影片獨白 Alberto:
Don't you have chocolates to sell? Paul: Family comes
first.
文化面面觀
Las Nubes ---
Napa Valley 北加州的納帕山谷
Las Nubes 是西班牙語，意思是 the clouds。影片中的 Las Nubes 就如同一個夢幻中的葡萄園，當
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Napa Valley contains many
vineyards, such as this one. |
得起 the clouds
的美名。據說為了尋找一個帶有夢幻般色彩的葡萄園，導演曾經親赴歐洲、澳洲和南美各地挑選，最后才終于選定了美國加州的納帕山谷。它的美麗也確實在影片中展現無疑。在納帕山谷中，無論清晨還是傍晚，山坡上都會出現陣陣薄霧，使人有如臨夢幻之感。而片中導演那夢幻與現實相結合的拍攝方法，更是使影片充滿了拉美夢幻現實主義的浪漫風情和韻味。
Napa Valley is widely considered one of the top wine regions in California,
and all of the United States with a history dating back
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one of the vineyards of Napa Valley |
to the
nineteenth century. The Mediterranean climate and geography of the valley along
with the surrounding hills and mountains are conducive to growing wine grapes.
Several microclimates exist within the area due to various weather and
geographical influences. The open southern end of the valley floor is cooler
during the growing season due to the proximity of San Pablo Bay while the
sheltered, closed northern end is often much warmer. The valley floor is flanked
by the Mayacamas Mountain Range on the western and northern sides while the Vaca
Mountain Range is on the eastern side. Several smaller valleys also exist within
these two ranges. The floor of the main valley gradually rises from sea level at
the southern end to 362 feet above sea level at the northern end in Calistoga at
the foot of Mount St. Helena. The eastern side of the valley tends to be more
arid due to the fact that winter storms tend to drop much more precipitation on
the western mountains and hills. The soil in the southern end of the valley
consists mainly of sediments deposited by earlier advances and retreats of San
Pablo Bay while the soil at the northern end of the valley contains a large
volume of volcanic lava and ash. Several of the small hills that emerge from the
middle of the valley floor near Yountville are indicators of the region's
volcanic past.
思想火花
這是一個關于愛和根的故事。保羅本是一個孤兒，在上戰場的前夕和自己并不了解的妻子結了婚。在復員回家后，保羅又踏上了買巧克力的道路。在列車上，保羅結識了維多利亞，了解到她所面臨的困
境后，出于善意假辦成維多利亞的丈夫，想使其免受責難安頓下來后自己再悄悄離開。然而很多事情并不如想象的那樣簡單。維多利亞家人正向反向的推波助瀾，總使保羅的離開一推再推，兩人的愛情漸漸萌芽生長，但又明了彼此的責任，十分克制。在回到家后，等待保羅的卻是另有所愛的妻子。當他拿到離婚書的那一刻，他如獲重釋，快樂的跑開并搭車去找維多利亞，歷盡坎坷，有情人終成眷屬。
和保羅相比，維多利亞是個有根的人，無論是她父親自夸的"她的祖先可以追溯到墨西哥最有名望的家族"，還是葡萄園中那顆被奉為圖騰的老葡萄樹，都表示著這個家族的源遠流長。一家人居住在一起，慈祥的爺爺，明理通達的媽媽，這些都是保羅所不具有、并且極端渴望的。當他愛上維多利亞后，他融入了這個家族，找到了自己的根，心中幼年的創傷和殘酷戰爭對他的傷害才開始愈合。
《云中漫步》是浪漫愛情影片，而男女主人公的愛情則因環境使其親近，然彼此又分外克制而更加唯美動人，也許從相識之初乃至保羅決定與維多利亞一起去葡萄園時，他們也并沒有想到最終會跌進愛情的巢臼，恰是這意外的自然，使保羅的善良與正義感更加突顯出來。愛很多的時候總會陰差陽錯，然真情的萌動仍會穿越千山萬水的心路歷程使對方感知。
考考你
用今日所學將下面的句子譯成英語。
1．這件事除去枝節不管，可以歸結為你們倆誰也不喜歡誰。
2．我希望你能留在這里直到結束。
A Walk in the Clouds《云中漫步》（精講之二）考考你 參考答案
1．他被工作束縛住了。
He was tied down by his work.
2．上個月鮑勃和瑪麗分手了。
Bob and Mary broke up last month.
3．我并非真的說我的合伙人是條蛇，不過是打個比方。
I didn't really mean my associate is a snake; it
was just a figure of speech.
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