VOA标准英语2010年-Like a Recurring Dream, 'Inception' Li
时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2010年(七)月
Combining larger-than-life sets and a mind-bending plot, director Christopher Nolan creates a complex, entertaining film
Penelope Poulou | Washington, DC 20 July 2010
At its core, 'Inception 1,' starring Leonardo DiCaprio, contains a heartbreaking love story and an existential dilemma 2.
In "Inception," director Christopher Nolan weaves a visual extravaganza about dreams. The much-anticipated science fiction thriller 3 grossed over $60 million during the first weekend of its release, crowning it a blockbuster.
Dom Cobb is not your average hacker 4. He can travel into a person's subconscious 5 and steal his innermost secrets. To do that he enters people's dreams.
But Cobb is growing tired of corporate 6 crime. He wants to live a normal life. To do that he must perform one last job for Saito, a mega tycoon 7 who holds the key to Cobb's safe return to the United States.
Instead of extracting information, Saito wants to plant an idea into the mind of his corporate enemy. Once the idea is rooted, it would bring down his competitor. The technique is called inception.
"At the heart of "Inception," is the notion that an idea is indeed a resilient parasite 8. It's like a virus. It can be communicated to other people," says Nolan.
To make the film's dream world concrete, Nolan uses grand sets in six different countries. They provide a different texture 9 for every dream and a layered dream world. He leads characters and the audience deeper and deeper into the subconscious, combining an elaborate heist with science fiction and psychological drama.
The cast adds complexity 10 to the story. Leonardo DiCaprio plays master extractor Dom Cobb. Although he appears to maintain control in the midst of chaos 11, he actually crumbles 12 under the weight of his own emotions and his regrets.
French actress Marion Cotilliard plays Mal, which means "bad" in French. She is a malcontent 13, the dream-like projection 14 of Cobb's dead wife.
Ellen Page is Ariadne. In Greek mythology 15, Ariadne was the princess who helped guide Theseus out of the Minotaur's deadly labyrinth 16.
Here, Ariadne is Cobb's architect of dreams. She is also his emotional and spiritual guide, the one who provides a reality check for him.
At its core, the film contains a heartbreaking love story and an existential dilemma
For the actors, it was demanding. They perform their own stunts 17, says DiCaprio.
"Well, there were a lot of situations throughout the entire course of the film whether we were all wrapped up in cables floating through an elevator shaft 18 or whether we were being soaked by a massive water tank that was blasting around us."
By combining larger-than-life sets and a mind-bending plot, Nolan creates an intelligent, highly entertaining and dramatic film.
One may need to watch it more than once to penetrate 19 the different layers of the human condition.
Unfortunately, too many action sequences overpower the story and its existential issues.
But like a recurring 20 dream, this is a movie that's hard to forget.
- The programme has been successful since its inception.这个方案自开始实施以来一直卓有成效。
- Julia's worked for that company from its inception.自从那家公司开办以来,朱莉娅一直在那儿工作。
- I am on the horns of a dilemma about the matter.这件事使我进退两难。
- He was thrown into a dilemma.他陷入困境。
- He began by writing a thriller.That book sold a million copies.他是写惊险小说起家的。那本书卖了一百万册。
- I always take a thriller to read on the train.我乘火车时,总带一本惊险小说看。
- The computer hacker wrote that he was from Russia.这个计算机黑客自称他来自俄罗斯。
- This site was attacked by a hacker last week.上周这个网站被黑客攻击了。
- Nail biting is often a subconscious reaction to tension.咬指甲通常是紧张时的下意识反映。
- My answer seemed to come from the subconscious.我的回答似乎出自下意识。
- This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
- His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。
- The tycoon is on the verge of bankruptcy.那名大亨濒临破产的边缘。
- The tycoon has many servants to minister to his needs.那位大亨有很多人服侍他。
- The lazy man was a parasite on his family.那懒汉是家里的寄生虫。
- I don't want to be a parasite.I must earn my own way in life.我不想做寄生虫,我要自己养活自己。
- We could feel the smooth texture of silk.我们能感觉出丝绸的光滑质地。
- Her skin has a fine texture.她的皮肤细腻。
- Only now did he understand the full complexity of the problem.直到现在他才明白这一问题的全部复杂性。
- The complexity of the road map puzzled me.错综复杂的公路图把我搞糊涂了。
- After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后,城市一片混乱。
- The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
- This cake crumbles too easily. 这种蛋糕太容易碎了。
- This bread crumbles ever so easily. 这种面包非常容易碎。
- The malcontent is gunning for his supervisor.那个心怀不满的人在伺机加害他的上司。
- Nevertheless,this kind of plan brings about partial player is malcontent.不过,这种方案招致部分玩家不满。
- Projection takes place with a minimum of awareness or conscious control.投射在最少的知觉或意识控制下发生。
- The projection of increases in number of house-holds is correct.对户数增加的推算是正确的。
- In Greek mythology,Zeus was the ruler of Gods and men.在希腊神话中,宙斯是众神和人类的统治者。
- He is the hero of Greek mythology.他是希腊民间传说中的英雄。
- He wandered through the labyrinth of the alleyways.他在迷宫似的小巷中闲逛。
- The human mind is a labyrinth.人的心灵是一座迷宫。
- He did all his own stunts. 所有特技都是他自己演的。
- The plane did a few stunts before landing. 飞机着陆前做了一些特技。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He was wounded by a shaft.他被箭击中受伤。
- This is the shaft of a steam engine.这是一个蒸汽机主轴。
- Western ideas penetrate slowly through the East.西方观念逐渐传入东方。
- The sunshine could not penetrate where the trees were thickest.阳光不能透入树木最浓密的地方。