I Never Thought I Would Be a Star我从没想过我会成为明星

⊙ By Aamir Khan ⊙ 翻译：BillyBudd

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I Never Thought I Would Be a Star我从没想过我会成为明星

⊙ By Aamir Khan ⊙ 翻译：BillyBudd

前一阵子在国内票房一路飘红的印度励志电影《摔跤吧！爸爸》让许多年轻人认识了印度的“国宝级”全能演员阿米尔·汗。阿米尔·汗从小就生活在“圈里”，他父亲和叔叔都是电影导演，他年仅八岁就在叔叔导演的电影里露面，但家人始终反对他当演员；一直到上大学的时候，他自己萌发了当演员的念头，并于1988年在他表兄执导的《冷暖人生》中饰演拉兹一角。从影近三十年来，阿米尔·汗拍了四十余部电影，获奖无数，他的表演就是票房的保证。那阿米尔·汗究竟是如何看待自己的表演生涯的呢？来听听他是怎么说的吧。

Interviewer:When did that first1)germ [dʒзːm] n.芽，萌芽germof that thought come to you “Maybe I can be an actor?”

Aamir:Well,you know,I think it must have been when I was about 15,16 or so.What really made me realize that I want to be in the film,whether it’s acting…I want to be part of cinema is when I did a short film for a friend of mine.So,he was making a short film for himself to learn cinema and film-

口语指南针

印度英语语速快，口音重，乍听起来很难懂，大部分中国学生都会抱怨说要听明白印度英语不是件容易的事。其实，只要掌握了一些规律，你也能听懂印度英语。印度英语有三个特点：一是在辅音发音上没有爆破音和清辅音之分，因此p成了b、t成了d、k成了g；二是有些开口元音变成了闭口元音，如[eɪ]变成了[ɪ]等；三是声调与我们听惯的英美口音不同。明白了印度英语的这三个特点，听时再结合上下文，你就可以基本理解印度英语的大意了。making and…and he needed help,so he asked me if I’d act in it.And I was his actor,spot boy,production manager,assistant director,all rolled into one.So we2)shoot [ʃuːt] v.拍摄，过去式为shot。shotthat film,it’s a 40-minute film,and the experience of doing that film made me realize that this is where I want to be.

And then,today,when I think back,actually the seed here,it was3)sow [səʊ] v.播（种），过去分词为sown。sownmuch earlier,because,when I was a kid,I used to love to listen to stories.And a lot of writers and directors would come to4)pitch [pɪtʃ] v.<非正式>推销，力荐pitchscripts to my dad and to my uncle,and I would sit in the corner,and I used to listen to the stories.So I must have heard hundreds of stories of different writers,directors who come and pitch.Could be story line here,could be an outline here,could be a fully developed script here.And every Saturday,Sunday,which was a school holiday for me,I used to listen to stories,and,you know,I think that was my first training ground of understanding script and stories,and I used to listen to them talk,and I still remember my dad used to always say at the end of a5)narration [nə΄reɪʃ（ə）n] n.叙述，故事narration…

Interviewer:So,you were naturally…

Aamir:…what he was saying,which I realized later on,is he was saying “What is the6)premise [΄premɪs] n.前提premiseof your film? What are you trying to say?” All of this started going into me at a very young age.I was seven or eight at that time.So,but it7)come to the fore 出现，涌现came to the foreinto my8)conscious [΄kɒnʃəs] adj.有意识的，意识到的consciousthinking when I was about 15.

瓷贴面修复，因其色泽稳定、对牙龈无刺激、牙体预备量少等优点，已被广泛应用于临床中[1]。传统的修复方法，主要依靠肉眼观察及手工来完成，存在一定的误差，既增加了患者的每次就诊的时间和就诊次数，又降低了患者的舒适程度。随着科技的发展及口腔技术的改革创新，数字化技术在口腔领域中逐渐被广泛应用，目前口腔医生已可采用数字化技术制作出更精确的全瓷贴面修复体[2]，在时间效率、制作精度和患者舒适度方面显示出了更多的优势。本研究对数字化方法和传统方法制作的全瓷贴面的临床疗效进行了观察。

Interviewer:Like9)eureka [ʊə΄riːkə] int.（欢呼）找到了，有了eureka.

Aamir:Yeah,that’s what I want to do.

作文素材常积累：阿米尔·汗——By seeking andblundering[犯愚蠢错误],we learn.不论是科学界还是文学界，各界大拿从未质疑犯错对成功的引领作用。阿米尔也不例外。1988年，年仅23岁的阿米尔获印度国家电影奖特别关注奖。随后，年轻气盛的他一口气接了好几部电影，但大多票房及口碑不佳。失败后的阿米尔进行了反思，从而树立了几个从业原则，比如文中提及的根据剧本质量选电影等。正如他本人所言，正是从失败中吸取了教训才让自己变成了更优秀的人。犯错并不可怕，可怕的是不能从错误中走出来，吸取教训再次放手一搏。Like eureka.

Eureka是个感叹词，据说是古希腊数学家及发明家阿基米德在洗澡时跨进浴盆后注意到水位上升，然后灵机一闪，明白了盛水容器中排出的水的体积等于浸入水中的不规则物体的体积这一道理，大呼“Eureka! Eureka!”后兴奋得衣服也没穿，跑到大街上同众人分享这一发现。Eureka是当时阿基米德说的古希腊语的英文音译，意思就是“我发现了”，后指因突然找到解决方法而欢呼，常用词组为eureka moment，例：Adam jumped with excitement when the idea hit him.It was truly an eureka moment.（想法出现时，亚当兴奋地跳了起来，那真的是灵光一闪的瞬间。）

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采访者：你第一次萌生“或许我可以当一个演员”这种想法是什么时候？

阿米尔：嗯，你知道吗，我想一定是在我15、16岁左右。我真正意识到自己想要进入电影这个行业，不论演不演戏……在帮一个朋友拍摄一部短片的时候，我产生了进入电影行业这个念头。他当时因为正在学习电影和电影制作，要自己拍一个短片，需要人帮忙。于是他就问我要不要在里面演个角色。于是我就成了他的主演、场务、制片主任跟助理导演，身兼数职。然后我们就拍了那部短片，那是个40分钟长的片子，就是这次拍片的经历让我意识到，这就是我想做的事。

采访者：这么说，你是自然而然……

阿米尔：……我是后来才理解他说的话。他当时说：“你影片的前提是什么？你想表达什么？”所有这些都在我很小的时候就扎根在我心里，我那时才七八岁。但直到我15岁时，我才有意识地想到这一点。

采访者：就像灵机一动。

阿米尔：对，那就是我想做的事。

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阿米尔眼中的阿米尔

My Mistakes

I made a lot of mistakes in my career and had unsuccessful films also to my credit.But I have always learnt from my mistakes as that has always pushed me to do better and10)evolve [ɪ΄vɒlv] v.发展，进化evolveas an actor and as a person.I don’t regret doing any film in my career as the experience has taught me a lot.

My Passion for Cinema

I never thought I would be a star and be successful.I believed in doing what I felt was right and just followed by heart.The two qualities that I feel have brought me till here are my11)passion [΄pæʃ（ə）n] n.热情，热爱passionand madness for cinema but the same also12)backfire [΄bækfaɪə（r）] v.产生反效果，事与愿违backfireat times and is dangerous.

My View on13)box office 票房，售票处Box Office Numbers

Box office numbers are a possible indicator of how much people have liked a film,but they are not the only indicator.Sometimes,numbers can be misleading.14)by and large 大体上，总的来说By and large,the number forms a15)yardstick [΄jɑːdstɪk] n.码尺，准绳yardstickthat if this film has16)garner [΄gɑːnə（r）] v.获得garneredso much then a lot of people have liked it and seen it again and again.So numbers are some sort of a yardstick for appreciation of a film.

My Choice of Films

My choice of films is17)dictate [dɪk΄teɪt] v.决定，对……有决定性影响dictatedby my creative18)instinct [΄ɪnstɪŋkt] n.本能，天性instincts.What moves me as a creative person or as a human being…that is what19)drive [draɪv] v.推动，驱动drivesme in accepting films.Number is the last thing on my mind when I’m listening to a story.

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我对错误的认识

我在我的电影生涯中曾犯过许多错误，也拍过一些失败的影片。但我总会从自己的错误中吸取教训，因为这么做总是能激励我成为一名更好的演员、更优秀的人。对我职业生涯中参演过的所有影片，我都不会感到后悔，因为正是这些经历使我获益良多。

我对电影的热情

我从没想过我会成为明星，获得成功。我相信要做自己认为正确的事，然后一切从心就好。我觉得我之所以有今天，原因有两个：我对电影的热爱与疯狂，但它们有时也会产生适得其反的效果，非常危险。

我对票房的看法

票房是一种指标，它可能反映了人们对一部电影的喜爱程度，但这并非唯一的指标。有时候，数字也会误导人。总的来说，票房是一种标准，它意味着如果一部电影的票房收入很高，那代表它受到观众的喜爱，从而吸引了大批观众多次观影。因此，票房是衡量观众对一部影片赏识程度的大致标准。

我对电影的选择

我对电影的选择是由我的创作直觉决定的。促使我成为一个有创造性的人的因素……就是推动我同意出演角色的原因。在我倾听某个故事时，钱是最无足轻重的。