第681期:冰雪奇缘II中的一句话:Do the next right thing.

昨晚看了迪士尼最新大片《冰雪奇缘II》。

很多人还没看,别不多说,免得剧透。


今天这一期,我们来聊聊影片中出现频率很高的一句话:Do the next right thing.

这句话是片中的一首歌。歌词全文贴在文末。

Do the next right thing这句话应该是根据Do the right thing改的,意思一样。

Do the right thing.这句话本来是1989年美国一部电影的名字。

这部电影非常成功,荣获了两项奥斯卡奖。后来被美国国会图书馆评价为“在文化、历史和审美方面均堪称完美的巨作”。

*参考资源:

IMDb: Do the Right Thing (1989) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097216/

Do the right thing.是很多外企企业文化里的主题词,佛老之前的东家就很推崇这句话。

简单地说,If you do the right thing, you do what is morally right in a situation.

这个定义的关键词是”moral”,do the right thing就是“做正确的事”,而什么是正确的事,就是不违背道德标准和良知的事。

Do the right thing就是把道德标准作为行为的底线。

Do the right thing.还可以指做事坚守善良的初衷和好意,To act or behave correctly, appropriately, or with the best intentions.

例句:

None of us is perfect. I just try to do the right thing and let other people live as they wish.

没有人是完美的。我只是尽力做正确的事,让其他人能自由如愿。

Do the right thing. 就是二战结束后法官对两名开枪的东德士兵的宣判说的那样:

“作为士兵,不执行上级命令是有罪的,但是打不准是无罪的。作为一个心智健全的人,此时此刻,你有把枪口抬高一厘米的主权,这是你应主动承担的良心义务。这个世界,在法律之外还有良知。当法律和良知冲突时,良知是最高的准则。”

那两名奉命开枪打死东德青年的柏林墙守卫士兵被判刑三年半。

每个人都应该坚守内心的道德律,永远do the right thing. 然后才能Do the next right thing. And the next.


《冰雪奇缘II》插曲“Do the Next Right Thing”歌词:

I’ve seen dark before, but not like this

This is cold, this is empty, this is numb

The life I knew is over; the lights are out

Hello darkness: I’m ready to succumb

I follow you around (I always have)

But you’ve gone to a place I cannot find

This grief has a gravity, it pulls me down

But a tiny voice whispers in my mind

You are lost, hope is gone

But you must go on

And do the next right thing

Can there be a day beyond this night

I don’t know anymore what is true

I can’t find my direction; I’m all alone

The only star that guided me was you

How to rise from the floor

When it’s not you I’m rising for

Just do the next right thing

Take a step, step again

It is all that I can to do

The next right thing

I won’t look too far ahead

It’s too much for me to take

But break it down to this next breath, this next step

This next choice is one that I can make

So I’ll walk through this night

Stumbling blindly toward the light

And do the next right thing

And with the dawn what comes then?

When it’s clear that everything will never be the same again

Then I’ll make the choice to hear that voice

And do the next right thing