The World of Avatar 电影:阿凡达
[audio]http://file.24en.com/bbc/tae/assets_2819290/tae_246_avatar_language_au_bb.mp3[/audio][color=#3f3f3f][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=12px][p=21, 2, left]The [b]blockbuster[/b] film Avatar has been a [b]smash hit [/b]at the box office in the UK and around the world, becoming the fastest film ever to earn $1bn (7bn yuan) in ticket sales.[/p][p=21, 2, left]But as well as being an entertaining [b]feast for the eyes[/b], the [b]sci-fi epic[/b]also introduces movie-goers to a brand new language invented especially for the film.[/p][p=21, 2, left]The movie is set on an alien planet called Pandora which is [b]inhabited[/b] by many strange [b]species[/b]. The most [b]humanoid[/b] of the planet's inhabitants are the Na'vi, and it is the struggle between the Na'vi and human[b]interlopers [/b]that forms the [b]core narrative[/b] of the film.[/p][float=right][img=226,170]http://www.24en.com/d/file/bbc/bbc2/2010-01-07/28d2a331e1ffcad3e72d54521fbf2a79.jpg[/img][p=30, 2, left]The film has been released in 2D and 3D versions[/p][/float]
[p=21, 2, left]In order to [b]add authenticity[/b] to his vision of an [b]alien race[/b] the film’s director James Cameron asked a professor of [b]linguistics[/b] from the University of Southern California to invent a language for the Na'vi.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Professor Paul Frommer worked with James Cameron for four years to build upon the original 30 words or so that the director had already[b]come up with [/b]for the language.[/p][p=21, 2, left]According to Professor Frommer, the most important aspect of the Na'vi language was that it could be [b]articulated[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]"This is an alien language but obviously it has to be spoken by human actors," Professor Frommer told the BBC, "it has to be sounds that human beings are comfortable producing."[/p][p=21, 2, left]The language currently has a [b]lexicon[/b] of around 1000 words but Professor Frommer hopes to expand it in possible [b]sequels[/b] to the film and in video games.[/p][p=21, 2, left]The professor hopes that one day his creation will become as[b]sophisticated[/b] as the [b]Klingon[/b] alien language from the [b]Star Trek [/b]films.[/p][p=21, 2, left]"There's a translation of [b]Hamlet[/b] into Klingon," says Professor Frommer.[/p][p=21, 2, left]"If anything happened like this with Na'vi I'd be delighted."[/p][/size][/font][/color]
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