VOA标准英语2012--Director Ridley Scott Is Back With New Alien
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(六月)
Director Ridley Scott Is Back With New Alien
In the late 70s, Ridley Scott created two iconic characters: The Alien and Ellen Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver 1.
Ripley was the first female character to tackle a monster on the large screen. The role continued in the 80s and the 90s.
In James Cameron’s sequel Aliens, she saves a little girl from the Alien’s jaws 2. Ripley's maternal 3 instincts match those of the Alien queen protecting her eggs. It’s a fight to the end.
In Alien 3, Ripley dies as she is about to spawn 4 an Alien baby through her rib 5 cage. She kills herself, taking her monstrous 6 offspring along.
The trilogy was groundbreaking. From then on, women in film no longer cowered 7 before physically 8 superior adversaries 9.
But although Ridley Scott’s female survivalist is no longer novel, she still holds power over audiences, says Noomi Rapace who plays Elizabeth Shaw, the main character in Prometheus.
“She becomes a survivor 10, and she changes into a trooper and a warrior 11, a typical Ridley heroine,” Rapace said.
In the film, Elizabeth Shaw is an archeologist. During excavations 12, she finds evidence that humans have been genetically 13 engineered by extraterrestrials.
Her findings inspire a mission in search of humanity's creators. They land on the planet where the first Alien film took place.
But in Prometheus, Ridley Scott does not follow the same pattern as in the previous Alien films. This one is cerebral 14 and questions the theory of evolution.
The filmmaker says Prometheus stands on its own.
“I think we’ve tackled a lot of new ground which opened up the door of a different form of thinking. Get bolder, get braver, dare to talk about who made us and who made them,” Scott said.
But the film is not matching the success of its predecessors 15. Although its special effects are superior and it's in 3D, Ridley Scott’s spiritual search goes awry 16 and the plot meanders 17.
The film has not been greeted as enthusiastically as was expected. Ridley Scott may have been undermined by his own genius.
- 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。
- The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。
- The scored jaws of a vise help it bite the work. 台钳上有刻痕的虎钳牙帮助它紧咬住工件。
- He is my maternal uncle.他是我舅舅。
- The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts.那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。
- The fish were madly pushing their way upstream to spawn.鱼群为产卵而疯狂地向上游挤进。
- These fish will lay spawn in about one month from now.这些鱼大约一个月内会产卵。
- He broke a rib when he fell off his horse.他从马上摔下来折断了一根肋骨。
- He has broken a rib and the doctor has strapped it up.他断了一根肋骨，医生已包扎好了。
- The smoke began to whirl and grew into a monstrous column.浓烟开始盘旋上升，形成了一个巨大的烟柱。
- Your behaviour in class is monstrous!你在课堂上的行为真是丢人！
- A gun went off and people cowered behind walls and under tables. 一声枪响，人们缩到墙后或桌子底下躲起来。
- He cowered in the corner, gibbering with terror. 他蜷缩在角落里，吓得语无伦次。
- He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
- Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。
- That would cause potential adversaries to recoil from a challenge. 这会迫使潜在的敌人在挑战面前退缩。 来自辞典例句
- Every adversaries are more comfortable with a predictable, coherent America. 就连敌人也会因有可以预料的，始终一致的美国而感到舒服得多。 来自辞典例句
- The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
- There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。
- The young man is a bold warrior.这个年轻人是个很英勇的武士。
- A true warrior values glory and honor above life.一个真正的勇士珍视荣誉胜过生命。
- The excavations are open to the public. 发掘现场对公众开放。
- This year's excavations may reveal ancient artifacts. 今年的挖掘可能会发现史前古器物。 来自辞典例句
- All the bees in the colony are genetically related. 同一群体的蜜蜂都有亲缘关系。
- Genetically modified foods have already arrived on American dinner tables. 经基因改造加工过的食物已端上了美国人的餐桌。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 基因与食物
- Your left cerebral hemisphere controls the right-hand side of your body.你的左半脑控制身体的右半身。
- He is a precise,methodical,cerebral man who carefully chooses his words.他是一个一丝不苟、有条理和理智的人，措辞谨慎。
- The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Will new plan be any more acceptable than its predecessors? 新计划比原先的计划更能令人满意吗？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She was in a fury over a plan that had gone awry. 计划出了问题，她很愤怒。
- Something has gone awry in our plans.我们的计划出差错了。