访谈录 2008-07-01&07-02 年度最可爱的机器人

What is the premise¹ at the very beginning of the film, what has happened?

 

We er,  bought so much stuff², that we just filled up the world with trash/, almost like a blizzard³ of snow, and with just no room, and this poor little guy just kept doing his job, even though there was no reason to keep doing it.

 

And what is the difference about Wall-E?

 

Well, it's a sci-fi genre⁴, that you've never really seen with this medium. It's a love story on top of that, and it's told through the eyes of this little machine that doesn't speak the way you and I speak.

 

I've to say I am super excited  to interview you, because you actually had lines in this movie.

 

Yes, I have lines, and most of the lines in this movie,

 

"Computer, status report?"

 

I cannot remember seeing a movie with this little dialogue.

 

Well, it used to work though, during the days of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, so it's sorta, like a combination⁵ of science fiction, Buster Keaton movie.

 

I didn't even notice there was no dialogue, you're so caught up in what's happening in the film.

 

Its great music and its great excitement and you really feel like you are in another world.

 

What did you take away from this film as the message?

 

Never give up. There is always hope, there's always someone out there for you.

 

(Ten seconds to stop the start.)

 

There's also the message of, your love may not come in the package that you expect.

 

("Just a trail⁶, you look gorgeous⁷!")

 

 

The one only important message is the love story between Wall-E and Eve. That's the important thing that love is fantastic.

 

1 premise   

n.前提；v.提论，预述

参考例句：

• Let me premise my argument with a bit of history.让我引述一些史实作为我立论的前提。
• We can deduce a conclusion from the premise.我们可以从这个前提推出结论。

2 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

3 blizzard   

n.暴风雪

参考例句：

• The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。
• You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴风雪停了再走。

4 genre   

n.(文学、艺术等的)类型，体裁，风格

参考例句：

• My favorite music genre is blues.我最喜欢的音乐种类是布鲁斯音乐。
• Superficially,this Shakespeare's work seems to fit into the same genre.从表面上看， 莎士比亚的这个剧本似乎属于同一类型。

5 combination   

n.组合，合并，联合；

参考例句：

• He carried on the business in combination with his friends.他与朋友们合伙做生意。
• The materials can be used singly or in combination.这些材料可以单独使用也可以混合用。

6 trail   

n.踪迹，痕迹，一串，尾部，小径，尾，持枪姿势；vt.拖，尾随，追踪，落后于

参考例句：

• The car raised a trail of dust.汽车掀起了一股尘土。
• The hound found the trail of the rabbit.猎狗发现了兔子的踪迹。

7 gorgeous   

adj.华丽的，灿烂的，美丽的，宜人的，棒的

参考例句：

• The gorgeous costume added to the brilliance of the dance.华丽的服装使舞蹈更加光彩夺目。
• What a gorgeous day it is today!今天天气多好啊！