新的3D IMXA给生活带来新的享受

New IMAX Space Documentary Brings Images to Life

新的3D IMXA给生活带来新的享受

 

What we watched then were blurry¹ and grainy TV transmissions. Now, the 45-minute IMAX documentary puts the audience on the surface of the moon next to the astronauts.

 

Oscar winning actor Tom Hanks wrote and produced the documentary.

 

Tom Hanks: 3D IMAX on that huge screen would mean it would almost be like they are standing² on the moon right next to Neil (Armstrong), right next to Buzz (Aldrin), right next to Dave (Scott), right next to Gene³ (Cerman) and Jack⁴ (Young) and all the other guys who walked up there.

 

IMAX executive producer Hugh Murray recently attended the premiere of "Magnificent Desolation." Mr. Murray was one of the people who designed the 3D IMAX machine. He explains how it helps us see the images as if we were right there.

 

Hugh Murray: 3D involves creating two movies. A right eye movie and a left eye movie. And then in the theater, because you can wear those glasses arranging things so, that your right eye only sees the right eye movie and the left eye only sees the left eye movie. And then as far as your brain is concerned it is seeing the world with two eyes and puts everything together and then you see what the camera sees in three dimensions.

 

Movie director Mark Cowen paired authentic⁵ NASA pictures of the lunar surface with an artificial massive lunar landscape built on the set.

 

Mark Cowen: So, the back plates that you see -- the mountain and things like that -- are actually the photographs that the astronauts took back during the Apollo moonwalks.

 

Full scale replicas⁷ of the Lunar Module⁸, the Lunar Rover and reproductions of Apollo space suits were used throughout the production. Stuntmen were connected to a series of wires and counterbalances to give the impression of moving in low gravity.

 

IMAX chairman and Lockheed Martin CEO Rich Gelfond says the movie will entertain, educate and inspire young people around the world.

 

Rich Gelfond: This film will be opening in China, in India, all over Europe, in Poland, in South America, in Mexico, and I think it gives people a vision.

 

The movie also sets the scene for the next Apollo moon landing. This is a program that few weeks ago, NASA administrator⁹ Michael Griffin called it "Apollo On Steroids."

 

Michael Griffin: We're hoping to send twice as many people to the moon for twice as long a period of time as we did the last time we sent somebody to the moon.

 

But this time NASA has even more far-reaching plans.

 

Michael Griffin: Once we learn how to live in space again and how to live on the moon we're going to use that experience and go to Mars.

 

A huge leap for mankind, one that follows in the footsteps the 12 Apollo astronauts took on the lunar surface almost 40 years ago.

 

Penelope Poulou, VOA news.

 

注释：

blurry [5blE:ri] adj. 模糊的，不清楚的

grainy [5^reini] adj. 粒状的，木纹状的

premiere [5premieE(r)] n. 初次的演出

Magnificent Desolation 《伟大的荒凉》，一部讲述飞船探险故事的电影

dimension [di5menFEn] n. 尺度，维（数）

authentic [C:5Wentik] adj. 可信的

lunar [5lu:nE(r)] adj. 月球的

landscape [5lAndskeip] n. 风景，地形

replica⁶ [5replikE] n. 复制品

lunar module〈天〉登月舱

counterbalance [5kauntEbAlEns] n. 平衡块，平衡力

gravity [5^rAviti] n. 地心引力，重力

1 blurry   

adj.模糊的；污脏的，污斑的

参考例句：

• My blurry vision makes it hard to drive. 我的视力有点模糊，使得开起车来相当吃力。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The lines are pretty blurry at this point. 界线在这个时候是很模糊的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

3 gene   

n.遗传因子，基因

参考例句：

• A single gene may have many effects.单一基因可能具有很多种效应。
• The targeting of gene therapy has been paid close attention.其中基因治疗的靶向性是值得密切关注的问题之一。

4 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

5 authentic   

a.真的，真正的；可靠的，可信的，有根据的

参考例句：

• This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
• Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。

6 replica   

n.复制品

参考例句：

• The original conservatory has been rebuilt in replica.温室已按原样重建。
• The young artist made a replica of the famous painting.这位年轻的画家临摹了这幅著名的作品。

7 replicas   

n.复制品( replica的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His hobby is building replicas of cars. 他的爱好是制作汽车的复制品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The replicas are made by using a thin film of fusible alloy on a stiffening platen. 复制是用附着在加强托板上的可熔合金薄膜实现的。 来自辞典例句

8 module   

n.组件，模块，模件；(航天器的)舱

参考例句：

• The centre module displays traffic guidance information.中央模块显示交通引导信息。
• Two large tanks in the service module held liquid oxygen.服务舱的两个大气瓶中装有液态氧。

9 administrator   

n.经营管理者，行政官员

参考例句：

• The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.行政职务耗掉本很多精力。
• He has proved himself capable as administrator.他表现出管理才能。