单词词汇bbc强化系列50集影视文化9simpsons

BBCLearningEnglish15MinuteProgrammes15分钟AboutthisscriptPleasenotethatthisisnotawordforwordtranscriptoftheprogrammeasbroadcast.Intherecordingandeditingprocess,changesmayhavebeenmadewhichmaynotbereflectedhere.关于台词的备注 Hi,and etoBBCLearningEnglishI’mVicki.ChenLi: Vicki:Intoday’sprogramme,we’refindingoutaboutaveryfamousanimatedTVprogramme,fromtheUSA,TheSimpsons.Chen Vicki:Wellnotreally,butchildrendolikeitaswellasadults.It’sbeensaidthatMattGroening,whocreatedtheshow,changedourideaoffamilyentertainment.Chen Vicki:Duringthe1980s,cartoonswerethoughtofaschildren’sprogrammes,butTheSimpsonsshowedthatcartoonscouldappealtoadultstoo.ChenLi: Cartoons卡通片。这个同时吸引了孩子和成年人，我们来听听卡通片《辛 ThisisMarkLawsonfromBBCFrontGroening,amagazineillustrator,createdthefamily.Hescribbledsomefigureswithdistinctivehairdosandgavethemthenamesofhisparentsandsiblings.Clumsy,lazyHomerandoptimisticMarge,andtheirchildren,slackerBart,do-gooderLisaanddummy-suckingMaggie.Chen Amagazineillustrator.ChenLi: HescribbleddownsomeChen Thefigureshaddistinctivehair-Chen AndhenamedthemafterhisparentsandChenLi: Siblings兄弟姐妹。原来，一家都是以Matt’s自己家人的名字命名的，那 Homerislazyandclumsy.ChenLi: Margeisoptimistic.ChenLi: Optimistic乐观的。 Bartisaslacker.ChenLi: Aslacker懒鬼，懒虫。 Lisaisado-gooder.Chen Andthere’sababy,Maggie,whoalwayssucksadummy.ChenLi: Adummy奶嘴。Clumsy,lazyHomerandoptimisticMarge,andtheirchildren,slackerBart,do-gooderLisaanddummy-suckingMaggie. TheSimpsonsisverypopularintheUKandtheUSA–it’sbeenfor20yearsandhasjustcelebratedits400thChenLi:哇，上演20年一共400集，一定是非常受欢迎了。那么，这个究竟好在哪Vicki:Well,peoplelikeTheSimpsonsbecauseit’sfunny.Eventhoughit’sacartoon,itmakescommentsaboutreal-lifefamilylifeinsmalltownChen Vicki:It’ssetinatowncalledSpringfield–therearemanyrealtownscalledSpringfieldintheUSA,andinBritain!Theseriesfeatureslotsofdifferentcharactersbesidesthefamily,andMattGroeningsaysthatthiswashisintentionrightfromthestart.Chen TheSimpsonsfromtheverybeginningweredesignedtobeafamily wasgoingtogoonforquiteawhile.Thatwasmyintentionfromtheverybeginning.Ihadthisidea–wouldn’titbegreattopopulateanentiresmalltown,notjustthefamily,butalltheotherpeopleandtheinstitutionsofasmalltown,andthenjustgoanywherewewanted. Hedescribestheshowasafamily isshortforsituationcomedy.Chen Andbecausehealwaysthoughtitwouldbealongtermshow,hewantedtopopulatethewholetown.ChenLi:Topopulate Sotheepisodesdon’tjusttakeceinthefamily’shouse,butatschool,work,intheshopsandsoon.ChenLi:因为他设计了整个城镇，所以，一家可以去他们想去的任何地方TheSimpsonsfromtheverybeginningweredesignedtobeafamily wasgoingtogoonforquiteawhile.Thatwasmyintentionfromtheverybeginning.Ihadthisidea–wouldn’titbegreattopopulateanentiresmalltown,notjustthefamily,butalltheotherpeopleandtheinstitutionsofasmalltown,andthenjustgoanywherewewanted. Intheprogrammetoday,we’relookingattheanimatedTVshowTheSimpsons,whichhasjustcelebrated400episodesand20years!Chen Yes,oneverynotablethingaboutTheSimpsonsisthecharactersarebrightyellow!Chen Well,onereasonissothatthecharactersinTheSimpsonswerenotofanyparticularracialbackground.Chen Mattsaidthathedidn’twantCaucasianpinkfleshtone.ChenLi: Caucasian白种人的，fleshtone肤色。 Andthere’sanotherreasonforthembeingyellowtoo–listenandseeifyoucanhearit.IdidnotwanttohavethatCaucasianpinkthatpassesforfleshtoneincartoons.Theanimatorspresentedmewithavastarrayofpinkishhues,depictingthesecharactersandIsaidnono,istheresomethingelse?HowaboutYellow–nothinglookslikethat–that’sfantastic!Andtheothersecretreasonforngitthatway-ifthecharactersareyellow,wheneveryou’retuningaroundwithyourremotecontrol,andyouseeaflashofyellow,youknowyou’vehitTheSimpsons.Vicki:NothingelselooksliketheChenLi: Matt说因为他们和电视上的其它形象看起来完全不同，所以，如果你不停地换HowaboutYellow–nothinglookslikethat–that’sfantastic!Andtheothersecretreasonforngitthatway-ifthecharactersareyellow,wheneveryou’retuningaroundwithyourremotecontrol,andyouseeaflashofyellow,youknowyou’vehitTheSimpsons. Thewaythecharactersweredrawnhaschangedquiteabitsincethebeginning.Matttolduswhy.Theshowhaschangedovertheyears,andIhavetosaythatatthebeginningoftheshowthecharacterswerereallyuglyandcrudelydrawn–that’sthewayIdraw.BackinthebeginningIassumedthattheyweregoingtocleanupmydrawingsandweregoingtomakethemlookreallycuteandcuddly,buttheydidn’t.Sothat’swhyTheSimpsonsstartedoutashideousastheydid. OriginallythecharacterswerequiteuglyandcrudelyChenLi: Crude粗略的。Matt以为动画制作人们会将这些人物进行一些修饰美化，但是事 Butalthoughthelookofthecharactershaschanged,theyarestillverydistinctive.Chen Designyourcharacterssotheycanberecognisedinsilhouette.AndifyoulookatTheSimpsons,obviously–BartwiththeehairandMargewiththetallhairandHomerwithhistwolittlehairsonthetopofhishead–youcaninstantlyidentifytheminsilhouette,andyoucandistinguishthemfromeachother. Theycanberecognisedinsilhouette.ChenLi: Silhouette轮廓。 Sothosehair-doswereveryimportant.Barthasyhair.ChenLi: Bart的头发是尖的。 Margehastall AndHomerhasalmostnohair,excepttwo!ChenLi: Homer的头上仅仅有两根毛。 SotheycanbeChen Obviously–BartwiththeehairandMargewiththetallhairandHomerwithhistwolittlehairsonthetopofhishead–youcaninstantlyidentifytheminsilhouette,andyoucandistinguishthemfromeachother. OneinterestingaspectofTheSimpsonsisthatbecauseit’ssopopular,theyfrequentlyhavegueststars,usuallyyingthemselves.ChenLi:Gueststars客串嘉宾。那么怎么样的人物才可以在剧中客串，扮演他们自己呢 Allsortsofpeople–popstarsandfi stars,eventherecentBritishPrimeMinisterTonyBlair!ChenLi:就连英国首相也曾经在《一家》中出现过 ButnoAmericanshaveagreedtobeintheshow!ChenLi: Yes,andalsotheshowisgenerallyquiteanti-authorityandcanbeabitpolitical.ChenLi: Anti-authority反的。那么一家如何反映政治问题，下面就是一个Webuiltinanenvironmentalthemeattheverybeginning,inhavingHomerSimpsonbean petentnuclearpowerntworker.Vicki:Sothereisanenvironmental BecauseHomerSimpsonisan petentnuclearpowerntChenLi: HomerSimpson在核工厂工作，但是却很低能；所以显然该剧暗示象他这样Webuiltinanenvironmentalthemeattheverybeginning,inhavingHomerSimpsonbean petentnuclearpowerntworker. Interestingly,theregularvoiceactorswhostarintheseriesusuallyvoicemorethanonecharacter!Chen tovoice Forexample,thesame voicesHomer,andhisfather!ChenLi: TheSimpsonsisirreverenthumour.ChenLi: Irreverent不留情面的，直率的。 Theteamth