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第十九课：查理.卓别林

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　课文翻译

　　1. Reading comprehension阅读理解………………

　　CHARLIE CHAPLIN (2)

　查理·卓别林(二)

　　One of Charlie Chaplin's most famous films was“The Gold Rush”, which

　　卓别林最著名的影片之一是“淘金热”，它

　　was made in 1925. The film was set in California in the middle of the nine

　　是1925年摄制的。这个影片的背景是19世纪中叶的加利福尼亚。

　　teenth century.At that time, gold was discovered in California and thousands of

　　当时，加利福尼亚州发现了黄金，成千上万的人便匆忙地

　　people rushed there to look for gold, so it became known as“the gold rush”.

　　跑到那里去寻找金子，于是这种热闹场面就成为人们所熟知的“淘金热”。

　　People said gold could easily be picked up by washing sand from the river in a

　　据说，用一个水盆淘洗河里的砂子就可以很容易地筛出金子。

　　pan of water. This was known as“panning for gold”.

　　这就是人们所熟知的“淘金”。

　　In the film, Chaplin and his friend are in California. So far, they have

　　在这部影片中，卓别林和他的朋友都在加利福尼亚。到那时为止，他

　　been unlucky in their search for gold and have no money at all. Chaplin and

　　们寻找金子的运气不好，并且身上一个钱也没有了。卓别林和

　　his friend are caught on the edge of a mountain in a snow storm in a small

　　他的朋友被一场暴风雪困在山边的一座

　　wooden house. They have nothing to eat. They are so hungry that they cook a

　　小木屋里。他们没有东西吃。他们饿得慌，只好用一

　　pair of shoes, by boiling them in a pan of water. Chaplin sits down at the table

　　盆水煮皮鞋来充饥。卓别林坐在桌子旁边，

　　and eats the shoe with a knife and fork, enjoying every mouthful. He makes it

　　手拿刀叉吃皮鞋，一口一口地吃得津津有味，他把吃皮鞋的

　　seem as if this is one of the most delicious meals that he has ever enjoyed.

　　情景演得好像是他吃过的最香的一顿饭。

　　5. Writing写…………………………………

　　In the earliest days of the cinema, all the films were silent. There was__

　　在早期的电影业中，所有的电影都是无声的，(影片中)

　　music or dialogue. Then people began __ play music in the cinema

　　没有音乐，也没有对白。后来，人们开始在影片放映时在电影院

　　__the film was being shown. Sometimes a small__ of people played

　　里演奏音乐。有时候是一小群人为影片配乐，

　　music. More often, one __, for example, a woman, played the piano.

　　更多的时候是一个人(比如一位女士)弹奏钢琴。

　　She used to __ at the film and play the right __ of music for the film.

　　这位女士总是看着影片弹奏适当的音乐。

　　If there were army officers, she played army__ . If it __ a love

　　如果银幕上出现军官，她就弹奏军乐；如果出现恋爱的场面，

　　scene, she __ soft music. If onesgroupsof people were fighting or running

　　她就弹奏轻松柔和的乐曲；如果是一伙人在打斗或追逐

　　__some others, she __ to play fast, exciting music. One pianist in

　　另一伙人，她就弹奏节奏快的、激烈的音乐。有一位加拿大

　　Canada thought __ something special __ play. It sounded __ a

　　钢琴师想出过一种特别的演奏方法。这种演奏

　　group of people coming down the street and playing music. A bus came nearer

　　听起来像是一群人奏着乐沿大街走过来。银幕上一辆汽车

　　and nearer. Finally the people __ to stop playing when the bus got too

　　越开越近。最后，当汽车开得很近时，人们必须停止奏乐。

　　close. At the end __ this scene, the cinema manager went __ the

　　(一次)这个镜头结束时，剧院经理走到

　　pianist and said angrily“What do you __ you are doing?”The pianist

　　钢琴师面前，生气地说：“你看你在干什么呢?”原来钢琴师

　　had forgotten to look at the __. It was the middle of a love scene.

　　忘了看银幕了，银幕上出现了恋爱的场面。

第十九课：查理.卓别林

　　重点·难点·考点及疑点注释

　　1.the gold rush指的是一群梦想发财致富者迅速涌往新发现的金矿的热潮。其中的rush是名词，指一种“突然或紧张的活动”。如Christmas rush指圣诞节前的购物热。

　　2.be set in以……为背景，(戏剧、影片的)背景是……

　　The story was set in the second world war.这个故事是以二战为背景的。

　　3.become known as成为人们熟知的

　　辨析：be known as“作为……而出名”，后跟主语的身份或名称；be known to“为某人所熟知或熟悉”，后跟人；be known for“因……而出名”，for表示原因。

　　4pick up拾到，找到，捡起

　　It is very difficult for a nearsighted man to pick up a needle from the ground.

　　让一个近视眼从地上捡起一根针是很困难的。

　　5.so far到目前为止

　　So far, no further information has been obtained.

　　到目前为止没收到任何信息。

　　短语链接：up to this/that time到这/那时为止

　　6.in one's search for寻找

　　注意另一表达法in search of在结构上的不同，两个短语使用的介词不同，前者只能用for，后者只能用of。

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