美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Anna And The Apocalypse': The Scottish Zombie Christmas High School Musical
时间：2019-02-21 作者：英语课 分类：2018年NPR美国国家公共电台12月
SCOTT SIMON, HOST:
Try to put these words together in a sentence - Scottish, zombie, Christmas, high school musical. Wait. Somebody already has.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE")
ELLA HUNT: (As Anna, singing) I'm not a princess sat in white just hoping my chance will come. Then, I'm the problem, don't want to solve them, just want to have some fun.
UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) 'Cause no one ever tells you when you're young, love's not like the books, the films or the songs...
SIMON: "Anna And The Apocalypse," a film that drew raves 1 in Britain and has now been released in the United States, is based on a short film by the writer-director Ryan McHenry, who unfortunately did not live to make this feature. It's directed by John McPhail. And starring as the young Scottish teen who's about to graduate school but first has to contend with a zombie takeover of her village and perhaps the world is Ella Hunt. She joins us now from New York. Thanks so much for being with us.
HUNT: Thank you.
SIMON: This film isn't "Love Actually," is it?
HUNT: (Laughter) No, no, no, no. The only thing it's similar to "Love Actually" in is it combines a whole load of storylines...
SIMON: Yeah.
HUNT: ...A whole load of genres 2 in some ways.
SIMON: I have to note that some movie teens can be actors in their late 20s and early 30s, but you were just out of your teens, I gather.
HUNT: I shot this film when I was 18. I was the same age as Anna.
SIMON: Oh, mercy. So, as a terrible generalization 3, how do you think teens are often portrayed 4 or misportrayed in films?
HUNT: That's something I talked a lot about when I'm - in talking about Anna because I am really passionate 5 about how young people are represented. So often, you see teenagers that are bored out of their brains, only look at their phones, don't want to speak to their parents. And I didn't feel like that was quite honest of my experience as a teenager. And although Anna has those things of being bored with her small town and her school and she wants to get out of the conventional cog of expectations put upon her by her dad and her friends alike, she's so much more than that. And I was so excited to get to play with that.
SIMON: Is there something about teens and zombie stories?
HUNT: I think there is an appeal of zombie stories to a lot of people. I think zombie stories and horrors in general are quite funny breeding grounds for talking about things without really talking about them. And, for us, the zombies were a metaphor 6 for the violent world we're leaving for our kids. And the film talks about loss and connectivity, too. And I think what people have been responding to is, yeah, it's all these crazy things, but it's also this film that has a darker, more thoughtful message to it as well.
SIMON: Kind of continuing joke in the film - your character gets up in the morning and she's singing about...
HUNT: Being miles away?
SIMON: Yes.
HUNT: It's a brand-new day (laughter)?
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE")
HUNT: (As Anna, singing) Hey, I am miles away, I am miles away, and it's a beautiful day.
SIMON: That's the one. And, of course, all around her, zombies are taking over the town chomp 7 by chomp. The message of that is what? Teens can be a little self-absorbed?
HUNT: I think that scene is not so much saying that teens can be a little self-absorbed as it's a scene about hope and the joy of waking up in the morning and being able to shed the skin of the day before and go, OK, I'm starting something new this morning. And...
SIMON: Even if zombies are biting heads off?
HUNT: Even if zombies are biting heads off. Well, she has no idea.
SIMON: Yeah.
HUNT: She's just determined 8 to have a great day. And then, when the zombies do start biting heads off, she's totally in denial. She's like, it's not zombies. It's definitely not zombies. There's no such thing.
SIMON: I do happen to - I do want to ask about Ryan McHenry...
HUNT: Yes.
SIMON: Did you know him?
HUNT: I unfortunately didn't get to meet Ryan, and I didn't know the entire backstory of the project until I was attached and came up to Glasgow. And I remember going out for dinner with the producers. And they started right from the beginning about Ryan watching "High School Musical" and being like, this is rubbish, but it'd be great if Zac Efron was eaten by zombies. And I thought they were telling me a really happy story about how the film came about. And the more they talked, the sadder it was that Ryan passed away before he got to make this movie. But hearing that story, I was so determined - and all of us were - to use this incredible idea that this awesome 9 young creative had and to take on the baton 10 and do his story justice.
SIMON: Yeah. He was 27, I gather, and died of bone cancer...
HUNT: Yeah.
SIMON: ...Before he could see this film be made. You've been working, professionally, for almost a decade, I gather.
HUNT: Yes.
SIMON: I do want to ask if becoming a working actor so young, at the age of 11, got in the way of a normal adolescence 11.
HUNT: I think my adolescence never would have been normal because I come from quite an unconventional, crazy family. I spent the majority of my teens just wanting to get out of my teens. A lot of young people, they chastise 12 and tease other young people if they have aspirations 13 or if they care about things. And I cared about things. I had stuff I wanted to do, and I was so over being bullied 14 for being an aspirational 15, hard-working kid. So, yeah, maybe it got in the way of having a normal teenage experience, and I wouldn't recommend it for everyone, but I also think that, so often, teenagers are encouraged to pursue their backup plan. And, to me, that's a foolish thing to encourage a young person to do because I think you're going to succeed in the thing that you're passionate about because you're naturally going to work harder at something that you enjoy doing. Or, at least, that's my perspective on things. So whenever I had teachers in school tell me to pursue a backup plan, I was like, nope. I'm going to do what I want. I'm going to be an actress...
SIMON: Yeah.
HUNT: I'm going to be a musician. I'm going to be happy, and I'm happy.
SIMON: How do you feel about people reading the theme into this Scottish zombie Christmas high school musical...
HUNT: Well said.
SIMON: ...That friends will get you through?
HUNT: I love that. I love that this film glorifies 16 teenage friendship and not teenage romance. To me, it's a much truer thing to glorify 17.
SIMON: Ella Hunt - she stars in "Anna And The Apocalypse." Happy holidays and thanks so much.
HUNT: Thank you.
- She raves about that singer. 她醉心地谈论那位歌手。 来自辞典例句
- His new play received raves in the paper. 他的新剧本在报纸上受到赞扬。 来自辞典例句
- Novel and short story are different genres. 长篇小说和短篇小说是不同的类别。
- But confusions over the two genres have a long history. 但是类型的混淆，古已有之。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
- This sweeping generalization is the law of conservation of energy.这一透彻的概括就是能量守恒定律。
- The evaluation of conduct involves some amount of generalization.对操行的评价会含有一些泛泛之论。
- Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim. 在审讯过程中，他始终把自己说成是受害者。
- The author portrayed his father as a vicious drunkard. 作者把他父亲描绘成一个可恶的酒鬼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
- He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。
- Using metaphor,we say that computers have senses and a memory.打个比方，我们可以说计算机有感觉和记忆力。
- In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love.玫瑰在诗中通常作为爱的象征。
- I lost a tooth while chomping on a French baguette!我啃法棍面包时，崩掉了一颗牙！
- They just chomp on tundra, nap a few hours and feast again.它们只是在苔原上大嚼特嚼，睡上几小时，接着再吃。
- I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
- He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
- The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
- That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.
- With the baton the conductor was beating time.乐队指挥用指挥棒打拍子。
- The conductor waved his baton,and the band started up.指挥挥动指挥棒，乐队开始演奏起来。
- Adolescence is the process of going from childhood to maturity.青春期是从少年到成年的过渡期。
- The film is about the trials and tribulations of adolescence.这部电影讲述了青春期的麻烦和苦恼。
- My father used to chastise my brothers with whips.父亲过去常以鞭打惩罚我的兄弟。
- Should I applaud my husband or chastise him?我是该称赞还是责罚我的丈夫呢？
- I didn't realize you had political aspirations. 我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。
- The new treaty embodies the aspirations of most nonaligned countries. 新条约体现了大多数不结盟国家的愿望。
- My son is being bullied at school. 我儿子在学校里受欺负。
- The boy bullied the small girl into giving him all her money. 那男孩威逼那个小女孩把所有的钱都给他。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Most of the images that bombard us all are aspirational. 轰击的图像，我们都期望最大。
- Analysts said self-help and aspirational reading could explain India's high figures. 分析师们指出，自助读书、热爱读书是印度人均读书时间超过别的国家的主要原因。
- He denies that the movie glorifies violence. 他否认这部影片美化暴力。
- This magazine in no way glorifies gangs. 这本杂志绝对没有美化混混们。