VOA标准英语2012--'The Impossible' Revisits Devastating 2004 Tsunami
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)
'The Impossible' Revisits Devastating 1 2004 Tsunami 2
Juan Antonio Bayona's cinematic rendition of the gargantuan 3 wave crushing everything in its path is neither entertaining nor escapist. It's a reminder 4 of that horrific moment in 2004, the day after Christmas, when the tsunami snuffed the life out of hundreds of thousands of innocent victims.
The film focuses on an upper class family of tourists facing nature's wrath 5. Swept along by the waves, the mother, Maria, and her oldest son, Lucas, are separated from the rest of the family.
Maria is badly injured, but survives thanks to Lucas and the help of strangers. Meanwhile, Henry, the father, and the two younger boys frantically 6 search for their loved ones.
Gut-wrenching performances by Naomi Watts 7 and Ewan McGregor as the traumatized parents, as well as by up-and-coming Tom Holland as Lucas, help us connect with the victims.
Bayona and his special effects crew recreated the event showing the devastation 8 from the perspective of the victims. The film evokes 9 the chaos 10 in the makeshift hospitals and the desperate search for family members. But it also reminds us of the kindness of people in a crisis of huge proportions.
“I really believe it’s an experience," says Bayona. "I left it open so that the audience could leave the theater with something to think about."
However, no matter how well done, a film cannot replicate 11 the pain and sorrow of those who lost their loved ones.
Eight years later, Murizal Hamzah, a freelance journalist who lived in Banda Aceh at the time, still mourns his sister.
“On average, most people in Banda Aceh lost at least one member of their family in that disaster," Hamzah says. "When the tsunami hit my place, my sister and I were separated. I went to an empty house and she run to the other way with some friend[s]. I lost some relatives too who lived in the next village.”
Many have criticized the film's focus on an upper class European family while hundreds of thousands of Asians perished. But, by using this family, Bayona shines a light through darkness and leaves a memorial to all those who were lost.
- It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
- Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
- Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
- Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
- My gargantuan,pristine machine was good for writing papers and playing solitaire,and that was all.我那庞大的、早期的计算机只适合写文章和玩纸牌游戏，就这些。
- Right away,I realized this was a mistake of gargantuan proportions.我立刻意识到这是一个巨大的错误。
- I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
- It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。
- His silence marked his wrath. 他的沉默表明了他的愤怒。
- The wrath of the people is now aroused. 人们被激怒了。
- He dashed frantically across the road. 他疯狂地跑过马路。
- She bid frantically for the old chair. 她发狂地喊出高价要买那把古老的椅子。
- My lamp uses 60 watts; my toaster uses 600 watts. 我的灯用60瓦，我的烤面包器用600瓦。
- My lamp uses 40 watts. 我的灯40瓦。
- The bomb caused widespread devastation. 炸弹造成大面积破坏。
- There was devastation on every side. 到处都是破坏的创伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The film evokes chilling reminders of the war. 这部电影使人们回忆起战争的可怕场景。
- Each type evokes antibodies which protect against the homologous. 每一种类型都能产生抗同种病毒的抗体。