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 phrased, one you might even hear in places where little English is spoken: "The name’s
It is one of the world’s most recognized phrased, one you might even hear in places where little English is spoken: "The name’s
admin
2011-02-26
39
问题
It is one of the world’s most recognized phrased, one you might even hear 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, Gold Finger. I was a Chicago schoolgirl when it was released in 1904. The image of a candy-coloured London filled with witty people stately old buildings and a gorgeous, ice-cool hero instilled in me a deep-rooted belief that Britain was OK.
When Fan 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 Walkon, 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 Vera 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 music revolution that was Elvis Presley: Marilyn Monroe, the walking, talking 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 humour 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 that simple.
Which of the following is not typical of James Bond?
选项
A、He performed his work calmly and efficiently.
B、He had an iron will.
C、He was unemotional.
D、He had a tendency to boast.
答案
D
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/qjBO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Youaregoingtoattendapressconferenceonthenewproducts.WriteanotetoMrSmith,theResearchandDevelopmentManager:
●ItisthebeginningofDecemberandyouhavebeenaskedtofindouthowmanydays’holidaystarinyourdepartmentintendtot
YouwouldliketoattendasalesconferenceinNewYorknextmonth,butyourdepartmentistryingtoreduceexpenses.•Writean
●Lookattheorganizationplanbelow.●Forquestions6—10,whichdepartment(A-H)doesthisjob?●Foreachquestion,markthe
AssistantToPublicRelationsManagerBusinessPressistheworld’smostrespectedpublisherofbusinessnews.PRandpubli
•Lookatthechartsbelow.Theyshowthenumberofdayslostbecauseofstaffabsenceineightcompanies,fromJunetoSeptember
Thesalehardlychangedthroughouttheperiod.
Areyoualwayssureyouknowwhatpeoplemeanwhentheytrytodescribetheirfeelingstoyou?Weusebothwordsandgesturesto
Realpolicemen,bothBritainandtheUnitedStateshardlyrecognizeanyresemblancebetweentheirlivesandwhattheyseeonTV
Potentiallyofferingapowerfulnewtoolagainstterrorism,researchershavefoundanovelwaytodetectdeception:intheliar’
随机试题
A.Bassini法疝修补术B.Halsted法疝修补术C.McVay法疝修补术D.Shouldice法疝修补术
最可能的诊断为为明确诊断,需进一步的检查是
患者,女,33岁。平素畏寒,经期延迟,且经期腹痛,得温则减,经色紫暗。其辨证为
黄酮类化合物中酸性最强的是()黄酮。
(2005年)使用节流式流量计,国家标准规定采用的取压方式是()。
空气的黏滞系数与水的黏滞系数μ分别随温度的降低而()。
张老师和孩子们在玩音乐游戏《狐狸和兔子》,老师当狐狸,孩子们当小兔子。第一遍游戏后,小奕忽然跑到老师面前问:“张老师,您说狐狸怕大蟒蛇吗?”老师说:“当然怕了,大蟒蛇很凶猛的。”“老师,那我就当大蟒蛇吧,我来捉狐狸。”说完用期待、渴求的目光望着老师,张老师
把下面的六个图形分为两类,使每一类图形都有各自的共同特征或规律,分类正确的一项是:
信念是人的()。
在程序运行时,下面的叙述中正确的是()。
最新回复
(
0
)