影视听力 第51期:Stop-Loss 止损

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 debut¹ which came out in 1999. Stop-Loss is the latest in a series of movies dealing² with the war in Iraq. And like a lot of those movies, it's uneven³, 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 authenticity⁴ to his roles, but here he is really quite good.

Phillippe plays a squad⁵ leader. We first see him and his fellow soldiers in Tikrit in Iraq where they are in the middle of a bloody⁶ firefight where some of them are killed and others are wounded, and he and his buddies⁷ go back rather shaken but also relieved to be home to Brazos, Texas, his hometown where he and his best buddy⁸, 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 precipitates⁹ the movie's long somewhat unconvincing middle. He goes AWOL with his best friend's fiancée. There is a lot of agonizing¹⁰ 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 unstable¹¹ 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.

1 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• 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。

2 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• 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。

3 uneven   

adj.不平坦的，不规则的，不均匀的

参考例句：

• 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。

4 authenticity   

n.真实性

参考例句：

• 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。

5 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• 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。

6 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• 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。

7 buddies   

n.密友( buddy的名词复数 )；同伴；弟兄；（用于称呼男子，常带怒气）家伙v.（如密友、战友、伙伴、弟兄般）交往( buddy的第三人称单数 )；做朋友；亲近（…）；伴护艾滋病人

参考例句：

• 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

8 buddy   

n.（美口）密友，伙伴

参考例句：

• 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！

9 precipitates   

v.（突如其来地）使发生( precipitate的第三人称单数 )；促成；猛然摔下；使沉淀

参考例句：

• 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

10 agonizing   

adj.痛苦难忍的；使人苦恼的v.使极度痛苦；折磨(agonize的ing形式)

参考例句：

• 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

11 unstable   

adj.不稳定的，易变的

参考例句：

• This bookcase is too unstable to hold so many books.这书橱很不结实，装不了这么多书。
• The patient's condition was unstable.那患者的病情不稳定。