英伦广角 2011-01-02 蜘蛛侠也失手

It's the final scene of the ''Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark''. As this amateur footage shows, the audience has been treated to some impressive stunts², and arousing music composed by members of U2. And then, this happened. Watch again, keeping your eyes on the rope, as the stunt¹ double playing Spiderman dives towards the audience, it appears to snap. The performer, Christopher Tierney , fell 30 feet into the orchestra pit---a heroine sight for the audience.

"I mean I'm surprised he even lives through it, the fall, so just awful, and terrible. And then you heard the screams, and the call 911, and then the crash, which is awful of that. I mean I'm surprised to see he’s even OK."

"Oh, well, here he comes."

Ambulances were called to the Foxwoods Theater at about 10:45 pm on Monday night, and Tierney was taken to Bellevue hospital. Police said he suffered only minor³ injuries, other reports suggested that he had broken ribs⁴ and internal bleeding.

It's the fourth accident since previews began last month, and the 65-million-dollar shows’ official opening night has already been pushed back twice. It's a terrible start for Broadway’s most expensive production ever. But the old saying about publicity⁵ appears to be holding true.

"The same thing, it went elsewhere."

"What was that?"

"That someone fell off the stage, about 30 feet, and got hurt, and broke his spine⁶ or something."

"Does that make you want to see the show more or less?"

"More, without a doubt."

"Why?"

"Just cause, I didn't hear of the show until I heard that someone fell off."

With running costs of one million dollars a week, "Spiderman:Turn Off the Dark" needs all the help it can get. The musical would have to sell out virtually every performance for several years just to break even, which makes this a high-risk show in more ways than one.

1 stunt   

n.惊人表演，绝技，特技；vt.阻碍...发育，妨碍...生长

参考例句：

• Lack of the right food may stunt growth.缺乏适当的食物会阻碍发育。
• Right up there is where the big stunt is taking place.那边将会有惊人的表演。

2 stunts   

n.惊人的表演( stunt的名词复数 )；（广告中）引人注目的花招；愚蠢行为；危险举动v.阻碍…发育[生长]，抑制，妨碍( stunt的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He did all his own stunts. 所有特技都是他自己演的。
• The plane did a few stunts before landing. 飞机着陆前做了一些特技。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

4 ribs   

n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 )；（船或屋顶等的）肋拱；肋骨状的东西；（织物的）凸条花纹

参考例句：

• He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。
• Make a small incision below the ribs. 在肋骨下方切开一个小口。

5 publicity   

n.众所周知，闻名；宣传，广告

参考例句：

• The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
• He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事，只当它是一种宣传手法。

6 spine   

n.脊柱，脊椎；(动植物的)刺；书脊

参考例句：

• He broke his spine in a fall from a horse.他从马上跌下摔断了脊梁骨。
• His spine developed a slight curve.他的脊柱有点弯曲。