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Man of La Mancha
高中時代最喜歡這首歌 The Impossible Dream,那也是英文德昌老師的最愛,它也是唐吉軻德傳的主題曲!我也喜歡的一部影片!
事隔十多年,重溫這部小說原著,讓人有種驚奇感!
主角一直活在自己的想像世界裡,認真的扮演盡責的武士,發揮武士精神,創造或編撰精采的冒險故事,卻也因此傷害了不少無辜的人,忠心的隨從在旁服侍照顧,很叫人感動!最後由於朋友無畏的用心,才幫助他回故鄉,回到現實生活,在瀕臨死亡的前一刻,頓悟與瞭解自己的愚昧與荒唐!
有點兒忘了,為何當時的老師會極力推薦唐吉軻德傳?或許是他豐富的想像力,或許是他勇敢無畏的冒險與堅持,樸實的努力著,或許是他年紀雖老,卻仍願意為自己的理想而奮力一搏的精神吧!我想!
唯一還有印象的是,當時看了很多黑白精選影片,很多是老師的押箱寶,半強迫半推薦的要我們看,卻也讓我們不少人喜愛那些舊片子,記得那時電視也時興清秀佳人,羅馬假期,戰地鐘聲,齊瓦哥醫生等等五六零年代的好片,一邊欣賞一邊也可以學英文練聽力....,說真的,在綠苑的日子,真是很幸福的一段時光!我以中女為榮!
The Impossible Dream Jack Jones
To dream the impossible dream,
To fight the unbeatable foe,
To bear with unbearable sorrow,
To run where the brave dare not go.
To right the unrightable wrong,
To love pure and chaste from afar,
To try when your arms are too weary,
To reach the unreachable star.
This is my quest,
To follow that star --
No matter how hopeless,
No matter how far.
To fight for the right
Without question or pause,
To be willing to march
Into hell for a heavenly cause.
And I know if I’ll only be true
To this glorious quest
That my heart will be peaceful and calm
when I’m laid to my rest.
And the world will be better for this,
that one man scorned and covered with scars
still strove with his last ounce of courage.
To reach the unreachable star.
To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go.
To right the unrightable wrong
To be better far than you are
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star.
This is my quest, to follow that star,
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far
To be willing to give when there’s no more to give
To be willing to die so that honor and justice may live
And I know if I’ll only be true to this glorious quest
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm when I’m laid to my rest
And the world will be better for this
That one man scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star.
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