影片对白：

Dorian: This young lady.

Manager: Miss Sibyl Vane, my lord, in the role of Ophelia.

Sibyl: ...see that noble and most sovereign reason like sweet bells jangled, out of tune¹ and harsh. That unmatch'd form and feature of blown youth blasted with ecstasy². Oh, woe³ is me.

Manager: May I present the Theatre Royale's Miss Sibyl Vane, my lord?

Gray: I'm not really a lord. I don't know why he keeps saying that.

Sibyl: We don't get many gentlemen in this theatre.

Gray: Really? Well, then, I shall recommend it to them.

Sibyl: May I ask what brings you to my dressing⁴ room?

Gray: Well, I...I just happened to be passing the theatre and...Well, you see, I was in the gin shop...

Sibyl: I know.

Gray: You remember? Well, a friend took me there for the first time. Well, I say the first time. Of course, I have...Well, I wanted to... wanted to say hello, but then you left with...

Sibyl: With Jim.

Gray: Yes. Quite. Jim.

Sibyl: My brother.

Gray: Brother?

Sibyl: Mm.

Gray: Well, that's splendid! Sorry. It was wrong of me to... Please forgive my intrusion, Miss Vane.

Sibyl: Wait! There's something you haven't told me.

Gray: Yes, of course. I do beg your pardon. Ophelia is a most challenging role and your performance this evening was...impeccable. In fact, extraordinary. In fact...you are extraordinary. And when I saw you on the stage, and even more so, now I stand before you, I am awestruck and humbled⁵ by your radiance.

Sibyl: I meant your name. You didn't tell me your name.

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Sibyl: So, how many other girls do you bring here?

Gray: Hundreds. Thousands.

Sibyl: You must be courting dozens at least.

Gray: No.

Sibyl: You can tell me the truth.

Gray: There's only you. There's only you.

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Henry: Tell me, what are your actual relations with this young thing?

Basil: A fraction of respect, man.

Gray: It's not like that. Sibyl's sacred.

Henry: It's only the scared things that are worth touching⁶. People nowadays fear their passions.

Gray: Well, I don't.

Henry: Of course you do. We're taught terror from the nursery. Terror of God, or, even worse, of scandal. We're taught to spend our entire lives cowering⁸ in self-denial. The truth, Mr Gray, is that every impulse we strangle only poisons us.

Basil: You'll make him wish he'd never mentioned the girl.

Tailor: Well, Monsieur.

Henry: There's something missing.

Gray: Thank you, Harry⁹.

Gray: I took the liberty of filling it with my blend.

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Sibyl: Oh, Dorian. It's beautiful.

Gray: I just thought it would suit you.

Sibyl: I should be going. Jim will worry.

Gray: Of course. Or we could...I mean...You could...stay...here...with me. We shouldn't be afraid of our feelings, Sib.

Sibyl: It's just...I've seen other girls who give themselves, and then I've seen what becomes of them.

Gray: I love you. Forgive me. I didn't mean...

Sibyl: You're all I ever want in the world.

妙语佳句 活学活用

1. dressing room: 化装室。Dressing table则是“梳妆台”，dressing gown是“晨衣，睡袍”。

2. intrusion: 侵入；闯入；打扰。例如：numerous intrusions on somebody's privacy（无数次地侵扰某人的私人生活）。

3. impeccable: 无可挑剔的，无瑕疵的，完美的。例如：impeccable character（无可挑剔的品德）。

4. awestruck: 充满敬畏的。

5. court: 求爱。影片中Sibyl觉得像Dorian这么英俊的男子可能同时在和几个女人谈恋爱，她有点不相信自己会那么幸运。看一下例子：We used to go there when we were courting.（我们谈恋爱的时候常去那儿。）court还可以表示“设法赢得（某种地位等），求取”，例如：The teacher tried to court popularity by giving his students very little work.（老师给学生布置很少的作业以博得他们的好感。）

6. cower⁷: 退缩，畏缩。例如：We found the kidnapped children cowering in a corner.（我们发现被绑架的儿童畏缩在角落里。）

7. self-denial: 克己，自我牺牲。影片中亨利指人们出于对上帝或对流言的恐惧而克制自己的欲望。

8. strangle: 抑制，压制。例如：Creativity is being strangled by financial pressures.（创造力被经济上的重重压力抑制住了。）

9. take the liberty of doing sth.: 未经许可做某事。liberty指的是“（未经许可的）冒昧行为；放肆，失礼”。请看例子："Whenever he needs a car he just takes mine, without asking whether I mind." "What a liberty!" （“他一需要用车，就开走我的车，也不问我是否介意。”“真是太过分了！”）

10. become of sb./sth.: （常指坏事）……发生（遭遇）某种情况；结果（怎么样）。看一下例子：Whatever became of that nice girl you used to share a flat with?（过去同你合住一套房子的那个可爱的女孩后来怎样了？）

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