托福听力荟萃 49

That's an interesting question, Tom. Women did participatein the early days of______making. One of the most outstanding is Lois Weber. She is______as the first consistently successful woman film director. In the early 1900's,when she first arrived in Hollywood,Ms. Weber made a series of______sound films. Now this was almost 20 yearsbefore modern "talking pictures" were developed. The dialogue for her movies was recorded on______records and then______with the action on the movie screen, very______for that time. In addition, Weber felt that movies should be educational as well as entertaining. She made several highly______movies that dealt with the moral and social issues of her day. And some of her most controversial work______issues of particular interest to women. Unfortunately, Weber died in 1939, justas Hollywood was beginning to make films aimed primarily at female audiences, which bringsme to my next point.

 

 

【填空答案】

motion-picturemaking: 电影制作

credit: v. 授予荣誉

experimental: adj. 实验的

phonograph: n. ［C］留声机

synchronize¹: v. 同步，使声画同步，使电影的（发声与画面动作）吻合

innovative²: adj. 创新的，革新的

controversial: adj. 有争议的

【听力原文】

That's an interesting question, Tom. Women did participate in the early days of motion-picture making. One of the most outstanding is Lois Weber. Sheis credited as the first consistently successful woman film director.

In the early 1900's, when she first arrived in Hollywood, Ms. Weber made a series of experimental sound films. Now this was almost 20 years before modern"talking pictures" were developed. The dialogue for her movies was recorded on phonograph records and then synchronized³ with the action on the movie screen --- very innovative for that time.

In addition, Weber felt that movies should be educational as well asentertaining. She made several highly controversial movies that dealt with the moral and social issues of her day. And some of her most controversial work addressed issues of particular interest to women. Unfortunately, Weber died in1939 just as Hollywood was beginning to make films aimed primarily at female audiences. Which brings me to my next point?

【参考译文】

这是一个有趣的问题，汤姆。妇女没有参加运动图片制作初期。其中最突出的是洛伊丝·韦伯。她相信作为第一一贯成功的女导演。在1900年代初期，当她第一次来到好莱坞，韦伯女士提出了一系列的实验有声电影。现在，这是近现代“有声电影的前20年开发。她的电影对话录得唱片和电影屏幕上的动作---当时的创新与再同步。此外，韦伯认为，电影应该是教育以及作为娱乐。她提出了一些极具争议的电影，她每天的道德和社会问题的处理。和她的一些最具争议的工作涉及妇女特别感兴趣的问题。不幸的是，韦伯在1939年去世，就像好莱坞开始，主要针对女性观众的电影。这使我对我的下一个点？

1 synchronize   

v.使同步 [=synchronise]

参考例句：

• The sound on a film must synchronize with the action. 影片中的声音必须与动作配合一致。
• You must synchronize your Inbox before selecting additional folders. 在选择其他文件夹前，您必须同步您的收件箱。

2 innovative   

adj.革新的，新颖的，富有革新精神的

参考例句：

• Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
• He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。

3 synchronized   

同步的

参考例句：

• Do not use the synchronized keyword in Managed Objects. 不要在管理对象上使用synchronized关键字。 来自互联网
• The timing of the gun was precisely synchronized with the turning of the plane's propeller. 风门的调速与飞机螺旋桨的转动精确同步。 来自辞典例句