CNN 2010-01-28

The Sundance Film Festival gets under way with a promise to return to its roots, showcasing independent films. Founder¹ Robert Redford is also urging festival-goers to remember the earthquake victims in Haiti.

 

Live now to Sundance in Park City, Utah. CNN Entertainment Correspondent² -- there she is -- Brooke Anderson, she is also co-host of HLN's "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT."

 

Brooke, good to see you.

 

If you would, take some time here and set the scene for us.

 

Sure thing, Tony.

 

And no, I'm not in founder Robert Redford's kitchen. I'm actually in one of CNN's workspaces here at the Treasure Mountain Inn in Park City, Utah.

 

We've got producers Kay and Rachel (ph) hard at work behind me. But they don't stop working, Tony, actually.

 

And on the screen here, we are screening the movie "To Catch a Dollar." It's a Sundance movie and it's about the Nobel Peace Prize- winning economist³ Muhammad Yunus, who will be here.

 

And now take a look outside on the balcony, because this is where we do a lot of live reports, a lot of live interviews. Down below us is Main Street.

 

Now, this is going to get more and more crowded over the next few days. About 40,000 people are expected to attend the festival.

 

Last year's festival, Tony, generated⁴ $92 million in economic activity for the state, 2,000 jobs. So, festival organizers are hoping that this year's numbers and figures are at least comparable⁵ to last year.

 

And the festival did officially kick off last night with the premiere of the movie "Howl." Now, that's about the obscenity trial of Allen Ginsberg after his poem "Howl" was published. Star Jon Hamm told us that the setting here at Sundance for his film's premier⁶ is really breathtaking.

 

Take a look.

 

The structure was pretty similar. They just had to put the ears out a tiny bit. So I asked Rob and Jeffrey to make some, like, prosthetics.

 

At first it was just like putty, but then they made them. So we did that. The nose is a little different.
 

1 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

2 correspondent   

n.记者，通信者；adj.符合的，一致的，相当的

参考例句：

• He volunteered as a correspondent for the war.他自愿担任作报道这次战争的记者。
• The result was correspondent with my wishes.结果与我的愿望是一致的。

3 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

4 generated   

a.生成的

参考例句：

• It is generated by some specified means. 这是由某些未加说明的方法产生的。
• It generated much excitement and frenetic activity. 这使人们非常激动并导致了狂热的行动。

5 comparable   

adj.相似的，同类的，可比的，比得上的

参考例句：

• A fire is comparable with the sun,both give light and heat.火可以和太阳相比，两者都可以发光发热。
• No horse has a speed comparable to that of his.没有一匹马的速度能比得上他的马。

6 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。