"On the Road" adaptation screened at Cannes

 　　BEIJING, May 24 (Xinhuanet) -- A long-awaited film adaptation of Jack¹ Kerouac's 1957 novel "On the Road" has been screened for the first time at the Cannes International Film Festival.

　　The film is based on Kerouac's semi-autobiographical take on the Beat Generation of writers in the 1950s.

　　Britain's Sam Riley stars as Kerouac's alter-ego Sal Paradise², who writes about his adventures on a series of road trips with the charismatic Neal Cassidy, played by Garrett Hedlund.

　　Brazilian director Walter Salles says he covered nearly 100,000 kilometers making the film.

　　"I retraced³ the route of 'On The Road' by interviewing the characters of the book who were alive, the poets from that unique generation that completely altered the face of not only north American culture, but culture in general, and also we also interviewed people from David Byrne to Wim Wenders who were very influenced by the writings of not only Kerouac but the Beat Generation in general," said Salles.

　　Co-stars Kirstens Dunst and Twilight's Kristen Stewart are also in Cannes promoting the film.

1 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。

2 paradise   

n.伊甸乐园，天堂

参考例句：

• My house had a small backyard,the paradise of children.我那幢房子有一个小后院，那是孩子们玩耍的乐园。
• On a hot day a dip in the sea is sheer paradise.热天洗个海水澡是十分令人惬意的事。

3 retraced   

v.折回( retrace的过去式和过去分词 )；回忆；回顾；追溯

参考例句：

• We retraced our steps to where we started. 我们折回我们出发的地方。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• We retraced our route in an attempt to get back on the right path. 我们折返，想回到正确的路上。 来自《简明英汉词典》