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故事梗概：改编自真实故事的《十月的天空》讲述的是一个关于梦想的故事。在西弗吉尼亚的煤林地区，开采煤矿是当地所有人的生活中心。主人公霍默的父亲约翰喜欢煤矿，因为这是整个地区存在的原因，他希望霍默继续留在煤矿上。但霍默有自己的打算，他想走出“煤林”当一个科学家—而这在当时的煤林地区几乎就是一个天大的笑话。火箭先驱冯·布劳恩激发了他的灵感，霍默发明了他第一个火箭，之后一发不可收拾，最终实现了儿时的梦想。1998年2月，霍默作为一名工程师从美国航空航天局退休。
(Homer’s voice) Dear Dr. Von Braun, (TV Announcer: Six, five, four, three...) My name is Homer Hickam. (Two, one. Liftoff. Ignition. Liftoff.)I’m 17 and I live in a small mining town in West Virginia. I’m writing to offer my 1)condolences to you and your team...on your recent attempt to launch the Vanguard rocket. I also had a 2)disastrous occurrence during the launch of my own small rocket. Since here in Coalwood, everyone’s much more interested in what’s down below the earth than what’s above it, there isn’t a whole lot of material to be found on the subject of rocketry. ①So I’ve been kind of stumbling around in the dark.
（After launching their first rocket）
Homer:（Gunshot）Quentin, you know, that rocket went up at least 100 feet.
Quentin: More like 200. (Gunshots continue.)
Homer:（Gunshot）God... Man, will you cut it out, Roy Lee?
Roy Lee: Die, you son of a bitch. Come on.
O’Dell: My turn now.
Roy Lee: Hey, man. What’s with you?
Homer: Man, ②we should be tryin’ to get in that science fair instead of sittin’ around here like a bunch of 3)hillbillies.
Roy Lee: I got some really bad news for you, Homer. We are a bunch of hillbillies.
O’Dell: Besides, um, didn’t your dad say no more rockets?
Homer: No. He said no more rockets on company property.
O’Dell: Do you realize how far we’d have to go to get off company property?
Homer: Yeah. We have to go to Snakeroot.
Quentin: Snakeroot? That’s eight miles.
Homer: Not that far. I mean, we could walk if we have to.
O’Dell: Oh, walk. That’s a fantastic idea. (Laughing)
Homer: Come on, let’s go! Come on!
Roy Lee: ③Wake the hell up, will ya, Homer? I got about as much chance of winnin’ that science fair as you do winnin’ a football scholarship. I know I’m gonna be a miner. I’ve known my entire life. What the hell’s so bad about
minin’ coal?
Homer: Nothin’, Roy Lee. Coal minin’s great. That’s why your stepdaddy’s the biggest drunk in West Virginia. I mean, come on, guys! You know the mine’ll kill ya. Did you ever hear the story about how O’Dell’s dad died?
Roy Lee: Homer, will you forget it, man?
O’Dell: Shut up, Homer.
Homer: A piece of slate caught him right in the neck and cut his head clear off.
O’Dell: Bitch! Come on! (Grunting)
Roy Lee: O’Dell!
Homer: Man, you all wanna be coal miners, you all go ahead and be coal miners.
O’Dell: (After a while) God’s honest truth, Homer, what are the chances of a bunch of kids from Coalwood actually winnin’ the National Science Fair?
Homer: A million to one, O’Dell.
O’Dell: ④That good? Well, why didn’t you say so? Come on. Give me that.
（霍默的声音）敬爱的冯·布劳恩博士，（电视上的声音：6、5、4、3……）我叫霍默·海堪（2、1……点火，发射。）我今年17岁了，住在西维吉尼亚的一个小采矿镇。我写这封信是要向您和您的队友……就您最近火箭发射失败一事致意。我在试射自造小火箭时，也尝到过败果。在煤林这个小镇，大家都比较在意地底下而不是天上的东西，没有太多关于火箭研究方面的资料，所以我也一直是在黑暗中摸索。
（他们试射了自制的第一枚火箭后）
霍默：（枪声）昆廷，你看，火箭飞出了至少100英尺。
昆廷：更像是200英尺。（连续的枪声）
霍默：（枪声）嘿……嘿，你能停下来吗，洛易·李？
洛易·李：死吧，去你的，来吧！
欧戴尔：该我了。
洛易·李：嘿，伙计，你干嘛？
霍默：听我说，我们该试着去参加科学展，不要像一群乡巴佬一样浪费生命。
洛易·李：很不幸地告诉你，霍默，我们就是一群乡巴佬。
欧戴尔：而且，你老爸不是禁止我们造火箭吗？
霍默：不，他说不准在公司的土地上造火箭。
欧戴尔：你知道要走多远才能离开公司的范围吗？
霍默：是的，我们要到蛇洞镇去。
昆廷：蛇洞镇？要走八英里地呢。
霍默：没那么远嘛，我说，走路也可以走到。
欧戴尔：天啊，走路。别傻了。（笑声）
霍默：来，走吧！来啊！
洛易·李：醒醒吧，好吗，霍默？我赢得科学展的机率就跟你得到足球奖学金一样渺茫。我知道我注定得当矿工。我早就认命了。挖矿有什么
不好？
霍默：没什么不好，洛易·李。挖煤很好。好得你继父都成了西弗吉尼亚州第一号酒鬼了。拜托你们了！我们都知道矿坑会害死人的。你们不知道欧戴尔他爸怎么死的吗？
洛易·李：算了，霍默，伙计。
欧戴尔：别再说了，霍默。
霍默：一块飞石砍中脖子，头都切
断了。
欧戴尔：妈的！来啊！（哼哼声）
洛易·李：欧戴尔！
霍默：伙计们，你们都想当矿工，随你们，那就去当吧。
欧戴尔：（过了一会儿）老实说，霍默，我们这些煤林的乡巴佬赢得国家科学展的机率到底有多大？
霍默：百万分之一吧，欧戴尔。
欧戴尔：这么大？呃，为什么不早说呢？走吧，我来拿。
Smart Sentences
① So I’ve been kind of stumbling around in the dark. 所以我也一直是在黑暗中摸索。
stumble around: having difficulty in doing sth.; loss of direction （做某事时遇到困难；迷失方向）。例如：
After stumbling around all these years, Alan finally had his book published.
艾伦这些年都是跌跌撞撞的，最终他的书还是出版了。
Suitable Occasion: oral, informal
② We should be tryin’ to get in that science fair. 我们该试着去参加科学展。
get in: become involved in sth.（参与某事）。例如：
He was eager to get in the family business.
他迫不急待地想参与家里的生意。
Suitable Occasion: oral, informal
③ Wake the hell up, will ya, Homer? 醒醒吧，好吗，
霍默？
wake the hell up: used to remind the other to come to reality（用以提醒别人回到现实）。例如：
Wake the hell up, Adam. Susie has been gone for three months and is not coming back.
快醒醒吧，亚当，苏丝已经走了三个月了，不会回来了。
Suitable Occasion: oral, informal
④ That good? 这么大？
That good? = Is it that good?
That good?: used to express skepticism（用以表达怀疑）。例如：
.—This passion fruit is sweet and juicy.
这些西番莲又甜又多汁。
—That good? I’ll try it.
有这么好吗？那我试试。
Suitable Occasion: oral, informal
(Homer’s voice) Dear Dr. Von Braun, (TV Announcer: Six, five, four, three...) My name is Homer Hickam. (Two, one. Liftoff. Ignition. Liftoff.)I’m 17 and I live in a small mining town in West Virginia. I’m writing to offer my 1)condolences to you and your team...on your recent attempt to launch the Vanguard rocket. I also had a 2)disastrous occurrence during the launch of my own small rocket. Since here in Coalwood, everyone’s much more interested in what’s down below the earth than what’s above it, there isn’t a whole lot of material to be found on the subject of rocketry. ①So I’ve been kind of stumbling around in the dark.
（After launching their first rocket）
Homer:（Gunshot）Quentin, you know, that rocket went up at least 100 feet.
Quentin: More like 200. (Gunshots continue.)
Homer:（Gunshot）God... Man, will you cut it out, Roy Lee?
Roy Lee: Die, you son of a bitch. Come on.
O’Dell: My turn now.
Roy Lee: Hey, man. What’s with you?
Homer: Man, ②we should be tryin’ to get in that science fair instead of sittin’ around here like a bunch of 3)hillbillies.
Roy Lee: I got some really bad news for you, Homer. We are a bunch of hillbillies.
O’Dell: Besides, um, didn’t your dad say no more rockets?
Homer: No. He said no more rockets on company property.
O’Dell: Do you realize how far we’d have to go to get off company property?
Homer: Yeah. We have to go to Snakeroot.
Quentin: Snakeroot? That’s eight miles.
Homer: Not that far. I mean, we could walk if we have to.
O’Dell: Oh, walk. That’s a fantastic idea. (Laughing)
Homer: Come on, let’s go! Come on!
Roy Lee: ③Wake the hell up, will ya, Homer? I got about as much chance of winnin’ that science fair as you do winnin’ a football scholarship. I know I’m gonna be a miner. I’ve known my entire life. What the hell’s so bad about
minin’ coal?
Homer: Nothin’, Roy Lee. Coal minin’s great. That’s why your stepdaddy’s the biggest drunk in West Virginia. I mean, come on, guys! You know the mine’ll kill ya. Did you ever hear the story about how O’Dell’s dad died?
Roy Lee: Homer, will you forget it, man?
O’Dell: Shut up, Homer.
Homer: A piece of slate caught him right in the neck and cut his head clear off.
O’Dell: Bitch! Come on! (Grunting)
Roy Lee: O’Dell!
Homer: Man, you all wanna be coal miners, you all go ahead and be coal miners.
O’Dell: (After a while) God’s honest truth, Homer, what are the chances of a bunch of kids from Coalwood actually winnin’ the National Science Fair?
Homer: A million to one, O’Dell.
O’Dell: ④That good? Well, why didn’t you say so? Come on. Give me that.
（霍默的声音）敬爱的冯·布劳恩博士，（电视上的声音：6、5、4、3……）我叫霍默·海堪（2、1……点火，发射。）我今年17岁了，住在西维吉尼亚的一个小采矿镇。我写这封信是要向您和您的队友……就您最近火箭发射失败一事致意。我在试射自造小火箭时，也尝到过败果。在煤林这个小镇，大家都比较在意地底下而不是天上的东西，没有太多关于火箭研究方面的资料，所以我也一直是在黑暗中摸索。
（他们试射了自制的第一枚火箭后）
霍默：（枪声）昆廷，你看，火箭飞出了至少100英尺。
昆廷：更像是200英尺。（连续的枪声）
霍默：（枪声）嘿……嘿，你能停下来吗，洛易·李？
洛易·李：死吧，去你的，来吧！
欧戴尔：该我了。
洛易·李：嘿，伙计，你干嘛？
霍默：听我说，我们该试着去参加科学展，不要像一群乡巴佬一样浪费生命。
洛易·李：很不幸地告诉你，霍默，我们就是一群乡巴佬。
欧戴尔：而且，你老爸不是禁止我们造火箭吗？
霍默：不，他说不准在公司的土地上造火箭。
欧戴尔：你知道要走多远才能离开公司的范围吗？
霍默：是的，我们要到蛇洞镇去。
昆廷：蛇洞镇？要走八英里地呢。
霍默：没那么远嘛，我说，走路也可以走到。
欧戴尔：天啊，走路。别傻了。（笑声）
霍默：来，走吧！来啊！
洛易·李：醒醒吧，好吗，霍默？我赢得科学展的机率就跟你得到足球奖学金一样渺茫。我知道我注定得当矿工。我早就认命了。挖矿有什么
不好？
霍默：没什么不好，洛易·李。挖煤很好。好得你继父都成了西弗吉尼亚州第一号酒鬼了。拜托你们了！我们都知道矿坑会害死人的。你们不知道欧戴尔他爸怎么死的吗？
洛易·李：算了，霍默，伙计。
欧戴尔：别再说了，霍默。
霍默：一块飞石砍中脖子，头都切
断了。
欧戴尔：妈的！来啊！（哼哼声）
洛易·李：欧戴尔！
霍默：伙计们，你们都想当矿工，随你们，那就去当吧。
欧戴尔：（过了一会儿）老实说，霍默，我们这些煤林的乡巴佬赢得国家科学展的机率到底有多大？
霍默：百万分之一吧，欧戴尔。
欧戴尔：这么大？呃，为什么不早说呢？走吧，我来拿。
Smart Sentences
① So I’ve been kind of stumbling around in the dark. 所以我也一直是在黑暗中摸索。
stumble around: having difficulty in doing sth.; loss of direction （做某事时遇到困难；迷失方向）。例如：
After stumbling around all these years, Alan finally had his book published.
艾伦这些年都是跌跌撞撞的，最终他的书还是出版了。
Suitable Occasion: oral, informal
② We should be tryin’ to get in that science fair. 我们该试着去参加科学展。
get in: become involved in sth.（参与某事）。例如：
He was eager to get in the family business.
他迫不急待地想参与家里的生意。
Suitable Occasion: oral, informal
③ Wake the hell up, will ya, Homer? 醒醒吧，好吗，
霍默？
wake the hell up: used to remind the other to come to reality（用以提醒别人回到现实）。例如：
Wake the hell up, Adam. Susie has been gone for three months and is not coming back.
快醒醒吧，亚当，苏丝已经走了三个月了，不会回来了。
Suitable Occasion: oral, informal
④ That good? 这么大？
That good? = Is it that good?
That good?: used to express skepticism（用以表达怀疑）。例如：
.—This passion fruit is sweet and juicy.
这些西番莲又甜又多汁。
—That good? I’ll try it.
有这么好吗？那我试试。
Suitable Occasion: oral, informal