英语听力精选进阶版 6164
时间：2019-02-13 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力精选进阶版
Jane Austen Revised 简?奥斯汀改写本
What do you associate with Jane Austen? Genteel romance? Wry 1 social comment? Blood-splattered bodices?
If that seems inconsistent, you may need to flick 2 through Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a new version of Austen's classic romance into which US writer Seth Grahame-Smith has inserted a series of zombie horror interludes.
The text of the new edition is roughly 85% Austen and 15% Grahame-Smith.
Hanging a horror story on the structure of Pride and Prejudice is apparently 3 an easy thing to do.
"If you read through the original book it's startling how many opportunities Jane Austen left in her original work for ultra-violent zombie mayhem," Mr Grahame-Smith says.
In the new version, feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet still needs to come to terms with her complex feelings for the aloof 4 and reserved Mr Darcy, but she also needs to combat the zombie menace plaguing her village of Meryton.
Just as well then, that she is now a Kung Fu master.
To Mr Grahame-Smith that makes perfect sense:
"You have this sharp-tongued character in Elizabeth Bennet - it's not that big a leap to put a sword in her hand and say she's now a slayer 5 of the undead."
The book is the latest in a trend of 'mash-ups' – interesting mixes of two incongruous elements. Mash-up albums and videos have been a huge hit on the internet.
Mr Grahame-Smith hopes that his new book will attract some new readers to Jane Austen, a writer for whom he has great respect.
But what would she make of it all if she knew? Would she approve? Or would she be rolling in her grave?
"I don't think she'd be rolling in her grave - or trying to claw her way out of it," he says.
"I think she would smile. And then she'd sue me for a billion dollars."
GLOSSARY 词汇表
poking 戳（在社交网站上常用的和朋友问侯的一个方式）
twittering 一个用户可以经由手机短信，电子邮件，即时通讯，或 Twitter 网站来更新的微型社交网络
blogging 博客
social networking 社交网络
online communities 线上社团
profile 概况，简介（用户注册时填写的信息）
connect 连接
evolving 进化，演变
bolt-on 附加的
applications 程序
not to be outdone 不想被超过
carving a niche 开辟一席之地
online marketplace 网上市场
parental controls 家长的控制
stunt 引人注意的举动，绝招
social commentary 社会评论
anxious 忧虑的
face-to-face 面对面
long-term effects 长期效应
rest assured 放心
- He made a wry face and attempted to wash the taste away with coffee.他做了个鬼脸，打算用咖啡把那怪味地冲下去。
- Bethune released Tung's horse and made a wry mouth.白求恩放开了董的马，噘了噘嘴。
- He gave a flick of the whip.他轻抽一下鞭子。
- By a flick of his whip,he drove the fly from the horse's head.他用鞭子轻抽了一下，将马头上的苍蝇驱走。
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
- Never stand aloof from the masses.千万不可脱离群众。
- On the evening the girl kept herself timidly aloof from the crowd.这小女孩在晚会上一直胆怯地远离人群。