(单词翻译:单击)
中英文本
American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film directed by Sam Mendes. It stars Kevin Spacey as office worker Lester Burnham, who hates his job and boring routine. He has a midlife crisis when he becomes obsessed with his teenage daughter's best friend, Angela (Mena Suvari). Annette Bening co-stars as Lester's materialistic wife, Carolyn, and Thora Birch plays their insecure daughter, Jane. The film has been described by academics as a satire of American middle class ideas about beauty and personal satisfaction. Critics have focused on the film's explorations of romantic and paternal love, sexuality, beauty, materialism, alienation, freedom, and freeing oneself from sin.
美国丽人是萨姆·门德斯导演于1999年上映的剧情电影。电影由凯文·史派西主演，影片中他扮演一个名叫莱斯特·伯恩汉姆的上班族，他讨厌自己的工作，以及无聊的日常活动。他喜欢上了他女儿最好的朋友—安吉拉（米娜·苏瓦丽），当时他还在中年危机当中。安妮特·贝宁饰演莱斯特的妻子—卡洛琳，一个崇尚物质的女人，索拉·伯奇饰演他们的女儿-简，一个总是闯祸的孩子。有专业学者认为，这部影片是对美国中产阶级的讽刺，是对美丽和个人欲望的讽刺。批判家着重了影片对爱情、父爱、性、美丽、物质主义、自由、疏远感以及从罪恶中解脱出来的探索。
American Beauty was positively received by critics and audiences alike. It was the best-reviewed American film of the year and grossed over $350 million worldwide. It won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (for Spacey), Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography. The years since have seen its critical regard wane. In 2005, Premiere named American Beauty as one of 20 "most overrated movies of all time". Mendes accepted the criticism, saying: "I thought some of it was entirely justified—it was a little overpraised at the time." The movie review site Rotten Tomatoes says: "American Beauty is a smart, provocative high point of late '90s mainstream Hollywood film."
美国丽人得到了批判家和观众的好评。这是那年受到好评最多的美国电影，并在全世界取得了3亿5千万美金。这部影片获得了奥斯卡最佳影片奖、最佳导演奖、最佳男演员奖（给予史派西）、最佳原创剧本奖以及最佳摄影奖。多年以来，人们对这部影片的批判逐渐减少。2005年，美国杂志“首映”将美国丽人评为全美最受好评的20部电影之一。门德斯也接受了批评，他说“我非常满意-但是人们对这部影片的好评实在多了些”。影评网站“烂番茄”说：“美国丽人是好莱坞90年代的主流电影，它是一部饱受好评的影片。”
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重点讲解
1.paternal love 父爱
But there was something in this man's voice that caught me: the quality of the paternal love in it.
然而，在这个男人的声音里，还有些东西抓攫着我：声音里的那种父爱的气质。
2.best Cinematography 最佳摄影奖
Stevens rightly won an Oscar for Best Direction and Oscars also went to Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Musical Score, and Best Costume Design.
史蒂文斯获得奥斯卡最佳导演奖，电影同时还获最佳改编剧本，最佳摄影，最佳剪辑，最佳配乐，最佳服装设计等多项奖项。
3.personal satisfaction 个人满足
Now that I’ve done it, I know I can do it again, which gives me great personal satisfaction.
现在，我已经完成，我知道我能再做一次，这给了我很大的个人满足感。
4.midlife crisis 中年危机
By 1922, when Steichen was 43, he was undergoing what we now call a midlife crisis.
1922年，史泰钦43岁的时候，他经历了一次我们现在所称的中年危机。
