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＊新聞標題
What's the buzz on 'Life of Pi'?
＊標題解說
‧ buzz：人們興奮談話的聲音（名詞）
the sound of people talking, especially in an excited way
The buzz of conversation suddenly stopped when she came into the room.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/buzz_2
‧ What’s the buzz about/on X：有關 X 的最新消息是什麼？
為何很多人在談X 熱門話題？
＊內文解析
■ 一度被視為「無法改編成電影」的「少年Pi的奇幻漂流」，今天卻一直贏得好評。
For an adaptation that was viewed as "unfilmable," today's "Life of Pi" is earning consistently rave reviews.
‧ adaptation：改編的作品如電影，書或戲劇（名詞）
a film/movie, book or play that is based on a particular piece of work but
that has been changed for a new situation
a screen adaptation of Shakespeare's ‘Macbeth’
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/adaptation
‧ unfilmable：無法拍成電影（形容詞）
‧ film：拍電影（動詞）filmable：可拍成電影
‧ rave：好評（名詞）美式英語多用複數型－raves
a statement of enthusiastic praise or approval
Her review of the movie was a rave. — often plural in U.S. English ▪
The movie got raves from the critics.
[=the critics praised the movie very enthusiastically]
常見用法：rave reviews 佳評（名詞，複數型）
The movie got rave reviews from the critics.
[=was highly praised by the critics]
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/rave
■ 這個由李安導演的片子，從故事本身開始就有一些挑戰。
Directed by Ang Lee, the project had a number of challenges, starting with the story itself.
‧ 這句話可以這麼看：
The project was directed by Ang Lee.
The project had a number of challenges, starting with X.
兩句的主詞都是 the project, 合起來就可以這麼說：
Directed by Ang Lee, the project had a number of challenges, starting with X.
X= the story itself
starting with X, 分詞構句，說明 challenges 如：the story itself（故事本身）
‧ Ang Lee：李安的英文名
‧ a number of：一些（片語）
A number of (= some) problems have arisen.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/number
■ 由Yann Martel 所寫的小說中，主角在一個嚴重的船難後，很多時間都跟孟加拉虎同被困在一艘救生艇上 。
The protagonist in the novel, written by Yann Martel, spends much of his time stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger as his companion after a major shipwreck.
‧ 簡化來看：先把written by Yann Martel 拿開
The protagonist spends much of his time（being省略）stranded on
a lifeboat with X as his companion after Y.
X= a Bengal tiger
Y= a major shipwreck
written by Yann Martel 說明the novel小說是由Yann Martel 寫的
being 何時可以省略："Being" in absolute structures在副詞形容詞之前
http://thegrammarexchange.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/340600179/m/3441084324
‧ protagonist：主角（名詞）the main character in a play, film/movie or book
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/protagonist
‧ companion：同行的人（名詞）
a person or an animal that travels with you or spends a lot of time with you
travelling companions
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/companion
‧ strand：擱淺；處於困境（動詞）
being stranded：被困（被動式）
strand somebody: to leave somebody in a place from which they have no
way of leaving
The strike left hundreds of tourists stranded at the airport.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/stranded#strand_1
‧ a major shipwreck：嚴重船難（名詞）
注意，major在此應該理解為「嚴重的」
‧ major：嚴重的（形容詞）
（北美用法：North American English）serious
Never mind—it's not major.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/major
‧ shipwreck：船失事，海難（名詞）
the loss or destruction of a ship at sea because of a storm or because it
hits rocks, etc
They narrowly escaped shipwreck in a storm in the North Sea.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/shipwreck
■ 試圖把Pi動人的體驗在電影上生動地呈現是被坦誠有風險的，然而李已經令人敬佩地掌握了這個風險的管理。
Trying to bring Pi's moving experience to life on film was an admitted risk, but one Lee has impressively managed.
‧ 簡化來看：X was a risk but Lee has managed the risk.
X= trying to bring Y to life on film
Y= Pi’s moving experience Pi的動人的體驗
‧ one Lee has impressively managed：one 指的是拍此片的風險
a risk，因為前面已經提到過 admitted risk (被承認的風險)
‧ bring something to life：使得某事生動有趣（片語）
to make somebody/something more interesting or exciting
The new teacher really brought French to life for us.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/bring+to+life#life
‧ manage the risk：處理，管理風險（動詞片語）google「manage the risk」
可以看到許多舉例：Managing the Risks from Climate Extremes at the
Local Level.
‧ moving：感人的（形容詞）
causing you to have deep feelings of sadness or sympathy
a deeply moving experience
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/moving
‧ impressively：令人敬佩地（副詞）
‧ impressive：（形容詞）making you feel admiration, because they are very
large, good, skilful, etc
an impressive building with a huge tower
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/impressively#impressive
CNN 另一篇影評，點出該片的結局不是省油的燈，大膽又奇妙
Review：'Life of Pi' is bold and wondrous
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/21/showbiz/movies/life-of-pi-review-charity/index.html
■ 如果這個高潮感覺有一點匆忙，激烈的終曲是以無比精緻的手法寫出並由 Irrfan Khan l和 Rafe Spall 演出的。
If this climax feels a shade hurried, the poignant coda is written and acted with immense delicacy by Irrfan Khan and Rafe Spall.
‧ 簡化來看：
If X feels a shade hurried, Y is written and acted with immense delicacy
by A and B.
X= this climax（劇情的高潮）
Y= the poignant coda（激烈的終曲，結尾）
‧ a shade：一點點（副詞）
a shade [singular] a little; slightly同義詞： touch
He was feeling a shade disappointed
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/shade
‧ hurried：匆忙的（形容詞）
done too quickly because you do not have enough time
I ate a hurried breakfast and left.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/hurried
‧ coda：終曲，最後結尾（名詞）
the final passage of a piece of music
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/coda
‧ poignant：激動的，令人心痛，難過的（形容詞）
having a strong effect on your feelings, especially in a way that makes you
feel sad
同義詞 moving
a poignant image/moment/memory, etc.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/poignant
‧ delicacy：精緻（名詞）
the quality of being done carefully and gently
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/delicacy
■ 這種超現實的寓言帶來了真正沈重心痛的收場。
This transcendent fable carries a real sting in its tail.
‧ transcendent fable：超現實的寓言（名詞）
‧ fable：a traditional short story that teaches a moral lesson, especially one
with animals as characters; these stories considered as a group
Aesop's Fables
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/fable
‧ a sting in the tail：不是快樂的結局，是沈重，刺痛的收場（片語）(informal)
an unpleasant feature that comes at the end of a story, an event, etc.
and spoils it
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/sting_2
■ 李安拍了一部大膽而奇妙的電影，他最好的其中之一。
Ang Lee has made a bold and wondrous movie, one of his best.
‧ wondrous：奇妙的（形容詞）
strange, beautiful and impressive 同義詞 wonderful
It was a wondrous thing to see the sea for the first time.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/wondrous
與導演對話：2012紐約影展，李安接受訪問的報導
http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff2012/films/hbo-directors-dialogues-ang-lee
HBO DIRECTORS DIALOGUES: ANG LEE
Youtube 影片
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvzMRXvKnOY&feature=endscreen&NR=1
HBO Directors Dialogue： Ang Lee
＊字彙整理
讀李安新片的報導，我們藉此學學影評寫法，尤其是佳評rave review：
‧ 人們興奮談話的聲音：buz（名詞）What’s the buzz on X?
‧ 不是快樂的結局，是沈重，刺痛的收場：a sting in the tail（片語）
‧ 精緻：delicacy（名詞）
‧ 終曲，最後結尾：coda（名詞）
‧ 激動的，令人心痛，難過的：poignant（形容詞）
‧ 被承認的風險：admitted risk（名詞）
‧ 風險管理：manage the risk（動詞片語）
‧ 主角：protagonist（名詞）
‧ 使得某事生動有趣：bring something to life（動詞片語）
‧ 嚴重船難：a major shipwreck（名詞）
‧ 擱淺；處於困境：strand (動詞)
‧ 改編的作品如電影，書或戲劇：adaptation（名詞）screen adaptation電影
‧ 佳評：rave reviews（名詞，複數型）
‧ 感人的：moving（形容詞）
‧ 令人敬佩地：impressively（副詞）
‧奇妙的：wondrous（形容詞）
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