闻香识女人电影叙述了一名预备学校的学生，为一位脾气暴躁的眼盲退休军官担任助手。年轻的学生查理(克里斯奥唐纳饰)无意间目睹了几个学生准备戏弄校长的过程，校长让他说出恶作剧的主谋，否则将予以处罚。查理带着烦恼来到退伍军人史法兰上校(艾尔·帕西诺饰）家中做周末兼职。上校曾经是林登·贝恩斯·约翰逊总统的幕僚，经历过战争和许多挫折，在一次意外事故中双眼被炸瞎。他整天在家里无所事事，失去了生活下去的勇气和信心。他准备用尽最后的精力享受一次美好的生活。他带着查理出游、吃佳肴、开飞车、跳探戈、住豪华酒店……然后想就此结束自己的生命。 查理竭力阻止了上校的自杀行为，从此他们之间萌生如父子般的感情。史法兰也找回了生活下去的勇气和力量。影片最后史法兰在学校礼堂激昂演说，挽救了查理的前途，讽刺了学校的伪善。二人在互相鼓舞中得到重生。

1.西门先生  你隐瞒真相又撒谎,但不出卖朋友。

Mr. Simms, you are a cover- up artist and you are a liar.But not a snitch!

2.西门先生  我给你最后机会,西门先生不需要,他不需要被贴上博德人标志。

Mr. Simms, I will give you one final opportunity to speak up.Mr. Simms doesn't want it.He doesn't need to be labeled "still worthy of being a Baird man."

3.我要把你杀了  查理  因为我不能忍受看你去出卖原则!

I'm gonna kill you, Charlie, because I can't bear the thought of you selling out!

4.你是在博德  不是军营。

You are in the Baird school, not a barracks.

5.你讲完了吗  史雷德先生?  - 不  刚热身而已。

Are you finished, Mr. Slade? - No, I'm just getting warmed up.

6.很多很多更年轻的男孩,臂膀被扭  腿被炸断,那些都不及丑陋的灵魂可怕。

Boys like these, younger than these,their arms torn out, their legs ripped off.But there is nothing like the sight of an amputated spirit.

7.你在磨我的耐性,和愚弄大家,最后一次机会,否则后果堪忧。

You're exhausting my patience,and making a mockery of these proceedings.I will give you one last chance.The consequences of your response will be dire.

8.你在这培育的是老鼠大队,一堆卖友求荣客,如果你以为在锻炼虾兵成龙头,最好三思,因为你正扼杀了,这所学府所坚持的精神,真是耻辱。

You're building a rat ship here,a vessel for seagoing snitches.And if you think you're preparing these minnows for manhood,you better think again,because I say you are killing the very spiritthis institution proclaims it instill,What a shame.

9.我不知道查理今天的缄默是对是错,是对是错  我不是个裁判或者评审,但我可以告诉你,他绝不会出卖别人以求前程,而这  朋友们  就叫正直,也叫勇气,那才是领袖的要件。

I don't know if Charlie's silence here today,is right or wrong, I'm not a judge or jury.But I can tell you this:he won't sell anybody out to buy his future!And that, my friends,is called integrity.That's called courage.Now that's the stuff leaders should be made of.

10.如今我走到人生十字路口，我知道哪条路是对的，毫无例外，我就知道，但我从不走，为什么？因为妈的太苦了。

Now l have come to the crossroads in my life. I always knew what the right path was. Without exception, I knew, but l never took it. You know why? lt was too damn hard. 

11.人人都会犯错  你该勇往直前啊。

So everybody does it. Get on with your life, would you?

一次意外的邂逅、一场“性感”的探戈、一出恣意的飙车和一段酣畅淋漓的演讲为我们完整地勾勒出生命从“毁灭”到“重生”的全部过程。