PBS高端访谈:JK罗琳携最新《哈利波特》话剧亮相

 　　Finally tonight: wizards young and old. Harry¹ Potter is back.

　　And so is Jeffrey Brown, with a look at the latest version of Potter-mania from his recent trip to the United Kingdom.

　　At Platform 9 3/4 in London's King Cross Station, it's time again for fans to take the leap into the magical world of Harry Potter

　　the young wizard of eight films, and, of course, the books that have sold in the hundreds of millions.

　　Now Harry is back, quite a bit older and with children of his own, played by actor Jamie Parker,

　　and for the first time on stage, in the new play told in two parts, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," now at the Palace Theatre in London's West End.

　　You have been amazing for years at keeping Harry Potter secrets, so you didn't spoil the books for readers who came after you.

　　It's still in previews and all very hush-hush, so, no, we can't show you scenes.

　　Potter author J.K. Rowling, who worked on this with an experienced theater team, is begging fans not to spoil the plot.

　　So I'm asking you one more time to keep secrets and let audiences enjoyed "Cursed Child" with all the surprises that we have built into the story.

　　Time Out London staff writer Kate Lloyd got a look, but wasn't giving much away.

　　It felt like going to the greatest hit show of your favorite pop star.

　　It just felt like everyone there had read the books, loved them,

　　and now was reliving the experience with a bit of new stuff, but it was very much rooted in the old stories.

　　Just a block away, we saw the Harry Potter phenomenon in action, at an exhibition of graphic² art and original film props⁴ now at the House of MinaLima gallery.

　　Miraphora Mina and her partner Eduardo Lima helped create the Potter look for the films. Her theory of Potter's appeal?

　　So everything you see story wise and prop³ wise, you as an audience can think, oh, yes,

　　I'm going to get my letter, or I'm going to read that newspaper.

　　It's not a completely reinvented world. It's kind of the real world and shifted about 20 percent.

　　In many ways, perhaps, it's more a re-imagining than a re-invention,

　　something we found some 400 hundred miles to the north, at the source of all things Potter.

　　The story of Harry Potter itself of course comes with its own legends about where it was written, what it's all based on.

　　And a lot of it began here in Edinburgh, Scotland.

　　So, Eric, American student wearing a cape⁵.

　　Ah, it's a dream job really.

　　Dream job. Dream job. Why?

　　Read all the books, seen all the movies, played all the video games, bought all the toys since I was a little kid.

　　Twenty-two-year-old Eric Geistfeld of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, is finishing his studies at the University of Edinburgh,

　　with a degree in physics, real magic, as he told me. But he may be an even bigger student of J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter.

　　We followed as he led a group along the city's Potter Trail.

　　It includes the famed Greyfriars Kirkyard, the cemetery⁶ where J.K. Rowling gathered names for characters.

　　Well, she obviously got the name from this grave because, in the mid⁷ to late 1990s,

　　there used to be a bench that rang along this wall in Greyfriars Kirkyard,

　　and she would come here and do a lot of the brainstorming⁸ for her first Harry Potter novel within these very walls.

　　And just beyond that.

　　Hogwarts, the wizarding boarding school.

　　George Heriot's School, the inspiration for the mythical⁹ Hogwarts School of Witchcraft¹⁰ and Wizardry.

　　Then there's the Elephant House Cafe, where, as all Potter-heads know,

　　Rowling, then a poor single mom, would sit for hours with one cup of coffee and write.

　　Standing¹¹ over Victoria Street, which Rowling turned into a kind of wizard mall in her books,

　　our guide said the sense of place is a key to understanding the world of Harry Potter.

　　J.K. Rowling came here in the mid to late 1990s and just saw something in this street,

　　sort of felt a magic of her own and decided¹² to base an entire location off of it in the books.

　　The history of Edinburgh has really bled into Harry Potter, its settings, its characters, and sort of a lot of the themes of Harry Potter as well.

　　Back in London, where things can look plenty Potter-esque as well,

　　Financial Times journalist Jenny Lee told me the spell for her has always been in the storytelling.

　　A really epic¹³ piece of storytelling, which is incredibly compelling and unlike anything I had ever read before.

　　And as a playwright¹⁴ herself, she's interested to see how it works in a new form.

　　There is an excitement, not a hype, but an excitement around the fact that it is theater,

　　that people can come to the theater, and in the same way that she got a new generation of kids reading,

　　that we may get a new generation of kids coming to theater for the first time.

　　This could be a way to bring young people to the theater?

　　Absolutely, I think so. I think that this is not going to be published as a novel. It's going to be published as a play text.

　　And if people can't make it to the theater, they might just have to buy the play text and read that.

　　And that could be a young person's first encounter with that medium, with the play text itself. And that excites me.

　　Of course, Eric Geistfeld and no doubt millions of others want more than the text, but the first batch¹⁵ of tickets sold out almost immediately.

　　Accio tickets. Oh. Accio is a summoning spell, so whenever you wave your wand and you yell accio, it will fly to you. So…

　　Accio tickets? Accio tickets. But they haven't come yet?

　　They haven't come yet. I assume they're flying from London to here, so it might take a little while, but I hope they're on their way.

　　Good luck.

　　Thank you.

　　From Edinburgh and London, I'm Jeffrey Brown for the "PBS NewsHour." undefined

1 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

2 graphic   

adj.生动的，形象的，绘画的，文字的，图表的

参考例句：

• The book gave a graphic description of the war.这本书生动地描述了战争的情况。
• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons.用图标来区分重要的文本项。

3 prop   

vt.支撑；n.支柱，支撑物；支持者，靠山

参考例句：

• A worker put a prop against the wall of the tunnel to keep it from falling.一名工人用东西支撑住隧道壁好使它不会倒塌。
• The government does not intend to prop up declining industries.政府无意扶持不景气的企业。

4 props   

小道具； 支柱( prop的名词复数 )； 支持者； 道具； （橄榄球中的）支柱前锋

参考例句：

• Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing. 救援人员用支柱防止隧道顶塌陷。
• The government props up the prices of farm products to support farmers' incomes. 政府保持农产品价格不变以保障农民们的收入。

5 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

6 cemetery   

n.坟墓，墓地，坟场

参考例句：

• He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
• His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。

7 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。

8 brainstorming   

献计献策,合力攻关

参考例句：

• With Brainstorming, treat the view on how to solve the problem rightly. 利用脑激励法(Brainstorming)，正确对待学生实验中的问题解决观。
• We are going to do some brainstorming soon. 我们很快就要做些脑力激荡。

9 mythical   

adj.神话的；虚构的；想像的

参考例句：

• Undeniably,he is a man of mythical status.不可否认，他是一个神话般的人物。
• Their wealth is merely mythical.他们的财富完全是虚构的。

10 witchcraft   

n.魔法，巫术

参考例句：

• The woman practising witchcraft claimed that she could conjure up the spirits of the dead.那个女巫说她能用魔法召唤亡灵。
• All these things that you call witchcraft are capable of a natural explanation.被你们统统叫做巫术的那些东西都可以得到合情合理的解释。

11 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

12 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

13 epic   

n.史诗，叙事诗；adj.史诗般的，壮丽的

参考例句：

• I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗，而写了这个小故事。
• They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。

14 playwright   

n.剧作家，编写剧本的人

参考例句：

• Gwyn Thomas was a famous playwright.格温·托马斯是著名的剧作家。
• The playwright was slaughtered by the press.这位剧作家受到新闻界的无情批判。

15 batch   

n.一批(组，群)；一批生产量

参考例句：

• The first batch of cakes was burnt.第一炉蛋糕烤焦了。
• I have a batch of letters to answer.我有一批信要回复。