《名人传记》之我是李小龙41:优秀不等于衣食无忧

 　　There's a pretty good chance that you'll get a TV series in the States called The Warrior¹ in which you use, what, the martial² arts in a Western setting³?

　　你有一个好机会能在美国出演一部叫做勇士的节目,在节目中,你在欧美的场景设定中表演武术?

　　That was the original idea.Bruce Lee had an idea for a TV show called The Warrior which later became the series Kung Fu which we all know and love.

　　那是初步的想法,李小龙对于勇士有自己的见地,后来他把它发展为功夫系列,这个系列脍炙人口.

　　David Carradine did a good job but Kung Fu, the TV series, was Bruce Lee's role.

　　大卫·卡拉丁干得不错,但是功夫系列才是李小龙的角色所在.

　　The better guy doesn't always get the job in the movie business.There's a lot of politics involved.Have people come up in the industry and said "We don't know how the audience

　　are going to take a non-American?"

　　电影产业中,优秀不等于衣食无忧,电影界人际关机错综复杂。有没有业内人士说过我们不知道观众会不会认可非美国人.

　　Well, such question has been raised.In fact, it is being discussed and that is why The Warrior probably is not gonna be on.

　　这种问题的确出现过,事实上还引发过讨论,这也是勇士不能上映的原因.

　　I see. - You see?Because unfortunately such thing does exist in this world.Bruce Lee was a bigger star, both in Asia and America.

　　明白了 -明白了吗.因为很不幸,这种事情确实存在.不论在亚洲还是美洲李小龙都十分出名.

　　He was a world-class martial artist.He had already done The Green Hornet.And then he did not get the role for being too Asian.

　　他是世界级的武术家,他成功出品了《青蜂侠》,但从此以后再也没机会饰演纯正的亚洲角色.

　　He had such disdain⁴ for Hollywood and all those old movies having Caucasian people play the parts of Chinese characters.

　　他十分鄙视好莱坞和所有那些让白人饰演中国人角色的老电影.

1 warrior   

n.勇士，武士，斗士

参考例句：

• The young man is a bold warrior.这个年轻人是个很英勇的武士。
• A true warrior values glory and honor above life.一个真正的勇士珍视荣誉胜过生命。

2 martial   

adj.战争的，军事的，尚武的，威武的

参考例句：

• The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
• The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。

3 setting   

n.背景

参考例句：

• The play has its setting in Vienna.该剧以维也纳为背景。
• Where and when a story takes place is called the setting.故事发生的地点和时间称为故事背景。

4 disdain   

n.鄙视，轻视；v.轻视，鄙视，不屑

参考例句：

• Some people disdain labour.有些人轻视劳动。
• A great man should disdain flatterers.伟大的人物应鄙视献媚者。