2023年高级休闲英语HumpbackWinsWideAcclaim秋英语本科专业教学资源整合

《高级休闲英语》"Humpback”WinsWideAcclaim

PrimMinisterHumpback,a40-partTVseries,starteditssereening

onBeijingTelevisioninFebruarywithoutmuchcommotion.Againstthe

oddsandtothesurpriseofmany,theserieswonovemightacclaimandis

nowspreadingrapid1yacrossthecountrywith46localstationssigning

contractstoscreenit.Withno1arge-scalepromotion,nopriormedia

attention,andnocomplexplot,whatmakestheseriessounexpecte

d1ysuccessful?

TherehasneverbeenashortageoffilmsTVseriesaboutemperorsan

dtheirhenchmeninChina.Butsomepresentedhistoryinasolemnandse

rioustonetostriveforhistorica1realism,whileotherturnedhistory

intoanabsurdfarce.Incontrast,PrimeMinisterHumpbacknarratest

heperhapsexaggeratedlegendswitharealspiritofhistory,drawinginspirat

ionsfromfolkloreandthelanguageoftheordinarypeopleofthetime.

Mostviewershavealsoascribedthesuccesstothestunning

performancesofLiBaotian,WangGangandZhangGuoli.

LiBaotianplaysthec1eanprimeministerLiuYong.Developing

hisownunderstandingofcharacter,hehashelpedinsti11inthepr

imeministerthecleverness,resoluteness,andhumourthatmakeLiu

“acomplicatedpersona1itynoteasytojudgesimplyaseithergoodor

badJsaysLi.Liuisadaring,uprightprimeministerfreefromt

hecorruptionrampantinimperia1court.Butmorethananincorrup

tibleofficial,hissubtieresistaneetotheauthorityofEmperorQia

nlongisbasedonConfucianphilosophy,whichmeansthatitispractically

1imited."Butitisofgreatsignificanceinitselfbyunveilingthec

omp1exityofhumannature/5Lisays."PlayingLiuYonggavemea1ot

ofscopetoexp1oreacomp1icatedcharacter.”

WangGangbroughtthecharacterofHeShento1ife,depictingthe

corruptofficialwhowasanimp1acablefbrofLiuYong.Wang'sHeSh

enistreacherous,crafty,greedyandshameless.ButinWang?sinterpretati

onheisnotevilbutamanwhoseaction“catertotheemper

orQianlong'shumanneeds,incontrasttoLiuYong5swhichservethee

mperor'sregulatoryneeds,"Wangexplained.

AndZhangGuo1iportrayedaChineseemperorverydifficu1tfrom

theusualemperorsinmainlandandHongKongfilmsandTVseries.

Insteadofbeingdissoluteandcruel,fatuousandself-indulgentorgallantand

impu1sive,Zhang'semperoriswise,vivaciousandsometimescunning.H

eisproud,ga1lantandfondofwomen,butheisresourcefu1and

showssagacityinmanipu1atingtheofficialswhoguardandma

nagehisinterests."OneofthemostoutstandingemperorsinChi

na'shistory,IthinkQianlongintervenesintheconflictbetweenL

iuYongandHeShenandisreallyamastermediator.

Thepopularityisalsoattributedtothefactthattheserieshascateredtothe

averageviewer,sexpectationsofintegrityinincorruptib1eoffici

a1,especiallyinthelightofthecurrentanti—corruptioncampaign.

Don'taskwhetherPrimeMinisterHumpbackwil1standthetest

oftime.Itisprobablybetternottoreadtoomanysocialandpoliticalmess

agesintoit,andtoletthecriticsdothetechnica1workoncethe

dusthassettled.

Multiplechoices

6.Thefirstparagraph

a)makesabriefintroductionofPrimeMinisterHumpback.

b)elaboratestheinf1uencemadeonviewersbPrimeMinister

Humpback.

c)arousesthereader'sinterestinthereasonsforthepopularityof

primeMinisterHumpback

7.LiBaotian

a)admiresLiuYong.

b)findsithardtounderstandLiuYong.

c)considersp1ayingthepartofLiuYongcha1lenging.

8.AccordingtoWangGang,HeShen

a)wasinchargeofEmperorQian1ong5sdailylife.

b)wasnotworsethanLiuYong.

c)wasnotsimplyanevi1man.

9.ZhangGuo1isuccessfu11yportrayedEmperorQianlongwho

a)treatedhisofficia1sfairlyandkindly.

b)knewperfectlywellhowtomakehisofficialsbehaveinthewayhe

wantedthemto.

c)wasfrequentlybotheredbytheconf1ictsbetweenLiuYong

and