna waste your time thinking about a girl that dumped you for a loser like Steve Jenkins.

Ben: She didn't dump me.

Sean: Why did she chuck you anyway?

Ben: It ended 'cause Suzy thinks the grass is always greener on the other side. She's always worrying about there being a better party to go to. Or a better boyfriend to be had. I just felt I could never make her happy.

Ben and Sean (at the same time): And then Steve Jenkins started texting her.

Sean: How did Steve Jenkins get her number?

Ben: It was a good point. I only imagined the worst. I don't want to think about it.

Sean: You need to go out with a beautiful girl. A model or something.

Ben: Why?

Sean: Well, because if you've got a beautiful girl on your arm, then you must be worth having. Women are in competition with each other, you see. Suzy sees you with a sexy baby, she'll think to herself "If I can get Ben back from that beautiful girl, then I must be more beautiful than her."

Ben: Sean's success with women was pretty impressive.

Sean: It's true. Ask your mom.[page]

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第四页：演员介绍
第五页：剧情简介

1. breakup: 分手，（婚约等的）破裂。例如：At last, it led to the breakup of marriage.（最后这件事导致了离婚。）

2. skid: 滑行。看一下例子：I tried to brake and we skidded into the ditch.（我试图煞车，结果我们向一侧滑到沟里。）影片中Ben用撞车的比喻来形容失恋给他带来的巨大震撼和痛苦。

3. fleeting: 转瞬即逝的，短暂的。影片中女友的突然离去让Ben对爱情产生了怀疑。看一下例子：There was a fleeting moment of suspicion on his face.（他脸上闪过一丝怀疑的神色。）另外，我们常说的“光阴似箭”就是Time is fleeting。

4. chuck: 抛弃。看一下例子：Was she willing to chuck everything to run north?（她情愿抛弃一切跑到北方去吗？）

chuck也可以表示“放弃，辞掉（工作等）”。例如：chuck (up) a job（辞掉工作）

chuck也可以作名词用，the chuck表示“辞退，解雇”，例如：He tried his best to get you to give me the chuck.（他想法设法要你辞退我。）

5. text: 给……发短信。表示“发短信”也可以用sending text message或text messaging。看一下例子：The driver admitted he was texting seconds before the accident.（司机承认，事发几秒钟前他在发短信。）[page]

第一页：片段欣赏
第二页：巧学口语
第三页：小小翻译家
第四页：演员介绍
第五页：剧情简介

1. 我只是瞬间看到他一眼。

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2. 当人们放弃宗教时道德将会出现什么变化呢？

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3. 我不喜欢乱花钱。

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4. 禁止上课时发短信。

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答案见下期

《超市夜未眠》精讲之六    参考答案
1.The bitter wind sapped the climber’s remaining strength.
2.This place has a spell and people feel it when they come here.
3.The beauty of the tropical islands cast a spell over the tourists.
4.He buggered about the house all day.

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演员简介
    肖恩·比格斯代夫（Sean Biggerstaff）：1983年出生的英国演员。从2001年开始参演《哈利·波特》系列电影，肖恩饰演电影中的葛莱芬多魁地奇队长Oliver Wood。2004年主演了获得奥斯卡提名的短片《超市夜未眠》，2006年主演了加长版的电影《超市夜未眠》。
艾米丽雅·福克斯（Emilia fox）：英国演员，1974年出生。主演过1999年的《大卫·科波菲尔》（David Copperfield）、2002年的《钢琴家》（The Pianist）和2009年的《道林·格雷》（Dorian Gray）等多部电影。[page]
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     Ben Willis（肖恩·比格斯代夫饰）是在艺术学院就读的学生，他被女朋友Suzy甩了之后，开始失眠。为了消磨晚上漫长的时间，他决定到当地的一家超市上晚班。在那里，他遇见了形形色色的人物。在枯燥乏味的夜班工作时间里，他施展自己极端丰富的想象力，把同事和顾客全都幻想成自己脑海中编织的故事的角色。他幻想时间“暂时停顿”，能够冻结世界的艺术之美，以便仔细和从容地欣赏世间和人物的美。他对不太爱说话的女收银员Sharon Pintey（艾米丽雅·福克斯饰）的美貌特别敏感，似乎在这个女孩的身上能够找到解决失眠的办法。本片根据肖恩·埃利斯2004年在12个国际电影节中获得最佳短片奖的18分钟同名短片改编而来。该同名短片获得了2006年第78届奥斯卡最佳真人短片提名，是当年五部提名短片中唯一和死亡无关的电影。
    主人公Ben在《超市夜未眠》中，富有哲学意味的画外音贯穿着整部电影，但毫不沉闷。扩充后的剧组团队能够更加完美的诠释这个故事，几乎没有太多人物对白的表演，与女主角艾米丽雅·福克斯精致优雅的罗曼蒂克气息十分吻合。