影视听力 第48期: 史特拉莫:未来尚未命定

作为著名朋克乐队The Clash的主唱，史特拉莫对朋克音乐的发展起到了巨大的推动作用。他生于政治世家，很多歌曲以政治为题材，有浓烈的左派思想。

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Joe Strummer, the Future is Unwritten is a new documentary directed by Julien Temple about the life and times of Joe Strummer--guitarist, singer, guiding creative spirit along with Mick Jones of the Clash.

It's a very interesting biography. It has it said, and he died. He was only fifty in 2002 from a congenital heart defect. But his life offers a window not only on the history of pop music and English society but also on the personality of a very interesting, peculiar¹, foot-loose, eccentric, very sincere and idealistic man.

Then he was a busker and a wanderer and a squatter² in London and then punk rock came along and changed everything including his life. The Clash didn't invent punk rock, but they took its raw, angry energy and infused it with some politics and also with a musical variety that other bands like the Ramones or the Sex Pistols didn't quite have. He was born John Mellor. His father was a diplomat³. He spent his early childhood in various diplomatic postings, and then went off to boarding school, all of which is a bit at odds⁴ with the rough-and-tumble proletarian image that he cultivated with the Clash.

But really this movie is a lot richer and more subtle than a standard made for VH1 celebrity⁵ biopic. That's partly because of the technique. It is a kind of collage⁶ of all different sorts of images and sounds that just carries you along on a current of sensations and impressions that really deepen and enrich the story. It's also because the story itself is about such a fascinating, warm and complicated character.

1 peculiar   

adj.古怪的，异常的；特殊的，特有的

参考例句：

• He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
• He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。

2 squatter   

n.擅自占地者

参考例句：

• The squatter settlements originally came into being through illegal land invasions. 违章建筑区最初是通过非法的土地占有而形成的。
• Squatter control is maintained by regular patrols and hut-to-hut checks. 当局定期逐户视察所有寮屋，以收管制之效。

3 diplomat   

n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人

参考例句：

• The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
• He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

4 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

5 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

6 collage   

n.拼贴画；v.拼贴；把……创作成拼贴画

参考例句：

• A collage of coloured paper covers a table top.一副彩纸拼贴画盖在桌面上。
• He has used a mixture of mosaic,collage and felt-tip pen.他混合使用了马赛克、拼贴画和毡头笔。