实战口语情景对话 第998期:African Movie Scene 非洲电影场景

Todd: So Abidemi, we've been talking about art and culture in your country of Nigeria. What about film, do you have a movie industry?
托德：阿比德米，我们一直在讨论你的祖国尼日利亚的艺术和文化。那电影呢，尼日利亚有电影业吗？

Abidemi: Oh, wow! It's a great question. Yes, we do. Nigeria has a movie industry that's called Nollywood.
阿比德米：哇哦！这真是个好问题。我们当然有电影业。尼日利亚的电影业被称为“奈莱坞”。

Todd: Nollywood?
托德：“奈莱坞”？

Abidemi: Yeah, Nollywood. Can you guess? Nigeria, Hollywood — Nollywood.
阿比德米：对，“奈莱坞”。你能猜猜吗？尼日利亚和好莱坞的结合，就是“奈莱坞”。

Todd: Nollywood.
托德：“奈莱坞”。

Abidemi: So I think, I've read that Nollywood is actually the number three producing movie industry in the world. After Hollywood, maybe Bollywood is number one, Hollywood is number two and Nollywood is number three.
阿比德米：有文章说“奈莱坞”已经成为世界第三大电影业。是继好莱坞……也许宝莱坞才是世界第一大电影业，好莱坞排名第二，奈莱坞排名第三。

Todd: Wow!
托德：哇哦！

Abidemi: Yes, so we produce a lot of movies every year. And actually, a lot of these movies I know I watch a lot of them in YouTube or the internet. And some of our stars, some of the actresses and actors are actually going to other countries like Ghana, they are doing movies with them, collaborating with Ghana and maybe the Benin Republic, neighboring countries to Nigeria. And some actually have moved over to the United States. A little bit, they are starting to, and collaborating with some people there as well. So it is booming and people that are involved in that industry are making more and more and more money each year. To the point that before maybe 20 years ago, if a child said to his or her parent that, "I want to be an actor or actress", that was the worst job you could ever do and they would be like, "Why?" But now, it's actually something that parents are, “Alright, okay, you want to be an actor like this person or that person?” It's not so bad anymore because they can make money, if they make it, so yeah.
阿比德米：对，我们每年会制作很多电影。实际上，许多电影我都知道，我在优兔网和其他网站上看了许多电影。我们国家的一些明星，一些男女演员会去加纳等国家和当地的演员一起合拍电影，他们也会和尼日利亚邻国贝宁共和国一起合拍电影。一些演员还有机会去美国发展。一些人已经开始和美国合拍电影。现在尼日利亚的电影业正在蓬勃发展，电影业人士每年赚的钱越来越多。在大约20年前，如果一个孩子对父母说：“我想成为演员”，那父母会认为那可能是最糟糕的工作，他们会问“为什么？”但是现在，父母们会说：“好，你想成为像这个人一样的演员吗？”现在这份职业不再那么糟糕，因为如果他们成为演员，那他们就可以赚钱。

Todd: Okay, that's great. So it's gaining respect.
托德：好，这很好。而且还会得到尊重。

Abidemi: Exactly, it's gaining respect.
阿比德米：没错，会得到尊重。

Todd: So Bollywood has a very distinct kind of image of you know, the music and the dancing and Hollywood kind of has also like you know the action and bang, bang type movies.
托德：宝莱坞的情况非常不同，宝莱坞电影充满了歌舞场景，而好莱坞电影则是动作大片。

Abidemi: Yes.
阿比德米：对。

Todd: So, can you describe what a Nollywood movie is like?
托德：你能形容一下奈莱坞的电影吗？

Abidemi: That's a great question. I think Nollywood is closer to Hollywood in the fact that we don't have as much the kind of dancing and music and the musical value that Bollywood has. Nigerian movies are more dramas, I would say. There they try to make action movies but it's not quite to the level of Hollywood just as yet. So it's more drama, it's about life stories, things that are happening in Nigeria and one thing that I've heard and that I've noticed in Nigerian movies is the fact that they try to present people that live rich lives. Nigeria is still a developing country, so many people don't have access to some things so movies tend to present people that are well-off, that live in big houses, drive big cars and can travel abroad, have education. So you have that theme going through a lot of these movies where maybe somebody, a poor girl, she meets a rich man or vice versa.
阿比德米：这是个非常棒的问题。我认为奈莱坞的电影更接近于好莱坞电影，我们不像宝莱坞电影那样有很多歌舞场景和音乐元素。我认为尼日利亚电影更注重剧情。他们试图制作动作电影，但目前还没有达到好莱坞的水平。所以尼日利亚电影更注重剧情，更注重人生故事，注重在尼日利亚发生的事情，我注意到尼日利亚电影试图呈现那些富有人的生活。尼日利亚现在仍是发展中国家，有些事情许多人都无法接触到，所以电影会向人们呈现那些生活在大房子里、开豪车、可以出国旅游、可以接受教育的富人的生活。许多电影都有这类主题，就是一个贫穷的女孩遇到一个富有的男人或是反过来的情况。

Todd: Oh right, yeah.
托德：哦，好。

Abidemi: So, it's more for fantasy to get people to think of a different life that anything is possible. That if you, maybe if you try or maybe some day you might meet your prince charming, or what not. So there is that aspect to it, yes.
阿比德米：相当于让人们幻想他们可以过不同的生活，任何事都有可能。如果你尝试，或者也许有一天你会遇到你的白马王子之类的。尼日利亚电影有这方面的内容。

Todd: Oh, that's cool.
托德：哦，真酷。