【英音模仿秀】《为奴12年》奴隶的心酸史

模仿文本："12 Years a Slave" is an adaptation of the 1853 memoir¹ of Solomon Northup, a free black man living with his family in New York, who was captured and sold into slavery in the south. When he was eventually liberated², Northup described in detail his treatment under various masters. The book became a bestseller in part of the abolitionist debate of the 1850s.

 

译文：电影《为奴十二年》是从所罗门诺瑟普的1853年回忆录改编来的，他本来是一名自由的黑人，曾与他的家人生活在纽约，之后被抓住并作为奴隶被卖到南方。当他终于自由之后，诺瑟普详细讲述了他在各种不同的主人手下的经历。这本回忆录曾成为19世纪50年代废奴主义论题的一本畅销书。

 

1 memoir   

n.[pl.]回忆录，自传；记事录

参考例句：

• He has just published a memoir in honour of his captain.他刚刚出了一本传记来纪念他的队长。
• In her memoir,the actress wrote about the bittersweet memories of her first love.在那个女演员的自传中，她写到了自己苦乐掺半的初恋。

2 liberated   

a.无拘束的，放纵的

参考例句：

• The city was liberated by the advancing army. 军队向前挺进，解放了那座城市。
• The heat brings about a chemical reaction, and oxygen is liberated. 热量引起化学反应，释放出氧气。