新概念英语第四册Lesson 21 William S. Hart and the early ‘Western’ film 课件

Lesson 21 William S. Hart and the early ‘Western’ film 威廉 S 哈特和早期”西部“影片 ① William S. hart was, perhaps, the greatest of all Western stars, for unlike Gary Cooper and John Wayne he appeared in nothing but Westerns. appear / act / perform in... play the lead in.... star in + 电影 star + 角色 co-star Nothing but a miracle can save her now. You are nothing but a thief. He is anything but a hero / stupid. It’s all but impossible to read his writing. The party was all but over when we came. anything but 绝不 all but 几乎,差不多 ② From 1914 to 1924 he was supreme and unchallenged. supreme adj. 至高无上的 the Supreme People’s Court the Intermediate People’s Court supremacy n. leading role / part supporting role ③ It was Hart who created the basic formula of the Western film, and devised the protagonist he played in every film he made, the good-bad 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. framed adj. 遭到陷害的 He was framed for a crime he didn’t commit. He was set up. It was Hart who created the basic formula of the Western film, and devised the protagonist he played in every film he made, the good-bad 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. formula pl. formulas / formulae devise = conceive = come up with suspect sb. of doing / suspect that... the individual in conflict with himself 矛盾修饰法 Oxymoron bad-good news a cold warm embrace love-hate relationship life-death struggle a fire-water state 不冷不热的拥抱 又爱又恨的关系 生死搏斗 水火不容的状态 ④ Unlike most of his contemporaries in Hollywood, Hart actually knew something of the old West. ⑤ 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 va