名人名篇-杨澜专访

16 Yang Lan’s Interviewing

Yang Lan: Could you describe to us when the first idea of Titanic¹ brought to you and what did you react² to it? How did you react to it?

Murdoth: Well, Cameron is under contract³ to make his films or give all his first ideas to us and he pushed very hard to make this story. He was quite 1)passionate. He wanted to do it. And we were very nervous because there had been 2)previous pictures about Titanic and pictures that are made out on the sea always go over 3)budget, can be very expensive. But he just wouldn’t let go of the idea. He drove⁴ it and drove it and drove it. And we finally said yes and then when we saw what we thought it would cost, we said well we’ll do it, we’ll run up, but it would be nice to have a partner. So we invited another 4)studio to put up quite a lot of money, which they did. And they’ve done well too.

16 杨澜专访

杨澜：您能跟我们谈谈最初《铁达尼号》的计划吗，它是什么时候拿给您，您当初的反应又是怎么样的？

梅铎：卡麦伦跟我们签了合同，要拍这个电影，或者把他所有的想法卖给我们。他努力想做到这一点。他这个人很有激情。他想拍这个电影，我们当时很为难，因为早就有人拍以铁达尼号为题材的电影了，而且，电影要在海上拍，在海上拍的电影一般要超出预算，会很昂贵的。不过他就是不肯放弃这个主意。他努力了无数次，下了狠心，最后我们同意了。后来我们谈到我们想到的可能的费用，我们说，好啊，我们让你拍，我们包了。不过要是有一个合作伙伴就好了。这样我们就请了另外一个制作公司，他们投了很大一笔钱。他们做得也相当不错。

1、passionate a. 多情的，热烈的

2、previous a. 先前的

3、budget n. 预算

4、studio n. 工作室，这里是指电影公司

1 titanic   

adj.巨人的，庞大的，强大的

参考例句：

• We have been making titanic effort to achieve our purpose.我们一直在作极大的努力，以达到我们的目的。
• The island was created by titanic powers and they are still at work today.台湾岛是由一个至今仍然在运作的巨大力量塑造出来的。

2 react   

vi.起反应，起作用；反抗，起反作用

参考例句：

• She didn't look up or react in any way.她既不抬头，也没有任何反应。
• How did he react to your suggestion?他如何对待你的建议？

3 contract   

n.合同，契约，婚约；v.使缩短，感染，订约

参考例句：

• The terms of the contract are acceptable to us.我们认为这个合同的条件可以接受。
• I'm under contract to teach here for one year.我按照聘约要在这里教一年书。

4 drove   

vbl.驾驶，drive的过去式；n.畜群

参考例句：

• He drove at a speed of sixty miles per hour.他以每小时60英里的速度开车。
• They drove foreign goods out of the market.他们把外国货驱逐出市场。