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2003年09月号-第42期-Disc02-10School Crisis: Girls DominateRemarks:Remember when girls became nurses and not doctors, 1)stenographers not C.E.O.s, teachers not 2)principals? Well, thats not the way it is anymore. Today, school 3)districts report that boys are 4)withdrawing from the life of schools and girls are taking over, and we wanted to find out why.Viewpoints:Girls dont necessary get 5)teased as much if they do well.I think that boys are more, you know, expected to be the star athletes, you know, to bring home the football title.I think maybe girls are a little more 6)goal-orientated where guys in general are more apt to go with the flow. Like, well, if I do well in high school, thats great; if I dont, OK, thats fine.I mean, I do think there will be a problem if it continues this way, cause the boys just keep 7)sliding further and further back.All the 8)rhetoric in the 9)gender 10)equity movement is about how schools 11)short-changed girls. There was almost nothing about how we could reach out to boys. In order to advance girls, they 12)exaggerated how 13)vulnerable girls were and they 14)understated the needs of boys. They 15)depicted boys as usual privileged 16)beneficiaries of a 17)patriarchal society.I cant say that boys are more short-changed. I can say that boys and girls are being short-changed in our schools today. I am not in favor of saying that girls are to get anything over boys. Most people understand that gender equity is about making sure that both boys and girls have equal 18)access to educational 19)opportunities. I think, yes, you can say that both boys and girls still have a way to go.I do not think that 20)feminism has ruined the lives of boys. Where are the men? Why arent men 21)advocating for boys? Boys are 22)demigods, but not for their 23)academic work.Girls Are Taking Over!A: Girls are 1)taking over? Well, I think that this news will make many of our Crazy English female fans very happy.B: I agree. But also, this has been happening for a while. Girl students are 2)outshining the boys: learning faster, studying harder. This is true even in the math and sciences.A: Maybe girls are studying harder, yes. But learning faster? I dont know. However, to study harder does mean that someone will remember more and will likely get higher scores on examination. Studying is just so important.B: Yes, I know. 3)No pain, no gain. These girls know - as do many boys - that their hard work and efforts now will 4)pay off in the future. For example, good job, more money.A: But, people are different. Life is more important than school.B: .A: .B: .美国女生独领校园风骚(总述)还记得以前女生只能当护士而非医生，速记员而非执行董事，教师而非校长吗？现在情形一去不返了。现在，多个学区纷纷表示男生正逐渐淡出学校生活，学校成了女生的天下，我们想知道这究竟是为什么。(论点发挥)女生成绩好就不会常常被人取笑。我觉得人们对男生的期望是成为体育明星，拿足球奖座回家。我认为女生可能有较强的目标取向性，而男生大体上都较喜欢随大流。呵，如果我的高中成绩好，那当然好；成绩不好，也没什么大不了的。我想，如果情况继续这么下去的话，一定会成为大问题，因为男生的成绩在不断下降。所有男女平等运动采用的说法都是有关学校如何忽视女生的。关于怎样伸手协助男生的计划几乎没有。为提升女孩子的地位，人们夸大了女孩子有多脆弱，同时对男孩子的需要轻描淡写，把男孩子描绘成男权社会的特权分子。我看男生并没有更受到忽视。我可以说现今学校里是男女生都被忽视。我不赞成女性事事要超越男性的说法。大多数人明白男女平等就是要确保男孩子女孩子都能享有平等的教育机会。我觉得，是该让男女生都有机会。我不认为女权主义危及男生的生活。男人们上哪去了？为何男性不为男生争取利益？男生受人追崇的，并不在学业方面罢了。注释:1) stenographer n. 速记员2) principal n. 校长3) district n. 区域，地方4) withdraw v. 撤退，离开5) tease v. 取笑，奚落6) goal-orientated a. 目标定向7) slide v. 滑动，滑行8) rhetoric n. 言语，巧辩9) gender n. 性，性别10) equity n. 公平，公正11) short-change v. 忽略，忽视12) exaggerate v. 夸张，夸大13) vulnerable a. 脆弱的，易受伤害的14) understate v. 打着折扣地说，有意轻描淡写15) depict v. 描写，描绘16) beneficiary n. 受惠者，受益人17) patriarchal a. 男人统治下的18) access n. 通路，进入之路径或权利19) opportunity n. 机会，时机20) feminism n. 男女平等主义，女权运动21) advocate v. 主张，提倡22) demigod n. 受崇拜的人，小神Girls are talking over!1)take over 取而代之，取得主导地位2)outshine v. 比更亮，胜过3)No pain, no gain. 一份耕耘，一份收获。（谚语）4)pay off 得到好结果，取得成功2003年09月号-第42期-Disc02-11Im With YouIm standing on a bridgeIm waiting in the darkI thought that youd be here by nowTheres nothing but the rainNo footsteps on the groundIm listening but theres no soundIsnt anyone trying to find me?Wont somebody come take me homeIts a damn cold nightTrying to figure out this lifeWont you take me by the handTake me somewhere newI dont know who you are but IIm with youIm with youIm looking for a placeIm searching for a faceIs anybody here I knowCause nothings going rightAnd everythings a messAnd no one likes to be aloneIsnt anyone trying to find meWont somebody come take me homeIts a damn cold nightTrying to figure out this lifeWont you take me by the handTake me somewhere newI dont know who you are but IIm with youIm with youWhy is everything so confusingMaybe Im just out of my mindYeah yeah .和你在一起我伫立在桥上在黑暗中等待我以为此刻你应该已到来但我身边只有大雨滂沱没有任何脚步声传来我一直在聆听/但没有声音难道没有人在寻找我没有人肯带我回家在这寒冷的夜里我试着理清我的生活你能否牵着我的手带我到一个崭新的世界我并不知道你是谁, 但我和你在一起和你在一起我在寻找一个地点我在找寻一张面孔这里是否有我认识的人只因一切都似乎出错变得如此混乱不堪没有人喜欢孤独难道没有人在寻找我没有人肯带我回家在这寒冷的夜里我试着理清我的生活你能否牵着我的手带我到一个崭新的世界我并不知道你是谁,但我和你在一起和你在一起为什么这一切让我困惑也许我只是一时头脑不清2003年11月号-第43期-Disc01-02Decoding The MatrixCarrie-Anne Moss (“Trinity”): Its very rare that you actually get to 1)merge what you do with what you believe in. The Matrix: we had a life changing experience making it and when you have that kind of experience, we had to come back.Now and ThenKeanu Reeves (Neo): The first Matrix, we went out in Burbank in a kind of, I dont even know what it was, an empty 2)warehouse?Carrie-Anne Moss: And we didnt have anything there, we didnt have a coffee maker there or we certainly didnt have any 3)trailers or anywhere where we could sit and change, there was like one bathroom.Hugo Weaving (“Agent Smith”): Well, I remember I mean it was a big accomplishment to get a drawing board just to get them to write a check at that time, early on for a drafting table was a 4)commitment that they werent willing to make. And now we have this, you know, really wonderful facility, its really a dream come true.Carrie-Anne Moss: We know how hard its going to be, so its. we know the challenges we have ahead of us.Keanu Reeves: Well, the thing about it and its true the first one as well is that, you know, I love the material, I love the character and I love who I ended up working with, so that is something that regardless of what has to happen, it is just the, thats the thing that kind of gets me through it.Philosophies of The MatrixOwen Paterson (Production Design): When I first read The Matrix, there was a great deal about that, I dont know, the Eastern influence, that comic book influence that had been meshed into kind of Western philosophy.Keanu Reeves: A 5)synthesis from literature, from the exposure they had in the cinema, from their lives, from what theyre interested in, from what they find funny, from what they find cool.The Wachowski Brothers (Directors): We like the Kung Fu movies, we like Japan 6)animation, Japanimation. We like John Wu movies, and books, you know, that are science fiction and about the nature of reality.Joel Silver (Producer): They really have a grasp of philosophy, of all types of philosophy, of Eastern philosophy, of you know European philosophy.Keanu Reeves: Larry and Andrew said, “OK, wed like you to play Thomas Anderson, Neo.” I had to read 7)Baudrillard; I had to read Out Of Control, which is about systems, evolution and robots. And then there was another book, which was Evolutionary Psychology. Those were three books that they wanted me to read before I even opened up the 8)script.Owen Paterson: Baudrillards ideas of 9)Simulacra 10)Simulation is an important point within the film, and that what we see in the film as a real object is in-fact 11)optical simulation.The ScreenplayLorenzo Bonaventura (Exec. V.P. of Warner Bros.): I read the Matrix script and really 12)flipped out for it. Thought it was fantastic, thought that as a script the first 40-50 pages were the best 40-50 pages Id ever read. And then I got very confused.Bill Pope (Director of Photography): I have to say that I didnt understand the script. I mean, I understood the script well, obviously I liked it. But every time I re-read it and every time we got closer, I understood more and more and more and more. I had questions forever and would constantly try to change the plot and they were “Now, Bill, Bill, Bill, you just dont understand!”Laurence Fishburne (“Morpheus”): I have no idea why people whove read this script for the first Matrix found it confusing - I dont get that at all!John Gaeta (Visual Effect): Upon reading the script and seeing the 13)conceptuals, you know, at the same time, you know, the immediate reaction is umm. there is no chance in hell this movie will be made. There is a whole 14)slew of these scenes I see being 15)chopped out or left on the floor, there is just too unlike a large studio to take a chance on something that seems very alternative.Carrie-Anne Moss: It took me a lot of readings, a lot of conversations with everybody to fully understand the script. But I just remember thinking, I mean, they dont really think Im going to do this stuff like running, like jumping from one building to another. Its like, well, no, of course nothing bad and like running sideways along the wall, cos everything was really specifically put in the script.The “Look” of The MatrixOwen Paterson: What we had to do really in the film was to establish I think 16)visually the difference between the matrix and the real world.Bill Pope: In the matrix everything was slightly 17)decayed, I think it was slightly 18)monolithic and grid-like, like a machine would make it. You notice some things about the interrogation room or the governments office. There are 19)grids on the walls, theres grids on the floor, theres even grids in the ceiling. So thats why were hoping that that will 20)convey a feeling of 21)artificial control, if you like.Kym Barrett (Costume Design): Owen and I 22)collaborated a lot on the strength of the tones of green in the matrix. Also we talked with Bill about, you know, when the light hits a certain 23)fabric or a certain leather, or how I could make it pick up green or how I could make it pick up different colours.John Gaeta: In the lab, we wanted to be much more about the human beings, and so we used longer lenses and sort of the backgrounds get all sort of soft and have the humans stand out more.Bill Pope: Their clothing is a little more humane and cloth-like and their makeup is more natural, their hair is more natural, theyre less styled.Owen Paterson: The matrix will always have a green 24)bias to it. Whereas in the real world we went for a blue bias, and we avoided green except for Tanks 25)console on the “Nebuchadnezzar”, which has got green code in it, which is of course the matrix. So all of those things which might not seem a great deal to anyone else, to anyone whose actually trying to work out the nuts and bolts of the film, its kind of like 26)revelations if you like.解读黑客帝国凯莉-安妮莫斯（“屈妮蒂”扮演者）做的事情与自己的信仰正好契合，是很罕有的。演出黑客帝国改变了我们的人生，而有了这样的经历，卷土重来势在必行。彼时与此时比较奇诺里维斯（“尼奥”扮演者）黑客帝国I是在伯班克拍摄的，我还搞不清那是个什么地方，是个空货仓吧？凯莉-安妮莫斯当时我们什么设备都没有，没有咖啡机，当然也没有拖车，没有休息室或更衣室，洗手间只有一间。辉格威文（“史密斯探员”扮演者）我记得，那时候连让他们写张买画板的支票都要费尽九牛二虎之力，刚开始时，他们连画桌也不愿意买一张。但是现在（拍摄第二集时），设备实在太好了，真的是梦想成真了。凯莉-安妮莫斯我们明白拍摄不易明白前方的挑战有很多。奇诺里维斯：说实话，拍第一部也好，第二部也好，我太喜欢这电影的素材了，我爱这个角色，爱和这群人一起工作，所以说，不管有什么困难，我想我怎么都能熬过去。影片哲学欧文帕特森（制作设计）我第一次看黑客帝国时，我也不清楚了，东方的影响和漫画书的影响渗透在西方哲学里，让电影很丰富。奇诺里维斯：他们（导演）把文学、电影感觉、生活、兴趣爱好、以及他们认为是幽默的和酷的事物集于一体，拍出了这部片子。沃乔斯基兄弟（导演）我们喜欢功夫片，我们喜欢日本动画片。我们喜欢吴宇森的电影，还喜欢科幻和现实生活书籍。祖希尔弗（制片）他们（导演）精晓各类哲学流派，对东方哲学与西方哲学都了解。奇诺里维斯拉利和安德鲁两位导演说：“好吧，我们想让你扮演托马斯汤普森/尼奥这个角色。”我得阅读鲍德里亚的作品；我看了失控，讲的是系统、进化和机器人。还看了另一本书，叫进化心理学。导演甚至让我在打开剧本看以前，先找这三本书来看。欧文帕特森鲍德里亚在拟象一书中的观点是影片的骨干，我们在电影中看到的实物其实是假象。另类剧本罗伦卓波纳文图拉（华纳兄弟电影公司副总裁）我读黑客帝国的剧本，顿感眼前一亮。剧本太精彩了，最开始的四、五十页是我读过的剧本中写得最精彩的。但接下去的我就看不懂了。比尔皮普（摄影指导）我承认我看不懂剧本。我是说，我能看剧本，而且我很喜欢它。但是每重读一次，每体会到其中更多的含义，我的理解就越来越深。我永远都有问题，总是想篡改情节，他们就会说“比尔，你还是不明白嘛！”劳伦斯弗西本（“孟菲斯”扮演者）我不明白为什么看过剧本的人都说理解的不到位-我根本就没看懂！约翰盖塔（视觉指导）一边读剧本，也一边了解了概念，但我即时的反应是这部电影根本没有拍摄的可能性。我看过太多类似的场景给砍去或去掉了，大电影公司是不会冒险拍这么另类的镜头的。凯莉-安妮莫斯：我读了很长时间，也和每个人谈了很多，才全盘弄清楚了剧本的意思。可我记得当时想到，他们不会希望让我来做这些动作吧，又要奔跑又要从一座建筑跳到另一座上。当然了，飞檐走壁也没什么不好的，剧本里把这些动作都写得清清楚楚。“母体”的视觉效果欧文帕特森我们在本片的工作就是要在视觉上区分出“母体”和真实世界。比尔皮普母体里的所有东西都显得有点衰败，略稍有电子线路和格子的感觉，就好像一架机器。你注意到审讯室和政府办公室了吗，墙上有格子，地板上有格子，甚至天花板也有格子。我们想借此传达出人工操控的感觉。金巴雷特（服装设计）欧文和我一起合作，在强调母体绿色的基调上下了很大工夫。我们还和比尔探讨，怎样让灯光照在某些布料或者皮革上能反映出莹莹绿色，或者反映出别的颜色。约翰盖塔：在人类世界，我们想以人类为主，所以就用了长镜头，背景比较柔和，好突出人物。比尔皮普：人物的服装也更富有人类气息，倾向于布料，人物的化妆更自然，头发更自然，比较随便。欧文帕特森：母体偏绿色，而真实世界偏蓝色，我们尽量避免在真实世界里用绿色，只在飞船的控制室用了一点绿来反映出母体。所以说，有的人可能认为这没什么大不了，但对于那些热衷于该片的人来说，这些细节是很有启发性的。注释:1) merge v.合并2) warehouse v. 货仓3) trailer n. 拖车4) commitment n. 委托事项5) synthesis n. 综合，合成6) animation n. 动画，动画片。7) Baudrillard全名Jean Baudrillard，法国后现代理论家。8) script n. 剧本，手稿9) simulacra n. simulacrum的复数形式，模拟物，假象。10) simulation n. 模拟11) optical a. 眼的，视力的12) flip out 疯狂13) conceptual n. 哲概念论14) a slew of 美国口语 许多，大量15) chop v. 砍16) visually ad. 在视觉上地17) decayed a. 衰败18) monolithic a. 集成电路19) grid n. 格子20) convey v. 传达21) artificial a. 人造的22) collaborate v. 合作23) fabric n. 织品24) bias n. 偏爱25) console n. 控制台26) revelation n. 启示，揭示2003年11月号-第43期-Disc01-03Lara Croft, The Tomb RaiderLara Croft is the 1)heroine of Tomb Raider, one of the most successful computer games of all time. With 26 million copies sold to date, Lara Croft is richer than the Queen of England. Shes appeared on more magazine covers than a 2)supermodel, the advertising industry cant get enough of her. The government used Lara to promote British technology across the world.This is before any work has begun on the game, before we have anyone else on the game except me basically. It was very clear that I wanted to make it a 3)feminine character, so to be feminine, I had to 4)exaggerate feminine characteristics. So for a start, gave her long hair but the only way that we could represent that in a game in any 5)considerable way would be to give her a 6)ponytail. To make her seem athletic, I need to give her a. basically, a 7)leotard. OK? Because shes an adventurer, we need to give her something to put her goods and 8)chattels in so a 9)backpack had to be 10)strapped onto her back so, you know, so that was fine. The walking boots done at the bottom. The double gun 11)holsters, we clearly had to have her having that. The way the straps go across the leg which sort of make the whole leg more interesting. At the time it was generally 12)acknowledged that you had to have a male, a strong male character, that the male character had to be American, otherwise you wouldnt sell to an American audience. And female characters just didnt sell and also female characters at the time were being 13)portrayed in games that were in games often in 14)subsidiary roles. And they were very much like Loaded cover girls, they werent portrayed with any, I dont think with any respect really, so I just wanted to turn all those sorts of things on their heads all the time. But making a very British female character that was an action hero that wasnt 15)appealing to you know, base sexuality but was strong and you know powerful, it just seemed like it would sell. it seemed to me that it would sell. There were a few people who really thought that we were mad, but it turned out alright.”“There was pressure from us, from lots of different areas for people saying, look, you know, if you are just going to have a female, maybe put a option in for a male character, so you can have either one or the other. But we actually felt that it 16)diluted everything. It split the whole focus of the game up, it split it right down the middle. You know, there were things that you would just do with a male that you probably wouldnt do with Lara. So we were very keen to make sure to keep the 17)essence of saying, look, this is a game and its going to have Lara in it, and or Lara as she was originally called. And she is going to be the single character that you play and you can 18)relate to that.When Tomb Raider was released in 1996, it was a sensation. And not just in teenage bedrooms, its sexy, sassy heroine had caught the publics imagination. Lara Croft wasnt just a character in a game, she was a celebrity and people wanted to know more.“古墓丽影”，话说从头罗拉克洛夫特是最受欢迎的电游之一-古墓丽影的女主角。迄今为止该电游已疯卖2600万件，罗拉克洛夫特真是比英国女王还富有呢。她在杂志封面的露面率比超级名模更频繁，广告对她的青睐从不间断。英国政府还利用罗拉的影响力在全球宣传英国科技。“在还没开始做这个游戏前，设计这个游戏的除了我以外可以说还没有其他人。我很明确实要有个女性角色，为了这个目标，我就要突出她的女性特征。所以一开始，我给她设计了长长的秀发，但是要想在游戏中体现出这个特征，不管怎样都只有让她束起马尾辫。为了赋予她运动的气质，我让她穿上紧身衣裤。好。因为她是一名冒险家，我们还要给她一个用来放置物件的配备，于是她就背起了背囊，就这样。她脚上蹬着一双靴子。双枪皮套显然是她必需的。腿上绑着皮带让整条腿增添了情趣。当时所有的人都认为，应该要个强健的男性角色，而且必须是个美国男性角色。不然美国人就不买这个游戏。女性角色卖不动，而且当时游戏里出现的女性都是配角。她们很像男性潮流杂志Loaded的封面女郎，我觉得不太受人尊重，所以我很想把她们的形象地位扭转过来。塑造一个非常英国化的女性动作角色，不靠性感来哗众取宠，但要强壮有力，这似乎有卖点我觉得这似乎有卖点。有的人认为我们这么做太离谱了，可结果证明是好的。”“我们的压力有来自内部的和来自许多方面的，比如人们会说，如果你们想要个女性角色，或许还应该配个男性角色以供选择，那么一个不行还有另一个。但我们感到这样一来冲击力就不够了。游戏的焦点就不集中，被分成两半了。有些东西让一个男性角色来做可以，但罗拉可能就做不来。所以我们非常努力地保存精华部分，让这个游戏一定是罗拉的，她本名就叫做罗拉。她是游戏里的唯一主角，让你在玩的时候有认同感。”1996年古墓丽影的发行轰动一时。它不仅为青少年追捧，游戏中性感而富有活力的女主角激发了公众的一切想象力。罗拉克洛夫特的魅力超越了电游的范畴，她的名声如日中天，人们仍然期待着进一步了解她注释:1) h