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标准VOA总结-070922 Hollywood Films Look at Impact of Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan

2007-09-22 标准VOA总结
Hollywood Films Look at Impact of Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan

听写：(蓝体字为应注意的地方）
The resently released film 《in the Valley of Elah》 stars Tommy Lee Jones and Susan Sarandon as the parents of a murdered Iraq veteran.The grieving father helps to solve the mystery.
VOA film critic Alan Silverman says in the Valley of Elah is just the first of a number of films to be released in coming month that deal with the war and veteran issues.
Other upcoming films include 《Grace is gone》, starring John Cusack as the father of two girls who losses his wife in Iraq and 《Rendition》,starring Reese Witherspoon as a women whose Egyptian-Born husband is abducted by U.S. agencts.
《Lions for lambs》,a film directed by and starring Robert Redford,tells the story of an idealistic prefessor who must come to grips with the decision of two of his students to fight in Afghanistan.
The film 《Stop Loss》 will look at a soldier who refuses to return to battle,while 《Redacted》 from the director Brian De Palma,will look at U.S. soldiers fighting in Iraq.
The film,says Alan Silverman,deal with U.S. policy,the conductor of the war,and impact of the war on the people fighting it.

听写体会：
文章总体来说听力难度不高，听力困难主要来自于一些美国电影的名称和导演演员的名字。文章介绍了一些影射伊拉克战争的影片，让我们简单的了解了一些关于这方面的美国最新影片。各位沪友如果有兴趣的话，可以通过各种渠道找到影片作进一步的了解。

全文翻译：
在最近发布的电影《in theValley of Elah 》（中文名: 决战以拉谷）中，明星汤米·李·琼斯和苏珊·萨兰登扮演一名被杀害的美军驻伊老兵的父母，影片中这个悲伤的父亲希望能够揭开儿子被杀的疑团。
美国之音影评阿兰.西维尔曼说，《决战以拉谷》只是下个月即将发布的电影中第一部反映战争和老兵问题的影片。
其它即将上映的影片包括《Grace is gone》（中文名：格雷斯走了），主演是约翰·库萨克，扮演两个少女的父亲，他在伊拉克失去了妻子；同时还有影片《Rendition》（中文名：反恐疑云），主演瑞茜·威瑟斯朋扮演一名妇女，她的阿拉伯裔丈夫被恐怖分子绑架，但他却被当作了恐怖分子。
影片《Lions for lambs》（中文名：狮入羊口），由影星罗伯特·雷德福自导自演，讲述了一位满怀理想的教授必须正视他的两个学生决定参加阿富汗战争的故事。
电影《Stop Loss》（中文名：止损）讲述一名美国士兵不肯返回战场的故事，而由布莱恩·德·帕尔玛导演的电影《Redacted》（中文名：节选修订）则讲述了一名参与伊拉克战争的美国士兵战斗的故事。
阿兰.西维尔曼评论，电影涉及到战争的真正主导——美国政策，以及战争对陷入其中的人们的冲击。

生词总结：
1 grieve      v. 使...悲伤
   例句：It's no use grieving about past errors.
            为过去的错误懊悔不已是无济于事的。

2 rendition   n. 演奏，解释
   例句：Mother and I are especially fond of the Tchaikovsky Concerto,and your rendition of it was simply superb.
            妈妈＆我特别喜欢柴可夫斯基的小协奏曲，您把那支曲子演奏得好极了！

3 abduct    v. 诱拐,绑走
   例句：The robber abduct the heiress and hold her to ransom.
            强盗劫持了女继承人并向她索取赎金。

4 grips
   词组：come to grips with  处理
   例句：We'll come to grips with the problem very soon.
             我们将很快处理这个问题

5 redact        v. 编辑,编造
   词组：redact a proclamation 草拟宣言

本日课后作业：
一翻译以下文中出现的句子：
1 VOA film critic Alan Silverman says In the Valley of Elah is just the first of a number of films to be released in coming months that deal with the war and veterans' issues.

2 The films, says Alan Silverman, deal with U.S. policy, the conduct of the war, and impact of the war on the people fighting it.

二大家有空可以观赏一下文中出现的几部影片，如《In the Valley of Elah》，《Grace is Gone》，《Rendition》, 《Lions for Lambs》,《Stop Loss》，《Redacted》。