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		Sound of Music, Austria(奥地利─音乐之声)	2020-06-19 09:49:39

2017-07-05

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【Aiden in English】

The Sound of Music is probably the greatest American musical movie ever produced. In fact, it in general has accomplished feats only a few movies have done in Hollywood. And no one knows why the movie was that successful. Perhaps, most of it was filmed in Salzburg, Austria.

Austria isn't the first place one would think of paradise, but only today I did realize how amazing this tiny country is. So far, I've seen the cold, much colder side of Austria, which is famous all around the globe. The musical city of Salzburg is also quite outstanding, providing the world with Wolfgang Mozart, one of the greatest musicians of all time. As the Austro-Hungarian Empire, even gave birth to a more infamous person the world has seen: Adolf Hitler.

Now, Austria has to show the vacation side. Besides, I don't want to be on a purely educational trip. That’s what school is for. So, about an hour away from Salzburg, lays the most beautiful body of water I've seen since the exotic island of Mahe, Seychelles. Around the Salzkammergut, there is a section of 76 lakes, each separated by a series of Alpine ranges. The water was crystal clear, given a slight tint of green, turquoise, or emerald, and apparently was pure enough to drink, which is unsettling a bit. As our tour guide said, the government strictly regulated pollutants and all chemicals affecting the lakes.

On one particular lakeside of Mondsee, some famous scenes from the Sound of Music were filmed like St. Michael's Basilica, and I can understand why. This area was surrounded by lush mountains covered with forests. They rise up from all sides, trapping visitors in the amazing waters. Surprisingly, the lake during winter is cold enough to freeze, and the mountains are all capped with snow. These attributes are hard to imagine when the view looks like a picture on a postcard. At noon, one could probably take a dip into it, although the temperature is not sufficient to swim. But I truly could not tell the difference between this lake to the beautiful tropical oceans.

In the Sound of Music, Marie and Captain von Trapp were married in this basilica, which we saw. It, unfortunately, was occupied with a funeral at the moment we visited. In the meantime, our guide slightly spoiled the movie a bit by giving out too much information. For example, the real Marie was not as nice as the Hollywood character. It was actually the captain that was nice to the children, not the other way around. The guide also mentioned how their meeting was much less of a 'babysitter for the family and more of a 'tutor for the mentally slowed child'. But Hollywood is Hollywood, and movies need the hero to be more than a strict, disliked parent. It wouldn't DO REally ME any favors.

【红霞译文】

《音乐之声》恐怕算得上美国有史以来最伟大的音乐电影，事实上被公认为好来坞屈指可数的优秀作品之一，没人说得清这部作品为何如此成功，也许应该归功于它的拍摄景地奥地利盐堡。

奥地利并非人们心目中首屈一指的世外桃源，可是直至今天我才意识到这块置锥之地风光独好，在此之前我已领略过奥地利天寒地冻的奇妙，这些景观无不为世人所倾倒。音乐之城盐堡名声斐然，全球最伟大的音乐家之一沃尔夫冈•莫扎特横空出世；昔日奥匈帝国也曾冒出一个臭名昭著的人物──阿道夫·希特勒。

现在奥地利当该推广休闲度假游，反正我不想让此次出行变成纯粹的教育之旅，那些应是上学干的事情。说来正巧，从盐堡驱车个把钟头，有一片美轮美奂的湖区，我还是第一次见到像非洲塞舌尔马埃岛水何澹澹山岛竦峙的地方，阿尔卑斯山脉纵贯其间，将湖区分成大小76个湖泊，湖水清澈透明，淡绿色蓝绿色翠绿色纷呈，水质看起来洁净纯化，足以入口饮用，尽管内心未免有点打鼓。另据导游介绍，当地政府对湖泊污染源及所有化合物的管理相当严格。

月亮湖畔有着别样的风情，电影《音乐之声》中某些著名场景都是在恩赐大教堂拍摄的，我知道这正是月亮湖备受游人追捧的原因所在。小城绿木成荫，青山环抱，古树沿着山脊迤逦而行，湖光山影吸引了众多远方来客。难以想象的是，寒冬时节天气冷得会使湖水结冰，巍丽群山到处覆盖着皑皑白雪，浑然构成一幅明信片式标致画面。今天中午太阳当头，人们来到湖边逐波踏浪，尽管水温还没有热到适于游泳的程度，但无论怎样我没法区分湖水与热带海洋之间有何差异。

《音乐之声》中玛丽和上尉冯·特拉普就是在眼前这座教堂举行的婚礼，我们到访的时候偏巧赶上葬礼，于是导游触景生情，借机透露一些电影与事实相悖的情节，比方说生活中的玛丽并非像好莱坞描述的温文尔雅，实际上特拉普上尉才是对孩子们和善可亲的家长。导游还提到，他们两人相遇也不是因为“家庭保姆”关系而是出于照顾“智障儿”缘故，但好莱坞毕竟是好莱坞，电影需要高大上标杆形象而非声色俱厉的父母，不如我所喜欢的《仙乐飘飘处处闻》那么娓娓动听。

Today in History(历史上的今天):

2017: Mondsee—007 Thunderball, Austria(奥地利月亮湖—007霹雳弹)

2017: St. Gilgen—Mozart Village, Austria(奥地利百合镇—莫扎特娘家)

2017: Fuschlsee—Red Bull GmbH, Austria(奥地利富施尔湖—红牛公司总部)

2016: Across Oresund Strait, Baltic Sea(穿越波罗的海厄勒海峡)

2015: Churches in Roma, Italy(意大利罗马教堂)

2015: Castel Sant'Angelo in Roma, Italy(意大利罗马圣天使城堡)

2015: Farewell to Rome, Italy(告别罗马)

2014: Fourth of July Fireworks(独立节烟花)