Lan的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day

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[Day 1753 2019-07-15]

Lesson 21-1 William S. Hart and the early 'Western' film

William S. Hart was, perhaps, the greatest of all Western stars, for unlike Gary

Cooper and John Wayne he appeared in nothing but Westerns. From 1914 to 1924 he

was supreme and unchallenged. It was Hart who created the basic formula of the

Western film, and devised the protagonist he played in every film he made, the goodbad man, the accidental-noble outlaw, or the honest-but-framed cowboy, or the sheriff

made suspect by vicious gossip; in short, the individual in conflict with himself and his

frontier environment.

Unlike most of his contemporaries in Hollywood, Hart actually knew something

of the old West. He had lived in it as a child when it was already disappearing, and his

hero was firmly rooted in his memories and experiences, and in both the history and the

mythology of the vanished frontier.

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知识笔记：

devised    v. 发明; 设计; 想出;

protagonist    n. (戏剧、电影、书的) 主要人物，主人公，主角; (比赛、斗争中的) 主要人物，主要参与者; (政策、运动的) 倡导者，拥护者;

frontier    n. 国界; 边界; 边境; (尤指19世纪美国西部的) 开发地区边缘地带，边远地区; (学科或活动的) 尖端，边缘;

contemporaries      n. 同代人; 同辈人; 同龄人;

mythology    n. (统称) 神话; 某文化(或社会等)的神话; 虚幻的想法; 错误的观点;

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