A Special Friendship

小女孩與大巨人的奇幻友情

迪士尼電影《圓夢巨人》（The BFG）講述的是一個(gè)孤兒院的孤女與一個(gè)不吃人的巨人的故事。

這個(gè)名叫蘇菲（Sophie）的小女孩在夜里經(jīng)常睡不著覺。有一天，她在“巫師出沒的時(shí)刻”看到一個(gè)像樓房一樣高的巨人沿街走過來。巨人發(fā)現(xiàn)蘇菲看見了他，便把她拎回了巨人國。這個(gè)巨人被蘇菲稱為BFG，即“友好的巨人”（Big Friendly Giant）。他專門搜集好夢，把夢分門別類地裝在玻璃瓶子里，再挨家挨戶地把好夢吹到人們的睡夢中。他與巨人國中的其他巨人不一樣：其他巨人都吃人，他只吃自己種植的食物。為了阻止其他巨人繼續(xù)吃人，聰明的蘇菲想出一個(gè)好辦法：她讓BFG調(diào)制出一個(gè)關(guān)于巨人吃小孩的噩夢，并把這個(gè)夢吹到英國女王的睡夢里。

最終，在女王的幫助下，那些吃人的巨人被制服了，而蘇菲和BFG也回到了各自的生活中，不時(shí)呼喚對(duì)方。

by WJ

BFG正在為捉夢做準(zhǔn)備。因?yàn)橥饷嬗谐匀说木奕?，他不?zhǔn)蘇菲一起去。可是大膽又好奇的蘇菲哪里肯錯(cuò)過這樣的機(jī)會(huì)，她不停地求BFG帶她一起去。

Scene A

Sophie:You can’t have secrets from me. It’s too late for that. You must take me.

BFG:No.

Sophie:We can’t have secrets. I’ll tell you mine. I sneak around at night too, and I steal sometimes, and I lie. So…so I’m lonely most of the time. I’ve never had a best friend. Sounds like you, I’ll bet.

BFG:We…we gets over it and we…we…we gets on with it.

Sophie: FleshHead, he’ll come and eat me. My blood will be on your hands.

BFG:Everything about you goes against all my better judgmentals, gal.

Sophie:Well, I’m right about this one. I promise I am.

電影中的BFG因?yàn)楹苌俸腿祟愓f話，而他的英文也不過由一個(gè)小男孩所教，同時(shí)根據(jù)一本從人類房間“借”來的書自學(xué)而來，所以BFG講的英語會(huì)有不少不規(guī)范的地方。選段中有語法錯(cuò)誤的句子都畫了線。另外，錄音朗讀部分我們會(huì)采用正確的形式。

1. We…we gets over it and we…we…we gets on with it. 這句話的動(dòng)詞使用不當(dāng)，gets應(yīng)改為get，正確的句子應(yīng)為：We…we get over it and we…we…we get on with it.

2. Everything about you goes against all my better judgmentals. 這句話的用詞不當(dāng)，judgmental應(yīng)改為judgment，意思是“判斷”，正確的句子應(yīng)為：Everything about you goes against all my better judgments.

sneak [sni:k] v. 偷偷溜走

steal [sti:l] v. 偷，偷竊

flesh [fle?] n. 肉，肉體

judgmental [d??d?'mentl] adj. 審判的

gal [g?l] n. 女孩（常用于口語中）

在躲避幾個(gè)吃人巨人的過程中，蘇菲不慎遺失了自己的毛毯。BFG害怕吃人巨人會(huì)吃掉蘇菲，便把她送回了孤兒院。

Sophie:Did I fall asleep? Why are you giving me a dream? Why are you giving me a dream? Why are you giving me a…dream?

BFG:You dropped your blanket. So they must know you was there. You is not safe with me, gal.

Sophie:So? You is not safe with me. Never mind that now.

BFG:There was a boy. He liked to read. He taught me how to read. You’s wearing his little red jacket. I hears his lonely heart, just like I hears yours. Then, he seen me, like you did. So I had to take him, hipswitch. I could’ve brought him back home, but then it be too late.

Sophie:It won’t be like that. We’ll stop the giants. We’ll make them go away forever. Was the boy scared?

BFG:Yeah, in the end.

Sophie:I’m not.

BFG:Brave Sophie.

Sophie:I’m not. I’m not. I’m not!

在這個(gè)選段中，BFG的話中同樣有不少不規(guī)范之處。有語法錯(cuò)誤的句子都畫了線。錄音朗讀部分我們會(huì)采用正確的形式。

1. So they must know you was there. 動(dòng)詞使用不當(dāng)，was應(yīng)改為were，正確的句子應(yīng)為：So they must know you were there.

2. You is not safe with me. 動(dòng)詞使用不當(dāng)，is應(yīng)改為are，正確的句子應(yīng)為：You are not safe with me.

3. You’s wearing his little red jacket. 動(dòng)詞使用不當(dāng)，is應(yīng)改為are，正確的句子應(yīng)為：You’re wearing his little red jacket.

4. I hears his lonely heart, just like I hears yours. 動(dòng)詞使用不當(dāng)，hears應(yīng)改為heard，正確的句子應(yīng)為：I heard his lonely heart, just like I heard yours.

5. Then, he seen me, like you did. 動(dòng)詞使用不當(dāng)，seen應(yīng)改為saw，正確的句子應(yīng)為：Then, he saw me, like you did.

6. I could’ve brought him back home, but then it be too late. 動(dòng)詞使用不當(dāng)，be應(yīng)改為was，正確的句子應(yīng)為：I could’ve brought him back home, but then it was too late.

drop [d??p] v. 落下（過去式：dropped）

hipswitch ['h?psw?t?] 巨人國里的語言，意思是“立刻”

在女王的幫助下，吃人巨人們被隔絕在了一座小島上。從此以后，蘇菲和女王生活在一起，而BFG則回到了他的巨人國，繼續(xù)為人類圓夢。雖然巨人國只剩下他一個(gè)人，但是BFG并不孤單：他還是會(huì)在夢里與蘇菲相見，傾聽她的小秘密。

Scene C

Sophie: I had a dream last night. In the dream, I was awakened by a beautiful buzzing humming noise floating above my bed. I walked to the window and against the horizon I saw his long legs leaping, suitcase and trumpet in hand. I could see all the way to Giant Country. I could see the garden BFG was growing. He had fruits and berries, cauliflower and tomatoes. I saw the stone door and the crooked windows. His cape was hanging by the door. I saw the crow’s nest and his sailor boat bed. I saw his rocking chair and a fire burning in the fireplace with a much nicer stew cooking. I could see the scattered pages of the book he was writing. He was happy and I was happy. When I’m lonely, which is not nearly as often as before, I talk to him and he actually hears me. Because BFG hears all the secret whisperings of the world.

Good morning, BFG.

awaken [?'we?k?n] v. 喚醒

（過去分詞：awakened）

buzzing ['b?z??] adj. 嗡嗡響的

humming ['h?m??] adj. 發(fā)出嗡嗡聲的

float [fl??t] v. 浮動(dòng)（-ing形式：floating）

leap [li:p] v. 跳躍（-ing形式：leaping）

suitcase ['su:tke?s] n. 手提箱

trumpet ['tr?mp?t] n. 喇叭

cauliflower ['k?l?fla??] n. 花椰菜，菜花

cape [ke?p] n. 斗篷，披肩

crow’s nest [kr??s nest] n. 守望樓，崗?fù)?/p>

stew [stju:] n. 燉煮的菜肴

scattered ['sk?t?d] adj. 零散的，到處都是的

whispering ['w?sp?r??] n. 耳語

（復(fù)數(shù)：whisperings）