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主播：雲昊-就读于德克萨斯大学
地点：美国 达拉斯
收听节目前，你需要了解的背景知识：
5月22日，美剧Game of Thrones《权力的游戏》第六季第五集在美国播出，外国网友哭倒了一片。
隔天，中国网友找到资源了，微博上又哭倒了一片……
一切都是因为他——一个只会说“Hodor”的傻大个。
Hodor是谁？
在《权力的游戏》里，Hodor是一个四肢发达, 头脑简单的大高个马夫。 最大的特点就是只会说一个词：Hodor。自从第一季被吩咐跟着主人公布兰开始，他便忠心耿耿、义无反顾地背着摔断了腿的布兰，一路出了长城，来到危险的被异鬼统治的世界。没有人知道他的身世，也没有人知道他为什么只会说Hodor。
Hodor发生了什么？
在《权力的游戏》第六季的第五集中，布兰瞒着三眼乌鸦，独自灵魂离体。他来到了异鬼中间。但不同于往常，这次，异鬼竟然看见了他。还抓住了他的手。布兰惊醒过来后发现，手臂被异鬼抓住的地方留下了印记。一大批异鬼凭借着这一印记找到了布兰和三眼乌鸦藏身的山洞，开始进攻。然而，紧急关头，布兰却和三眼乌鸦一起灵魂离体，回到过去，看到了年轻时的Hodor。
那时候，Hodor还可以正常说话。这一边，异鬼发起了猛烈的攻击，布兰不省人事，Hodor受到惊吓，只会一个劲地说“Hodor”，无法帮助抵抗异鬼。时空另一头的布兰终于听见了梅拉的呼喊，控制住了Hodor，Hodor开始带着布兰逃跑。他推开了山洞另一头的门，梅拉带着布兰逃走，Hodor留下抵住门不让异鬼追出来。
梅拉不停对着Hodor说：hold the door！（堵住门！）
时空的另一头，年轻的Hodor仿佛也听见了这句话。
他忽然倒地不起，不停抽搐，嘴里不断地重复那句话：Hold the door！
慢慢地，那句话变成了Hodor。
原来，这就是他不断重复说Hodor的原因。
外国网友泪目了：原来他的一生，就为了这一句话。
那种从一开头就注定了结局的宿命感，更是让观众久久地沉浸在悲伤的情绪中。（文字摘自观察者网，作者：高雪滢，更多图文资料点击了解：http://www.guancha.cn/Celebrity/2016_05_24_361519_s.shtml）
接下来，主播雲昊要为你读的是作者Meghan O’Keefe在decider.com发表的一篇纪念Hodor的文章。
Eulogy to Hodor – The best man in Westeros
致Hodor悼词-维斯特洛大陆最好的人
By Meghan O’Keefe
On season 6 episode 5 of Game of Thrones, a true hero fell and a great light went out in the world. Willis 威利斯, the stable boy马童 (aka又称Hodor), sacrificed himself so Meera Reed could cart Bran Stark 主人公布兰away into the great white cold. He stood his ground and held the door against the White Walkers异鬼 and their army of others. He was massive and beautiful and lovely and, like a flying unicorn 独角兽made out of gold, chocolate, and dreams, too special for this world. We will love him always. He was the best man in Westeros.
Hodor, as he was affectionately 亲切地known, lost his life in two ways. Not only did he die so that our younger, higher-born heroes could live, but he also surrendered his sense of self. In the moment of his death, Bran was simultaneously 同时地in the past and inside Hodor’s brain. Through this strange magic, the young Willis experienced his death decades before it took place. His body was ripped apart by shock and his psyche was forever fixed on one moment, one command, one phrase: “Hodor.”
Hodor was noble in a way that few characters in Game of Thrones could ever be; He may have been the only person in Westeros who acted completely out of selflessness. He wasn’t cruel or avaricious 贪得无厌的. He wasn’t bitter 充满仇恨的or mean. Despite his size, he was easily frightened and he was not prone 不易to acts of violence. It would be simple to write off this purity of heart as a side effect of Hodor’s mental condition, but that isn’t the case. When Bran sees the younger version of Willis, he discovers that he was still a sweetheart before he went full “Hodor.”
Hodor was fun. He was good for a giggle 傻笑. He was cool with carrying a tween around like a backpack. He could lift spirits with his smile and seemed completely unconcerned that he was introduced as comic relief (严肃戏剧中的)轻松场面，戏剧、电影中的滑稽场. In the end, Hodor’s story is a meditation 沉思 on the tragedies hidden all around us. He is an emblem of how innocents are often the first to be sacrificed in the name of some higher idealistic purpose 某种更崇高的理想主义. He, not Bran, is a true hero.
Farewell, Hodor! You made us smile, you’ve made us cheer, and now you’ve made us shed many a tear. You did a good job. You were the best. Thank you, Hodor.
文章出自：http://decider.com/2016/05/23/game-of-thrones-rip-hodor/
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主播介绍
雲昊：江西南昌人，本科时就读于东华理工大学，现在德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校攻读硕士学位。
主播 | 制作：雲昊 ; 发行: 永清
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