Cast Away (Drama) (2000) © 2001 by Raymond Weschler Major Characters Chuck Noland.......................Tom Hanks A manager for the Federal Express Delivery Company ("Fed Ex"), who lives in Memphis, Tennessee, but travels all over the world for his job. A very nice, smart and resourceful man who is always fighting the passage of time. Kelly Frears........................Helen Hunt Chuck’s charming girlfriend, who used to work for Fed Ex, but who is now working on her Ph.D. degree. Stan................................Nick Searly A friend of Chuck’s at Fed Ex, whose wife is dying of cancer. Plot Summary This is the story of Chuck Nolan, a midlevel manager for the Fed Ex Delivery Company, which is one of the two biggest delivery companies in the United States. Chuck lives in Memphis, Tennessee, where Fed Ex is based. He is planning to marry his girlfriend, Kelly, who is finishing up a Ph.D. (The highest academic degree). Kelly loves Chuck very much, but is frustrated by how much he works, especially since he travels overseas a lot. When the film opens, Chuck is helping Fed Ex set up their office in Moscow, Russia. One day while flying to Australia, Chuck’s Fed Ex plane crashes during a storm, and as the only survivor, he suddenly finds himself on a very small and empty island, with virtually nothing to eat except crabs and coconuts. As the days turn into months and then years, Chuck learns to physically survive, but he must also face the emotional challenge of being completely alone (except for the company of "Wilson," who is in fact nothing more than a volleyball with a painted face). After several years, Chuck decides to risk his life in a courageous attempt to sail off the island. If he fails, he will drown in the ocean, but even if he is successful, he will face the new challenge of returning to friends and family that thought he had died several years earlier…. A note on the title: A "castaway" is a person stuck on a small island, usually after a ship sinks. "To cast away" something is to throw it away. Some Words and Expressions that You May not Know Chuck teaches the Russians about Fed Ex and time... I’ll have another pick-up for you on Thursday. In the Fed Ex or delivery business, this is a noun that refers to the act of picking up a package. Time rules over us without mercy, not caring whether we are healthy or ill... "Mercy" is the willingness to forgive or not punish, or perhaps another word for compassion. If a person is "ill," they are physically sick. We live or die by the clock. This is Chuck’s philosophy of life; Time is the most critical factor in work and life. We never allow ourselves the sin of losing track of time. A "sin" is a religious word that refers to an evil or immoral act that God does not approve of. That’s how much time before the puls责任编辑:yechenglu
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