VOA标准英语2011--Existential Gloom Theme of Two New Movies
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2011年(十月)
Existential Gloom Theme of Two New Movies
Cataclysmic events are the backdrop of two dark films about the fragility of the human psyche 1 as well as the world we live in.
Jeff Nichols's film, Take Shelter, focuses on Curtis, a young husband and father who experiences visions about the end of the world.
Curtis is a loving father and husband. He works in a sand mine in Ohio. His visions worsen and so does his state of mind.
As Curtis loses control of reality, he withdraws from those around him. He focuses on the one thing he can control: He builds a tornado 2 shelter. His wife is at a loss.
Jessica Chastain interprets Samantha who sees her husband splurging on a shelter while they face mounting bills for their daughter's medical condition.
Michael Shannon delivers a superb performance as Curtis, whose quiet suffering makes his premonitions all the more potent 3. Filmmaker Jeff Nichols builds an ominous 4 mood by seamlessly weaving Curtis's real world with his nightmarish visions. We feel his dilemmas 5. The tale taps into today's financial uncertainly and evokes 6 recent extreme weather phenomena 7 to enhance the sense of foreboding.
Lars Von Trier's drama Melancholia also centers around Justine young bride who is an emotionally frail 8 individual who cannot cope with daily life, but greets doomsday with stoic 9 resolve.
On her wedding night she has second thoughts.
Gaby, Justine's divorced mother, is no stranger to the pitfalls 10 of marriage. Maybe it's her cynicism that triggers Justine's depression.
The drama unfolds in the middle of an elegant wedding reception. The guests and relatives are all there. But Justine is a no-show.
The reception's pristine 11 grounds become the scene of Earth's destruction.
"Melancholia" is a beautiful blue planet on a collision course with Earth. Ironically, as the end nears, it is Justine who remains 12 stoic.
Kirsten Dunst won best actress for this role at the the Cannes film festival. Charlotte Gainsbourg plays Justine's sister Claire, and Kiefer Sutherland is John, Justine's surly brother-in-law.
In Melancholia, filmmaker Lars Von Trier shows the collision of the planets as something beautiful. The universe is cleansing 13 itself. In both films, destruction is imminent 14; human life is petty and insignificant 15.
- His exploration of the myth brings insight into the American psyche.他对这个神话的探讨揭示了美国人的心理。
- She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche.她毕生探索人类心灵的奥秘。
- A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
- The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
- The medicine had a potent effect on your disease.这药物对你的病疗效很大。
- We must account of his potent influence.我们必须考虑他的强有力的影响。
- Those black clouds look ominous for our picnic.那些乌云对我们的野餐来说是个不祥之兆。
- There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone.电话那头出现了不祥的沉默。
- They dealt with their dilemmas by mixing perhaps unintentionally an explosive brew. 他们――也许是无意地――把爆炸性的佐料混合在一起，以此来应付困难处境。 来自辞典例句
- Ten years later we encountered the same dilemmas in Vietnam. 十年后，我们又在越南遇到了同样进退两难的局面。 来自辞典例句
- The film evokes chilling reminders of the war. 这部电影使人们回忆起战争的可怕场景。
- Each type evokes antibodies which protect against the homologous. 每一种类型都能产生抗同种病毒的抗体。
- Ade couldn't relate the phenomena with any theory he knew.艾德无法用他所知道的任何理论来解释这种现象。
- The object of these experiments was to find the connection,if any,between the two phenomena.这些实验的目的就是探索这两种现象之间的联系，如果存在着任何联系的话。
- Mrs. Warner is already 96 and too frail to live by herself.华纳太太已经九十六岁了，身体虚弱，不便独居。
- She lay in bed looking particularly frail.她躺在床上，看上去特别虚弱。
- A stoic person responds to hardship with imperturbation.坚忍克己之人经受苦难仍能泰然自若。
- On Rajiv's death a stoic journey began for Mrs Gandhi,supported by her husband's friends.拉吉夫死后，索尼亚在丈夫友人的支持下开始了一段坚忍的历程。
- the potential pitfalls of buying a house 购买房屋可能遇到的圈套
- Several pitfalls remain in the way of an agreement. 在达成协议的进程中还有几个隐藏的困难。
- He wiped his fingers on his pristine handkerchief.他用他那块洁净的手帕擦手指。
- He wasn't about to blemish that pristine record.他本不想去玷污那清白的过去。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
- The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。
- In winter the effect was found to be insignificant.在冬季，这种作用是不明显的。
- This problem was insignificant compared to others she faced.这一问题与她面临的其他问题比较起来算不得什么。