Unit 4 Newspapers

Yes, I love doing comedies.

是的，我喜歡導演喜劇。

Unit 4 Newspapers

You need to practise a lot with the actors before.

上演前你得同演員一道進行大量的排練。

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The timing is very important, not only for the movements but also for the lines of the dialogue.

劇中動作以及對 話中臺詞的時間安排非常重要。

Unit 4 Newspapers

What do you plan to do next?

下一步您打算導演什么??？

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There's a particular comedy which I have decided to do.

我決定導演一出獨特的喜劇。

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I've chosen the main actors and we intend to put it on next January.

我已經選好了主要演員，打算在明年1月上演。

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I hope it will be very successful.

希望您這出戲會非常成功。

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It will certainly be very funny!

這戲肯定會非常有趣的。

Unit 5 Charlie Chaplin

Charlie chaplin, who died in 1977, is considered one of the greatest and funniest actors in the history of the cinema.

查理·卓別林于1977年去世，他被認為是電影史上最偉大、最滑稽的演員之一。

Unit 5 Charlie Chaplin

During his lifetime, he acted in 13 films, and he wrote, directed and acted in 69 other films.

他一生演了13部電影，而且自編、自導和自演了另外69部電影。

Unit 5 Charlie Chaplin

Chaplin was born in London in 1889 and first acted when he was five years old.

卓別林1889年出生于倫敦，5歲時就開始演戲。

Unit 5 Charlie Chaplin

At the age of eight, he joined a group of child dancers.

8歲時參加了兒童舞蹈團。

Unit 5 Charlie Chaplin

And at seventeen he set off for the USA with a group of comedy actors.

17歲時隨同一些喜劇演員去了美國。

Unit 5 Charlie Chaplin

During a second trip to the USA in 1912.

在1912年第二次赴美期間。

Unit 5 Charlie Chaplin

An important film director saw Chaplin acting a very funny part in a play.

一位頗有影響的電影導演看了卓別林在一個劇中扮演的一個非常滑稽的角色。

Unit 5 Charlie Chaplin

As a result, Chaplin got his first film part in the States.

結果，卓別林在美國有機會扮演了他的第一個電影角色。

Unit 5 Charlie Chaplin

As early as his second film, Chaplin had developed his own manner of acting.

早在他的第二部電影，卓別林就形成了他自己的表演風格。

Unit 5 Charlie Chaplin

The one that was to become world-famous.

這風格就是后來聞名于世的那種表演風格。

Unit 5 Charlie Chaplin

He wore a small black hat, very wide trousers, a moustache and carried a stick that he swung in the air as he walked.

他頭戴一頂小黑帽，身穿一條非常寬大的褲子，嘴上留著小胡子，手提著一根他邊走邊在空中揮舞的手杖。

Unit 5 Charlie Chaplin

Even his way of walking down the street and turning a corner could be recognized as his own.

就連他在街上走路和他轉過拐角的那姿式都可以看出是他自己獨有的。

Unit 5 Charlie Chaplin

In less than three months Chaplin acted in 11 films.

在不到3個月的時間里，卓別林就演了11部電影。

Unit 5 Charlie Chaplin

After a short while he started directing films himself.

不久，他開始自己導演電影。

Unit 5 Charlie Chaplin

During his first year, Chaplin acted in 35 films, many of which he wrote and directed himself.

在第一年里，卓別林演了35部電影，其中的許多電影是他自編自導的。

Unit 5 Charlie Chaplin

Chaplin's earliest films were silent.

卓別林最早的電影是無聲電影

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Because the equipment for adding sound to films had not yet been developed.

因為給電影配音的設備還沒有研制出來。

Unit 5 Charlie Chaplin

The development of films with sound became a problem for Chaplin.

有聲電影的研制對卓別林來說就成了問題。

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As he was uncertain about making films with dialogue.

因為他對是否能制作配有對白的電影片沒有把握。

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Instead, he continued to make films without dialogue.

這樣，他繼續制作沒有對白的影片。

Unit 5 Charlie Chaplin

But he added music, which he wrote himself.

但是他給影片配上了他自己創作的音樂。

Unit 5 Charlie Chaplin

Two of his greatest films, City Lights and Modern Times were of this kind.

他的兩部最偉大的影片《城市之光》和《摩登時代》就是這種影片。