A cry for recognition 生命的颤音

2019-09-10薛海燕

疯狂英语·读写版 2019年10期

薛海燕

Step 1 感知·閱读导航

话题导入

法庭上，十二岁的男孩赞恩（Zain）向法官状告他的亲生父母，原因是，他们给了他生命，却没能够好好地抚养他。是什么样的经历让一个孩子做出如此不可思议的举动？黎巴嫩女导演拉巴基（Labaki）用独特的视角和方式，在电影《何以为家》（Capernaum）中呈现了这个发生在黎巴嫩贫民窟中的叙利亚难民的故事。

本文是这部电影的影评，叙述了赞恩的挣扎与痛苦，解读了导演拉巴基的努力和希冀：打破电影的边界，用影视的方式发出呼救信号，用行动带来切实改变。就如电影结尾所言，“愿每个勇敢的小孩，都能被世界温柔以待”。

阅读目标

1. 通过主题的挖掘和思维导图的构建，了解电影的主要情节;

2. 通过对细节描写的理解，同情赞恩的生活经历，思考人物个性和社会的背景;

3. 通过品读影评，认识到世界的多样性，并思考哪些媒介可以一定程度上改变我们对生活、对社会、对世界的理解。

海词积累

1. sue /su：/ v. 起诉

Kids who live a happy childhood dream about what they will be when they grow up. But less fortunate kids who live in poverty and misery， sometimes wonder why they were born in the first place.

Children like these inspired Lebanese director Nadine Labakis new film Capernaum， which arrived in China on April 29， 2019.

In the slums of Beirut， Lebanon‘s capital， Labaki saw kids selling gum or flowers or even carrying heavy gas tanks. Some of them were alone on the street， unfed and hopeless.

One of these kids told her， “I dont know why I was born if no one is going to love me， if no one is going to kiss me before I go to sleep， if I‘m going to be beaten up every day.”

This is how Capernaum begins： A 12？鄄year？鄄old boy named Zain， who lives in one of Beiruts slums， sues his parents for giving birth to him， even though， he says， they knew they couldn‘t look after him.

Capernaum is fictional， but its as true as it gets. There are no professional actors in this film. Zain， for example， is played by a boy with the same name， a Syrian refugee called Zain Al Rafeea. He had never slept in a bed before the movie， or gone to school. He didn‘t even have papers to prove he was a human being—just like his character in the film.

By making Capernaum， Labaki wanted to “become the voice of these kids”， according to The Guardian.

And the voice is being heard. Capernaum debuted （首映） at Cannes Film Festival in May， 2018， and won the Jury Prize. Soon after the festival， under the auspices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees， Zain and his family got the chance to resettle in Norway. They now live in a house by the sea， and Zain is going to school.

When Labaki told The New York Times that she wanted Capernaum “to go beyond the borders of just being a film” and to be “a cry for help”， she wasn‘t sure how big an impact it would have. “I might never get anywhere， but at least I want to try，” she said.7739A13E-5B17-4BCA-9DCC-95133FBC78D4

But she certainly has gone somewhere—at least the real-life Zain is now able to dream about his future.

Step 2 实践·文本解读

目标呈现

Ⅰ. Grasp the main content.

Why did Labaki make the film？

A. To make a living.

B. To become famous.

C. To let people know refugees？蒺 lives.

D. To call for help for those refugee kids in slums.

Ⅱ. Understand the structure.

Complete the form according to the text.

Step 3 运用·读写整合

角色体验

1. If you were Zain， what would you do to help with the situation？

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2. What impact has Labaki made？

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Step 4 提升·素养建构

思维训练

1. What do you think of Labaki's idea “to go beyond the borders of just being a film”？

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写作技巧

A decent movie review should be entertaining， persuasive and informative， providing an original opinion without giving away too much of the plot.

Introduction（Para. 1～2）： title， director， setting， thesis

Body（ Para. 3～5）： plot summary， describe some events without revealing the end

Body （Para. 6～8）： support the thesis with plenty of examples

Conclusion （Para. 9～10）： overall comment， opinion， recommendation

讀后创写

y假定你是李华，你和你的网友Alice都没有看过电影《何以为家》。读完这篇影评后，你了解了影片的主要情节，被主人公赞恩向命运的抗争和导演拉巴基用电影向世界发出的呼吁所感动，请写一封e-mail向你的网友推荐这部电影，并约定这个暑假一起观看电影并分享观后感。

要求：

1. 向Alice介绍电影的主要情节和相关情况;

2. 发表你对这部电影、演员或导演的看法;

3. 推荐Alice观看这部电影并约她一起分享观后感。

Dear Alice，

I‘ve learned that you havent watched the movie Capernaum， and neither have I.

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Yours，

Li Hua

视野拓展

马云与电影

马云也是一个“影迷”。他不仅主演了《功守道》，还投资华谊兄弟，随即进入其董事会，当选华谊兄弟董事会副董事长。

电影可以说是20世纪最有影响力的艺术形式之一。一部好的电影给你更开阔的眼界，让你更多地用脑思考，而不是单纯地追求视觉刺激;一部好的电影给你展现的是不同国家地域的优秀文化及正确的价值观，而不是简单的故事叙述和动作表演。马云在多个场合都表示说：“个人或社会，没有对文化的追求和创新，就没有办法发展。”将中国优秀的文化推广出去，和世界分享中国传统哲学中蕴含的理念和力量，是他们这代人的责任和担当，这种文化不仅属于中国，更是属于世界。《功守道》的上映也证实了这一点。电影中马云与各个流派的武术高手一起亲力亲为，成为以武学为代表的中国文化走向世界的传播者和践行者，以此向中国传统文化致敬，并向世界传递新时代的中国文化自信。7739A13E-5B17-4BCA-9DCC-95133FBC78D4