∷湯寶莉 講評

“書中自有顏如玉”。Ruby Sparks正是那位從書中走出來的女子。

被稱為“天才作家”的Calvin正飽受“江郎才盡”的煎熬，夢中出現(xiàn)的女子Ruby Sparks卻給了他創(chuàng)作的靈感。Calvin醒來發(fā)現(xiàn)夢中女子竟然出現(xiàn)在他的現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中，更令人難以置信的是，Calvin竟然可以通過書寫虛構(gòu)的Ruby來改變現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中的Ruby。隨著二人熱戀激情的退卻，日常相處的磕絆也隨之浮現(xiàn)。兩個(gè)人都渴望擁有屬于自己的空間，但是距離感又讓Calvin覺得失去了對Ruby的控制。于是，Calvin根據(jù)自己的意愿“創(chuàng)作”Ruby的喜怒哀樂。盡管這樣，兩人還是不歡而散。終于，Calvin明白了Ruby不是他任意創(chuàng)作的作品。影片結(jié)束時(shí)，Calvin將自己的新書遞給心理醫(yī)生，說Ruby的故事都是他想象出來的；Calvin在公園里遛狗的時(shí)候巧遇了一位和Ruby一樣的女孩，真實(shí)的故事也許就此開始。

電影《戀戀書中人》似乎講述了一個(gè)不可思議的奇幻故事，但實(shí)際上卻探討了一個(gè)最尋常不過的話題：愛情。每個(gè)人都期待著完美的愛情，想象著對方應(yīng)該是什么樣子，夢想著理想伴侶的出現(xiàn)。俗話說“相愛簡單，相處太難”?，F(xiàn)實(shí)中的戀人是活生生的，不是任何人筆下的作品，容不得隨性地操控和改造。

愛情是什么？電影中給出的答案是：“I like him just the way he is.”“She was no longer his creation. She was free.”

《戀戀書中人》讓我想起了奧黛麗·赫本主演的電影《窈窕淑女》，影片中語言學(xué)家愛上了自己調(diào)教出的“淑女”?；蛟S，希臘神話中的皮格馬利翁（Pygmalion，他愛上了自己創(chuàng)作的少女雕像，愛神深受感動，賜予了雕像生命）正是這兩部電影的靈感之神吧。

片段一：Calvin發(fā)現(xiàn)他可以通過寫作來改變現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中的Ruby，他請來哥哥Harry驗(yàn)證Ruby的真實(shí)性。

Harry: I have to say, that’s the best meat loaf I’ve ever had.

Ruby: Thank you. It’s a family recipe. I can’t really take credit.

Harry: So your… your family’s in Ohio?

Ruby: Yeah. Actually, my parents died when I was a baby in an accident and I got moved around a lot. I guess that habit stuck. I’ve lived in nine cities in six years, so…

Harry: Nine?Ruby: Yeah.

Harry: Wow, that’s a lot of cities.

Ruby: I’m so sorry. I’m totally monopolizing this conversation.

Harry: No. This is fascinating. Please keep going. Please.

Ruby: What nice boys. Your mom must be so proud. It’s hard to raise a decent guy.

Harry: Oh, I think a person would have to do something pretty amazing to produce a good woman.

Calvin: Okay. Great. Uh, you guys like each other. I think Harry has to go now. Right, buddy?

Ruby: He can be such a control freak, right?

Ruby做了好吃的肉餡糕招待Harry。祖?zhèn)髅胤?，她不敢居功。credit，這里取“贊揚(yáng)，認(rèn)可”之意，如：I can’t take all the credit for the show’s success—It was a team effort.（演出成功不是我一個(gè)人的功勞，是集體努力的結(jié)果。）

Ruby還談?wù)摿怂募胰撕鸵郧暗钠瓷?。但是現(xiàn)在遇到了Calvin，這種生活要結(jié)束了：the habit stuck. 四處搬家的生活似乎成了一種習(xí)慣，所以這里Ruby用了habit這個(gè)詞。stuck是stick的過去式，這里取“長久保留”之意，不要與我們常用的stick to（堅(jiān)持）混淆。

monopolize the conversation，指Ruby一個(gè)人在喋喋不休。monopolize指“壟斷，獨(dú)占”，大詞小用，是Ruby夸張的幽默用法。

It’s hard to raise a decent guy，“養(yǎng)個(gè)好兒子太不容易了”。decent也算是good一詞的近義詞，如：a decent job/dress/guy（體面/像樣的工作/裙子/小伙子）。

Harry一直聽得津津有味，因?yàn)镽uby所說的這一切正是剛剛兄弟兩人在樓上時(shí)Calvin敲進(jìn)打字機(jī)的內(nèi)容。“一個(gè)人得有多大本事才能創(chuàng)造出一個(gè)好女人。”Harry的話一語雙關(guān)，因?yàn)镽uby正是Calvin的作品——the creation。眼看Harry要說漏嘴，Calvin下了逐客令。a control freak，“控制狂”，此刻這似乎是一個(gè)戲稱，但接下來的劇情卻嚴(yán)肅地證明了這一點(diǎn)：他用自己的文學(xué)創(chuàng)作來塑造Ruby。文學(xué)是想象力的產(chǎn)物，但是你想象中的戀人卻并不是你身邊活生生的那個(gè)人。理想情人，也許只能是個(gè)不真實(shí)的美夢。

片段二：在一次聚會上，Calvin遇到了前女友Lila,兩人因?yàn)楫?dāng)年的分手吵了起來。

Lila: Never mind. I don’t know why I thought maybe you’d be happy for me.

Calvin: How was I anything but supportive? I read every draft you gave me and I took you into my writer’s group. I introduced you to Langdon.

Lila: Begrudgingly.

Calvin: What? I literally can’t hear you.

Lila: Begrudgingly. You weren’t curious about me.You never were. You just had this image of who I was.And anything I did that contradicted it, you just ignored.

Calvin: What image? The one you left me as soon as I wasn’t successful?

Lila: You think I gave a shit if you were famous? All that I wanted was for you, I don’t know, to care about me.

Calvin: Care about you? You left weeks after my father died. Do you really want to talk about caring?

Lila: Oh, God.

Calvin: Do you know what people say?

Lila: You were impenetrable.

Calvin: They say “how would you love a person like that”.

Lila: I tried to help. You refused to let me in.Calvin: And I say, “I have no clue.”

Lila: The only person that you wanted to be in a relationship with was you, so I let you do that.

Calvin: You really let yourself off the hook, don’t you?Lila: Goodbye, Cal.

Calvin: Goodbye. Have a great life.

當(dāng)年Calvin的父親剛剛?cè)ナ?，而他由于沒有新作品問世也面臨著過氣的危險(xiǎn)，Lila卻在那個(gè)時(shí)候選擇離開。而如今Lila已經(jīng)出版了自己的小說，這更讓Calvin氣憤，因?yàn)槭撬oLila的稿子提建議，介紹她進(jìn)入了作家圈子。anything but，意為“絕不，一點(diǎn)也不”，如：He was anything but diligent.（他一點(diǎn)也不勤奮。）He never did anything but blunder.（除了蠢事他什么都干過。）因此Calvin口中的“How was I anything but supportive?”意為“我怎么可能支持你呢？”

begrudgingly意為“不情愿地”，近義詞有 unwillingly和 reluctantly。

literally這里用來強(qiáng)調(diào)“（事實(shí)可能令人驚訝）真正地，確實(shí)地”，如：I literally crawled to the top of the hill.（我真的是爬到山頂上的。）

Lila很傷心。她在乎的不是Calvin的名氣，她希望

Calvin在乎她、關(guān)心她，可是Calvin對她并不好奇。在Calvin心中，有一個(gè)他自己擬定好的Lila的形象，Lila做了任何與設(shè)定形象不一致的事情，Calvin總是視而不見。Calvin的父親去世后，Lila試圖安慰勸解，但是Calvin拒絕讓人走進(jìn)他的內(nèi)心，他唯一想要的戀愛對象只是他自己。Lila心灰意冷，才決定離開Calvin。

口語中常用I don’t give a shit about sth.，意為“我根本不在乎……”，語氣較粗俗。

impenetrable指“讓人難以理解的”，該詞源自動詞penetrate（穿透；領(lǐng)悟），如：The knife penetrated into his chest.（刀子刺入了他的胸膛。）None of my advice seems to have penetrated his thick skull.（他那木頭腦袋似乎一點(diǎn)也聽不進(jìn)去我的忠告。）

let sb. in這里喻指“讓某人進(jìn)入內(nèi)心世界”。

be in a relationship with sb. 通常指“與某人有戀愛關(guān)系，交往”。

hook“魚鉤”，let sb. off the hook 喻指“讓某人擺脫困境、麻煩，放過某人”，如：The teacher let him off the hook with a warning this time.（這次老師放過他，只給了他一個(gè)警告。）片中的句子可以翻譯成“你真是要把自己撇得一干二凈”。

愛情是盲目而自私的。因?yàn)槊つ浚屇銇聿患翱辞鍖Ψ?，也迷失了自己；因?yàn)樽运?，讓你總是希望對方能成為你想要的樣子，也許Lila點(diǎn)破了所有的人：你唯一想戀愛的對象是自己。因?yàn)樽晕业呐蛎?，讓我們在愛情中迷失，忘記了最初我們愛的就是?他原本的樣子。I like him just the way he is.

愛情是折磨人的東西，讓人心碎卻又著迷。我們會受傷、成長，然后學(xué)會怎樣去愛一個(gè)人。