還有三個星期才期末考，只需要再上一個 lesson，這學期就結束啦！因為時間還充裕，之前答應要讓學生看一部影片，就選在這個星期來觀賞。既然是英文課，那就當然要看英文發音的影片，又要有教育意義，看完除了能引發學生思考外，還能練習唱英文歌，要符合這些條件，迪士尼的卡通最適合不過了。只不過，現在家家都有第四台，這些孩子從小是看迪士尼頻道長大的，經過調查，他們幾乎沒有沒看過的影片，從早期的白雪公主、美女與野獸，到近期的瓦力，每個故事他們都相當熟悉。最後，發現夢工場的『埃及王子』，竟然是漏網之魚，二話不說，便展開了我的尋片任務。
『埃及王子』是1998年夢工廠出品的片子，因為不是迪士尼系列，所以一般出租店幾乎找不到，費盡千辛萬苦，終於在住處附近的一家出租店找到它，而且是堆放在待出清的VCD區，老闆娘用50元的價格直接賣給我，還說不用還了，頓時覺得真是賺到了！
學生看完片的反應如何呢？雖然說只要不用上課，看什麼都開心，但有不少學生說，他們覺得很感動，尤其是看到摩西和哥哥，從感情很好的兄弟變成反目成仇的敵人時，還有人偷偷的掉淚；更有學生說，她希望自己能真正成為神的女兒，
哇！希望她的家長是虔誠的基督徒，否則一定找我算帳！
個人頗喜歡這段音樂，唱 Ramases (摩西的哥哥) 的這位配音兼歌唱者，就是飾演『英倫情人』(The English Patient) 的那位摔飛機的性感男星 Ralph Fiennes，他不但能演戲、還能唱歌，是非常專業的藝人。這段音樂，除了有摩西和哥哥的對唱的主旋律，還有合唱團配唱的旋律，歌詞大概是說因為法老王不讓希伯來人離開，神 (the Lord) 便在埃及降臨各種災難，因為歌詞和旋律都很有張力，一聽再聽後，我竟然去找了英文版聖經來讀，想知道這歌詞是不是從裡面抄出來的？答案是，雖然沒有完全照抄，少部分情節有稍微修改，但大部分忠於聖經的紀載，許多的小細節都是按照聖經敘述畫出來的。
歌詞：
[Chorus]
Thus saith the Lord:
Since you refuse to free my people
All through the land of Egypt...
I send a pestilence and plague
Into your house, into your bed
Into your streams, into your streets
Into your drink, into your bread
Upon your cattle, on your sheep
Upon your oxen in your field
Into your dreams, into your sleep
Until you break, until you yield
I send the swarm, I send the horde
Thus saith the Lord
[Moses]
Once I called you brother
Once I thought the chance
to make you laugh
Was all I ever wanted...
[Chorus]
I send the thunder from the sky
I send the fire raining down
[Moses]
And even now I wish that God
had chose another
Serving s your foe on his behalf
Is the last thing that I wanted...
[Chorus]
I send a hail of burning ice
On ev'ry field, on ev'ry town
[Moses]
This was my home
All this pain and devastation
How it tortures me inside
All the innocent who suffer
From your stubbornness and pride...
[Chorus]
I send the locusts on a wind
Such as the world has never seen
On ev'ry leaf, on ev'ry stalk
Until there's nothing left of green
I send my scourge, I send my sword
Thus saith the Lord!
[Moses]
You who I called brother
Why must you call down another blow?
[Chorus]
I send my scourge, I send my sword
[Moses]
Let my people go
[Moses and Chorus]
Thus saith the Lord
[Rameses]
You who I called brother
How could you have come to hate me so?
Is this what you wanted?
[Chorus]
I send the swarm, I send the horde...
[Rameses]
Then let my heart be hardened
And never mind how high the cost may grow
This will still be so:
I will never let your people go...
[Chorus]
Thus saith the Lord:
[Moses]
Thus saith the Lord:
[Rameses]
I will not...
[Moses, Rameses, and Chorus]
Let your (my) people go!
從小全家人都皈依了佛教，爸媽吃素都超過20年了，不過，對於各種不同的宗教，爸媽都很尊重，甚至每年耶誕夜，家裡也會應景放聖誕音樂，父母親都認為，耶穌是了不起的聖人，我們當然要尊敬祂。自己則是認為，聖經是外文系必讀的文學作品，所以趁這次還沉浸在回味影片的情緒中，趕緊拿起來讀一讀，目前的感想是，耶和華為了要法老王放走希伯來人，反反覆覆降臨各種災難，許多無辜的埃及人也受逞罰，耶和華為什麼不愛埃及人？並稱自己是希伯來人的神，神也有種族之分嗎？無冒犯之意，只是心中有疑問，也許有一天能得到解答...
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