首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
It is one of the world’s most recognized phrases, one you might even heat in places where little English is spoken: ’The name’s
It is one of the world’s most recognized phrases, one you might even heat in places where little English is spoken: ’The name’s
admin
2013-01-22
86
问题
It is one of the world’s most recognized phrases, one you might even heat in places where little English is spoken: ’The name’s Bond, James Bond.’ I’ve heard it from a taxi driver in Ghana and a street sweeper in Paris, and I remember the thrill of hearing Sean Connery say it in the first Bond film I saw, Goldfinger. I was a Chicago schoolgirl when it was released in 1904. The image of a candy-colored London filled with witty people, stately bid buildings and a gorgeous, ice-cool hero instilled in me a deeprooted belief that Britain was OK.
When Ian Fleming created the man with the license to kill, based on his own experiences while working for the British secret service in World War II, he couldn’t have imagined that his fictional Englishman would not only shake, but stir the entire world. Even world-weary actors are thrilled at being in a Bond movie. Christopher Walken, everyone’s favorite screen psycho, who played mad genius Max Zorin in 1985’s A View to a Kill, gushed: ’I remember first seeing DJ’ No when I was 15. I remember Robert Shaw trying to strangle James Bond in From Russia with Love. And now here I am, trying to kill James Bond myself.’
Bond is the complete entertainment package: he has hot——and cold——running women on tap, dastardly villains bent on complete world domination, and America always plays second string to cool, sophisticated Britain. Bond’s England only really existed in the adventures of Bulldog Drummond, the wartime speeches of Winston Churchill and the songs of Dame Vela Lynn.
When Fleming started to write his spy stories, the world knew that, while Britain was victorious in the war against Hitler, it was depleted as a result. London was bombed out, a dark and grubby place, while America was now the only place to be.
It was America that was producing such universal icons as Gary Cooper’s cowboy in High Noon (’A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do’); the one-man revolution that was Elvis Presley; Marilyn Monroe, the walking, male fantasy married to Joe DiMaggio, then the most famous athlete in the world. Against this reality, Fleming had the nerve and arrogance to say that, while hot dogs and popcorn were fine, other things were more important.
And those things were uniquely British: quiet competence, unsentimental ruthlessness, clear-eyed, steely determination, an ironic sense of humor and doing a job well. All qualities epitomized by James Bond.
Of course, Bond was always more fairytale than fact, but what else is a film for? No expense is spared in production, the lead is suave and handsome, and the hardware is always awesome. In the latest film, the gadgets include a surfboard with concealed weapons, a combat knife with global positioning system beacon, a watch that doubles as a laser-beam cutter, an Aston Martin VI2 Vanquish with ’all the optional extras you’ve come to expect, a personal jet glider...the list is endless.
There are those who are disgusted by the Bond films’ unbridled glorification of the evils of sexism, racism, ageism and extreme violence, but it’s never tram simple.
Judging by the context, the word "stately" in the first paragraph means ______.
选项
A、shabby
B、makeshift
C、impressive
D、dilapidated
答案
C
解析
stately的意思是“庄严的,堂皇的”。shabby破旧的;makeshift凑合的;impressive给人深刻印象的;dilapidated毁坏的,要塌似的,荒废的。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/n91O777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Mybossinsistsonseeingeverythingin____beforehemakesadecision.
Thecommitteereporteditsfindingsafterathoroughinvestigation.
Ifthereisonethingscientistshavetohear,itisthatthegameisover.Raisedonthebeliefofanendlessvoyageofdiscove
Thepercentageofimmigrants(includingthoseunlawfullypresent)intheUnitedStateshasbeencreepingupwardforyears.At12
AftertheviolentearthquakethatshookLosAngelesin1994,earthquakescientistshadgoodnewstoreport;Thedamageanddeath
Researchersfindithardto________thetwosetsoffigures.
InEnglandduringthe17thand18thcenturies,Englishgentlemenwereexpectedtobepolite,pious,andcompassionateandtodevot
Dogsaresocialanimalsandwithoutpropertraining,theywillbehavelikewildanimals.Theywillspoilyourhouse,destroyyo
Inrecentyears,manyAmericansofbothsexesandvariousageshavebecomeinterestedinimprovingtheirbodies.Theyhavebecom
BorisYeltsin,Russia’s______President,died.HisfuneralinMoscowwasattendedbyabevyofworldleaderspastandpresent.
随机试题
脑外伤禁用吗啡的原因是
关于施工合作体,下列说法中正确的是()。
金条含金量的多少被称为成色,通常用百分或者千分含量表示。下列哪一种黄金规格不是上海黄金交易所规定的参加交易的金条成色?()
一位长期居住在日本的中国公民,2009年在香港某大学作访问学者期间提出了一件PcT申请,下列哪些机构可以受理其提出的PCT申请?
设栈的存储空间为S(1:50),初始状态为top=51。现经过一系列正常的入栈与退栈操作后,top=50,则栈中的元素个数为()。
OncefoundalmostentirelyinthewesternUnitedStatesandillAsia,dinosaurfossilsarenowbeingdiscoveredonallsevencon
A—cashbusinessB—commissionreceivablesC—loanextensionD—bankdraftsE—transferoperationsF—currentdepositsG—capita
Thecountryhas______swiftlyintoopenconflictwithitsneighbours.
【B1】【B13】
A、Watchingtraditionalplays.B、Visitingthemagnificentlibraries.C、Boatingontheriver.D、Cyclinginnarrowstreets.C短文说,“旅
最新回复
(
0
)