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leenyao 发表于 2011-2-12 16:32

Black Swan《黑天鹅》精讲之一

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[size=1][color=maroon][size=12pt][b]本片段剧情:妮娜是一名芭蕾舞者,她所在的剧团很快又将上演《天鹅湖》。和以往不同的是,总监决定换下原来的首席舞者贝丝,起用新人。被选中的女主演将在剧中分饰白天鹅和黑天鹅两个截然不同的角色……[/b][/size][/color][/size]

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[size=1][color=maroon][size=12pt][b]影片对白:[/b][/size][/color][/size]
Veronica: Did you see Beth today? I can't believe she's back.
Galina: Of course she's back.
Veronica: What, she can't
[size=1][color=maroon][size=12pt][b]take a hint[/b][/size][/color][/size]? The company is broke. No one comes to see her anymore.
Galina: Oh, nobody actually comes to see ballet full stop.
Veronica: That's not true. I heard The Royal had one of their best seasons yet.
Galina: He just needs to try something new. That's all.
Veronica: No, someone new.
Galina: Like who?
Veronica: Like someone who's not approaching
[size=1][color=maroon][size=12pt][b]menopause[/b][/size][/color][/size].
Nina: It's sad.
Veronica: What's sad?
Nina: Beth's such a beautiful dancer.
Galina: Yeah, so is my grandmother.
Nina: Well Fonteyn danced into her fifties.
Veronica: Yeah, we know.
Lily: Great. Thought I'd fucking missed my stop. It's a hell-fit all the way from 79th. OK.
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Coach: Beautiful as always, Nina. Relax. And one, and two, and three, and four. Stop, John. One second. Okay,
[size=1][color=maroon][size=12pt][b]take position[/b][/size][/color][/size]. And one, and two, and three, and up. And one, and two, and three, and four.

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Thomas: Hello, dear. We all know the story.
[size=1][color=maroon][size=12pt][b]Virginal[/b][/size][/color][/size]
girl, pure and sweet,
[size=1][color=black][size=12pt]trapped[/size][/color][/size]
in the body of a swan. She desires freedom that only true love can
[size=1][color=maroon][size=12pt][b]break the[/b][/size][/color][/size]
[size=1][color=maroon][size=12pt][b]spell[/b][/size][/color][/size]. Her wish is nearly[size=1][color=maroon][size=12pt][b]granted[/b][/size][/color][/size]
in the form of a Prince. But before he can declare his love, the lustful twin, the Black Swan, tricks and seduces him.
[size=1][color=maroon][size=12pt][b]Devastated[/b][/size][/color][/size], the White Swan leaps off a cliff, killing herself. And in death...finds freedom. Good morning, company.
Girls: Good morning.
Thomas: We will open our season with Swan Lake.
[size=1][color=maroon][size=12pt][b]Done to death[/b][/size][/color][/size], I know. But not like this. We strip it down, make it
[size=1][color=maroon][size=12pt][b]visceral[/b][/size][/color][/size]
and real. A new production needs a new Swan Queen. A fresh face to present to the world. But... Which of you can embody both Swans? The White, and the Black. All the
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I tapped: Go to your scheduled rehearsals this afternoon. And the girls I didn't tap: Meet me in the principals' studio at 5:00. Thank you.
Coach: All right. Let's go. Did we do left side?
Girl: Yes, mistress.
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[size=1][color=maroon][size=12pt][b]妙语佳句 活学活用[/b][/size][/color][/size]
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[size=1][color=maroon][size=12pt][b]take a hint[/b][/size][/color][/size]: 领会暗示。
2.[size=1][color=maroon][size=12pt][b]menopause[/b][/size][/color][/size]: 绝经期;(妇女的)更年期。男子更年期则是male menopause。
3.
[size=1][color=maroon][size=12pt][b]take position[/b][/size][/color][/size]: 就位。
4.
[size=1][color=maroon][size=12pt][b]virginal[/b][/size][/color][/size]: 贞洁的;纯真的。例如:remain virginal(保持童贞)。virginal还可以表示“新鲜的;纯洁的;未被触碰的,没有玷污的”。例如:virginal green(新绿)。
5.
[size=1][color=maroon][size=12pt][b]break the spell[/b][/size][/color][/size]: 破除魔法。spell在这里是“魔法,咒语”的意思,spell还可以表示“魔力,迷惑力,吸引力,魅力”,看一下例子:This place has a spell and people feel it when they come here.(这个地方有一种魅力,人们来到这儿就会感觉出来。)
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[size=1][color=maroon][size=12pt][b]grant[/b][/size][/color][/size]: 准予,允许。请看例子:The firm granted him a pension.(公司同意给他一笔养老金。)
7.
[size=1][color=maroon][size=12pt][b]devastated[/b][/size][/color][/size]: 崩溃,身心交瘁的。例如:Peter was devastated by his wife's death.(彼得因妻子的死而身心交瘁。)
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[size=1][color=maroon][size=12pt][b]done to death[/b][/size][/color][/size]: 重演了无数次。done to death表示反复做同一件事,做得太多或太过分了。看一下例子:This maxim has been done to death.(这个格言重复得太多了,简直令人发腻。)
9.
[size=1][color=maroon][size=12pt][b]visceral[/b][/size][/color][/size]: 出自内心的。have visceral conviction指的是“坚信不疑”。
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[size=1][color=maroon][size=12pt][b]soloist[/b][/size][/color][/size]: 单独表演者。[/size][/font]

kobe 发表于 2011-2-24 19:45

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