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第十八课：查理.卓别林

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　　课文翻译

　　1. Reading comprehension阅读理解………………

　　CHARLIE CHAPLIN (1)

　　查理·卓别林(一)

　　Charlie Chaplin, who died in 1977, is considered one of the greatest and

　　查理·卓别林于1977年逝世，他被认为是电影史上最伟大、

　　funniest actors in the history of the cinema. During his lifetime, he acted in 13

　　最滑稽的演员之一。在他的一生中，演过13部电影，

　　films, and he wrote, directed and acted in 69 other films.

　　而在另外的69部电影中，他同时是影片的编剧、导演和演员。

　　Chaplin was born in London in 1889 and first acted when he was five

　　卓别林1889年生于伦敦，5岁就开始

　　years old. At the age of eight, he joined asgroupsof child dancers, and at sev

　　演戏，8岁参加了儿童舞蹈团，17岁

　　enteen he set off for the USA with asgroupsof comedy actors. During a second

　　他跟一群喜剧演员去了美国。在1912年第二次

　　trip to the USA in 1912, an important film director saw Chaplin acting a very

　　赴美期间，一位颇有影响的电影导演看了卓别林在剧中扮演一位非常

　　funny part in a play. As a result, Chaplin got his first film part in the States.

　　滑稽的角色。结果，卓别林就在美国得到了第一个电影角色。

　　As early as his second film, Chaplin had developed his own manner of

　　早在他演第二部电影时，卓别林就已经形成了他自己的表演

　　acting, the one that was to become worldfamous. He wore a small black hat,

　　风格，这就是他后来闻名世界的那种表演风格：头戴一顶小黑帽，

　　very wide trousers, a moustache and carried a stick that he swung in the air as

　　身穿一条宽大的裤子，上唇蓄着一撇胡须，手拿一根他边走边在空中挥舞

　　he walked. Even his way of walking down the street and turning a corner could

　　的手杖。甚至他在街上走路和在拐角处转弯的那种方式，都可以认为

　　be recognized as his own. In less than three months Chaplin acted in 11 films.

　　是他独有的动作。在不到3个月的时间里，卓别林就演了11部影片。

　　After a short while he started directing films himself. During his first year,

　　没有多久他就开始亲自导演影片了。在第一年里，

　　Chaplin acted in 35 films, many of which he wrote and directed himslef.

　　卓别林上演了35部电影，其中有许多电影是他自己编导的。

　　Chaplin's earliest films were silent, because the equipment for adding

　　卓别林最早期的电影都是无声电影，因为给影片配音的

　　sound to films had not yet been developed. The development of films with

　　设备那时还没有研制出来。有声电影的研制对卓别林来

　　sound became a problem for Chaplin, as he was uncertain about making films

　　说倒成了问题，因为他对制作配有对白的影片

　　with dialogue. Instead, he continued to make films without dialogue, but he

　　没有把握。于是，他继续制作没有对白的影片，但他

　　added music, which he wrote himself. Two of his greatest films,“City Lights”

　　给影片配上了他自己谱写的音乐。他的两部最伟大的影片“城市之光”

　　and“Modern Times”were of this kind.

　　和“摩登时代”就是这种影片。

　　Chaplin's later films, however, were not well received. He made only six

　　但是，卓别林后期的影片并不十分受欢迎。在1940年至1966

　　films between 1940 and 1966 and only the first of these is still popular today.

　　年之间，他仅制作了6部电影，其中只有第一部至今仍受人欢迎。

　　Chaplin lived the last years of his life in Switzerland,swhereshe was buried in 1977.

　　卓别林晚年定居在瑞士，1977年逝世后安葬在那里。

　　Before he died, he was honoured in a number of ways for his contributions to

　　在他逝世之前，他由于在电影产业方面所做出的贡献而获得了

　　the film industry.

　　许多荣誉。

第十八课：查理.卓别林

　　重点·难点·考点及疑点注释

　　1.Charlie

　　Chaplin(1889～1977),是英国出生的美国电影演员和导演。他出身在杂耍剧团演员的家庭。1岁父母离异，5岁登台表演，6岁丧父，童年生活十分艰辛。8岁表演过木屐舞剧，12岁加入英国一个剧团巡回演出，19岁时已是一个成名的喜剧演员。1912年第二次去美国，开始了他的电影生涯。早期作品《淘金者》、《城市之光》、《摩登时代》、《大独裁者》等都已被尊为经典作品，声誉长存。

　　2.during his lifetime在他一生中

　　He wrote over ten plays and many poems during his lifetime.

　　他一生写过10多个剧本和许多首诗。

　　3.cinema作“电影艺术”或“电影工艺”讲，常与定冠词the连用。

　　4.at the age of在……岁时

　　Many children began to go to school at the age of 6.

　　许多孩子在6岁时开始上学。

　　5.set off for...动身/出发去……

　　set off“出发，动身”；后面常接介词for (后接目的地)或on(接名词journey, trip, travel)。

　　Well set off for Tianjin at seven oclock tomorrow afternoon.

　　我们明天晚七点动身去天津。

　　同义词链接：set out; start out/off；go off to

　　6.trip to……之行

　　表示旅行的单词后常可接介词to。例如：the voyage to；the journey to; the flight to。

　　7.as...as作“像……一样”解，as early as his second film相当于一个时间状语从句As early as he played his second film...,修饰后面主句中的谓语动词had developed。

　　8.one's manner of doing sth.某人做事的风格

　　“……的风格”也可用way表示。manner如果加上复数，则表示“礼貌”。

　　9.the one是不定代词，作同位语，指代前面的his own manner of acting。在one后紧跟一个定语从句that was to become worldfamous。其中的was to become world-famous是过去将来时。这种“be+不定式”结构常用于正式文体，表示“根据安排将要”或“注定将要”。

　　10.be uncertain about/of...“对……不肯定；对……没有把握”；还可以说sb. be uncertain that...或It's uncertain that...。

　　certain和sure都可构成be sure/certain about/of结构，表“对……有把握”，主语都必须是表人的名词或代词。

　　—Why do you look a bit worried?你怎么看起来有点发愁?

　　—I'm uncertain about the answer to the problem.我拿不准这个问题的答案。

　　11.be honoured for因……而受尊敬

　　They are honoured by people for their honesty and unselfishness.

　　他们因无私和诚实而受到人们的尊敬。

　　短语链接：win honour for为……争光；show honour to sb.向某人表敬意；

　　do honour to sb.向……表示敬意；in honour of为了向……表敬意

　　12one's contribution to某人对……的贡献

　　Well remember you for your contribution to our motherland.

　　我们会因你对我们祖国的贡献而怀念你。

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