影视听力 第51期:Stop-Loss 止损
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：影视英语听力
在漫长的伊拉克战争中终于盼到兵役期满回国的布兰顿·金，本打算在德州老家重新营造起曾经逝去的平静生活。但根据美军“止损条例”的一纸调令又彻底粉碎了他的美好愿望。
对话文本:(系普特网友整理，文本只包括旁白影评部分，不包括电影原声。)
Stop-Loss is a new film directed and co-written by Kimberly Peirce. It's her long-awaited follow-up to Boys Don't Cry, her debut 1 which came out in 1999. Stop-Loss is the latest in a series of movies dealing 2 with the war in Iraq. And like a lot of those movies, it's uneven 3, it's well-intentioned, but it also has a lot of energy and conviction and some very good performances, including above all by Ryan Phillippe who is not an actor, who always brings a lot of feeling or authenticity 4 to his roles, but here he is really quite good.
Phillippe plays a squad 5 leader. We first see him and his fellow soldiers in Tikrit in Iraq where they are in the middle of a bloody 6 firefight where some of them are killed and others are wounded, and he and his buddies 7 go back rather shaken but also relieved to be home to Brazos, Texas, his hometown where he and his best buddy 8, played by Channing Tatum, reunite with Tatum's fiancée who's played by the Australian actress Abbie Cornish.
And what happens next is that Phillippe's character discovers that he's been stop-lossed, which means that he has been called back for another troop duty.
And this precipitates 9 the movie's long somewhat unconvincing middle. He goes AWOL with his best friend's fiancée. There is a lot of agonizing 10 about what he is gonna do, is he gonna go back.
At this point the movie starts to thunder a little bit and there is a lot of speechifying and big emotional scenes and in the end Stop-Loss never quite arrives at any resolution, but this in a way is part of the movie's honesty since the war itself has not arrived at much of a resolution.
In addition to Phillippe's performances, there are other very good ones. Abbie Cornish is excellent although she has a little bit of trouble with the Texas accent .And Joseph Gordon-Levitt is as always terrific as a younger more unstable 11 member of the squad.
And all in all this movie has a lot going for it .I think we still are waiting for the movie that really captures the full range of emotions and ideas and problems associated with the war in Iraq. But given the way the war is going, there is probably plenty of time for someone to make that movie and get it out there.
- That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
- The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。
- This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
- His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
- The sidewalk is very uneven—be careful where you walk.这人行道凹凸不平—走路时请小心。
- The country was noted for its uneven distribution of land resources.这个国家以土地资源分布不均匀出名。
- There has been some debate over the authenticity of his will. 对于他的遗嘱的真实性一直有争论。
- The museum is seeking an expert opinion on the authenticity of the painting. 博物馆在请专家鉴定那幅画的真伪。
- The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
- A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。
- He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
- He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。
- We became great buddies. 我们成了非常好的朋友。 来自辞典例句
- The two of them have become great buddies. 他们俩成了要好的朋友。 来自辞典例句
- Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
- Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！
- Water precipitates camphor from its alcoholic solution. 水能把樟脑从其酒精溶液中淀析出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Precipitates are usually collected by centrifugation at intervals. 常常是用离心法分段收集沉淀的。 来自辞典例句
- I spent days agonizing over whether to take the job or not. 我用了好些天苦苦思考是否接受这个工作。
- his father's agonizing death 他父亲极度痛苦的死