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美国国家公共电台 NPR Mourning Has Broken Them: 'Avengers: Endgame'

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

After 11 years, 22 films and more heroes and villains1 than you can shake a magic hammer at, the current iteration of the Marvel2 Cinematic Universe comes to a climactic close this weekend with "Avengers: Endgame."

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "AVENGERS: ENDGAME")

ROBERT DOWNEY JR: (As Tony Stark3) I know I said no more surprises, but I was really hoping to pull off one last one.

MARTIN: That's from the movie trailer - some major foreshadowing from Tony Stark, whose alter ego4 is Iron Man, played by Robert Downey Jr. NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour's Glen Weldon reports on superheroes for the network. That's, like, your title. It says that on a business card.

GLEN WELDON, BYLINE5: It's a small wheelhouse, but it's mine.

MARTIN: (Laughter) OK, so we're going to have this conversation about this film, and we are going to try to keep it as spoiler-free as possible because there's been a whole lot of secrecy6 around this.

WELDON: Yeah, I don't want people coming after me. And also, if you've seen anything from this film so far - any ads, any trailers, any images - they all come from the first 20 or so minutes of the film. So there's a lot left that people won't see coming, so let's keep it that way.

MARTIN: Right, a lot because it's real long.

WELDON: Yeah.

MARTIN: It's over three hours, right?

WELDON: Yeah. Now, to defend that, I mean, it does feel like...

MARTIN: Please defend it (laughter).

WELDON: Yeah, it does feel like it's the culmination7 of a massive story. You've got a lot of characters to address, and you need to wrap up a lot of different storylines. Some of those storylines - like, you mentioned Tony Stark. His storyline's been going on for 11 years now. That said, let's do some service journalism8, you and I.

MARTIN: Let's.

WELDON: It's probably best...

MARTIN: It's public radio.

WELDON: ...Yes - to go into this thing managing a couple things - A, your expectations and, B, your fluid intake9 because three hours is a long time. And I went into this thing parched10.

MARTIN: Yeah.

WELDON: And I was grateful for it because once it starts going, there's really not a lot of places to duck out.

MARTIN: I mean, you could go to the restroom, Glen. You just couldn't tear yourself away from the compelling story.

WELDON: I went in chapped, and I'm happy.

MARTIN: (Laughter) All right, so walk us through the plot.

WELDON: OK. The last time we saw these characters, the massive, purple, intergalactic despot named Thanos turned precisely11 50% of the universe - the entire population of the universe - into dust with the snap of his fingers. And that's something that Marvel wants us to call the decimation.

MARTIN: Yeah.

WELDON: But we're not going to do that.

MARTIN: We're not.

WELDON: Because we're adults, and we know that words mean things.

MARTIN: Yes.

WELDON: And decimate means to reduce by 10%, so this is different.

MARTIN: Ah, of course it does, yes.

WELDON: So we've got to call it something else. Yes.

MARTIN: OK.

WELDON: So let's call it - (snaps fingers) - the Snapture (ph).

MARTIN: The Snapture.

WELDON: Yeah, sure.

MARTIN: That's - you coined that?

WELDON: I did.

MARTIN: OK.

WELDON: Now, the remaining Avengers are coming off this massive loss. And as we meet them, they are all kind of cycling through different Kubler-Ross stages of grief. You've got despair. You've got anger. You've got depression. That's where we find them.

MARTIN: So emo - I mean, there's so much emotion happening.

WELDON: It is - the first two hours of this thing, Rachel, is really emo. It's really intimate. It's really somber12. Now, there's lots of funny moments provided by Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Mark Ruffalo as Hulk. They are both having a great time.

MARTIN: Yeah.

WELDON: And so we are too. They look a lot different from the last time we saw them. I'll just say that much. And also, Paul Rudd is Ant-Man. He's goofy as ever, and he's a big part of this thing.

MARTIN: Love Paul Rudd.

WELDON: Yeah.

MARTIN: What about fighting, Glen? Isn't there supposed to be a lot of, like, action and fighting...

WELDON: Yes.

MARTIN: ...In addition to, perhaps, emoting?

WELDON: Well, it can't possibly be a spoiler to say that there is a big climactic battle eventually. And it is the most thrilling sequence of superhero cinema I have ever seen. And I have seen a lot.

MARTIN: That's not hyperbole.

WELDON: Yeah, because it's coming from - think about it. It's coming from all the familiarity we have with these characters, our affection for these characters that we've developed over the last decade.

MARTIN: How big a movie is this supposed to be at the box office this weekend?

WELDON: Biggest ever, probably. I mean...

MARTIN: Come on - biggest ever.

WELDON: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, it's already breaking records. A lot of China on the show today - it's already breaking records in China. And it's going to have the biggest opening weekend ever. It could reach as much, internationally, as a billion dollars.


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n.恶棍( villain的名词复数 );罪犯;(小说、戏剧等中的)反面人物;淘气鬼
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  • The impression of villains was inescapable. 留下恶棍的印象是不可避免的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Some villains robbed the widow of the savings. 有几个歹徒将寡妇的积蓄劫走了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
2 marvel b2xyG     
vi.(at)惊叹vt.感到惊异;n.令人惊异的事
参考例句:
  • The robot is a marvel of modern engineering.机器人是现代工程技术的奇迹。
  • The operation was a marvel of medical skill.这次手术是医术上的一个奇迹。
3 stark lGszd     
adj.荒凉的;严酷的;完全的;adv.完全地
参考例句:
  • The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
  • He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。
4 ego 7jtzw     
n.自我,自己,自尊
参考例句:
  • He is absolute ego in all thing.在所有的事情上他都绝对自我。
  • She has been on an ego trip since she sang on television.她上电视台唱过歌之后就一直自吹自擂。
5 byline sSXyQ     
n.署名;v.署名
参考例句:
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  • We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。
6 secrecy NZbxH     
n.秘密,保密,隐蔽
参考例句:
  • All the researchers on the project are sworn to secrecy.该项目的所有研究人员都按要求起誓保守秘密。
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7 culmination 9ycxq     
n.顶点;最高潮
参考例句:
  • The space race reached its culmination in the first moon walk.太空竞争以第一次在月球行走而达到顶峰。
  • It may truly be regarded as the culmination of classical Greek geometry.这确实可以看成是古典希腊几何的登峰造级之作。
8 journalism kpZzu8     
n.新闻工作,报业
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  • He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师,可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
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9 intake 44cyQ     
n.吸入,纳入;进气口,入口
参考例句:
  • Reduce your salt intake.减少盐的摄入量。
  • There was a horrified intake of breath from every child.所有的孩子都害怕地倒抽了一口凉气。
10 parched 2mbzMK     
adj.焦干的;极渴的;v.(使)焦干
参考例句:
  • Hot winds parched the crops.热风使庄稼干透了。
  • The land in this region is rather dry and parched.这片土地十分干燥。
11 precisely zlWzUb     
adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地
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  • It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
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adj.昏暗的,阴天的,阴森的,忧郁的
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  • He had a somber expression on his face.他面容忧郁。
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