英文片名：Shawshank Redemption, The
(一)
Shawshank把自己反鎖在房內，並且利用監獄的廣播系統，為所有人播放了一齣歌劇。
他坐在沙發椅上靜靜聆賞，好像回到往日時光；而獄中長官在門外大發雷霆。
Red(Shawshank的獄中朋友)一邊聽著廣播喇叭中傳來的歌劇，一邊這麼說：
"I have no idea to this day what them two Italian ladies were singing about.
Truth is, I don't want to know. Some things are best left unsaid.
I like to think they were singing about something so beautiful it can't be expressed in words,
and makes your heart ache because of it. "
延伸學習：left + p.p. 留置於某種狀態
left unsaid：留著沒說出口
left undone：留著未完成
left unattended：留著無人看管 / 照顧
a stone left unturned：沒有被翻轉過來的石頭，意指難題沒有解決
(二)
Shawshank向Red解釋，他一直在幫獄中長官做假帳、洗錢，用來交換自己的自由。Red很擔憂
這麼做的後果，並且勸告Shawshank，難保哪天不會出事。Shawshank輕鬆地笑笑，告訴Red，
他虛構了叫做Stevens的人物，因此他自己和獄中長官都不會惹上麻煩。Red大驚，詢問如何虛
構？並且語帶懷疑。Shawshank這麼回答：
"Sure you can, if you know how the system works, and where the cracks are.
It's amazing what you can accomplish by mail.
Mr. Stevens has a birth certificate, social security card, driver's license.
They ever track those accounts, they'll wind up chasing a figment of my imagination. "
延伸學習：wind up 有某場下場的結局
wind up ahead：後來居上
wind up being richer：變得比較富有
wind up with the worst record：以最差的成績收場
wind up eating one's words：以食言的結局收場(先前的預測不準確)
可以複習一下IF的用法嗎? if you know how the system works, and where the cracks are.好像有好多種，常搞混呢...
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1.與現在事實相反
If+S+過去式動詞，S+would(could ,should, might)+原型動詞
例如:If I were rich,I would help you.
因為現在我不有錢，所以是與現在事實相反的用法
2.與過去事實相反
If+S+過去完成式，S+would(could ,should, might)+have+p.p
例如:If he had told me the truth,I would not have made the mistake.
因為已經是過去的事了，所以假設句一律用完成式
3.與未來事實相反
表示對未來事情的假設，實際上絕不可能發生。
If+S+were to +V，S+would(could, should, might)+原型動詞
例如:If we were to live to be 200 years old,we could change everything.
4.現在或未來可能發生的狀況
If+S+現在式動詞，S+ 祈使句 或 will(can,may,shall )+原型動詞
例如:If it rains tomorrow,I shall not go.
資料來源：http://tw.knowledge.yahoo.com/question/question?qid=1507042304495
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刪除Shawshank是監獄的名字
回覆刪除不是主角的名字
主角在劇中叫做Andy Dufresne