英语口语畅谈世界文化之日本60:Cartoons卡通画mp3

英语口语畅谈世界文化

之日本

60 Cartoons 卡通画

C: Comic boole srore owner     S：Shopper
C:连环漫画店主                         S：购物者

C：Hi! Do you need some help?
C: 你好！需要帮忙吗？

S: Yes, thanks. It's my friend's birthday next week and he loves Japanese cartoon and comic books, But, to be honest I know very little about it! Could you help me to choose something he would like?
S: 是的，谢谢。下周是我朋友的生Fj．他喜欢日本卡通画和连环漫画册。可是，说实话,我对这些了解很少！你能帮我选些他喜欢的东西吗？

C: No problem. I'm an expert in this area, which we call "Anime".
C: 没问题。我是这方面的专家，我们把这些叫“动画片”。

S: "Anime?" Yes, I've heard my friend talk about this. I had no idea he meant cartoons!
S：“动画片”？对，我听我朋友说起过。我不知道他指的是“管通片”！

C: Anime began a long time ago, the first short pieces were made in 1917, but thcsc were mainly folk tales. Nothing like the anime we get today. rt then developed into westem-style humour during the 1930s and then on to giants, robors and outer spacc adventures .
C：动画片在很早以前就有了，第一个短片完成于1917年，但这些主要是民间传说，和我们今天看到的动画片一点也不一佯。后来20世纪30年代发展成酉方的幽默风格，接着又发展成巨人、机器人和太空探险片。

S: Yes, my friend watches a cartoon about robots and strange cars and things like that.
S：是的，我朋友就看这些关于机器人和奇怪的汽车之类的片子。

C: These types of anime are very popular nowadays, with both children and adults. He probably enjoys the ones which started in the 1980s and were made by Miyazaki and Takahata, these are the most popular ones  Have you heard of the movie Aleira? That was made in 1988, and is still very popular today.
C：这类动画片现在很流行，孩子和大人都爱看。他大概是喜欢那些20世纪8０年代开始出现的片子，由官崎峻’和高松信司制作的，这些都卖得最火。你听说过电影《亚基拉》吗？那是1988年制作的影片，如今还是很受欢迎。

S: Yes! My friend loves that mowe.
S：没错！我朋友喜欢那部影片i

C: But, before you decide I have many other things to show you. Over here, we have some " Manga"  items.  Manga was first created in 1815  by a woodblock artist called Hokusai and means "unintentional drawings". Manga is much more graphic than usual anime, but there are different styles for different ages and sexes. It can be very violent. We've got videos, DVDs, VCDs and comics.
C：不过我还有很多东西给你看，看了以后你再决定。在那边，我们还有一些漫画。一开始，漫画是由一个叫葛饰北斋的木版画艺术家发明的，意思是“无意识画”。它比一般的动画要生动细致，但风格凶读者群的年龄和性别的不同而有所区别。有些漫画内容可能会很暴力。我们这儿还有录像带、DVD、VCD和连环画。

C: OK, great. What would you suggest?
Ｃ：那太好了。你有什么建议？

S: Today's manga has many different genres. Such as joke-books, melodrama and science ficoon. I think your friend would love some sci-fi !
Ｓ：如今的漫画种类很多，有笑话集、剧情片和科幻片。我觉得你朋友会喜欢一些科幻片。

C: Yes, sci-fi seems like a good idea. Which one do you suggest?
Ｃ：是这样，买科幻片这个主意好像不错。你建议买哪•个？

S: This one. Basilisk: The Kouga N'inja Scrolls. It follows the war between two ninja clans, which have had a truce for 400 years.But suddenly, they begain fighting again. It's very popular.
S: 买这个《甲贺忍法贴》。故事描述的是日本两个忍者派系之间的斗争。他们休战了400年，但突然又开始打了起来。这部影片卖得非常好。

C: Excellent!  I'II take it. Thanks very much for all of your help.
C：太棒了！我买了、非常感谢你的帮助。

【单词词组】
No problem没问题。
before you decide在你浃定之前
I have no idea  我不知道。
Have a truce休战

【背景介绍】
日本动画（日文：アニメ，英文：Anime）是指日本动画制作公司制作的动画，其动画风格特征与一般动画片不尽相同。日本动画以对比鲜明的画面，个性化、多姿多彩的图像，以及鲜明的角色性格为特色。故事通常有着各种不同的故事背景，针对较大范围的观众群。日本动画的传播手法包括电视播送，依靠诸如DVD之类的媒介分发，或者结合到电子游戏之内。第一套广泛流行的动画是手冢治虫的《铁臂阿童木》(1963)。1969年开始播放藤子。F.不二雄的《哆啦A梦》，迄今已创作超过四十年，而且还曾登上过《时代杂志》，可说是卡通里的常青树。