西部落：ABBA 的 Mamma Mia

ABBA 的 Mamma Mia

ABC's Nick Watt¹ is in ABBA heaven

It's just stuff gets more and more advanced everyday. We turn out to our collaboration² with Google. The top rising search: The Dark Knight³. Unless you’ve just come out of a suspended animation⁴ or something, you have doubtless heard that the latest Batman movie is out today. It is the most hyped movie of the summer. And there’s even a talk about a posthumous⁵ Oscar for Heath Ledger⁶, who plays the villain⁷ Joker. Also rising: Muriel’s Wedding. It’s a 1994 movie. And we couldn’t figure out for the life of us why people were searching for it on Google. And then we caught a clip from the movie. Yeah, that’s it. There’s ABBA music in it. Then that explains it, because besides Batman, there is another movie opening today, and like Muriel’s Wedding, it’s about nuptials⁸ and ABBA music. The movie version of the obscenely popular musical Mamma Mia is out. And ABC’s Nick Watt is in ABBA heaven, or some might consider it ABBA hell.

Take a chance on me. If you need me, let me know, gonna be around. If you’ve got no place to go, if you’re feeling down… Sorry, just can’t help myself. I love ABBA. So does everybody. For me, the love affair starts with the profound lyrics⁹.

Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight.

There was something in the air that night, Fernando.

What happened to our love? It used to be so good.

And this woman is responsible for a reincarnation.

Did you think all of this was gonna happen? Did you think it could be this big?

No.

It’s called Mamma Mia, a musical based on the ABBA classics. That’s played in 19 countries.

It went from the creative process to now running a mini industry.

And now it’s on screen. I mean, Meryl Streep sings “The winner takes it all.” What more do you want? The guy who played Bond is in it. So is the guy who played Darcy. And some cuddly¹⁰ Swede.

A fantasy, really.

So what do the critics make of ABBA on celluloid?

I know it’s Swedish, but it’s hardly Bergman, is it?

No, it isn’t great cinema. But it doesn’t have to be. It’s about the music, which is too good to butcher.

I’ve been humming ABBA all week. I’ve been humming it in bed. I wake up in the morning, thinking “gimme gimme gimme.”

A small price to pay for a musical that has grossed two billion dollars and counting.

Nick Watt, ABC News, London.

参考中文翻译：

每天的生活似乎都越来越先进。我们打开Google搜索引擎。排名最前的搜索关键词：The Dark Knight。除非你刚从一部被搁置已久的动画片里醒过来，或者忙于其他的事情，否则毫无疑问，你一定听说过了现在上映了最新的Batman电影。这是今年夏天炒作最热的一部电影。甚至还有关于扮演villain Joker的Heath Ledger评选奥斯卡奖的言论。热度提高的还有：Muriel’s Wedding。这是1994年的一部电影。我们想不明白为什么人们要在Google里对这部电影进行搜索。我们来简单了解一下这部电影。是的，原来是这样。因为这部影片里面有ABBA的音乐。这样就可以解释了，因为除了Batman之外，今天还有一部电影上映：像Muriel’s Wedding一样，是关于婚礼和ABBA音乐的。流行音乐Mamma Mia的电影版也已经出现。ABC的记者Nick Watt正处在ABBA的天堂，也有人认为是ABBA的地狱。

相信我吧，如果你需要我，请让我知道，我会挺身而出。如果你无处可去，如果你感到失望……对不起，我不能自助。每个人都一样，对我来说，恋爱随着深奥的抒情诗开始。

午夜之后给我给我给我一个人…………

那晚夜空中弥漫着某种气氛，Fernando。

我们的爱出现什么问题了呢？过去一直那么好。

这个女子要对她的再生负责。

你认为所有的这一切都会发生吗？你认为作用这么大吗？

不。

它的名字是Mamma Mia，基于ABBA古典音乐的一种音乐，19世纪演奏的最多。

它经历了一个创造性的过程，现在已经领导一个微型产业。

现在应经搬上荧屏。我的意思是，Meryl Streep演唱了这首“The winner takes it all”。你还想要什么呢？扮演Bond的人在里面，扮演Darcy的人也在里面。还有一些赏心悦目的瑞典人。

这简直就是一个幻想。

我知道是瑞典的，但是不可能是伯格曼的，对吗？

不，这并不是一部伟大的电影。而且它也没必要伟大。这是关于音乐的，对屠夫来说已经太好了。

我整个星期都在哼唱ABBA音乐。躺在床上在唱，早上醒来也在唱，心里想着“给我给我给我……”

只要花很少的钱，就能买到这首票房20亿并且还在增加的音乐剧了。

1 watt   

n.瓦，瓦特

参考例句：

• The invention of the engine is creditable to Watt.发动机的发明归功于瓦特。
• The unit of power is watt.功率的单位是瓦特。

2 collaboration   

n.合作，协作；勾结

参考例句：

• The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
• He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。

3 knight   

n.骑士，武士；爵士

参考例句：

• He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
• A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。

4 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。

5 posthumous   

adj.遗腹的；父亡后出生的；死后的，身后的

参考例句：

• He received a posthumous award for bravery.他表现勇敢，死后受到了嘉奖。
• The legendary actor received a posthumous achievement award.这位传奇男星在过世后获得终身成就奖的肯定。

6 ledger   

n.总帐，分类帐；帐簿

参考例句：

• The young man bowed his head and bent over his ledger again.那个年轻人点头应诺，然后又埋头写起分类帐。
• She is a real accountant who even keeps a detailed household ledger.她不愧是搞财务的，家庭分类账记得清楚详细。

7 villain   

n.反派演员，反面人物；恶棍；问题的起因

参考例句：

• He was cast as the villain in the play.他在戏里扮演反面角色。
• The man who played the villain acted very well.扮演恶棍的那个男演员演得很好。

8 nuptials   

n.婚礼；婚礼( nuptial的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Their nuptials were performed by the local priest. 他们的婚礼由当地牧师主持。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• If he married, when the nuptials would take place, and under what circumstances? 如果他结婚，那么什么时候举行婚礼？在什么情况下举行婚礼？ 来自辞典例句

9 lyrics   

n.歌词

参考例句：

• music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲
• The book contains lyrics and guitar tablatures for over 100 songs. 这本书有100多首歌的歌词和吉他奏法谱。

10 cuddly   

adj.抱着很舒服的，可爱的

参考例句：

• The beautiful crib from Mom and Dad is so cuddly.爸爸妈妈送的漂亮婴儿床真舒服。
• You can't call a hedgehog cuddly.你不能说刺猬逗人喜爱。