影评：《夺冠》

2021-04-06广东鄢佳梅

疯狂英语·新悦读 2021年3期

广东鄢佳梅

电影《夺冠》讲述的是中国女排从1981年首夺世界冠军到2016年拿下第九个世界冠军的历史，诠释了几代女排人历经浮沉却始终不屈不挠、不断拼搏的传奇经历。 “leap”一词既很好地捕捉了中国女排姑娘们在赛场上敏捷的身影，又隐含了中国女排在各种赛事中取得的一次次飞跃进步。

题材娱乐体裁说明文文章词数难度建议用时351 ★★ 6 分钟

Since their first championship in 1981,China's women's national volleyball team has been the pride of the country. When they play well, people cheer in their seats at the arena and in their homes all around the country. But few of these fans know how hard the players work to make it look so easy.

Directed by renowned filmmaker Peter Ho-sun Chan, Leap, hit Chinese mainland cinemas on September 25th, 2020, smashing box office records on its opening day. The film is a cinematic depiction of the multigenerational struggle of the Chinese women's volleyball team to win glory for the nation,providing a more immersive and lively experience to recreate the Chinese women's volleyball team's Olympic victories between the 1980s and 2010s. It shows several generations of volleyball players and their journey to becoming an international powerhouse. Facing tough rivals like Brazil and the Netherlands,China's ladies have to train hard and live a“dim” daily life of never-ending blocking and spiking practice. They refuse to quit, however,working even after the stadium lights have gone out and pushing themselves through injuries.

This touching story also features a starstudded cast. One of China's most iconic screen actors, Gong Li, stars as former volleyball legend Lang Ping. Lang, nicknamed “the Iron Hammer”, is the first person in volleyball to win Olympic titles both as a player in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and as a coach in the 2016 Rio Olympics. It's Gong's first time acting in a sports film. In an earlier interview, Gong revealed that she had visited the training base of the China women's volleyball team to observe and study professionals, making her more prepared for her role as the sports legend Lang Ping.

Huang Bo acts as another famous coach who is also devoted to Chinese women's volleyball. Many volleyball players also appear. Interestingly, Lang's daughter, the United States-born Bai Lang, stars as her mother in the character's early years.

The film has scooped 9.3 points out of 10 on Maoyan, the country's largest online ticketing service. Moreover, what impresses and touches the fans most is the spirit of the women players together with the life-true performance of the cast.

Language Study

Ⅰ. Difficult sentence

In an earlier interview, Gong revealed that she had visited the training base of the China women's volleyball team to observe and study professionals, making her more prepared for her role as the sports legend Lang Ping.

译文：早前接受采访时，巩俐透露，她曾到中国女排训练基地观察和研究专业球员，这让她对自己扮演体育传奇人物郎平这个角色更有准备。

分析：本句中that引导宾语从句；making her more prepared for...为现在分词结构作结果状语。

Ⅱ. Useful sentence patterns

1. Directed by renowned filmmaker Peter Ho-sun Chan, Leap, hit Chinese mainland cinemas on September 25th, 2020, smashing box office records on its opening day.

译文：由著名电影制作人陈可辛执导的《夺冠》于2020年9月25日在中国大陆上映，上映当天打破了票房纪录。

分析：本句中的Directed by为过去分词作定语，修饰Leap。

Practice：句式仿写

著名导演李安执导的电影《卧虎藏龙》（Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon）打破了以往的票房纪录。

2. The film is a cinematic depiction of the multigenerational struggle of the Chinese women's volleyball team to win glory for the nation,providing a more immersive and lively experience to recreate the Chinese women's volleyball team's Olympic victories between the 1980s and 2010s.

译文：这部影片以电影的形式描绘了几代中国女排队员为民族争光的奋斗历程，为再现20世纪80年代至21世纪初中国女排在奥运会上的胜利提供了更加身临其境、生动和活泼的体验。

分析：本句中的providing 为现在分词作伴随状语。

Practice：句式仿写

这部影片以动漫的形式描绘了哪吒“逆天而行斗到底（fight against the heaven to the end）”的成长故事，为再现不一样的传统形象提供了更加风趣、幽默的体验。