【英语听和读】星球大战

 Andrea: Hello, I’m Andrea Rose and you’re listening to bbclearningenglish.com.

Today in Entertainment, we’re going along to a new exhibition that’s taking

the world by storm. It’s really exciting people. Yes, it’s Star Wars: The

Exhibition and it’s been making its way around Europe since the beginning of

this year.

In 1977, Star Wars first played to audiences when it opened in 32 cinemas in

the United States. Thirty years on and 6 films later, this exhibition

commemorates¹ or celebrates the magic behind the movies.

The exhibition has been in Portugal and now it’s come to London. I met up

with Jonathan Sands, the man behind the exhibition, to take a tour and to find

out more about what there is to see.

Jonathan Sands

‘The exhibition is really an interactive² event for all the family. It takes you through all the six

films in the Star Wars saga³, including all the original archive set pieces – from the models, the

costumes, the full-size space ships and weapons and that type of thing – broken down into all

the planets in about 20 different exhibition rooms detailed⁴ with films that show the making of

and how certain items were made and used in the film against green screen or on set. So it

really shows the movie-making experience of Star Wars.’

Andrea: Jonathan says that the exhibition is very interactive – there are lots of things

you can play with or do there. You don’t simply look at things on display. He

also uses a lot of language to do with movie making. Did you catch some of the

words? He talks about set pieces – those are the pieces built for filming in the

studio. He also talks about models and costumes. He says that you can watch 

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things about the making of Star Wars. He also talks about the green screen –

that’s when people are filmed against a green screen and then the creatures or

backdrop are filled in later. It’s all very exciting. Let’s listen to that clip⁵ again.

Jonathan Sands

‘The exhibition is really an interactive event for all the family. It takes you through all the six

films in the Star Wars saga, including all the original archive set pieces – from the models, the

costumes, the full-size space ships and weapons and that type of thing – broken down into all

the planets in about 20 different exhibition rooms detailed with films that show the making of

and how certain items were made and used in the film against green screen or on set. So it

really shows the movie-making experience of Star Wars.’

SFX

Andrea: As you can hear, you really get the whole Star Wars experience at this exhibition -

even if like me, you’re not a huge fan. This year is the 30th birthday of the first

Star Wars film, so what is it about Princess Leia and Darth Vader that still

captures people’s imaginations 30 years on?

Jonathan Sands

‘I think as cultural phenomenons go, I certainly don’t know any other entertainment based

film, music, experience, education – there’s so many elements in Star Wars that make it what

it is for me, personally but at the end of the day it is a simple story and everybody gets it.

There’s lots of action, it looks so fantastic and it never dates.’

Andrea: Jonathan talks about Star Wars as a cultural phenomenon – it’s a huge cultural

event. The plural⁶ of phenomenon is phenomena⁷. There are so many elements or

parts of Star Wars that make it memorable⁸. For Jonathan it’s the action, the

story and that it looks fantastic. Jonathan uses the expression ‘at the end of the

day’ – that means in the final analysis. At the end of the day it’s all these things 

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that have made Star Wars last 30 years and everybody gets it. Everybody

understands it and loves it. Even Darth Vadar.

SFX

Ok, so Darth Vadar didn’t have a lot to say about the exhibition about it was so

exciting to come face to face with him! As you can hear, the exhibition is very

very lively. There’s lots to look at and listen to. But how about some of those

well known sayings from the films? I asked Jonathan for his favourite

quotation⁹ from Star Wars.

Jonathan Sands

‘I think it’s something that’s stood me in good stead, I think. Unfortunately it comes from the

Dark Side, but certainly in business it’s stood me in good stead, for people not quite believing

in you when you’re younger and stuff like that. But I live by “I find your lack of faith

disturbing”. And it’s stood me in good stead.’

Andrea: The quotation Jonathan lives his life by is a quote from the Dark Side. It’s “I

find your lack of faith disturbing”. He says that he’s followed this in business

and when he was younger when people didn’t believe in him. He says it’s

stood him in good stead – it’s been a good moral to follow in life. So there’s

lots to get from the Star Wars films – not just entertainment! 

1 commemorates   

n.纪念，庆祝( commemorate的名词复数 )v.纪念，庆祝( commemorate的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• A tombstone is erected in memory of whoever it commemorates. 墓碑是为纪念它所纪念的人而建的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A tablet commemorates his patriotic activities. 碑文铭记他的爱国行动。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 interactive   

adj.相互作用的，互相影响的，（电脑）交互的

参考例句：

• The psychotherapy is carried out in small interactive groups.这种心理治疗是在互动的小组之间进行的。
• This will make videogames more interactive than ever.这将使电子游戏的互动性更胜以往。

3 saga   

n.(尤指中世纪北欧海盗的)故事，英雄传奇

参考例句：

• The saga of Flight 19 is probably the most repeated story about the Bermuda Triangle.飞行19中队的传说或许是有关百慕大三角最重复的故事。
• The novel depicts the saga of a family.小说描绘了一个家族的传奇故事。

4 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

5 clip   

n.夹子，别针，弹夹，片断；vt.夹住，修剪

参考例句：

• May I clip out the report on my performance?我能把报道我的文章剪下来吗？
• She fastened the papers together with a paper clip.她用曲别针把文件别在一起。

6 plural   

n.复数；复数形式；adj.复数的

参考例句：

• Most plural nouns in English end in's '.英语的复数名词多以s结尾。
• Here you should use plural pronoun.这里你应该用复数代词。

7 phenomena   

n.现象

参考例句：

• Ade couldn't relate the phenomena with any theory he knew.艾德无法用他所知道的任何理论来解释这种现象。
• The object of these experiments was to find the connection,if any,between the two phenomena.这些实验的目的就是探索这两种现象之间的联系，如果存在着任何联系的话。

8 memorable   

adj.值得回忆的，难忘的，特别的，显著的

参考例句：

• This was indeed the most memorable day of my life.这的确是我一生中最值得怀念的日子。
• The veteran soldier has fought many memorable battles.这个老兵参加过许多难忘的战斗。

9 quotation   

n.引文，引语，语录；报价，牌价，行情

参考例句：

• He finished his speech with a quotation from Shakespeare.他讲话结束时引用了莎士比亚的语录。
• The quotation is omitted here.此处引文从略。