廊桥遗梦The_Bridges_Of_Madison_County

重温经典《廊桥遗梦》《廊桥遗梦》是一部深受观众喜爱，并一直备受评论界关注的影片，曾一度在中国掀起了“廊桥热”。

至今20多年过去了，人们对它的喜爱和关注依然未减，堪称是一部关于爱情与责任的经典之作。

该片曾被评为1995年“最具影响力的十部影片”之一；1995年获奥斯卡金像奖最佳女主角提名；1996年入围法国“恺撒奖”最佳外语片奖。

影片男主人公由好莱坞老牌影星“城市牛仔”克林特•伊斯特伍德出演，同时他还是该片的导演，这是伊斯特伍德自编自导的第十六部影片。

女主人公由美国首席演技派影后梅丽尔•斯特里普出演。

这两位资深演员在片中的出色表现，为影片增添了无穷魅力。

该片以其对中年人家庭和情感问题的细腻刻画而得到观众的认同，影片所揭示的中年人的伦理价值观与情感平衡问题受到了观众和评论界的普遍关注。

人世间最让人值得珍惜与苦恼的莫过于爱情，人要在社会中生存，要承担起这样那样的责任，对于爱，同样也要负起责任。

当爱情与传统伦理道德相抵触的时候，做出选择很困难，有人会为了爱情放弃责任，有人会为了负起责任而牺牲爱情。

情感与伦理的碰撞是人世间几百年来亘古不变的话题，人们到底应该怎样选择？是选择自由的爱情，还是选择对家庭的责任？《廊桥遗梦》这部影片对此做出了很好的回答，并对爱做了真正意义上的诠释。

爱是长久――恒久不变的爱小说女主人公弗朗西斯卡出生于意大利，由于第二次世界大战，她嫁给了美国退伍军人理查德，来到一个只讲生存耕作不讲诗不讲情爱的乡村。

在每一天家庭的琐事中，为了丈夫为了孩子，她渐渐失去自我，生活乏味，毫无生机可言！原有的梦想与激情也渐渐消失。

就在此刻，身为《国家地理》杂志摄影师的男主人公罗伯特走进了她的世界。

1965年的一天，丈夫理查德带着一对儿女卡洛琳和迈克去了集市参加农业博览会，妻子弗朗西斯卡独自留在家中，她拥有４天完全属于自己的时光。

独自在家的弗朗西斯卡意外地遇见一位迷路的摄影师罗伯特，闲聊中两人彼此产生了爱慕之情。

Book Report of The Bridges of Madison County商务英语ACCA王语嫣1207090213It seems that all of us are keen to have true love during our whole lives. However, "love" is really hard to define.When we were young, we always dreamt of living fairy tale lives. Ah, the fairy tale, the princess lifestyle, how sweet it all seemed! But in reality, few of us can get "Fairy tale endings" Many other things must be considered, such as responsibility and traditional ethics. This book shows us a story about love, responsibility and maybe something else.Before Robert and Francesca met each other, what kind of lives did they have? Robert was a photographer who devoted almost all his time to taking photos. He loves what he was doing but at the same time he hated those photos he had to take in order to satisfy his boss's profit needs. After he divorced with his wife, he didn't fall in love with anyone else. Francesca's life was much more boring. She was a normal peasant woman and she had a peaceful lifestyle. She could have pretty good relations with her family me members but there was no passion. This kind of life couldn't satisfy her needs. She knew that passion is sweet. She was eager to change her life in some way. I believe that their lives are destined to have a intersection. Their first met is impressive. "And out of the pickup came Robert Kincaid, looking like some version from a never written book called An Illustrated History of Shamans." (The Bridges of Madison County, Page17) The first sight Francesca got of this man suggested that everything would change. She regarded his as a never written book. But later what she felt was very complicated. "Ways that whisper to you in the final moment before sleep comes, when the barriers have fallen......Ways that rearrange the molecular space between male and female, regardless of species."(The Bridges of Madison County, Page17）It seemed that something they had expected for a long time woke up in an instant.Then everything became simply again. They had dinner together, chatted and of course, took a photograph for that bridge. Gradually things were becoming out of control. Both of them must have struggled whether they should follow their hearts or refrain from calling attention to their strong feelings. Finally, emotion won. I guessed that they had realized that it is impossible for them to stay together forever at the beginning. But they would neither care nor regret. Maybe one-week precious memory was enough.Pleasant hours fly fast. No matter how unwilling you are to face it, leaving will eventually come. It seemed that there is a different choice in front of Francesca. Love or responsibility? But personally, I think there is no choice actually. She can't leave without considering about his husband and children, that is for sure. How could she be so selfish? What's more, she must love her family, as they had already lived together for so many years. Affection between family members can not be ignored easily. "Yes, it's boring in its way. My life, that is. It lacks romance......Most of all, itlacks you. But there's this damn sense of responsibility I have." (The Bridges of Madison County, Page65) Francesca talked with Robert sincerely when he asked her to leave with him. "On top of that, and this is even worse, he would have to live the rest of his life with the whispers of the people here"(The Bridges of Madison County, Page65) I believe that Robert must have known her answer before he asked, because he loved her than any other people in the world.With the leaving of Robert, everything returned to calm. It seemed that nothing had happened that week. But from then on, both of them had changed, especially in their deep hearts. They were pushed to continue their lives. Francesca began to collect all his photos, articles that were showed in magazines and she was missing him over day and night. After her husband died, she had tried to contact with him but finally failed. She even dared not to continue looking for him because she was afraid of hearing any bad news. After all he should be 66 at that time. When she received the package from Robert, she opened it carefully and found his silver bracelet and a piece of paper which was the only thing he got from her. When she read his last letter and knew that he had gone, she was not so sad as I imagined. Instead, she was very calm. What was she thinking at that time? I guessed that she may consider about she should asked her children to scatter her ashes at Roseman Bridge.In the common values, extramarital affair is totally unacceptable and loyalty and steadfastness are always praised. However, is there anyone who thinking about why things should be like that? Should we be limited by these theoretic values? Is it really wrong to pursue true love? When I finished reading this story, I asked this question to myself, but there is no answer. Exactly speaking, I can't give a certain answer. It's really hard to judge whether Francesca is right or wrong. Anyway, I was touched by this story on the bridges of Madison County.When I reached the end of the story, I have asked myself more than one time, “If I were Francesca, can I did better than her?”The answer is: No! Maybe I won’t be brave enough to fall in love with Robert, or I will forget my responsibilities when he left. In a word, whatever I have done, I’ll certainly regret when I became older and older. Therefore, I admire what Francesca done in some way. As far as I am concerned, she is an honest, rational and marvelous women!Love is moving by knowing how to let it go. Story can always be touching because of regret existing.。

弗朗西丝卡白蛾舞动翅膀时若想晚餐今晚工作完后随时可来麦迪逊郡之桥罗伯特·金凯畅述漫长之旅金凯摄影华盛顿州叶芝的诗白蛾舞动翅膀时若想晚餐今晚工作完后随时可来德梅因14里离婚专家律师弗朗西丝卡四天怀念罗伯特·金凯给弗朗西丝卡在无路的林中有欢乐妹妹Hi, sis.迈可请在这儿签名Michael, if I could just get you to sign this right here...便可拿到保险箱内的物件which gives you the contents of the safe deposit box.好的谢谢还有这份Thank you. And this one which clears the bank...使银行不用为箱内物件负责of all responsibility for the contents.这样真刺♥激♥It's kind of exciting.也许会发现你母亲有百万元的遗产Maybe we'll find out that your mother had secret millions. 我们开始好吗Why don't we get started?令慈葬在Your mother is interred at the Cedar Heights香柏山庄殡仪馆直至作出安排Funeral Home until arrangements can be made.我以为已安排好了I thought it was arranged.-遇到点问题 -有什么问题-There's a problem. -What problem?令慈确指示要火葬Your mother left explicit instructions to be cremated.-我之前也不知道 -她何时决定的-I don't understand it either. -When did she decide this?显然是在她死前Apparently just before her death.荒唐我不知有人会火葬的I don't know anybody who gets cremated.许多人这样做Lots of people do.我家没人这样做Nobody in my family did. Dad bought plots at Prairie Hills...爸早已为自己和母亲买♥♥下墓地one for him, one for Mom.-遗嘱清楚说明 -我不管它怎么说-The will clearly states... -I don't care what it says.也许妈神智不清Maybe Mom was delirious.不知道自己在说什么Maybe she didn't know what she was saying.若想火化If she wanted to be cremated,她为何让爸买♥♥两个墓地why the hell did she let Dad buy 2 plots?她很精确的说She was very specific.她想把骨灰撒落在罗斯曼桥She wanted her ashes to be thrown off Roseman Bridge.-什么 -真奇怪-What?! -Bizarre!你肯定这是妈写的吗Mr. Peterson, are you sure Mom wrote all this?见证人是狄璐丝太太It was notarized and witnessed by Mrs. Lucy Delaney.-你可以问她 -她是谁-Maybe you could ask her. -Who the hell is she?我记得她我不管I remember her, I just don't...我不管这是否合法I don't care if it's legal.我们不会火化她和把骨灰撒桥下We're not cremating her or throwing her ashes off some bridge 她可能四处飘散令我们无法扫墓where we can't visit her because she'll be blown all over!别人驾车还驶过她身上And people driving all over her, dogs...我们不会这样做We're not doing it.我不肯定这是基♥督♥教的做法I'm not even sure it's Christian.也许是意大利风俗她是意大利人Maybe it's an Italian thing. She was Italian.没关系Doesn't matter!继续吧Move on.我们待会再说We can come back to this.我们打开保险箱吧Why don't we open the box?迈可你看Michael, look at these.你见过这些照片吗Have you ever seen these pictures?是放在1965年的信封内It was in this envelope from 1965.她没戴胸罩She's not wearing a bra.那是杉树桥That's the Holliwell Bridge.-若有人想知道的话 -为何有两张地契-In case anyone's interested. -Why are there 2 deeds here? 这是他59年买♥♥的另外一亩地This is for the additional acres he purchased in '59.这个呢And this?是令慈卖♥♥掉的机器的收据Those were bills of sale from equipment your mother sold. 这是原来那块地的地契This is for the original land parcel.她的照片很漂亮Beautiful picture of her.什么事What?你能过来吗Could you come here for a minute?什么事What?到哪儿去Where are we going?她遗嘱中有说留给我些什么吗She say anything in there about me? About leaving me anything? 怎么回事What's going on?我们在想We were just wondering if it might be better...也许我和卡洛琳独自看箱内的东西会较好if Carolyn and I looked at this stuff ourselves.我们不想你们久候We don't want to keep you waiting around.相关法律的事物我会联络你I'll contact your office about the legal work.我挣扎"I struggle to...去明白这种方式能让我活下去put it together in a way that allows me to continue...知道我们有不同的生活knowing that we're on separate roads.可是我透过照相机镜头看见你在那儿But then, I look through the lens of my camera and you're there. 我开始写稿但却发现在给你写信I start to write an article and I find myself writing it to you.现在我明白It's clear to me now that我们正向对方走近we have been moving towards each other...在我们一生中走向那四天towards those 4 days, all of our lives."我不想再听烧了它I don't want to hear anymore. Burn the damn thing.我不想听I don't want to hear it.扔掉它Throw it away.他还说些什么What's he saying now?他说如果妈需要他He just goes on about how if Mom ever needed him...可通过国家地理杂♥志♥找他she could reach him through the National Geographic Magazine in D.C. 他是摄影师He was a photographer.他答应不再写信He promises not to write again.可是信上说And then, all it says is:我爱你罗伯特"I love you, Robert."罗伯特Robert!天啊Jesus!我会杀了他I'll kill him.不可能他死了That would be some trick.那是信中所说的He's dead. That's what this letter is...发自他的律师from his attorney.他把大部份东西留给了妈妈He left most of his things to Mom.并要求And requested...什么What?把他火化骨灰撒落在罗斯曼桥That he be cremated and his ashes thrown off Roseman Bridge.他该死我就知道妈妈不会想到这样做的Damn him! I knew Mom wouldn't have thought that up herself.是那变♥态♥的It was some damn perverted...摄影师在影响她photographic mind influencing her.那浑蛋何时死的When did the bastard die?82年'82.慢着那是Wait a minute, that was...在爸死后三年你认为呢3 years after Daddy... Do you think...?我不知道I don't know! I'm completely in the dark.我搬走了才会变成这样That's what I get for moving away.那时我们还年幼We were kids when this happened.我无法相信I can't believe it.你是否认为她Do you think that she...和他有性关系had sex with him?迈可你动画片肯定是看多了Must be nice inside your head with Peter Pan and the Easter Bunny. 别这样对我说话她是我母亲Don't talk to me like that. She was my mother!现在我知道她是Now I find that she was... She was a...什么别这么说A what? Don't say that!那我应该怎么想What am I supposed to think?我想不到她从没对我说I can't believe she never told me.我们一星期才交谈一次她怎能这样做We spoke at least once a week. How could she do that?她何时认识他爸爸知道吗When did she meet him? Did Dad know?那信封内还有什么Is there anything else in that envelope?没有我看没有了No, I don't think so.你念吧You read it.你念You read it.1987年1月"January, 1987.亲爱的卡洛琳Dear Carolyn:希望你和迈可同看此信I hope you read this with Michael.我相信他没法独个儿看这封信I'm sure he wouldn't be able to read it by himself... 他需别人帮助他了解此事and he'll need help understanding all this.首先和最重要的First and most of all...是我很疼爱你们I love you both very much.虽然我感到很好但我想把后事And although I feel fine, I thought I'd put my affairs... 处理妥当excuse that word, in order."想不到她还说笑话I can't believe she's making jokes.在看过保险箱后"After going through the safe deposit box...我相信你会找到这封信I'm sure you'll find your way to this letter.写信给自己的孩子并不容易It's hard to write this to my own children.我本可以让这事和我一起逝去I could let this die with the rest of me, I suppose.但年纪越大But as one gets older...顾虑越少one's fears subside.而越来越重要的What becomes more and more important...是将事情说出is to be known.人活在世上只是过客Known for all that you were during this brief stay. 如果离开人世也没让How sad it seems to leave this earth...你最疼爱的人知道你是谁without those you love是很可悲的the most ever really knowing who you were.不管如何母亲爱子女是容易的It's easy for a mother to love her children, no matter what.但我不知子女爱母亲是否容易I don't know if it's as simple for children.你们因父母管教不当而烦我们You're all so busy being angry at us for raising you wrong.他的名字叫罗伯特·金凯His name was Robert Kincaid.是个摄影师他65年到来这儿He was a photographer and he was here in 1965...替国家地理杂♥志♥拍摄桥的照片shooting a National Geographic article on the covered bridges of Madison County. 我们收到那期杂♥志♥感觉仿是名人Remember when we got that issue,可记得我们何时开始订阅那杂♥志♥when we got the subscription how we felt like celebrities?"那是罗斯曼桥That's Roseman Bridge.那一定是罗伯特·金凯了That must be Robert Kincaid.那是妈的饰物And that's Mom's medallion.我不想你们忌恨他"I don't want you to be angry with him.在你们知道整件事后I hope after you know the story,希望你们对他有好感甚至感激他you think well of him, even grateful."-感激 -此事全记在笔记簿内-Grateful? -"It's all there in the 3 notebooks."事情始于伊利诺州市集那个星期"It was the week of the Illinois State Fair.你们和爸爸前去展出The two of you were going with Dad to exhibit...卡洛琳的得奖公牛Carolyn's prize steer.你们周日起程我知道这样说不好It was the Sunday night you left. I know it sounds awful..."但我巴不得你们离去But I couldn't wait for you to leave.你们要到星期五才回来You were going to be gone until Friday.要去四天4 days.只是四天Just 4 days.理查德吃饭了Richard! Dinner!-我要你怎样关门的 -对不起-What I tell you about the door? -Sorry.你要感恩祈祷吗Would you like to say grace?祈祷Grace.噢还有酱汁的More sauces.给我一片面包A piece of bread.谢谢Thanks.该死的抽屉Damn drawer.我来Here.你不能对它发火You can't get mad at it.对不起我没发火Sorry. Didn't mean to yell.我不想你吃味浓的东西I want you to stay away from anything too spicy. 你答应我And you promise me.我发誓只抽滤嘴烟每天抽半包I swear. Only filters. No more than half pack a day. -我有我的任务 -是瑞医生说的-I've got my orders. -Doc Reynolds said so.我知道玩笑而已I know, I'm only kidding.-你真的不想去吗 -真的-Are you sure you don't want to go? -I'm positive.你有那么多余暇干什么What are you going to do as a woman of leisure?像工人般干活只是没那么勤快Same thing I do as a hired hand, except with less help. 我无法睡着的I won't be able to sleep.没你在我身旁我睡不着I can't sleep without you next to me anymore.四天而已It's only 4 days.你到哪里去了Oh, God, where have you been?你想念他们他们走了You missed them. They already left.你为何这么喜欢我我不喜欢你Why do you love me so much? I don't like you.下去Get down.你喜欢那首歌♥You like that song?只有你和我It's just you and me.就你和我Just you and me.我好像迷了路I get the distinct feeling that I'm lost.你要到依阿华州的吗You supposed to be in Iowa?那你没迷路Then you're not that lost.我找一座桥I'm looking for a bridge.找这附近一座有廊子的桥One of those covered bridges in this neighborhood. 罗斯曼桥Roseman Bridge?对了That's it.你快找到了它离这儿大概两里You're pretty close. It's only about 2 miles from here. 怎么走Which way?你往那儿走在卡特斯处左转You go that way and come to Cutter's and turn left. 卡特斯To Cutters?一个农场靠近大路的小房♥子Cutter's a farm. Small house, close to the road.有一条凶猛的大黄狗Big, mean yellow dog.大黄狗嗯Mean yellow dog. Okay.沿着那条路直走到了岔路Then you go along that road until you come to a fork. 桥就在不到半里处It's only... Less than half a mile.岔路之后往哪儿走And then where, after the fork?靠右The right.然后And then you...不不是那个岔路对不起No, no. Not that fork. Excuse me.你驶过彼得逊You pass Peterson's.彼得逊Peterson's.也是个农场Peterson's is a farm.驶过旧校舍便左转Past the old schoolhouse, you turn left.若有路牌会较容易It'd be easier to tell you...对你来说if the roads were marked.是啊It certainly would.我可带你去I can take you if you want.或是对你说Or I can tell you.我可带你去或只告诉你I can take you or tell you.怎么着都行我无所谓It's up to you. I don't care.我不想耽误你手里的活I wouldn't want to take you away.不我正想弄杯冰茶No, I was just going to have some iced tea, and then... 也没什么要紧的事儿split the atom, but that can wait.好吧Okay.我去穿上鞋I'll just get my shoes.没人坐就放杂物了I wasn't exactly expecting company.怎么走Where are we headed?出去向右走Out. Then right.出去Out...向右then right.依阿华气味很好Wonderful smell to Iowa.这气味很独特Kind of particular to this part of the country.你闻到吗You know what I mean?没No.很难说清It's kind of hard to explain.它发自土地I guess it's in the loam of the soil.有那种浓郁的泥土的That kind of rich, earthy...生机也许不是生机alive... Well, maybe not alive.你闻不到吗You don't smell it?也许因我住在这儿Maybe it's because I live here.我想是的Yeah, I guess so.但气味很香Smells great though.你是华盛顿州人Are you from Washington?是的我住在那儿直至二十多岁I lived there till I was in my mid-20s.结婚后移居芝加哥I moved to Chicago when I got married.你何时回去的When did you move back?离婚后After the divorce.你结婚多久了How long have you been married?很长时间Long time.很长时间Long time, huh?你从哪儿来介意我问吗Where are you from? Do you mind me asking? 不不介意我来自I don't mind your asking. I'm from...-我在意大利出生 -意大利-I'm born in Italy. -Italy?由意大利到依阿华在意大利哪儿From Italy to Iowa. Where in Italy?东部一小镇巴利We lived in a small town on the eastern side. 没人知道的小镇巴利No one's heard of it. Bari.我知道巴利I know Bari.不会吧No.是的Yeah.真的Really?一次有任务到希腊I was on assignment to Greece...要经过巴利前往布林底斯and I went through Bari to get to Brindisi.我向外眺望它好似迷人的去处I was looking out, it looked like pretty country.我就下了火车呆了几天So I got off the train and stayed a few days.你因乡郊景色迷人而下了火车You got off the train because it looked pretty?是的Yeah, I did.对不起Excuse me.抽烟吗Care for a cigarette?好的我要一根Sure, I'll have one.你在依阿华住了多久So tell me, how long have you lived in Iowa?很久你不识任何人便下火车Long. You just got off the train and stayed without knowing anyone there? 到了That's it.很漂亮It's beautiful.太好了Yeah, this is great.今天不拍只是做准备工作I won't shoot this today. I'll just do a little prep work.明天拍照现在光线不好Shoot it tomorrow. The light's no good right now.那么我等你吧So I'll just wait.没关系的I don't mind.我到下面去Go on down here.我看这儿是开始的好地方This is about as good a place to start as any.很漂亮的桥Beautiful bridge.漂亮你常来的吗Beautiful. You out here much?不No.这儿经常这么热吗Always this hot around here?是的这时节通常燥热Oh, yes. This time of year.若想喝汽水车厢后有There's some sodas in the truck if you'd like one.-你要喝吗 -现在不喝-Would you like one? -Not right now.我去拿一瓶I'll go get one.你在这儿呢There you are.给你发现了You caught me.我摘花给你I was picking you some flowers.男人仍这样做吗Men still do that, don't they? I'm not out of date, am I? 这有些过时了吧摘花表谢意Picking flowers as a sign of appreciation?不只是这些花有毒No, except those are poisonous.我开个玩笑对不起I'm kidding! I'm sorry.开个玩笑I'm just kidding.很抱歉I'm so sorry.你天生是虐待狂吗Are you sadistic by nature or what?我不知为何会这样做I don't know why I did that.-给 -很漂亮-Here. -They're beautiful.I'm sorry.你想找哪个电台You're looking for something specific?这儿收不到几个台There's not much selection.较早前离开芝加哥收听到一个电台I had a station out of Chicago earlier.播着不错的蓝调曲Played good blues.是1410频道It's 1410.很好听That's nice.还要抽吗Care for another cigarette?好的Sure.是那条凶猛的黄狗吗Is that the mean yellow dog?-它是白色的 -是黄色-Is it white? -No, it's yellow.多谢你的帮忙约翰逊太太I want to thank you for all your kindness, Mrs. Johnson. 叫我弗朗西丝卡吧Francesca.我叫罗伯特Robert.你要喝冰茶吗Would you like some iced tea?好Yeah.坐下吧Yes, sit down.你要柠檬吗-You like lemon? -Sure.也许Maybe...来点糖A little bit of sugar?好的若还想要If you want more...谢谢Thanks.你不怕吗"中毒"吗Aren't you afraid to have those in here?噢很抱歉也不知怎么I'm so sorry I did that. I don't know why...开那个玩笑why I said that.你住在哪儿Where are you staying?一处有小屋的地方Some place with small cabins.叫什么汽车旅店的Something or other motor inn.我还没来得及去登记I've got it written down, but I haven't checked in yet.你在这儿呆多久And how long are you here for?不知道四五天吧最多一星期I don't know, maybe 4 or 5 days, a week on the outside. 要看工作进度你的家人呢As long as it takes to do the work. Where's your family? 丈夫带着孩子参加州市集My husband took the kids to the state fair.小女的公牛参选My daughter is entering a prize steer.多大了How old?一岁半A year and a half.不我是指孩子No, I meant the kids.迈可十七岁卡洛琳十六岁Michael is 17. And Carolyn is 16.还是有孩子好啊That's nice, having kids.是可他们不再是孩子了They're not kids anymore.Things change.总要变的They always do.这是自然规律One of the laws of nature.许多人害怕改变但若Most people are afraid of change, but if you look at it... 把它视作天经地义的事as something you can count on, then it can be a comfort. 也就释然了There's not many things you can really count on.是啊是这样I guess.我看我是害怕改变的人I'm one of those people it frightens, I think.不我看不是I doubt that.你为何这么说Why do you say that?由意大利到依阿华是个大改变From Italy to Iowa, that's a big change.但理查德随军队到意大利But Richard was in the Army there.我在拿不勒斯时遇到他I met him when I was living in Naples.我对依阿华一无所知I didn't know anything about Iowa.只在乎它是美国而且I just cared that it was America...当然是和理查德一起and, of course, being with Richard.他是怎样的What's he like?他很洁净He's very clean.洁净Clean?是的我是说No. I mean...他有很多优点He's other things too.他工作很勤奋He's a very hard worker...体贴very caring...诚实honest.温柔He's gentle.是个好父亲He's a good father.和洁净And clean.洁净Clean.你喜欢住在依阿华吧And you like living here in Iowa, I guess?说吧我不会对别人说的Go ahead. I'm not going to tell anyone.应该说I'm supposed to say:这儿很好很宁静人们也好"It's just fine. It's quiet and the people are real nice." 这全是真的大部份是的And all that's true. Mostly.这儿宁静It is quiet.人们也好And the people are nice.在很多方面In certain ways.大家互相帮助We all help each other out.若有人生病或受伤邻居们都会来If someone gets sick or hurt, all the neighbors come in. 帮助摘玉米They pick the corn,收小麦或什么的harvest the oats or whatever needs to be done.在镇上可不用锁车In town, you can leave your car unlocked,孩子到处跑and let the kids run around.也不用担心Don't worry about them.这儿的人有许多There are a lot of nice...优点的things about the people here.我为那些特质而尊重他们And I respect them for those qualities.可是But...可是But?这儿没有It's not...少女时代what I dreamed of...我所梦想的as a girl.那天我写了些东西I scribbled something down the other day.我在路上经常这样做I often do that when I'm out on the road.我写的是这样的Kind of goes like this:曾经的梦"The old dreams...都是美梦were good dreams.虽未成真但庆幸我曾拥有过They didn't work out, but I'm glad I had them."我不知是何意思但日后或会有用I don't know what it means. I thought I might use it someday. 我了解你的感受Anyway, I think I know how you feel.想留下吃晚饭吗Would you like to stay for dinner?镇上的馆子不多There's not much in town.反正你也是独自吃And you'd have to eat alone.我也是So would I.那好啊太好了Yeah, I'd like that.吃家常饭的机会不多我喜欢I don't get a home-cooked meal too often out on the road. 好吧Okay.我怎么了This is ridiculous.我可以将胶片放进冰箱吗Do you mind if I put some film in the fridge?-可以 -外边的温度太高了-No, go ahead. -This heat out here isn't too forgiving.我可以帮你吗Anything I can do to help?-帮我什么烧菜吗 -是的我会烧菜-To help? What, cook? -Yeah, men cook.好的Okay, sure.我能做什么What can I do?你可以削胡萝卜You can scrape the carrot.削皮Scrape the carrots.磨碎它们做沙拉And grate them. Make a nice salad.这样削胡萝卜怎么样Scrape the carrots. Like that. How's that?很不错Very good. Very nice.不错吧Not bad, huh?别忘了把根去掉Don't forget to pick off the end.把根去掉Pick off end.让我拿这些Let me get these...对不起我也可把这些根去掉Excuse me. I can take the ends off of these too.对好主意Yes. That's a good idea.是这样吗This the way you do it?很好但不要用手指That's good. But don't use your fingers.会弄满手的气味Then they smell like...我给你柠檬I'll get you some lemon.要喝啤酒吗Would you like a beer?-我车上有 -啤酒好-I've got some in the car. -I would love a beer.趁机溜出去一会儿Anything to get out of a little work.真不错Very nice.不慢着越来越精彩了No, wait a second. It gets better.你试想我脖子上挂着三架像机还有脚架You must picture this: I have 3 cameras around my neck... 裤子挂在膝盖躲在树丛后and I've got a tripod, and my pants are around my ankles. 突然看见一头猩猩I'm behind a bush, and then suddenly I see this gorilla.健硕的猩猩正在看着我A huge gorilla, staring right at me...它的神情是很淫乱的with the most lascivious look you've ever seen.从没见过有毛的动物这么好色的More than any creature with that much hair.我一动也不动只好这样做I freeze, because that's what you're supposed to do.跟着它向我走过来And then it started coming towards me.跟着怎样And what?怎样了天啊What? My God!我...I can't...你脸通红了You're blushing.太难启齿了我It's a very painful subject. A very sore...真是异常痛苦的经历是真的sore subject matter, really.-怎么了 -我们订婚了-What happened? -We became engaged.你真的该You should really...你该把这些故事写下来write these stories down.我会的但她是有眼影的母猩猩I would, except this is a female gorilla. It had on eye shadow... 嘴上还涂了口红煞是好看and a little lip gloss on and it was so nice...我们仍有书信来往We still write.我不想把这事写下来I don't want to put this stuff down.我害怕I'm afraid...我的写作太技术性了I'm afraid my writing's a little too technical.当记者太长时间问题便是The trouble with being a journalist too long is...你不能自己去"创作"you stop allowing yourself to invent.我还是继续摄影吧I'll just stick to making pictures."创作"Making pictures.真不错I like that.你真的很喜欢这一行儿You really love what you do.我其实是沉迷其中I'm obsessed by it, really.你为何沉迷其中Why is that, do you think?我不知道I don't know.沉迷是没有理由I don't think obsessions have reasons.所以才是沉迷That's why they're obsessions.你的口吻像艺术家You sound like an artist.我不会这样说I wouldn't say that.国家地理杂♥志♥要的是构图规矩的照片National Geographic likes their photos in focus...不能带太多的个人见解我其实不介意and not too much personal comment. I don't mind really.我不是艺术家I'm no artist.这是很正常的情况That's one of the curses of being too well-adjusted, too normal. 我认为你不太正常I don't think you're so normal.真的Really?我不是那个意思I didn't mean it in the way...没有贬义的in the way that it sounded.没关系我会当是恭维话We'll just chalk it up to a compliment...继续说吧and move on.你喜欢教书吗Did you just love teaching?有时候喜欢Yes, when there was a当有某个学生出类拔萃particular student who can make a difference...他们均该出类拔萃的但却不是They're all supposed to, but they don't. You tend...你只会选其中一两个to single out 1 or 2 who加以栽培you think you can contribute something to.-你有吗 -不知道希望有一个念医学院-And did you? -I hope so. One went to medical school.你为何不教了呢Why'd you quit?为了我的孩子My children, my kids.而且And...理查德不愿我去工作Richard didn't like my working.但显然你怀念教书But you miss it, obviously.我从没去想I never think about it.你到过的地方中哪儿最刺♥激♥What's the most exciting place that you've ever been? -除非你太累了不想说 -最刺♥激♥的-Unless you're too tired to talk. -Most exciting...你问男人是否厌倦了谈自己You're asking if a man's那还不算老道tired of talking about himself? Been out much?抱歉我不是说你Didn't mean to make it sound like a dumb...不我是怕你觉得无聊Maybe it's a little dull for you...在荒僻地方对家庭主妇诉说telling this to some housewife in the middle of nowhere. 这是你的家也不是荒僻地方This is your home. This isn't nowhere.而且不沉闷啊And it's not dull.让我想想Let's see.最刺♥激♥的地方I guess I'd say that the会是非洲most exciting place I've been to was Africa.因为那是另一个世界Because it's another world.不单是那儿的人和文化It's not just the cultures and the people.那是很好的还有那儿的空气That's great, but it's the air.由朝至暮的颜色The colors from dawn to dusk.是真实的There's something tangible about it.人和野兽野兽和野兽The cohabitation of man and beast, and beast and beast. 物竞天择Who'll survive and who won't.适者生存There's no judgement about it either.你知道吗并没有外在的道德There's no imposed morality.只是顺其自然It's just the way it is.确实迷人It's beautiful, really.什么也没有有的是Just nothing like it. It's...旅人的天堂A voyeur's paradise.我真想去看看I'd love to see that.还有狩猎你可以和你的丈夫There's safaris. You can ask your husband.对Yeah.今晚夜色很美想去散步吗It's a beautiful evening. Would you like to take a walk? 这儿什么都有You've got it all right here.我是说真的这儿是个好地方I'm serious. This is as nice a place as I've ever been. "月亮的银苹果"The silver apples of the moon,太阳的金苹果"and the golden apples of the sun."是叶芝的诗Yeats. "The Song of Wandering Aengus."-流浪者安古斯之歌♥ 是吗 -是的-Good stuff, Yeats, huh? -Yes.现实主义简洁精练刺♥激♥感官Realism, economy, sensuousness...充满美感和魔力对我的爱尔兰血统很有吸引力beauty, and magic. All that appeals to my Irish ancestry. -有什么不对吗 -你想喝东西吗-Something wrong? -Would you like something to drink? 也许喝咖啡Coffee?也许喝白兰地Maybe some brandy?也许两种都喝Maybe some both.好吗Yes?喝吧Let's.你真的不要我帮忙Sure you don't want me to help?我现在不洗只是冲一下No. I'm not going to wash them now.呆会再洗I'll rinse them now. I'll do it later.弗朗西丝卡Francesca.你没事吧You all right?没事Yeah.弗朗西丝卡Francesca.什么事What?什么事What?我们没做错什么事We're not doing anything wrong.这些都可对孩子说Nothing you couldn't tell your kids.为古老的晚上和远方音乐干杯To ancient evenings and distant music?他把她灌醉就是这样He's getting her drunk. That's what happened.也许他强来因此她不能说出来Maybe he forced himself. That's why she couldn't tell us.他没有He did not.他是很好的一个人He's such a nice guy.他想和别人的妻子上♥床♥Trying to sleep with somebody's wife?!我看不是就算是也不是坏人I don't think so. And that doesn't make you a bad person. 他使我想起史提夫He reminds me of Steve in a way. Steve's...史提夫软弱不道德扯谎但不失为好人weak, immoral and a liar, but still a nice guy.他只是不该结婚He just shouldn't be married.至少不该娶我At least not to me.我饿了你饿吗I'm hungry. Are you getting hungry?没想到你的婚姻这么不幸I had no idea it's that bad, sis.别为我难过没人让我维持Please, don't feel sorry for me. Nobody's forcing me to stay. 你为何维持Why do you?-你介意我问你吗 -不-Do you mind if I ask you a question? -No.你为何离婚Why did you get divorced?我很少在家I was never around.如何维持家庭呢So, why'd I get married? That's a good question.我也许要有个家要有个根。

【经典对诵】：至死不渝的旷世之恋——《廊桥遗梦》玫瑰音悦台「诗意音画时尚生活」音画诗赏 | 悦赏美文 | 诗香词韵 |音悦视界| 生活艺术【经典对诵】让心灵为之落泪的绝版之爱——《廊桥遗梦》对诵：丁香琴箫剑气视频制作：琴箫剑气如果你是一个怀旧的人，应该存有不少朋友的来信吧！在《廊桥遗梦》这部电影中，弗朗西斯卡写下一封短信，钉在廊桥旁边，邀请罗伯特·金凯来用餐。

当“白蛾飞动”时，如果你还想用晚餐，可以在今晚收工后过来。

这封短信，罗伯特自始至终都保留在身上。

《廊桥遗梦》中的至情至爱让人感受非常强烈，而且赚人热泪，这样至死不渝的黄昏之恋是一种很难解释的爱情能量。

金凯死前，写下了这封信寄到弗朗西斯卡手中：亲爱的弗朗西斯卡：希望这封信能够顺利的到达你手里，我不知道你何时会收到它，在我死后的某一天吧……自从到你的小径问路，与你相遇之后，已有整整十三年了……这些年，我时常想：“去他的，我要到你哪里去，不管付出什么代价，我要把弗朗西斯卡带走。

”但我记得你的话，并且尊重你的感觉。

或许你是对的，我不知道。

我确知的是：在那个炎热的星期五早晨，开车离开你的小径，是我生命中最困难的事。

事实上我怀疑是否有什么人经历过比那更困难的时刻…在你之前，我有过女人，几个女人，但在你之后没有;我并没有誓守独身生活，只是不感兴趣罢了。

有一次，我观察了一只配偶被人射杀的加拿大鹅，你知道，它们终生结伴。

有几天，雄鹅在池塘边来回游动，以后几日也是那样。

当我最后一次看到它时，它正独自游过野稻田，仍在寻找。

对于文学作品而言，这个比喻稍显露骨，但是它是我由衷的感觉。

在多雾的早晨,或太阳在西北部海上跳动的时刻，我试图想象你现在会在哪里，正在做什么事情？应该都是单纯的事吧：你到你的菜园里去，坐在门口的秋千上、在厨房的水槽边……我记得一切，你的味道，尝起来就像夏天。

记得接触你皮肤时的感觉，记得爱你时你低语的声音……罗伯特.金凯和弗朗西斯卡都离我们而去了，但电影《廊桥遗梦》却仍然在我们的心灵深处回荡。

廊桥遗梦观后感《廊桥遗梦》是美国作家罗伯特·詹姆斯·沃勒斯于1992年出版的一部小说，该小说的故事背景设定在20世纪50年代的美国爱荷华州，主要讲述了一个荒废的破旧廊桥上发生的一段感人至深的爱情故事。

我最近读了这本书，深受触动，获得了很多启发。

下面我将分享一下我的观后感。

首先，我对小说中描绘的爱情故事深感动容。

故事的男主角是一位名叫诺亚的年轻农夫，而女主角则是一个名叫艾莉的城市女孩。

他们本是属于完全不同世界的人，诺亚是个贫穷却纯真善良的农夫，而艾莉则来自富裕的家庭，过着优渥的生活。

尽管他们拥有不同的背景和生活经历，但是他们之间的爱情却是如此真挚、深沉和令人动容。

他们在廊桥上相遇，展开了一段感情之旅，但最终因为各种外在因素而被迫分开。

这段凄美的爱情故事让我深感触动和反思，爱情面对现实的残酷，常常是如此脆弱和不堪一击。

其次，小说中揭示了社会和道德观念对爱情的影响。

在故事中，艾莉是受家庭和社会期望束缚的受害者，她被迫嫁给了一个富有但没有真正爱她的男人。

与此同时，诺亚也因为不符合艾莉家庭的期望而无法与她在一起。

这使得他们的爱情受到了诸多限制，最终导致他们分离。

通过这一情节，小说反映了社会和家庭对个体选择的束缚，以及道德观念对爱情的影响。

我们被教导要遵从社会和家庭的期望，去追求所谓的“应该做”的事情，而往往忽略了自己真正的内心和感受。

这让我深思，我们是否应该真正追随自己的内心，实现自己的爱情和幸福。

此外，在小说中，沃勒斯展现了对时间和记忆的深刻思考。

故事中的廊桥象征着诺亚和艾莉的爱情，也象征着他们的回忆和过去。

廊桥的破旧和废弃，与他们分离后的生活状况相呼应。

小说通过描写诺亚修复廊桥的过程，表达了对过去的留恋和对时间流逝的无奈。

我们每个人都会经历时间的洪流，一切都会随着时间的推移发生变化，即使我们不愿意。

沃勒斯通过廊桥的描写，呼唤着我们珍惜现在，铭记过去，同时也带给读者无尽的思考。

最后，小说中揭示了人性中的善良和复杂性。

《廊桥遗梦影评》廊桥遗梦影评精选（一）：廊桥遗梦？是啊，是追寻那份遗留在桥边完美的一个情绪，还是追寻那个只有两个人存在的梦境。

简单，真挚却又让人深深震撼并为之感动。

这部影片是根据美国作家罗伯特詹姆斯沃勒的同名小说所改编。

影片上映后引起了轰动，它所体现的婚外情观点与中年人的理智情感被人们深深关注，探讨。

看完这部影片震撼很大并且感触很多。

也许望着夕阳下的那座充满回忆的桥，只有秦观的《鹊桥仙》这首诗来诠释了，两情若是久长时，又岂在朝朝暮暮。

是啊，多么贴切，多么自然的一种表达啊！女主角芬琪卡在与今若柏雨中相离时，那份真情，那份深情，那份不舍，那份眷恋看的让人心碎。

芬琪卡说这样确切的爱，一生只有一次，可就这样一次足以让我享用一生了。

多么美啊，让人心醉并为之向往。

有人说：碰到这样的感情是你的运气，错过这样的感情是你的福气。

我看个中的辛酸只有圈中人才有切身的体会吧，我想说的是：珍惜所有，珍惜身边的事物吧对于金若柏与芬琪卡的这段感情，我想只是错的时间遇见对的人了吧。

爱，往往在那一时间爆发，而真爱却在那一瞬间升华。

四天啊，只有四天可他们经历了别人用一生经历的事：相识，相知，相爱，相离。

呵呵，很让人匪夷所思，但是又让我们被这份真爱所折服。

当最后芬琪卡没有和金若柏自私的离开，而是选取了她的家庭，很让我们感动。

应对真爱与家庭，应对自私与职责，她都毫不犹豫的选取了后者，是得是失，值不值得，都显得那么无力。

放下才能承担，舍弃才能获得。

这句话说的很对，如果芬琪卡当时只顾自己的感受就那样毅然的离开了家，那么从此以后她的家人就会遭到镇上人的闲言碎语，她的内心也不会得到安宁，她所坚持的那份真爱也失去了最珍贵的好处，她所追求的感情也就跟着变质了。

原先，真爱本没错，但是要有最起码的职责感和道德感，要持续最原始最纯粹的那份爱，要不然，感觉已不再，真爱已不存。

这部影片本就是一部社会伦理片，它所探讨的也是婚姻与感情。

当人们已厌倦了身边的事物，当人们已对一成不变的生活感到无力，当人们又遇到了所谓的一见钟情，那么这部影片就给了很好的教育好处。

廊桥遗梦影评廊桥遗梦影评（一）该影片是根据美国作家罗伯特;詹姆斯;沃勒的小说《廊桥遗梦》改编，英文片名为《The Bridges Of Madison County》也译为《麦迪逊之桥》。

该片拍摄于1994年9月15日;1994年10月31日，由素有“城市牛仔”之称的克林特;伊斯特伍德执导，并由伊和著名女演员梅丽尔;斯特里普主演，该片上映后便引起了广泛关注与好评，并斩获多项国际大奖，而女主角梅丽尔;斯特里普也因本片荣获“奥斯卡最佳女主角”提名。

许多人都盛赞这部影片并称感悟颇深，甚至该影片上映当年曾造成美国离婚率大幅上升，而本片讲述的弗朗西斯卡与罗伯特金凯的四天婚外热恋无疑对现实世界家庭伦理价值是一次强烈的冲击。

简单介绍一下剧情：佛朗西斯卡是一个普通的农村家庭主妇，她与丈夫、儿子、女儿过着平淡的家庭生活。

每天早上为家人准备早餐，看着他们吃完，晚上一边织毛衣一边与丈夫看电视。

佛朗西斯卡其实心里明白这并不是她少女时代所想象的那种生活状态，可是她为家庭无条件付出，换来家人的幸福美满，这正是她满足感的源泉。

一天早上，丈夫和两个孩子坐上汽车去城里参加比赛，这一走就要四天。

独自在家的佛朗西斯卡意外的遇见一位迷路的摄影师罗伯特，他为国家地理杂志拍摄照片，想要找到那座麦迪逊桥。

于是故事便就此发生了。

一个是不羁于世俗和婚姻的自由摄影师，另一个则是心怀梦想但只能庸碌生活的乡村农妇，这样素昧平生的两个人却因一次问路而偶遇在一起，并迸发出了真挚的爱情火花，在随后的四天里，两个人都将一生的热情全部投入到这场爱情之中而整部电影也随之达到高潮，两人难舍难分，于是罗伯特希望佛朗西斯卡能和他一起离开这里与他厮守一生。

接下来发生的事情应该更是观众所关注的：随罗伯特离去？还是为家庭留下来？最终导演以一种悲剧式的结尾为这部平缓却热烈无比的精彩影片画上了句号。

女主最终选择了留下来，为了丈夫和子女，为了她曾经精心操持十数年的家庭，也为了她心中不能割舍放下的责任，当然这样的结局也可能是原著和导演为了迎合观众和社会的接受心理屈笔而为，毕竟社会的主流伦理思想是不能接受婚外恋的。

《廊桥遗梦影评》廊桥遗梦影评精选（一）：廊桥遗梦？是啊，是追寻那份遗留在桥边完美的一个情绪，还是追寻那个只有两个人存在的梦境。

简单，真挚却又让人深深震撼并为之感动。

这部影片是根据美国作家罗伯特詹姆斯沃勒的同名小说所改编。

影片上映后引起了轰动，它所体现的婚外情观点与中年人的理智情感被人们深深关注，探讨。

看完这部影片震撼很大并且感触很多。

也许望着夕阳下的那座充满回忆的桥，只有秦观的《鹊桥仙》这首诗来诠释了，两情若是久长时，又岂在朝朝暮暮。

是啊，多么贴切，多么自然的一种表达啊！女主角芬琪卡在与今若柏雨中相离时，那份真情，那份深情，那份不舍，那份眷恋看的让人心碎。

芬琪卡说这样确切的爱，一生只有一次，可就这样一次足以让我享用一生了。

多么美啊，让人心醉并为之向往。

有人说：碰到这样的感情是你的运气，错过这样的感情是你的福气。

我看个中的辛酸只有圈中人才有切身的体会吧，我想说的是：珍惜所有，珍惜身边的事物吧对于金若柏与芬琪卡的这段感情，我想只是错的时间遇见对的人了吧。

爱，往往在那一时间爆发，而真爱却在那一瞬间升华。

四天啊，只有四天可他们经历了别人用一生经历的事：相识，相知，相爱，相离。

呵呵，很让人匪夷所思，但是又让我们被这份真爱所折服。

当最后芬琪卡没有和金若柏自私的离开，而是选取了她的家庭，很让我们感动。

应对真爱与家庭，应对自私与职责，她都毫不犹豫的选取了后者，是得是失，值不值得，都显得那么无力。

放下才能承担，舍弃才能获得。

这句话说的很对，如果芬琪卡当时只顾自己的感受就那样毅然的离开了家，那么从此以后她的家人就会遭到镇上人的闲言碎语，她的内心也不会得到安宁，她所坚持的那份真爱也失去了最珍贵的好处，她所追求的感情也就跟着变质了。

原先，真爱本没错，但是要有最起码的职责感和道德感，要持续最原始最纯粹的那份爱，要不然，感觉已不再，真爱已不存。

这部影片本就是一部社会伦理片，它所探讨的也是婚姻与感情。

当人们已厌倦了身边的事物，当人们已对一成不变的生活感到无力，当人们又遇到了所谓的一见钟情，那么这部影片就给了很好的教育好处。

The Bridges of Madison County Nothing’s goanna Change My Love for You欧阳家百（2021.03.07）If I had to live my without you near me The days would all be empty The nights would seem so longWith you I see forever all so clearly I might have been in love before But it never felt this strong Our dreams are young And me both know they’ll take us where we wont to go Hold me now touch me now I don’t want to live without you Nothing’s goanna change my love for you You ought to know by now how much I love you One thing you can be sure of I’ll never ask for more than your love Nothing’s gonna change my love for you You ought to know by now how much I love you The world may change my whole life throughBut nothing’s gonna change my love for you If the road ahead is not so easy I’ll be there for you if you should need me You don’t have to change a thing I love you just the way you are So come with me and share the view So come with me and share the view I’ll help you see forever too Hold me now touch me now I don’t wa nt to live without youMother’s testament (The picture begins in the present day when it is thirty years since the protagonists’ story took place, and at the same location.) protagonist: hero heroine leading role Academy Award for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best supporting Actress.(Caroline, in her forties stands in the same doorway ) of the same house where she lived and grew up. She sees a car with Florida plate driving up to the house. Caroline steps out of the doorway and heads for the car out of which exit her brother Michael! and his wife Betty. They hugged each other.)where is the bomber heading for? Carrying the wound, the ambulance was straightly headed for the hospital.Michael: I sis. CAROLINE: Hi, Betty. BETTY: I, Caroline. (In the living room of their mother’s house that day, a lawyer hands Michael a document.) LAWYER: Ah, Michael, if I could just get you to sign this here which gives you the contents from the safe deposit box.(Michael does.)Fine. And this one please, which clears the bank of all further responsibility for the contents Safe deposit box? I’m going to deposit the 2000 dollars in the Bank of China Withdraw withdrawal Please make out a withdrawal slip beforehand. BETTY: This is kind of exciting. Mayb e we’ll find out your mother had secret millions lying around? Kind of : Where can we find a restaurant? I’m kind of hungry (Caroline smiles weakly .Michael hands back the papers.) LAWYER: Well, why don’t we get started? Now your mother is interred at Seer Heights Funeral Home until arrangements can beInterAfter interring his murdered beloved, he went on the way of revenge. The top task of the earthquake aftermath is to search for and rescue those who are buried under the ruins. MICHAEL:(to his sister)I thought everything was arranged. CAROLINE: No, there’s a problem. MICHAEL: what problem? LAWYER: Well, your mother left explicit instructions that she wished to be cremated.1.Explicit:The reason why I’m not responsible for the damage has been explicitly stated! He shows an explicit intention of coup death.2.cremate cremation. Cremation is being advocated by the Government as an environment-friendly way of interment. MICHAEL: Cremated? CAROLINE: I know .I don’t understand it either. MICHAEL: When did she decide this? LAWYER: Well, apparently just before her death. MICHAEL: This is crazy. I don’t know anybody who gets cremated. BETTY: Lots of people do.plots at prairie hill, one for him and one for Mom.1. plotan experimental plot of ricecemetery plot The plot thickens.2. prairieA single can start a prairie fire. Prairie state LAWYER: Well , it clearly states in the will MICHAEL: I don’t care what it says! (to Caroline)Maybe Mama was delir ious, you know. Maybe she didn’t know what she was saying ,you know. If she wanted to be cremated, why the hell die she let dad buy two plots, huh?1. Delirious be delirious with joy2. the hell What the hell are you going to do? LAWYER: Well, she was very specific. She wanted her ashes to be thrown over Rosmand Bridge. MICHAEL: What! BETTY: Bizarre! CAROLINE: Mr. Peterson, are you sure Mama wrote all this? LAWYER: Well, it was notarized and witnessed by a Mrs. Lucy Delaney. Maybe you can ask her.The national College English Speaking Contest is notarized by Beijing Notary office.2. witnessThe witness asserted the senior officer to be the murderer. The year 2001 witnessed China’s success in getting into the World Cup.MICHAEL: Who the hell is Lucy Delaney? CAROLINE: I remember Mrs. Delaney, but I just have no idea what she was…MICHAEL: Well , I don’t care if it’s legal or not. We’re not cremating her and throwing her ashes all over some bridge where we can’t even go visit her bec ause she’s going to be blown all over the place like an ashtrayBETTY: Imagine people driving over her and doggies doing their business…MICHAEL: (interrupting) We’re not doing it! I’m not even sure it’s Christian.BETTY: Maybe it’s an Italian thing.(to th e lawyer) Their mother was Italian.MICHAEL: Doesn’t matter. Move on. (The woman dare not object. The Lawyer raises his eyebrows and continues.)box?(A: key is inserted into the lock of the safe deposit box and the lid is opened. There are some papers, deeds, et. Michael! Begins sorting through these. Caroline notices a manila envelope addressed to her mother, postmarked 1965. She opens it up to find two letters and a few photographs-Francesca standing near a covered bridge, her hair wind blown, her expression serene, beautiful and sad. ) CAROLINE: Michael, look at these-I’ve never seen these pictures of mama. Have you?(Betty and Michael look over her shoulder. He shakes “no”) CAROLINE(continued) It was in this envelope from 1965. BETTY: She’s not wearing a bra.(takes the bridge photo Well, that’s the Holywell Bridge. In case anybody’s interested.) (Michael returns to the other papers. Betty takes the photograph for further examination. Caroline opens one of the letters and begins to read.)MICHAEL: (to Lawyer) Why are there two deeds here? LAWYER: I’ll see them .This is for the additional acres he purchased in 1959. MICHAEL: And this? LAWYER: Those are bills of sale from the equipment your mother sold in…expression sinks into one of shock and con-fusion .She flips to the last page of the letter to read who it is from. She can’t believe her eyes.) sinkHer heart sank within her as she knew she couldn’t pass the exam. LAWYER: Oh, this one is for the original parcel your father purchased. And…CAROLINE: Michael. MICHAEL: (reading documents)Yeah. CAROLINE: Michael! MICHAEL(irritated) Why? CAROLINE: Could you come her for a minute, please? MICHAEL: Why? Where are we going? (They exit, leaving Betty and the Lawyer in the living room.) BETTY: Did she say anything in there about me, about leaving me anything in particular? In particular: The man bought many presents for his family and a lovely rose for his wife in particular. LAWYER: No. (Michael and Caroline reenter the living room. Michael’s expression now matches CAROLINE in disbelief.)1. match:2. in disbelief: He is looking at the c ash in disbelief and can’t imagine he can make so much money. BETTY: What’s going on ? MICHAEL: Um … we were just wondering how it might be better if Caroline and I would look over the stuff by ourselves. Not keep you two waiting around.(to the Lawyer) I’l l contact your office about the legal work. We were just wondering how it might be better if…I was just wondering how it might be better if I went there first and then you would go the other day. (Inside the KITCHEN LATER,CAROLINE is reading the letter to Michael.)CAROLINE: “I struggle to put it together in a way that allows me to continue knowing we’re on separate road. But then I look through the lens of my camera, and you’re there.. I start to write an article and I find my-self writing it to you. It’s clear to me that now we have been moving towards each other, towards those four days , all our lives. SeparateShe and her sisters have separate rooms in the hotel. MICHAEL: (rises and interrupts)I don’t want to hear anymore! Burn the damn thing! I don’t w ant to hear it! Throw it away!better of him.) get the better of The young man got the better of other players and won the table tennis match. MICHAEL: What’s he saying now? CAROLINE: Well, he just goes on about how if mama ever needed him, she could reach him through the National Geographic magazine in Washington D.C. He was a photographer. He promises not to write again. And then all it says is … I love you …Robert. The National Geographic magazine: Washington D.C. Washington District of Columbus. MICHAEL: Robert! Jesus! I’ll kill him CAROLINE: That would be some trick. He’s already dead. That’s what this other letter is.(takes the letter and skims From his attorney. He left most of his th ings to mama and requested…) MICHAEL: What? CAROLINE: That he be cremated and his ashes thrown on Rosmand Bridge.MICHAEL: DAMN HIM! I knew mama wouldn’t have thought of that herself. It was some damn perverted…photographic mind influencing her! When did the bastard die? CAROLINE:’82think…?CAROLINE: I don’t know. I’m completely in the dark here. That’s what I get for moving away. In the dark They made the plan secretly and put everyone else in the dark. MICHAEL: We were kids when this happened. I…I can’t believe it .(then , innocently )Do you think she had sex with him? Have sex with somebody…;make love with somebody…(CAROLINE cannot believe he is this dense) CAROLINE:(sarcastic)My Lord. It must feel real nice living inside your head with Peter Pan and the Easter Bunny. MICHAEL: Don’t talk to me like that. She was my mother for Christ’s sake. And now I find out she was… She was a …CAROLINE: What? Don’t say that! MICHAEL: Well, what am I sup posed to think?CAROLINE: I can’t believe she never told me? We spoke at least once a week. How could she do that? MICHAEL: How did she meet him? Did Dad know? Is there anything else in that envelope? CAROLINE: No, I don’t think so. I…(She dumps it over and a small key falls out. Pause, as Caroline and Michael look to each other-they grab the key and run out of the kitchen. At the foot of their parents bed sits an walnut hope chest.They tries the key. It fits . They open the chest to find: Camera equipment, a chain with a medallion that reads “FRANCESCA,” three leather bound notebooks –and a sealed envelope with “Caroline or Michael” written on it.) CAROLINE/ MICHAEL: (at the same time) You read it! (Caroline relents She takes out the letter and reads.) CAR OLINE: “January, 1987.Dear Caroline. I hope you’re reading this with Michael. I’m sure he wouldn’t be able to read it by himself and he’ll need some help understanding all this.”(Insulted ,Michael pulls the letter out of her hand and defiantly attempts to read it aloud himself to disprove his mother’s claim. But after looking at a few lines, he surrenders and hands the letter back to his sister.) CAROLINE:(cout’d) “First , and most of all, I love you both very much and although I feel fine, I thought it was time to put my affairs, excuse that word, in order.”MICHAEL: I can’t believe; she’s making jokes. CAROLINE:“After going through the safety deposit box, I ‘m sure you’ll find you’re way to this letter. It’s hard to write this to my own children. I could let this die with the rest of me, I suppose. But as one gets older, one’s fears subside. What becomes more and more important is to be known-know for all that you were during this brief stay. How sad it seems to me to leave this earth without those youlov e the most ever really knowing who you were. It’s easy for a mother to love her children no matter what---it’s something that just happens. I don’t know if it’s as simple for children. You’re all so busy being angry at us for raising you wrong. His name was Robert Kincaid. He was a photographer and he was here in 1965 shooting an article for National Geographic on the covered bridges of Madison County. Remember when we got that issue how we felt like celebrities? Remember when we started getting the subscri ption?”How we felt like celebrities: (Caroline begins to search for the mentioned National Geographic. The cover of one of them is just Rosmand Bridge.) CAROLINE: Oh, that’s Rosmand Bridge. (She opens the magazine and finds Robert’s photo on the first page.) That must be Robert Kincaid. (points to his chest in the photo ) And that’s Mum’s medallion (continues to read the letter) “I don’t want you to be angry with him . I hope after you know the whole story, you might even think well of him. Even grateful.”MICHAEL: Grateful?Think well of : People will not think well of the strange young man until they know him.CAROLINE:(reads) “It’s all there in the three notebooks. ”(pick up the notebooks) (In the kitchen later, Caroline opens the first notebook which is datedAUUST 1965. Michael sits beside her with a cup of coffee.) CAROLINE: (reads) “It was the week of the Illinois state Fair.” The two of you were going with Dad to exhibit Caroline’s prize steer. It was the Sunday night you left.(turns to Francesca’s voice)I know it sounds awful but I couldn’t wait for you all to leave. You’re going to be gone until Friday. Four days, just four days…”1. Prize steer:2. I couldn’t wait for you all to leave. The students can’t wait for the long summer vacation. (DISSOL VE TO: 1965, in Johnson’s kitchen that night.) Francesca is busy preparing dinner as enjoying a beautiful classical opera from the radio. Francesca: Michael! Caroline! Richard! Dinner! (Michael enters through a screen door from the back, letting the DOOR SLAM SHUT.) FRANCESCA: Michael, what did I tell you about that door, uh? Michael: Sorry (Richard, Francesca’s husband, enters after Michael, letting the door SLAM the same way. Francesca is about to say something, but gives up .Then comes Caroline. The daughter, who seems to dislike operas, goes ahead and, without a word, tunes in some pop songs. Francesca still tries to keep silence. They take their seats.) Francesca: Ok, so, would you like to say grace?CAROLINE :( emotionlessly) Grace! (Everyone begins –in complete silence. When Richard scans the table for something that obviously isn’t there, Francesca is up out of her seat before he can ask, at the fridge, grabbing the sour cream, closing the fridge and back at the table with incredible swiftness. No one makes any comment on her considerate service or even looks up with a warm smile, as if all should be taken for granted. Francesca looks at them quietly.) sour cream: take something for granted; we all take it for granted that children should look after their parents when they are old. (Later in Richard and Francesca’s bedroom, Richard tries to pull out one of the drawers of the wardrobe but in vain.) Richard: Damn the drawer! Francesca: (pulls out the drawer successfully) You can’t get mad at it. Richard: Sorry, I didn’t mean the yell.Francesca: I want you to stay away from anything too spicy Richard: Uh…uh. Francesca: Then you promise me. Richard: (a little impatient) I swear. Only filters and no more than half pack a day, in half an hour. Francesca: Because you know half pack to save, you will be better off.Richard: I know, I know, I ‘m only kidding. Surely you don’t want to come?Francesca: I’m positive. Richard: what are you going to do for four days as a woman’s leisure? Francesca: Something I usually do except with less help. Richard: I really can’t sleep, you know, I can’t sleep next to you anymore.Francesca: So it’s only four days. (They kiss goodbye. The family’s truck disappears on the horizon and Francesca is left alone. That night, she sits in the dark with a classical opera in air when her pet dog hopping into her arms.) Francesca: (talks to the dog, the only companion at present ) Oh, God, where have you been? You missed them, you know, they already left. My, you love me so much. You know I don’t like you. Get down…oh, God! ( The dog is very heavy.)You like this song? Just you and me. Just you and me…. (The next morning, when slapping a small carpet on the column at the doorway, she sees a truck driving toward her house, kicking up dust. Francesca watches with suspicious curiosity as the truck stops and ROB-ERT KINCAID steps out.) ROBERT: Hi, you know I get the distinct feeling that I’m lost. FRANCESCA: Are you supposed to be in Iowa? ROBERT: Yeah.FRANCESCA: Well, then you’re not that lost. Robe rt: I’m looking for a bridge. Got one of those covered bridges out here in this neighborhood? FRANCESCA: Rosmand Bridge? ROBERT: That’s it FRANCESCA: Well, you’re pretty close. It’s only about two miles from here. ROBERT: Which way? Francesca: Well, you go that way and come to the Carters and turn left.Robert: To Carters? Francesca: Carters’ farm, small house close to the road, big mean yellow dog. Robert: Mean yellow dog, ok? Francesca: Yeah, then you go along that road until you come to a fork and its only less than half a mile. Robert: And then where after the fork? Francesca: The right, and then you …No, no, not that fork, excuse me. You pass Petersons. Robert: Petersons? Francesca: Petersons’ farm and past the told school house you turn left. It would be easier to tell you if the roads were marked.Robert: Yes, it certainly would.Francesca: Well, I can take you if you want. Or I can tell you. I can take you or tell you. Either way, it’s up to you. I don’t care. It’s up to somebody to do something; It’s up to my parents to decide whether I should go to the party. Robert: I wouldn’t want to take you away from what you are doing. Francesca: No, I was just going to have some iced tea and then split the atom but that can wait. Robert: Ok. Francesca: I ‘ll jus t get my shoes. (She goes back into the house to put on her shoes .Minutes later she is at the truck on whose door some words are printed: KINCAID PHOTOGRAPHY,BELLINGHAM,WASHINGTON.)(Robert clears away paper cups, banana peels, paper bags, photography equipment, which are piled on the side seat.) RROBERT: I wasn’t exactly expecting company. Okay. All set. (Francesca smiles. They both get into the truck.) ROBERT: Where are we headed? FRANCESCA: Out, then right. (In KINCAID’S TRUCK, they drive in silence. Fr ancesca is enjoying the breeze against her face.) ROBERT: Wonderful smell about Iowa -I’m kind of particular to this part of the country. Know what I mean? Be particular toParents tend to be particular to their youngest child. FRANCESCA: No. ROBERT: Well, it’s kind of hard to explain. I guess it’s in the loam or the soil. That rich, earthy, alive, well, maybe not alive. Anyway, you don’t smell it? FRANCESCA: Maybe it’s because I live here. ROBERT: Yeah, I guess so. It smells great, though. FRANCESCA: Are you from Washington originally? ROBERT: Yeah, I lived there until I was about…my late twenties. Then I moved to Chicago and I got married. FRANCESCA: Oh. When did you move back? ROBERT: After the divorce. FRANCESCA: Oh. ROBERT: Italy; Well, from Italy to Iowa. Whereabouts In Italy? Whereabouts: whereabouts did leave my ballpoint? FRANCESCA: We lived In a small town on the Eastern side. No one's ever heard of it, called Bari. ROBERT: Ban? Yeah, I know Bart. FRANCESCA: (surprised) No. ROBERT: Yes. FRANCESCA: Really?ROBERT: Oh, yeah. I was once on an assignment to ' Greece and I had to go through Bari to get the boat in; Brindisi. And I was looking out; it looked like pretty country so I gotoff the train and stayed a few days. FRANCESCA: (overcome by the idea of such freedom) You just... got off the train because it looked pretty? Robert: Yeah, yeah, I did. Excuse me. (pulling out a pack of cigarettes) Care for a cigarette?I don’t care for peppers, but I don’t mind spicy dishes, either. (Francesca, who doesn't usually smoke, accepts.) (They see the bridge ahead.) Francesca: That's it. Robert: It's beautiful. Yeah, this Is great. (They reach the bridge. Robert gets down the truck and takes his shooting equipment while Francesca lingers on the bridge, looking around.)ROBERT: I'll not shoot this today. I'll probably do a little prep work and shoot it tomorrow. The light is no good right now. FRANCESCA: Ok, I'll just wait. I don't mind. Robert: I'll just go down here. It's about as good a place to start as any. (Robert sets up a tripod in the small ravine beneath the bridge. Through a crack In one of the wooden planks, Francesca watches like a peeping Tom as Robert works. ) Robert: Beautiful place. it’s beautiful. You're out here much? Francesca: No. (She sees him take out a handkerchief and wipe the sweat off hisneck. Without knowing where Francesca is, Robert speaks aloud.) ROBERT: Is it always this hot around here? (Francesca moves quickly away from the plank, like a thief who's been caught.) FRANCESCA: Oh, yes, this time of year. Yeah. ROBERT: There is soda in the back of the truck if you like one. Francesca: Oh, would you like one? Robert: Not right now, thank you. Francesca: I'll get one. (By the back of the truck, she scans for the soda. She sees a bag, the zipper of which is opened. She glimpses inside as Robert's personal things clothes, socks, underwear, shaving kit, Life magazines. She grabs the soda bottle, opens it and tosses it up to drive away the thirst. Then, at the bridge, Francesca looks for Robert anxiously but he Is gone. She looks through the bridge to the other end and sees only the tripod. She walks through the bridge and out the other end. She finds Robert bent over, picking flowers.) FRANCESCA; Oh, there you are. ROBERT: You caught me. (He rises with a bouquet [M] of wildflowers for her.) ROBERT: I was just picking you some flowers. Men still do that, don't they? I'm not that out of date, am I? I'm picking flowers for a woman, as a sign of appreciationFRANCESCA: No, not at all –(suddenly)except those are poisonous. (Robert flings the flowers down immediately, and Francesca bursts into a mirth.)ROBERT: Yeah, pick off the ends. (reach out his hand for something)Yeah, please... Excuse me, I can take the ends off these shallots . FRANCESCA: Yes, that's a good idea. ROBERT: As we do it? FRANCESCA: Yeah, that’s good, but not uses your fingers. That'll smell... I'll get you some lemon. ROBERT: All right. Would you like a beer? FRANCESCA: Yeah. ROBERT: I've got some in the car. FRANCESCA; I'd love beer, yeah. ROBERT: It is a pleasure out of work. (Francesca laughs. Robert goes out lo fetch the beer, and he shuts the door very gently, no slamming at all.) FRANCESCA: Very nice. Nice. CHAPTER 4 (Robert and Francesca are in the middle of dinner. But instead of the usual silence that surrounds Johnson family eating, Francesca is greatly amused by Robert as he manages to eat and tell a story.Francesca laughs as Robert stands up to continue his story.) Robert: Oh, no, wait a second, wait just a second, wait just a second. You have got to picture this. There I'm with three cameras around my neck, and I got a tripod and my pants down around my ankles. I'm behind this bush. And all of a sudden I see this gorilla the hugest gorilla I've ever seen, staring right at me with the most lascivious look you've ever seen in your life, I mean more than you have ever seen from any creature with that much hair. Well, I freeze, of course, because that is what you are supposed to do. FRANCESCA: Yeah. ROBERT: And then it started coming towards me. FRANCESCA: And what? Oh, my, my God... Robert: I can't. Francesca: You're blushing. ROBERT: Well, it's a very painful subject, very sore, sore subject. FRANCESCA: What happened? ROBERT: We be- came engaged. FRANCESCA: (laughing loudly) You should write these stories down. ROBERT: Well, I would. Said this Is a female gorilla, see, a little lip gloss on her little lips and, we still write. I put this stuff down, I'm afraid, I'm afraid my writing Is a little too technical. Yeah, the trouble with being a journalist too long is you stop giving yourself permission to invent, you know.FRANCESCA: Umm.Robert: I would rather stick to making pictures. Francesca; "Making pictures". I like that. You really lore what you do, don't you? ROBERT: Yeah, I'm obsessed by it, really. FRANCESCA: Why Is that, do you think? ROBERT: I don't know. I don't think obsessions have reasons. That's why they're obsessions. FRANCESCA: You sound like an artist, (starts to clear the table) ROBERT: Well, I wouldn't say that. National Geographic likes their photos in focus and not too much personal if comment. I don't mind really, but I'm no artist. It's one of the courses being too well-adjusted. I'm too normal I like this picture be out of focus a little. FRANCESCA: No, I don't think you're so normal. ROBERT: Really?FRANCESCA: (laughing) I... really didn't mean that the way it sounded. I mean... you know.... ROBERT: That's... that's all right, we just chock them to a compliment. Move on. Did you just love teaching? FRANCESCA: Yes, sometimes t did. When there was a particular student who can make a difference, I... I know they're all supposed to, but they don't. It's not true. Then I just singled out one or two who you think you can con- tribute something to.ROBERT: And did you? FRANCESCA: I don't know, I hope so. I know one of them went to a medical school. ROBERT: Why did you quit? FRANCESCA: My children, my kids, and Richard didn't like my work and so on. ROBERT: Yeah. Would you miss that business? FRANCESCA: I don't know, I never think about it... Tell me, what's the most exciting place that you've ever been in the whole world? Except...unless you're too tired to tell me about it. ROBERT: You are asking a man if he's tired of talking about himself. You haven't got out much, have you? I'm sorry I didn't mean that, to make it sound like some dull. FRANCESCA: No, it doesn't matter, maybe it's a sort of dull for you, sitting here, talking all this to somebody else's wife, in the middle of nowhere.ROBERT: But this is your home, this isn't nowhere. That's not dull. Let's see... I guess I have to say that the mostRobert: I just thought maybe you'd like to come alongwith me. Francesca: Yes, I would like that, but 1... I'd drive mypickup and meet you there. All right? Robert: All right. Francesca: What time?Robert: How about six? Francesca: Ok. Robert: Great Ok. Bye. Francesca: Bye. (Francesca is very excited. She takes some money from her saving box and drives to town for shopping. A beautiful song can be heard in the radio.) (Robert is in a restaurant. A lunch time crowd fills the place. Robert is seated at the counter. He can sense their eyes on him, wondering who this stranger is and what's he doing here. He knows the whispered conversation is about him. Robert wants to finish his lunch as quickly as possible. At that moment, someone enters the restaurant and all the conversation stops. There is a woman wearing sunglasses comes in. He overhears one waitress turn to the other and whisper.)FIRST WAITRESS: God. It's Lucy Redfield. SECOND WAITRESS: Apparently [MM Mrs. Delaney got them. (Both the waitresses and Robert turn to see. But instead of being the harlot [Ail we might think, she's actually a rather plain, demure looking woman. She is clearly uncomfortable. She looks around the restaurant and no one offers her a seat. Robert clears his cameras off a stool next to him and offers.) ROBERT: Sit down here if you like. (She is surprised at his courtesy. Others are astounded. Somedisgusted. She accepts his offer and sits beside him. The waitress tosses a menu at her and slants down a glass of water, then moves on down the counter. The Redfield woman tries to act casual, glancing through the menu.) ROBERT: Hot out there. Isn’t it? (She nods Yeah and smiles. Robert subtly scans the room as all eyes are on them, then turn away. Robert returns his glace back to the Redfield woman who is now only pretending to read the menu. She is so embarrassed.in charge with divorce affair. As she looks at the card, a car pulls up and Michael comes back. Caroline: Where did you go? Michael: The bar in town. Caroline: Did you call Betty? (Michael shakes his head) Maybe you should.Michael: I've found out who Lucy Delaney's. Remember the Delaneys from Hillcrest Road? Caroline: Yeah, but I thought she died. Michael: He remarried Lucy Redfield. Apparently they were having an affair for years. Apparently the first Mrs. Delaney was a bit of stiff. Caroline: You mean she didn't like sex? Michael: (nods) Mum could have helped. Caroline: Boy! All these years I've resented not living the wild life in。