《名人传记》之李小龙如何改变世界114:掀起李小龙广告热潮

 　　Like Brett Ratner, Quentin Tarantino was another high-profile Hollywood director that has been inspired by Bruce Lee.

　　跟Brett Ratner一样 Quentin Tarantino是好莱坞另一位受到李小龙启发的大腕导演。

　　When he wanted someone to do the sound track for the movie Kill Bill,he approached Rza to draw on his vast knowledge of Bruce Lee films.

　　当想找人给"杀死比尔"配乐时，他找到Rza 对李小龙电影的了解滔滔不绝。

　　Doing music for Kill Bill was something that was a great opportunity for me.

　　为"杀死比尔"配乐是个很好的机会

　　I'm... I'm a hip-hop producer,and Tarantino was a Wu-Tang fan,asked me to become the first composer he ever hired.

　　我是... 我是嘻哈音乐制作人，而Tarantino是"武当派"迷，邀我作为他第一个聘用的作曲家。

　　And we actually met like two guys throwing out baseball cards, naming kungfu films,who knew the most films, and we became friends.

　　我们的碰面就像俩炫耀棒球卡的小孩 当然说的是功夫片，谁知道的电影更多 我们成为了朋友。

　　Like Rza, Damon Albarn from the British band Gorillaz saw Bruce Lee at an early age and was blown away.

　　跟Rza一样 英国街头顽童乐队的Damon Albarn，在很小的时候就看过李小龙的电影并为之折服。

　　His band has sold over 15 million albums, and their latest project,a circus opera called Monkey Journey To The West has been staged around the world.

　　他们的专辑卖出了超过1千5百万张 最近的作品，名为"西游记"的音乐剧已经开始全球巡回上演。

　　When creating the music for the opera,Damon Albarn drew on the soundtrack to Enter The Dragon.

　　为音乐剧作曲时，Damon Albarn参看了"龙争虎斗"的配乐。

　　I definitely¹ thought about that when I was doing the music for...

　　当为... 为这出猴戏配乐时 我立马想到了这个

　　for the monkey opera, the strong use of orchestra,and it's just really exciting.It never became dull, you know?

　　强烈的管弦乐，激荡人心。绝不无聊 知道吗?

　　Bruce Lee's influence has been apparent² in much of the Gorillaz's work since they launched³ in 1998 as the world's first virtual⁴ band.

　　从1998年 这个世界上首个虚拟乐队诞生之日起，街头顽童作品就明显带有李小龙气息。

　　You always say that too.They created their own Game of Death animation⁵ and dressed monkey in Bruce Lee's signature yellow tracksuit.

　　你也常这么说，他们创作了自己的"死亡游戏"动画，让猴子穿上李小龙标志性的黄色战衣。

　　You put me monkey in a Bruce Lee...Yeah, well, exactly, monkey has a Bruce Lee tracksuit.Yeah, you can't really... it's so iconic.

　　你让猴子穿李小龙的...是 没错 猴子穿李小龙的连体衫，是的 你没法... 太深入人心了。

　　The Gorillaz aren't the only artists to capitalize on Bruce Lee's image.

　　街头顽童不是唯一利用李小龙形象的艺术家

　　The international appeal and strong brand identity⁶ is something advertisers and marketers have also been keen⁷ to exploit,creating a wave of Bruce Lee inspired commercials, comics,and video games around the world.

　　国际影响力和品牌形象是广告商和市场营销者追逐的焦点，他们在世界各地掀起了一股李小龙广告 动画，电玩的风潮。

1 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

2 apparent   

adj.表面上的，貌似真实的，显然的，明明白白的

参考例句：

• The apparent truth was really a lie.表面上看似实话，实际上是个谎言。
• His guilt is apparent to all.他的罪恶尽人皆知。

3 launched   

v.发射( launch的过去式和过去分词 )；[计算机]开始（应用程序）；发动；开展（活动、计划等）

参考例句：

• He launched a bitter diatribe against the younger generation. 他对年轻一代发起了猛烈的抨击。
• The product was launched amid much fanfare worldwide. 这个产品在世界各地隆重推出。

4 virtual   

adj.实质上的，事实上的，实际上的

参考例句：

• This reply is a virtual acceptance of our offer.这一回答实质上是接受了我们的建议。
• At that time the East India Company was the virtual ruler of Bengal.那时东印度公司是孟加拉的实际统治者。

5 animation   

n.活泼，兴奋，卡通片／动画片的制作

参考例句：

• They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
• The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。

6 identity   

n.身份，本体，特征；同一(性)，一致

参考例句：

• He never revealed his identity.他从未暴露过自己的身份。
• He showed his identity card and went in.他把工作证亮了一下就进去了。

7 keen   

adj.热心的；敏锐的；激烈的；锋利的

参考例句：

• There is keen competition between the two motorcar firms.两家汽车公司之间存在着激烈的竞争。
• The children are mad keen to go to the zoo.孩子们非常想去动物园。