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英语听力—环球英语 1059 Telephone Film

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   Voice 1

 
  Welcome to Spotlight1. I’m Robin2 Basselin.
 
  Voice 2
 
  And I’m Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
 
  Voice 1
 
  It is a bright morning. The sun is shining and the sky is clear. A young girl sits under a large tree. A small red radio hangs on a rope around her neck. The girl stands up and walks toward3 a tree branch.  She sees a small, green insect eating a leaf. She puts her hands around the insect. And, she closes her eyes. When the girl opens her hands, the insect has changed.  It is now covered with a green, protective4 layer or cocoon5. The little girl closes her hands again.  This time, she closes her eyes as hard as she can.  She waits.  Slowly, she opens her hands again.  The insect is now a beautiful butterfly with colourful, orange wings.
 
  Voice 2
 
  This is how the story of Olive6 begins. Olive is a new film about a little girl who does not speak. Olive is very different than other films.  However, what makes it different is not the story. Olive is the first full length film made completely with a mobile7 telephone. Today’s Spotlight is on how the film Olive was created.
 
  Voice 1
 
  Hooman Khalili is a radio producer. He lives in the city of San Francisco, in the United States.  In January of 2010, he had an idea. He wondered if a person could make a whole film just using the camera of a mobile telephone. Khalili talked with friends about his idea. None of them had ever directed a film.  But together, they decided8 to try.
 
  Voice 2
 
  Khalili knew his idea was not going to be easy.  Most full length or feature films cost millions of dollars to produce.  They also require hundreds of different pieces of camera and lighting9 equipment.  Khalili did not have any money or special equipment.  But what he did have was a story - the story of Olive.
 
  Voice 1
 
  Next, Khalili began looking for money to support the project.  From the beginning, Khalili knew which mobile telephone he wanted to use to make the film – the Nokia N8. So, he decided to ask the mobile telephone maker10, Nokia, for money. Nokia was not sure the film would be a good investment12.  They did not know how much money the film would make. So, they decided not to support it.
 
  Voice 2
 
  After many months, Khalili finally found two supporters. One was a San Francisco businessman named Bill O’Keefe.  The other supporter was a former Facebook businessman and producer named Chris Kelly.  Kelly did not want to invest11 in the film just because of HOW it would be made.  He wanted to be sure the film told a good story.  Kelly told the magazine The Wrap:
 
  Voice 3
 
  “So we looked through the story, and it looked amazing. We wanted people to say at the end, 'I completely forgot that film was made on a mobile telephone.'”
 
  Voice 1
 
  But a telephone was not the only thing Khalili needed.  The filmmakers needed to be very creative.  A normal film camera has many pieces of equipment and extra parts.  These parts help the camera film better quality pictures.  However, a mobile telephone does not have these parts.  So, the filmmakers had to make many extra camera parts.
 
  Voice 2
 
  For example, the lens13 on the front of the telephone camera was not very large.  It is important that the filmmaker can see the complete picture through the lens.  So, making a larger lens was necessary. To do this, Khalili bought a very old camera. He removed the lens from the old camera and put it on the mobile telephone. Every day, he spent an hour attaching the lens to the telephone with little pieces of wood. Then, he attached this device14 to a stand.  The stand made it possible for Khalili to carry and move the camera and lens.
 
  Voice 1
 
  But the lens was only Khalili’s first problem. The next problem was a shaky picture.  When a camera moves, the picture can be blurry15 or unclear. In a normal film, the filmmaker uses what is called a Steadicam system. The Steadicam stops the camera from shaking. And it keeps the picture clear. Steadicam systems are very large because the cameras they hold are very large.  The Nokia N8 did not have a Steadicam system. So, Khalili had to make his own version16 of the Steadicam base to hold the much smaller telephone.
 
  Voice 2
 
  Khalili and his friends had another problem - the camera’s power. The power for a telephone comes from a small device called a battery. The battery holds electricity. But a telephone battery does not last very long. So Khalili had to buy a larger battery that attached to the telephone. This battery kept the telephone from turning off during filming.
 
  Voice 1
 
  Khalili made many special devices17 for the telephone.  However, the small, mobile telephone camera was getting big.  And this caused a final problem - the camera was difficult to move quickly.  Khalili and his friends wanted to record some fast moving parts of the film.  They also wanted to record a few parts of the film from high in the air.  So again, they had to be creative.  To fix this problem, they removed the heavy lens and other devices they had attached to the telephone.  And they attached just the telephone to a child’s, play helicopter. They used a control device to fly the helicopter high above the ground.  This way they could film from the air.  They could also film fast movements.
 
  Voice 2
 
  Khalili spoke18 with the Los Angeles Times news organization about the difficult filming process.  He said,
 
  Voice 4
 
  “There were a lot of things that made filming near impossible for us.”
 
  Voice 1
 
  However, even with all these problems, they managed to finish the film. And Olive is the first film of its kind to play in a theater. Khalili is very proud of his project.  He told the magazine Mother Jones:
 
  Voice 4
 
  “I was just trying to be groundbreaking - to do something no one had ever done before. We had two first-time directors...No large company supported the film. Only one theater in the whole country played it. But there is no better story than this - a story of how someone with very little surprises people and succeeds.”
 
  Voice 2
 
  The writer and producer of this program was Dianna Anderson. The voices you heard were from the United States and the United Kingdom. All quotes were adapted for this program and voiced by Spotlight. You can listen to this program again, and read it, on the internet at http://www.radioenglish.net This .program is called, “A Telephone Film.”
 
  Voice 1
 
  You can also leave your comments on our website. Or you can email us at radio at radioenglish.net. You can also find us on Facebook - just search for spotlightradio.
 
  Voice 2
 
  We hope you can join us again for the next Spotlight program. Goodbye.

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1 spotlight 6hBzmk     
n.公众注意的中心,聚光灯,探照灯,视听,注意,醒目
参考例句:
  • This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
  • The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。
2 robin Oj7zme     
n.知更鸟,红襟鸟
参考例句:
  • The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
  • We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟,知道春天要到了。
3 toward on6we     
prep.对于,关于,接近,将近,向,朝
参考例句:
  • Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
  • Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了,并跑了过去。
4 protective qRWxE     
adj.防护的,保护的
参考例句:
  • A mother naturally feels protective towards her children.做母亲的天生要保护自己的孩子。
  • We feel safe with a protective device in the house.我们因为家里有了防护装置而感到安全。
5 cocoon 2nQyB     
n.茧
参考例句:
  • A cocoon is a kind of silk covering made by an insect.蚕茧是由昆虫制造的一种由丝组成的外包层。
  • The beautiful butterfly emerged from the cocoon.美丽的蝴蝶自茧中出现。
6 olive yI2x1     
n.橄榄,橄榄树,橄榄色;adj.黄绿色的,黄褐色的,橄榄色的
参考例句:
  • Have you eaten a kind of fruit called olive?你吃过橄榄这种水果吗?
  • She likes olive because It'symbolizes peace.她喜欢橄榄色因为它象征着和平。
7 mobile l6dzu     
adj.可移动的,易变的,机动的;n.运动物体
参考例句:
  • The old lady sits on a mobile chair every morning.那位老妇人每天上午坐在一把可携带使用的椅子上。
  • She's much more mobile now that she's bought a car.自从她买了汽车后,活动量就大多了。
8 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
9 lighting CpszPL     
n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光
参考例句:
  • The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
  • The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。
10 maker DALxN     
n.制造者,制造商
参考例句:
  • He is a trouble maker,You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼,你不要跟他在一起。
  • A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
11 invest Yaizt     
v.投资;投入(时间等);授予,赋予
参考例句:
  • I have decided to invest in a new car.我已经决定买一辆新汽车。
  • The best time to invest is now.现在是投资的最佳时机。
12 investment xajzr     
n.投资,投资额;(时间、精力等的)投入
参考例句:
  • It took two years before I recouped my investment.我用了两年时间才收回投资。
  • The success of the project pivots on investment from abroad.这个工程的成功主要依靠外来投资。
13 lens Q1yx7     
n.透镜,镜片;镜头
参考例句:
  • The lens of a camera forms images.照相机的镜头使图像形成。
  • You should screen the lens of your camera from direct sunlight.你应该使照相机的镜头不直接照射到阳光。
14 device Bv8x6     
n.器械,装置;计划,策略,诡计
参考例句:
  • The device will be in production by the end of the year.该装置将于年底投入生产。
  • The device will save much time and effort for us.这种装置会使我们节省大量时间和气力。
15 blurry 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》
16 version FiJwT     
n.版本;型号;叙述,说法
参考例句:
  • His version of the events is pure supposition.他对这件事的说法纯属猜测。
  • What is your version of this matter?你对这件事情的看法 怎么样?
17 devices e0212e54ec3a2a120ca0d321b3a60c78     
n.设备;装置( device的名词复数 );花招;(为实现某种目的的)计划;手段
参考例句:
  • electrical labour-saving devices around the home 节省劳力的各种家用电器
  • modern labour-saving devices such as washing machines and dishwashers 诸如洗衣机和洗碗机之类的现代化省力设备
18 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
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