美国国家公共电台 NPR Virtual Reality Project Captures Experience Of Immigrants And Refugees
时间:2019-01-16 作者:英语课 分类:2017年NPR美国国家公共电台9月
SCOTT SIMON, HOST:
I once snuck across the border from Tijuana to San Diego. I was with NPR's Mandalit del Barco to watch people cross illegally into this country - at night, across a highway, through a fence, through sewers 1 and over hills, we ran with them.
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UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: (Speaking Spanish).
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: (Speaking Spanish).
SIMON: Here comes a van. Let's...
And, of course, immigration remains 2 a polarizing issue. And the Mexican film director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's latest work addresses border crossings that are happening today. Mandalit went and checked it out.
MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE 3: I was asked not to record the sounds of this 360-degree docudrama, but I can testify it felt almost as heart racing 4 and harrowing as the real deal. I stood barefoot on a wall of sand and put on a virtual-reality headset. Then I was transported to the Arizona desert at night with a small group led by a coyote, a smuggler 5. A scared child was to my right. And a woman behind me collapsed 6 from exhaustion 7 and terror.
A helicopter and patrol cars rushed in, bright lights blazing. I crouched 8 down with the others, but they had us. I dropped to my knees, with my hands up, as a Border Patrol agent barked orders and drew a gun straight at me, exactly like what happened to me when Scott and I crossed the border in 1990.
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UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: Hey. I'm not going to tell you again. Get over here. You're getting in a lot of trouble, lady, if I think - if I...
SIMON: Good evening, officer.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: You folks are in a lot of trouble. Come on over here.
DEL BARCO: It's a scenario 9 like this that director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu has created for his installation "Carne Y Arena 10" - flesh and sand.
ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU: You become an immigrant. And I think it's the only way that really we can have empathy and compassion 11.
DEL BARCO: Inarritu asked Mexican and Central American immigrants to recreate their stories that they relayed to him about crossing over.
INARRITU: You know, they are raped 12. They are robbed. They are killed. And there's no even data about it. So there's something wrong when you treat your neighbor like that, you know. So it's a worldwide phenomenon that is so sad.
DEL BARCO: While he's critical of President Trump's immigration policies, Inarritu says "Carne Y Arena" transcends 13 political statements.
INARRITU: Just to be present in a reality that is much more complex without going to politics, to the right or to the left.
DEL BARCO: Inarritu calls this a lucid 14 dream that continues to be a nightmare for people crossing the border around the world. Mandalit del Barco, NPR News.
- The sewers discharge out at sea. 下水道的污水排入海里。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Another municipal waste problem is street runoff into storm sewers. 有关都市废水的另外一个问题是进入雨水沟的街道雨水。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- 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。
- His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
- We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。
- I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
- The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。
- The smuggler is in prison tonight, awaiting extradition to Britain. 这名走私犯今晚在监狱,等待引渡到英国。
- The smuggler was finally obliged to inform against his boss. 那个走私犯最后不得不告发他的首领。
- Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
- The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
- She slept the sleep of exhaustion.她因疲劳而酣睡。
- His exhaustion was obvious when he fell asleep standing.他站着睡着了,显然是太累了。
- He crouched down beside her. 他在她的旁边蹲了下来。
- The lion crouched ready to pounce. 狮子蹲下身,准备猛扑。
- But the birth scenario is not completely accurate.然而分娩脚本并非完全准确的。
- This is a totally different scenario.这是完全不同的剧本。
- She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
- He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。
- He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
- Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。
- A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
- We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致,不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句
- The chemical dilution technique transcends most of the difficulties. 化学稀释法能克服大部分困难。
- The genius of Shakespeare transcends that of all other English poets. 莎士比亚的才华胜过所有的其他英国诗人。