VOA标准英语2012--Documentary Profiles Ai Weiwei's Political Activism
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Documentary Profiles Ai Weiwei's Political Activism
For years Ai Weiwei lived abroad where he created art installations. But for more than a year, he hasn't been allowed to leave China.
Now, Alison Klayman's film, Ai Weiwei Never Sorry, shows the artist as a proponent 1 of freedom who is digitally connected to the world.
The film shows how Ai defied the government by researching the deaths of several thousand schoolchildren in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake and then listing their names. The government had refused to name them.
"He put a call on his blog to do an investigation 2," recalled director Alison Klayman. "He called it citizen's investigation to go out to all the areas, collect the names, go to the parents, go to the schools, and he ended up gathering 3 over 5000 names of children who died.
He also started an investigation into the shoddy construction of schools that caved in while students were inside.
Klayman says Ai Weiwei's activism is an integral part of his art.
"I think no matter what he does, he self-identifies as an independent artist and in the end it's all motivated by this same desire to express himself, to communicate," she said.
Ai was arrested on April 3, 2011 and detained for three months. Although his bail 4 restrictions 5 were lifted in June, he still has not been allowed to leave China.
Despite that, he continues to use social media to bring rights issues to light. Klayman says Ai's activism has been contagious 6.
"You see all the people who are influenced by him and are just as active as him online and they may be lawyers and they may be housewives and they've never gone abroad," said Klayman. "You don't have to be exposed to the West or to another culture to be drawn 7 to these issues of the rule of law and transparency and freedom of expression.
Klayman called her documentary Ai Weiwei Never Sorry as a take on the artist's installation "So Sorry." Ai used that name to mock the Chinese government's apologies after the earthquake.
"Obviously 'Never Sorry' seems a lot more to be the attitude that Weiwei stands for, that he unapologetically and steadfastly 8 will be promoting no matter what," said Klayman.
- Stapp became a strong early proponent of automobile seat belts.斯塔普是力主在汽车上采用座椅安全带的早期倡导者。
- Halsey was identified as a leading proponent of the values of progressive education.哈尔西被认为是进步教育价值观的主要支持者。
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
- He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
- One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
- She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
- I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
- a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
- It's a highly contagious infection.这种病极易传染。
- He's got a contagious laugh.他的笑富有感染力。
- All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
- Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
- So he sat, with a steadfastly vacant gaze, pausing in his work. 他就像这样坐着，停止了工作，直勾勾地瞪着眼。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
- Defarge and his wife looked steadfastly at one another. 德伐日和他的妻子彼此凝视了一会儿。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记