VOA标准英语2012--Female Cult Leader Mesmerizes in Psychological Drama
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(五月)
Female Cult 1 Leader Mesmerizes 2 in Psychological Drama
In new sci-fi psychological drama “Sound of my Voice,” a young female cult leader claims to be from the future.
A mysterious figure who lives in a Los Angeles basement, Maggie says she has traveled back 30 years in time to prepare people for what's coming. Like any mesmerizing 3 cult leader, she has followers 4 who listen to her revelations of a bleak 5 future of war, hunger and poverty.
But not all of her followers are genuine. Peter and Lorna infiltrate 6 Maggie's group hoping to expose her as a fraud. Things don't go as planned because, although Peter mistrusts Maggie, he's also taken with her.
Equally as intriguing 7 as the cult leader she portrays 8, is the film’s promising 9 actress. Brit Marling, who portrays Maggie, co-wrote the script with director and producer, Zal Batmanglij. The filmmakers faced challenges as newcomers in tough economic times.
"It's hard enough to get someone to invest in an unknown director and an untested actress, let alone in 2009," Batmanglij says. "So we really had to come up with something clever on our own. So we shot the movie on an SLR which is a consumer camera. Then we got a lot of people to come and donate their time for free."
Marling's first film, "Another Earth," released last year, established her as an intuitive, intelligent actress and writer.
"As an actor, part of what makes the job so intoxicating 10 is the idea that you don't have to spend your entire life stuck in your own point of view," she says.
In four years, she has acted in four films, co-scripting three of them.
"We started writing these films, making these films in a vacuum," Marling says. "I don't think we ever imagined they would enter the world in the way that they have."
In "Sound of my Voice," Marling's Maggie allows us to see her the way we want. She appears fragile and strong at the same time. She could be a villain 11 or a saint.
As for the plot, its finale is open-ended, prompting the audience to ponder the possibilities.
- Her books aren't bestsellers,but they have a certain cult following.她的书算不上畅销书，但有一定的崇拜者。
- The cult of sun worship is probably the most primitive one.太阳崇拜仪式或许是最为原始的一种。
- This collection mesmerizes the Nepal's Himalayas, beautiful people and colourful festivals. 这张收录使尼泊尔的喜玛拉雅山脉、美丽的人民和多姿多彩的节日沉浸。 来自互联网
- I think you must be mesmerizing me, Charles. 查尔斯，我想你一定在对我施催眠术啦。 来自辞典例句
- The attendant one-dimensional wave equation has mesmerizing harmonic properties. 伴生的一元波平衡具有迷人的和谐特性。 来自电影对白
- the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
- The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。
- They showed me into a bleak waiting room.他们引我来到一间阴冷的会客室。
- The company's prospects look pretty bleak.这家公司的前景异常暗淡。
- The teacher tried to infiltrate her ideas into the children's minds.老师设法把她的思想渗透到孩子们的心中。
- It can infiltrate as much as 100 kilometers into enemy territory at night.可以在夜间深入敌领土100千米。
- These discoveries raise intriguing questions. 这些发现带来了非常有趣的问题。
- It all sounds very intriguing. 这些听起来都很有趣。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The museum collection vividly portrays the heritage of 200 years of canals. 博物馆的藏品让运河200 年的历史再现眼前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The film portrays Gandhi as a kind of superman. 这部电影把甘地描绘成一个超人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
- We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
- Power can be intoxicating. 权力能让人得意忘形。
- On summer evenings the flowers gave forth an almost intoxicating scent. 夏日的傍晚，鲜花散发出醉人的芳香。