In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece "Precious" Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) lives in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem with her dysfunctional family; she has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl, and suffers constant physical and mental abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary (Mo'Nique). The family resides in a Section 8 tenement and subsists on welfare. Her first child, known only as "Mongo" (short for "Mongoloid"), has Down Syndrome and is being cared for by Precious's grandmother.。
After Precious becomes pregnant for the second time, she is suspended from school. Her junior high school principal, Mrs. Lichtenstein (Nealla Gordon) arranges to have her attend an alternative school, which she hopes can help Precious change her life's direction. Precious fights to find a way out of her traumatic daily existence through imagination and fantasy. While she is being raped by her father, she looks at the ceiling and imagines herself in a music video shoot; in the video, she is the superstar and the focus of attention. While looking in photo albums, she imagines the pictures talking to her (the picture of her mother tells her she is a bitch, and other fantasies are ruined by the appearance of her mother, as well).。
When she looks in the mirror, she sees a pretty, white, thin, blonde girl. In her mind there is another world, one in which, unlike her real one, she is loved and appreciated.。
Inspired by her new teacher Ms. Rain, (Paula Patton), Precious begins learning to read. Precious begins to see a social worker Mrs. Weiss, (Mariah Carrey), who learns about the incest in the household when Precious blurts "my father give me a baby".。
She gives birth to her second child and names him Abdul. After Precious's mother deliberately drops three-day-old Abdul and hits Precious, Precious fights back. They destroy most of the apartment and the TV, the only entertainment in the entire apartment. Precious flees the apartment with the baby, and almost has the TV dropped on her from the top of the stairs.。
Desperate to get out of the cold, she breaks into her classroom and is found there in the morning by Ms. Rain. After briefly accommodating Precious and son in her own flat which she shares with her lesbian lover, the teacher finds assistance for Precious and she begins raising her son in a half-way house while she continues academically.。
At a meeting with her social worker, Precious asks her "What color are you anyway, you some type of black or spanish?" she replies, "What color do you think I am?", and while she allows Precious to ponder this, she offers to buy her an orange soda. While at the vending machine, the young girl steals her case file. Precious recounts the details of the file to her fellow students and has a new lease on life.。
A few days later at the halfway house, Precious's mother comes to inform her that her father has died of AIDS. She asks her if she will come home and Precious simply leaves.。
Later at school Precious informs the class she is HIV positive but her baby isn't. She has a breakdown and begins to say how horrible her life is and how unloved she is. Ms. Rain tells her that her baby loves her, and that she loves her.。
Precious and her mother see each other for the last time in Mrs. Weiss' office, where the she asks Mary about the abuse Precious has had to endure. Mary tells her that she treats Precious the way she does because she feels that her husband would rather have sex with Precious than her, and this breaks her heart. The social worker looks in disgust, and Precious gets up with the baby and tells her mother she will never see her again, and she leaves.。
Precious makes plans to take a General Educational Development test, and continues to live in the Half-way home.。
这是英文版的,中文的到百度上看看就行了。
05版电影中,伊丽莎白在一个阴沉的雨天拒绝了达西的求婚,两人的对话成就让人难以忘怀的高潮。让我们一起回到两百年前那个敢爱敢恨的伊丽莎白拒绝达西的那一幕。
DARCY: (cont'd) I came to Rosings with the single object of seeing you...I had to see you。
LIZZIE: Me?
DARCY: I've fought against my better judgement, my family's expectation. . .。
(pause)
DARCY: (cont'd) The inferiority of your birth. . .my rank and circumstance.. (stumblingly) all those things...but I'm willing to put them aside...and ask you to end my agony...。
LIZZIE: I don't understand...。
DARCY: (with passion) I love you. Most ardently.。
Lizzie stares at him.。
DARCY: (cont'd) Please do me the honour of accepting my hand.。
A silence. Lizzie struggles with the most painful confusion of feeling. Finally she recovers.。
LIZZIE: (voice shaking) Sir, I appreciate the struggle you have been through, and I am very sorry to have caused you pain. Believe me, it was unconsciously done.。
A silence. Gathering her shawl, she gets to her feet.。
DARCY: (stares) Is this your reply?。
LIZZIE: Yes, sir.。
DARCY: Are you laughing at me?。
LIZZIE: No!
DARCY: Are you rejecting me?。
LIZZIE: (pause) I'm sure that the feelings which, as you've told me, have hindered your regard, will help you in overcoming it.。
A terrible silence, as this sinks in. Neither of them can move. At last, Darcy speaks. He is very pale.。
DARCY: Might I ask why, with so little endeavour at civility, I am thus repulsed?。
LIZZIE: (trembling with emotion) I might as well enquire why, with so evident a design of insulting me, you chose to tell me that you liked me against your better judgement. If I was uncivil, that was some excuse -。
DARCY: Believe me, I didn't mean.。
LIZZIE: But I have other reasons, you know I have!。
DARCY: What reasons?。
LIZZIE: Do you think that anything might tempt me to accept the man who has ruined, perhaps for ever, the happiness of a most beloved sister?。
Silence. Darcy looks as if he's been struck across the face.。
LIZZIE: (cont'd) Do you deny it, Mr Darcy? That you've separated a young couple who loved each other, exposing your friend to the censure of the world for caprice, and my sister to its derision for disappointed hopes, and involving them both in misery of the acutest kind?。
DARCY: I do not deny it.。
LIZZIE: (blurts out) How could you do it?。
DARCY: Because I believed your sister indifferent to him.。
LIZZIE: Indifferent?。
DARCY: I watched them most carefully, and realized his attachment was much deeper than hers.。
LIZZIE: That's because she's shy!。
DARCY: Bingley too is modest, and was persuaded that she didn't feel strongly for him.。
LIZZIE: Because you suggested it!。
DARCY: I did it for his own good.。
LIZZIE: My sister hardly shows her true feelings to me! (pause, takes a breath) I suppose you suspect that his fortune had same bearing on the matter?。
DARCY: ( sharply) No! I wouldn't do your sister the dishonour. Though it was suggested (stops)。
LIZZIE: What was?。
DARCY: It was made perfectly clear that...an advantageous marriage... (stops)。
LIZZIE: Did my sister give that impression?。
DARCY: No!
An awkward pause.。
DARCY: (cont'd) There was, however, I have to admit... the matter of your family.。
LIZZIE: Our want of connection? Mr Bingley didn't vex himself about that!。
DARCY: No, it was more than that.。
LIZZIE: How, sir?。
DARCY: (pause, very uncomfortable) It pains me to say this, but it was the lack of propriety shown by your mother, your three younger sisters - even, on occasion, your father. Forgive me.。
Lizzie blushes. He has hit home. Darcy paces up and down.。
DARCY: (cont'd) You and your sister - I must exclude from this...。
Darcy stops. He is in turmoil. Lizzie glares at him, ablaze.。
参考翻译:
- 这几个月对于我来说是一种折磨,我来罗新斯只是为了见你。
- 我?
- 我在与世俗的看法,与我家族的期望对抗,与你的身世,与我的阶级对抗,我要把他们统统抛开,让你终结我的痛苦。
- 我不明白你在说什么。
- 我爱你,最真挚的爱。请给与我荣幸,接受我的手吧。
- 先生,我感激你的挣扎。但我非常遗憾,给你的只有痛苦,这个决定是潜意思下的。
- 这就是你的回复?
- 是的,先生。
- 你是在嘲笑我吗?
- 不
- 你是在拒绝我?
- 我相信,你心中阶级的门槛会帮助你克服痛苦。
- 我能否问你,为什么我竟会遭受如此无礼的拒绝?
- 那么我能否问你,为什么你说喜欢我是违背了你自己的判断力?要是我果真是无礼的,那么,这还不够作为我无礼的理由吗?
- 相信我,我不是那个意思。
- 但你知道我还有别的理由。
- 什么理由?
- 一个毁我最亲爱的姐姐幸福的人,怎么会打动我的心去爱他呢?你能否认你拆散了一对相爱的恋人,让你的朋友被大家指责为朝三暮四,让我的姐姐被大家嘲笑为奢望空想,你叫他们俩受尽了痛苦?
- 我并没有否认这些。
- 你怎么能做出这样的事情?
- 我认为你姐姐觉得他无关紧要,我觉得他的爱要比她更多。
- 那是因为她害羞!
- 彬格莱被说服了,她的感觉并不强烈。
- 是你说服他的。
- 我这样做是为了他好。
- 我姐姐几乎都不向我表露她真实的感觉。我怀疑是因为他富有的关系?
- 我无意使你姐姐难堪。
- 这暗示着...
- 什么?
- 这门婚事明显是为了谋取利益的...。
- 我姐姐给你那种印象?
- 不!
- 不。 有,然而,你的家人...。
- 我们对社交的渴求?
- 不,比那更甚。
- 怎样更甚,先生?
- 你母亲,你妹妹们,你父亲有失身份的表现……请原谅我,你和你的姐姐当然排除在外……
Downtown意为三分线以外。downtown这个英语是来自于《NBA爆灌王》。
《NBA爆灌王》《NBA爆灌王》在2010年11月17日全球上市,将推出Xbox 360版和PlayStation 3版,不仅包括公布过的三种模式,而是以完整丰富的游戏内容呈现,更首度以高画质呈现这款经典游戏,还将提供在线游戏机制。
Downtown本意是很远的乡村的意思,形容投球距离很远,难度较大。
扩展资料:
其他篮球术语:
1、球员分工
Center 中锋 [1]
Power Forward 大前锋。
Small Forward 小前锋。
Shooting Guard 得分后卫。
Point Guard 控球后卫。
Frontline 前锋球员(包括大前锋,小前锋,中锋)
Backcourt 后卫组合(包括控球后卫及得分后卫)
One-guard 控球后卫
Two-guard 得分后卫
Swingman 可兼任多个位置之球员。
Starter 正选球员(个人)
Starting lineup 正选球员(球队)
Backup 后备球员
Bench (指全体)后备(替换,支援)球员。
Bench player(指个人)后备(替换,支援)球员/板凳球员。
MVP (most valuable player)最有价值球员。
Sixth man 第六人
Rookie 新秀球员
Sophomore 第二年打NBA球员。
Veteran 资深球员
Head Coach 总教练(主帅)
Assistant Coach 助教。
Trainer 球队训练员
General Manager 球队总经理。
Mascot 球队吉祥物
2、投射方式 Action
double pump拉杆式投篮。
alley-oop空中接力
make the basket(score a basket) 投球得分。
layup 上篮
driving to the hoop带球上篮。
reverse lay-up 反手上篮。
finger roll 挑篮
slam dunk 强力入樽(灌篮,扣篮)
monster dunk 疯狂入樽(灌篮,扣篮)
reverse dunk 反手入樽(灌篮,扣篮)
following dunk 跟进入樽补篮(另加进攻篮板一个)
tip shot 补篮(另加进攻篮板一个)
jump shot 跳射投球
bank shot 擦篮板
hook shot 钩手射球
sky hook 天钩(Jabbar's)。
fade away 后仰式投射 (Jordan's)。
run and gun 边走边射(Nash's)。
three-point play 投进2分球后因被犯规得到罚球再罚进一分。
four-point play 投进3分球后因被犯规得到罚球再罚进一分。
perimeter shot 中距离投射。
set shot 座地炮投射 立定投篮原地投篮。
three-point shot (shoot behind the arc) 三分投射球。
参考资料来源:百度百科-篮球术语。
参考资料来源:百度百科-NBA灌爆王。
参考资料来源:百度百科-downtown。
你的问题包含了两个问题。
1. Why 能不能引导主语从句。答案是肯定的。
例句:
Why he did this was a mystery to him until he tried working with affirmations and blurts.。
选自Julia Cameron 《The Artist's Way》2002.。
2. 有没有“Why+从句+is because+从句”这样的结构。答案是几乎没有,至少在地道的英文里没有。这已经几乎属于洋泾浜英文了。拿你举的例子来说,
Why he was late yesterday was because the traffic was heavy. (注意主句和从句的时态要一致)
表达不好的人才会这么说。其实简单地说。
He was late yesterday because the traffic was heavy.。
更清晰也更符合英语习惯。
太多了,自己去英文维基百科上查吧。百度不让给维基的链接。先进入“
Pride and Prejudice”的主页,找电影栏,有颜色的字分别链接到不同版本的电影详介上去。
40Mrs. Bennet (Mary Boland) and her two eldest daughters, Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan) and Elizabeth (Greer Garson), are shopping for new dresses when they see two gentlemen and a lady alight from a very expensive carriage outside. They learn that the men are Mr. Bingley (Bruce Lester), who has just rented the local estate of Netherfield, and Mr. Darcy (Laurence Olivier), both wealthy, eligible bachelors, which excites Mrs. Bennet. After leaving to collect her other daughters, the Bennets return home, where Mrs. Bennet tries to make Mr. Bennet see Mr. Bingley, but he refuses, having already made his acquaintance.。
At the next ball, Elizabeth sees how proud Mr. Darcy is when she overhears him refusing to dance with her, and also meets Mr. Wickham, who tells Elizabeth how Mr. Darcy did him a terrible wrong. When Mr. Darcy does ask her to dance with him, she refuses, but when Mr. Wickham asks her right in front of Darcy, she accepts.。
The Bennets' cousin, Mr. Collins (Melville Cooper), arrives, looking for a wife, and decides that Elizabeth will be suitable. At ball held at Netherfield, he keeps following her around and won't leave her alone. Mr. Darcy surprisingly helps her out, and later asks her to dance. After seeing the reckless behaviour of her mother and younger sisters however, he leaves her again, making Elizabeth very angry with him again. The next day, Mr. Collins asks her to marry him, but she refuses point blank. He then goes and becomes engaged to her best friend, Charlotte Lucas (Karen Morley).。
Elizabeth visits Charlotte in her new home. There, she is introduced to Lady Catherine de Bourgh (Edna May Oliver), and also encounters Mr. Darcy again. Later, he asks her to marry him, but she refuses, partly due to the story Wickham had told her about Darcy depriving him of his rightful fortune, and also because she has just learned that he broke up the romance between Mr. Bingley and Jane. They get into a heated argument and he leaves.。
When Elizabeth returns to Longborn, she learns that Lydia has eloped with Wickham. Mr. Darcy visits her and tells her that Wickham will never marry Lydia. He reveals that Wickham had tried to elope with his then 15-year-old sister, Georgiana. After he leaves, Elizabeth realizes that she loves him, but believes he will never see her again because of Lydia's disgraceful act. Lydia and Wickham return married to the house. Later, Lady Catherine visits and reveals that Mr. Darcy found Lydia and forced Wickham to marry her. Darcy reappears, and he and Elizabeth proclaim their love for each other. The movie ends with a long kiss between Elizabeth and Darcy, with Mrs. Bennet spying on them and seeing how her other daughters have found good suitors.。
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Jane Austen's novel 'Pride and Prejudice' was probably ripe for MGM adaptation during WWII, even with the inevitable changes and rewrites from what she intended (for example, there are hints of romance for all the Bennet daughters by the end, even Mary).。
What's good about it? Mainly the casting - Greer Garson is a feisty and cheeky Elizabeth (and this was more than 50 years before Jennifer Ehle played her in a similar way for BBC TV); Laurence Olivier never looked more attractive or brooded with greater effect than here as Darcy; Edna May Oliver is a memorable and prickly Catherine de Bourgh; Edmund Gwenn and Mary Boland are the Bennet parents; and the other Bennet girls are eye-catching and fun (Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane, Ann Rutherford as flighty Lydia, Heather Angel as Kitty, and Marsha Hunt as Mary). 。
Austen's barbs and fangs are removed from this adaptation, making it a romantic sugar gloop like many other films of the period. Still, providing you expect this, enjoy what's on the screen. MGM did this kind of thing better than other studios of the time, after all.。
95
This adaptation of the Jane Austen novel is really incredible. Set design and costumes are very believable and the acting is practically perfect for most of characters.。
A few comments on costume: one of the most believable aspects of the details put into this miniseries has to do with the costumes. Elizabeth and Jane are both adorned simple enough to convey a Christian background and some decor and modesty, as they would have properly been dressed during this time, yet the costumers could have expanded their wardrobe as you see many times in American films (the 1999 version of Emma comes to mind here, particularly) and yet at the time, the women would *not* have had 10 different ensembles to wear at special events. I honestly admired the holding back of their wardrobes to a few gowns rather than having gone overboard as you often see! The women who were of higher stature were properly attired in their jewels and every costume fit the character and situation beautifully. This and the musical score are two of the biggest highlights, I felt.。
I would also like to give props to Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth who were cast wonderfully. Jennifer was able to convey a sort of devilish satire and quick wit which I thought suited her exceedingly well and accentuated the wit Austen was trying to get across in the novel. Firth held back and it suited his character. He shows a quiet power, a feeling of disdain and complexity in his acting that worked well for the first half of the miniseries and then turned this into admiration and openness later as the story develops. By the time he declares his undying love to Elizabeth you get the impression he is ready to burst open and you breathe a huge sigh of relief for him, yet the energy continues to pulse. Its a great thing to watch..。
I would recommend this miniseries to anyone, especially those not yet familiar with Austen. This specific miniseries is so well done many people I have watched it with have sparked incredible interests in the intrigues of Austen's works. Good job BBC!。
05
Jane Austen's tale of love and economics reaches us once more with the energy of a thorough novelty. "Pride and Prejudice" has been a favorite novel of mine since I first read it and I've seen Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson, Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle and now Matthew MacFadyen and Kiera Knightly. Amazingly enough I've never been disappointed. The material seems to be full proof. Colin Firth's Darcy, in many ways, is the Darcy I've always imagined. He's been an actor I've followed feverishly since his glorious Adrian LeDuc in "Apartment Zero", Matthew MacFadyen was totally new to me but he managed to create that sense of longing that makes that final pay off so satisfying. Kiera Knightly is a ravishing revelation. I must confess, I didn't remotely imagined that she was capable of the powerful range she brilliantly shows here. The other big surprise is Joe Wright, the director, in his feature film debut which is more than promising, it's extraordinary. The photography, the art direction and the spectacular supporting cast, in particular Donald Sutherland and Brenda Blethyn, makes this new version of a perennial classic a memorable evening at the movies 。
The story takes place at the turn of the 19th century in rural England. The Bennet family, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and their five daughters - Jane, Elizabeth (Lizzy), Mary, Catherine (Kitty), and Lydia - live in comparative financial independence as gentry on a working farm, Longbourn. As Longbourn is destined to be inherited by Mr. Bennet's cousin, Mr. Collins, Mrs. Bennet is anxious to marry off her five daughters before Mr. Bennet dies. However, Elizabeth, the heroine, is convinced that she should never marry unless she is compelled to by true love.。
Mr. Bingley, a wealthy bachelor who has recently moved into Netherfield, a large house in the neighborhood, is introduced to local society at an assembly ball, along with his haughty sister, Caroline, and reserved friend, Mr. Darcy, who "owns half of Derbyshire." Bingley is enchanted with the gentle and beautiful Jane, while Elizabeth takes an instant dislike to Darcy after he coldly rebuffs her attempts at conversation and she overhears him describe her as "not handsome enough to tempt me." When Jane becomes sick on a visit to Netherfield, Elizabeth goes to stay with her, and verbally spars with Caroline and Darcy.。
Later the Bennets are visited by Mr. Collins, a pompous minister who talks of nothing but his patroness, Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Meanwhile, the handsome and charming Lieutenant Wickham of the newly-arrived militia captures the girls' attention; he slanders Darcy, telling Elizabeth that Darcy cheated him of his inheritance. At a ball at Netherfield, Elizabeth, startled by his abrupt appearance and request, accepts a dance with Mr. Darcy, but vows to her best friend Charlotte Lucas that she has "sworn to loathe him for all eternity." During the dance, she makes her disgust with him clear with biting sarcasm, and Darcy responds in kind. Their complete absorption with each other causes the other guests to 'disappear' for a time, until the music stops.。
The next day, at Longbourn, Mr. Collins proposes to Elizabeth, much to her chagrin; she refuses him, which causes hysterics in her mother, but she has the support of her father. When Bingley unexpectedly returns to London, Elizabeth dispatches Jane to their aunt and uncle in London, the Gardiners, in hopes of re-establishing contact between Jane and Bingley. Now Elizabeth is appalled to learn that Charlotte will marry Mr. Collins, not because she loves him but entirely to gain financial security.。
Months later, Elizabeth visits the Collinses at Rosings, the manor estate of the overbearing Lady Catherine; they are invited to dine at the grand house and there meet Darcy and Colonel Fitzwilliam, Lady Catherine's nephews. Here Darcy pursues a greater interest in Elizabeth, especially when she replies to Lady Catherine's jabs with spirited wit. The next day, Colonel Fitzwilliam lets slip to Elizabeth that Darcy separated Bingley from Jane. Distraught, she flees out into the rain; Darcy chooses that moment to track her down and to propose marriage — and thus follows the infamous 'train-wreck' marriage proposal. He claims that he loves her "most ardently," despite her 'lower rank.' Elizabeth refuses him, citing his treatment of Jane and Bingley, and of Wickham, and they argue fiercely. The scene provides a close-up of their faces, their minds intense with anger and indecision. Darcy leaves angry and heartbroken. He finds her later only to give her a letter, which explains that he misjudged Jane's affection for Bingley. The letter also exposes Wickham as a gambler who secretly but unsuccessfully courted Darcy's 15-year-old sister, Georgiana, to obtain her £30,000 inheritance.。
Elizabeth does not tell Jane what she has learned. Later, the Gardiners take Elizabeth on a trip to the Peak District and visit Darcy's estate, Pemberley. Elizabeth is stunned by its wealth and beauty and hears nothing but good things about Darcy from his housekeeper. Then she accidentally runs into Darcy, who invites her and the Gardiners to meet his sister. His manners have softened considerably, and Georgiana takes an instant liking to Elizabeth. When Elizabeth learns that her immature and flirtatious youngest sister Lydia, who was sent on holiday unsupervised, has run away with Wickham, she tearfully blurts out the news to Darcy before returning home. Her family assumes their ruin for having a disgraced daughter, but they are soon relieved to hear that Mr. Gardiner has discovered the pair in London, and that they will be married. Lydia accidentally lets slip later that it was Mr Darcy who found them and who paid for the marriage.。
When Bingley and Darcy return to Netherfield, Jane accepts Bingley's proposal of marriage. The same evening, Lady Catherine pays Elizabeth a surprise visit and insists that Elizabeth renounce Darcy, as he is supposedly going to marry her own daughter, Anne. Elizabeth refuses, and unable to sleep, she goes walking on the moors at dawn. There, she meets Darcy, who has also been unable to sleep after hearing of his aunt's behavior. He admits his continued love, and Elizabeth accepts his second proposal. Mr. Bennet gives his consent after Elizabeth assures him of her love for Darcy. In the U.S. version of the film, an additional last scene shows a newly-married Elizabeth and Darcy outside of their Pemberley estate showing affection for each other.。