学英语笔记20:《暮光之城》颠覆传统吸血鬼
Twilight Saga 三部曲讲的是作为人类的高中生女孩贝拉 Bela 与青春帅气的吸血鬼爱德华 Edward 之间的爱情故事。作家是:Stephenie Meyer.
她创造了狼人的规则,打破了传统上认为的吸血鬼不能白天出行的限制。
she gets creating a whole folk law for the werewolves and notice how she breaks with the tradition of the vampires not being able to come out durng the day .
只是需要避免阳光下现身,因为那样他们的皮肤会闪烁着金刚石般的光芒。
They avoid the bright sunlight because then thier skin glints 闪烁 with diamonds .
吸血鬼有个同名词——德拉库拉——Bram Stoker's Dracula ,因为这部电影而出名。
爱德华所在的卡伦家族 Cullen caln 已对人类的血液断了念想。
Her particular clan of vampires also has forgone 断念 human blood ,.
他们通常以动物为食,通常是些有行为失常的动物。
They feed on animals in the forest usually rogue 失常的 animals .
不过,他们仍需要控制他们的欲望,特别是当看到人类的鲜血时,那种急不可耐的迫切要求。
They have learn to control their urge 推动力,驱策 at the sight of human blood ,
爱德华的养父 Carlisle 卡莱尔在书中设定为人类中的角色是一名医生,他见惯了鲜血,所以不为所动。
但他也向贝拉说明了他控制欲望的方法与挣扎———实际上是作者借吸血鬼之口表达了人类面对欲望时同样的理智与欲望之间的抗争。
Edward's quote father in Twilight Saga Carlisle is a doctor,So he deals wth blood all day and it doesn't bother 困扰 him
但是新加入的吸血鬼,还不能很好的控制自己,那种看见一点点鲜血就失去理智的疯狂,不仅让人类害怕,也让同为吸血鬼的爱德华明白是多么的可怕——从他保护贝拉的那瞬间的反应就能看出来——这种欲望与反欲望的对抗,把吸血鬼换成个人,都一样体现了人性间的对抗——从中,我们可以感觉到——作者并不是为了写吸血鬼而变得魔幻,不过是借魔幻显现我们真实的人性。
The new vampires that haven't learnt to control it ..
对人类来说,他们是善者,所以,和通常认为的民间吸血鬼不同。
SO they are do-good-ters 做善事的人 which is totally in contradiction to the folkloric vampires.
但人们接受了这种改变,因为毕竟是文学的创作
But truly acceptable for the literary vampire to do that and it is really literary .文学的。
小说中儿狼人会在人与狼之间转化的——shape -shifter——在必要的时候保护自己的部族。
the young man turned into werewolves .as protectors of the tribe against the vampires.
他们忠于吸血鬼的传统,像族长一样,有维护家族权威不容侵犯,规则不容破坏——所以才有后来Cullen clan 与 Victoria family 之间的战斗
They remain true to the vampire tradition.
他们需要刷存在感
They try to keep their existence.
《暮光之城》创造出了一个令年轻一代愉快的故事——把一个在黑夜中让人生畏的邪恶的怪物,变成一个温情热心保护人类的特异特种存在
she is a really interesting job for grabbing not only the younger generatin but a lot of generations straight across the board with what now becomes almost acceptable .
that what was once the evil monster that how dread for everyone in the dark of night has now become an absolutely beautful creatrue with a good heart who wants to help and protect mankind .
———英语材料摘自《每日英语听力》APP:《揭秘好莱坞》