时间:2019-01-03 作者:英语课 分类:2018年VOA慢速英语(二)月


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Helen Mirren Talks 'Winchester' Film, Effects of Gun Deaths on the Living


Actor Helen Mirren says her new film Winchester is not a horror movie, but a ghost story. She says the film has foreign roots and also something very American: an understanding of the emotional suffering caused by gun deaths.


Mirren plays Sarah Winchester, a real-life 19th-century woman. She became very rich from the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Her husband set up the company in 1866.


The business manufactured the Winchester repeating rifle. It enabled users to fire at a target more rapidly than other weapons.


In the film, Sarah Winchester believes she is frightened by the spirits of those killed by the powerful guns.


"It's a ghost story, hopefully in the tradition, the very grand tradition, of Japanese ghost stories, ghost films," Mirren told the Associated Press. "You know, the Japanese love ghost stories and have great belief in the power of the ancestor spirits, of the ancestors, as many cultures do."


Part of the film was shot at Winchester's mansion 1 in San Jose, California. She moved there after the death of her husband in 1881. Now known as the "Winchester Mystery House," it is a popular stop for visitors. The house has more than 160 rooms, 10,000 windows, 2,000 doors and 40 staircases.


Winchester was said to continually add rooms to the home to try to trick the ghosts she believed were haunting her.


?"There are many theories why she did this,'' Mirren said. "And one of the theories we explore in the film. She was trying to placate 2 the ghosts of the people who'd been killed by the Winchester rifle. She felt their deaths very strongly. She felt responsible."


However, Mirren said the film is not trying to make any general statements about whether individuals should own guns.


She suggested the movie is more about the moral responsibility business owners might face.


"The issue is more putting the question mark or the weight of moral decision upon the people who make a fortune from making arms — whether they're guns, bombs, grenades ... or whatever it is,” Mirren said.


Winchester opened February 2 in the United States. Starring opposite Mirren is actor Jason Clarke as Doctor Eric Price. Price is a specialist in treating mental disorders 3.


I’m Caty Weaver 4.


Words in This Story


ghost – n. the soul of a dead person thought of as living in an unseen world or as appearing to living people?


rapidly – adv. happening in a short amount of time : happening quickly?


mansion – n. a large and impressive house: the large house of a wealthy person?


placate – v. to cause (someone) to feel less angry about something?


fortune – n. a great amount of money or possessions



n.大厦,大楼;宅第
  • The old mansion was built in 1850.这座古宅建于1850年。
  • The mansion has extensive grounds.这大厦四周的庭园广阔。
v.抚慰,平息(愤怒)
  • He never attempts to placate his enemy.他从不企图与敌人和解。
  • Even a written apology failed to placate the indignant hostess.甚至一纸书面道歉都没能安抚这个怒气冲冲的女主人。
n.混乱( disorder的名词复数 );凌乱;骚乱;(身心、机能)失调
  • Reports of anorexia and other eating disorders are on the increase. 据报告,厌食症和其他饮食方面的功能紊乱发生率正在不断增长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The announcement led to violent civil disorders. 这项宣布引起剧烈的骚乱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.织布工;编织者
  • She was a fast weaver and the cloth was very good.她织布织得很快,而且布的质量很好。
  • The eager weaver did not notice my confusion.热心的纺织工人没有注意到我的狼狈相。
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