清晨朗讀1531:Review of 「The Shawshank Redemption」

Hi, I'm John, and I want to help you learn English. 這裡有純正又充滿磁性的美音，這裡有多樣化的學習素材（目前已推送 1000 多篇不同類型的英文材料），這裡已經有超過 17 萬充滿激情的英語學習者，這裡更是共同進步、實現夢想的出發點和加油站！關注清晨朗讀會，讓優美的晨讀開啟你充滿希望的每一天！

Good morning!

今天的練習內容是 Roger Ebert 的經典電影影評，這次的是關於《The Shawshank Redemption》（譯名：肖申克的救贖 ）。

這個電影真的很好，估計很多朋友都看過。其實，反覆看自己喜歡的經典影視作品是個很好的學習方式。

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這是一篇「中階」的文章。如果你想練習不同難度的，可以考慮下面這兩篇歷史文章：

順便問一下，大家覺得分級文章怎麼樣？你一般會練習哪篇文章？

John

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朗讀內容

Review of 「The Shawshank Redemption」

By Roger Ebert

It is a strange comment to make about a film set inside a prison, but "The Shawshank Redemption" creates a warm hold on our feelings because it makes us a member of a family. Many movies offer us vicarious experiences and quick, superficial emotions. "Shawshank" slows down and looks. It uses the narrator's calm, observant voice to include us in the story of men who have formed a community behind bars. It is deeper than most films; about continuity in a lifetime, based on friendship and hope.

Interesting that although the hero of the film is the convicted former banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), the action is never seen from his point of view. The film's opening scene shows him being given two life sentences for the murder of his wife and her lover, and then we move, permanently, to a point of view representing the prison population and particularly the lifer Ellis 'Red' Redding (Morgan Freeman). It is his voice remembering the first time he saw Andy ("looked like a stiff breeze would blow him over"), and predicting, wrongly, that he wouldn't make it in prison.

From Andy's arrival on the prison bus to the film's end, we see only how others see him - Red, who becomes his best friend, Brooks the old librarian, the corrupt Warden Norton, guards and prisoners. Red is our surrogate. He's the one we identify with, and the redemption, when it comes, is Red's. We've been shown by Andy's example that you have to keep true to yourself, not lose hope, bide your time, set a quiet example and look for your chance. "I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really," he tells Red. "Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'."

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https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-shawshank-redemption-1994

朗讀內容的原文請點擊文末的「閱讀原文」

朗讀語音也可以去喜馬拉雅聽（搜索：王淵源John）

希望的得到更多指導可以上：英語 A 計劃

練習完了記得打卡哦

什麼是清晨朗讀會？

這裡就是清晨朗讀會。我每天早上6點左右發送可以模仿和朗讀的材料，包括語音和文本。希望我們能夠每天一起練習。

如何使用此練習材料

較理想的狀態

先聽一遍我讀的語音（最好第一遍不看原文）

再聽一遍，這次跟著模仿（聽不懂你模仿的沒關係，跟不上也沒關係，就儘量模仿你聽到的音！）

朗讀一遍原文

這個時候才花點時間查不懂的內容（但查詢的時間不要超過總練習時間的三分之一！）

1-3步驟再重複2－3遍

發到朋友圈裡，告訴朋友你今天練了英語！（對我來講，日常的轉發與分享是最大的支持和幫助，提前感謝！）

起碼要達到的狀態

聽一遍

跟著模仿一遍

朗讀一遍

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