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片名：A Christmas Carol
译名：圣诞颂歌/圣诞夜怪谭/魔幻圣诞颂
导演：罗伯特·泽米吉斯（Robert Zemeckis）
作者：查尔斯·狄更斯（Charles Dickens）
编剧：罗伯特·泽米吉斯（Robert Zemeckis）
主演：金·凯瑞（Jim Carrey）
加里·奥德曼（Gary Oldman）
加利·艾尔维斯（Cary Elwes）
科林·费尔斯（Colin Firth）
鲍勃·霍斯金斯（Bob Hoskins）
罗宾·怀特·潘（Robin Wright Penn）
达里尔·沙巴拉（Daryl Sabara）
类型：动画，奇幻，剧情，家庭
地区：美国
语言： 英语
片长：96分钟
发行公司：迪斯尼
上映日期：2009年11月6日（美国）
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The Story
| On Christmas Eve in Victorian England, Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter and miserly old moneylender, holds everything that embodies the joys and spirit of Christmas in contempt, refusing to visit his cheerful nephew Fred's Christmas dinner party with his family, and forcing his underpaid employee Bob Cratchit to beg to take the day off for his own family. That night, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former business partner, Jacob Marley, who had died seven years prior on Christmas Eve and is now forced to spend his afterlife carrying heavy chains forged from his own greedy ways. Marley warns Scrooge that he will suffer an even worse fate if he doesn't repent, and foretells that he will be haunted by three spirits that will help guide him. |
圣诞前夕，在维多利亚时代的英国，有一个刻薄、吝啬的老放债人艾柏纳泽·斯克鲁奇（Ebenezer Scrooge）。他对一切体现圣诞精神的欢庆活动都嗤之以鼻：外甥弗瑞德（Fred）邀请他到家里共享圣诞晚餐，却遭到了拒绝；雇员鲍勃·克拉特基特（Bob Cratchit）薪水低廉，为了能跟家人过节，还不得不苦苦哀求Scrooge圣诞节放他一天假。那天晚上，他以前的生意伙伴雅各布·马利（Jacob Marley）的灵魂拜访了Scrooge。Marley死在七年前的圣诞前夕，现在被迫拖着由他生前的贪婪所锻造的沉重枷锁来度过他在阴府的生活。Marley告诫Scrooge，如果他还不悔改，下场会更凄惨；并提前告知他，今晚会有三个精灵到访，他们可以帮助他得到救赎。 |
| The first spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Past, shows Scrooge visions of his own past that take place on or around the Christmas season, reminding him of how he ended up the greedy man he is now. He had spent much of his childhood neglected by his father over the holidays at boarding school until he was finally brought home by his loving sister Fan, who died prematurely after giving birth to his nephew Fred. Scrooge later began a successful career in business and moneylending and became engaged to a woman named Belle, though she later called off the engagement when he began to grow obsessed with accumulating his own wealth. Unable to bear having to witness these events again, Scrooge extinguishes the spirit. |
首先来访的是“过去圣诞之灵”，他给Scrooge重现了往年圣诞前后他经历的一些事情，让Scrooge意识到他最终是怎样变成现在这般贪婪的。小时候他大部分时间都是在寄宿学校度过的，即使在节假日，父亲都对他不闻不问，直到他富有爱心的妹妹Fan把他接回了家。可是，Fan在生下Fred后不幸早逝。Scrooge后来经营生意和放债业务，做得很成功，并和Belle订了婚。然而，Scrooge越来越迷恋于聚积财富，Belle只好跟他取消了婚约。Scrooge无法忍受这过去的一幕幕再度重现，赶走了精灵。 |
| The second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, shows Scrooge the happiness of his fellow men on Christmas day. Among them are his nephew Fred, who playfully makes jokes with his family at Scrooge's expense, and Bob Cratchit and his family, who are just barely able to make do with what little pay Scrooge gives Cratchit. The Cratchits also tend to a sickly young son, Tiny Tim, whose commitment to the spirit of Christmas touches Scrooge, who is dismayed to learn from the spirit that he may not have much longer to live. Before the spirit vanishes, it warns Scrooge about the evils of Ignorance and Want, showing them as terrifying, uncivilized children doomed to grow into savage, despicable individuals. |
接着到来的是“现在圣诞之灵”，他带着Scrooge去感受圣诞节身边人的欢乐。外甥Fred在和家人一起快乐地说着Scrooge的笑话；Bob Cratchit一家靠着Scrooge付给Cratchit的微薄工资勉强过着节，夫妇俩还在照料年幼的儿子Tiny Tim，他生病了，可他对圣诞精神的执着深深打动了Scrooge。通过这个精灵，Scrooge很沮丧地意识到自己或许活不了多久了。精灵消失之前，还带着Scrooge看了两个孩子“无知”（Ignorance）和“贪婪”（Want）的不幸，以此告诫他：可怕、野蛮的孩子长大了注定会很残暴、很卑劣。 |
| The third and final spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, shows Scrooge the final consequences of his greed. Tiny Tim has died, leaving the Cratchits to mourn him on Christmas. Scrooge has also died, though there is more comfort than grief in the wake of his funeral. In addition, Fred finds benefit from inheriting his wealth, and Scrooge is even robbed by his former maid. Unwilling to let this grim future come to pass, Scrooge begs to be given a second chance as the spirit forces him into his deep and empty grave leading all the way to Hell. |
“将来圣诞之灵”是第三个也是最后一个来访的精灵，在他的引领下，Scrooge看到了贪婪带给自己的最终下场。Tiny Tim死了，圣诞节留给Cratchit一家的只有悲痛。Scrooge也死了，只是紧随葬礼之后，留下更多的是安慰而不是悲伤。另外，Fred继承了他的财富并从中获益，而死去的Scrooge甚至遭到他前女仆的盗劫。精灵逼迫着Scrooge进入他那深而空的坟墓，那个通往地狱的墓穴，Scrooge实在不愿这可怕的将来变成现实，于是他恳求精灵再给自己一次机会。 |
| Scrooge awakens to find himself in his bed on Christmas morning, the three spirits having guided him over the course of one night, and immediately sets out to atone for his sins, making donations to the poor, attending Fred's dinner party, and giving Cratchit a raise to care for his family, allowing Tiny Tim to live. Scrooge spends the remainder of his life a new man embodying the spirit of Christmas itself. |
圣诞节的早上，Scrooge醒来发现自己躺在床上。在经历整个晚上这三个精灵的引领之后，他立马开始行动为自己赎罪：给穷人捐钱，参加Fred一家的圣诞晚餐，给Cratchit加薪以照料全家，使得Tiny Tim活了下来。Scrooge就像换了一个全新的人一样，在自己的余生中亲身实践着圣诞精神的真谛。
（China.org.cn 汪玮 译） |
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