2018-10-22

电影里都是骗人的

在看电影或电视时，你是否曾注意到一些专属荧屏的奇怪行为？比如，男/女主角从枪林弹雨中冲出来，却毫发未损；音乐剧里连陌生的路人都能跟着主角跳起舞来。

现实生活中这些几乎不可能发生。因此在看电影电视时我们有时需要搁置怀疑主义，暂且相信情节所述。

本篇课程首发于2018年10月22日

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Things people only do in the movies

① Suspension of disbelief comes with the territory when we enter a cinema.

② Action heroes always emerge unscathed from a hail of bullets, while everyone in a musical, even the stranger on the street, will know all the steps in an apparently spontaneous dance routine.

③ But what of the behavioural eccentricities restricted to the screen?

④  Is it only in the movies that people splash water on their faces to suppress rising panic.

⑤ Submerging yourself in the bath and staring dreamily up at the ceiling. Who does this? Well probably most women who have ever taken baths in movies.

⑥ How many times have you shut the mirrored bathroom cabinet to see someone behind you in the reflection? It happens so often on screen – it's enough to make you transfer your toiletries to a drawer.

⑦ Mirrors are a magnet for unrealistic behaviour. How many times have you punched one in a rage? The answer is: all the time if you're a movie character.

⑧ And what about dreams. Scary dreams. Who sits bolt upright in bed after waking from a nightmare? Actors. That's who.

▍生词好句

unscathed /ʌnˈskeɪðd/: adj. 未受伤的；无恙的

apparently /əˈpærəntli/: adv. 看起来；似乎；显然

spontaneous /spɒnˈteɪniəs; spɑːnˈteɪniəs/: adj. 自发的；非筹划安排的

behavioural /bɪˈheɪvjər(ə)l/: adj.（关于）行为的

eccentricity /ˌeksenˈtrɪsəti; eksənˈtrɪsəti/: n. 古怪；古怪行为

magnet /ˈmæɡnɪt/: n. 磁体；磁铁

▍词汇拓展

1. suspension of disbelief: an old expression meaning a decision that we make to put aside, to pause, to stop our disbelief and accept the things that we see as being real.

In this movie, the plot is quite unbelievable, so it requires suspension of disbelief.

这部电影情节真的不可信，因此需要姑且相信它。

In science fiction films, suspension of disbelief is essential.

观看科幻电影时，暂且相信这些情节是必需的。

2. come with the territory: If you say that something comes with the territory, you mean that you accept it as a natural result or a natural fact of a situation you are in.(=go with the territory)

All of the public attention that famous people get comes with the territory.

公众关注名人是难免的。

If you're a very famous soccer player, media criticism comes with the territory/goes with the territory.

如果你是著名的足球运动员，媒体批评则是难免的。

3. unscathed: adj. If you're unscathed after a dangerous experience, it means you came away from the dangerous experience without any injuries or without being harmed by that experience.

This part of the city was left unscathed by the tornado.

龙卷风过后这部分城市完好无损。

He escaped unscathed from the accident.

他完好无损地逃脱了事故现场。

Amazingly, the driver walked away from the accident completely unscathed.

令人惊讶的是，司机完好无损的离开了事故现场。

4. apparently: adv. to talk about something that seems to be true, although you are not sure whether it is true or not.

Apparently it's going to rain today.

似乎要下雨了。

Apparently she's sick and can't come to work today

她似乎生病了，没法来上班。

5. spontaneous: adj. If something is spontaneous, it happens in a natural and often sudden way without any planning.

6. behavioural: adj. an adjective related to behavior

7. eccentricity: n. types of behaviour that are strange or different from other people, strange or unusual often in a humorous way

8. magnet: n. if something is a magnet for something, it attracts something.

9. bolt upright: to move very fast, to sit up very fast as a result of being frightened

▍责任编辑

陶慧敏、李焕、陈鑫悦、章晓丹