levitation
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n. (名詞 noun)
1. (超自然力造成的)升空,飄浮
1. (超自然力造成的)升空,飄浮
2007年3月31日 星期六
Euphemism & Euphuism
euphemism
Dictionary.com
[Origin: 1650–60; < Gk euphémismós the use of words of good omen, equiv. to eu- EU- + phm(é) speaking, fame + -ismos -ISM]
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n. (名詞 noun)
1. 婉轉說法;委婉(詞)語
euphuism
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n. (名詞 noun)
1. 尤弗伊斯體
2. 綺麗的文體
3. 華麗的措辭
The Columbia Guide to Standard American English
euphemism, euphuism (nn.)
Although they both have to do with diction and therefore with style, there is little reason for confusion of these words.
Euphemisms are words substituted for others because they are thought to be less offensive, distasteful, crude, or ugly than the originals.
Euphuism was the extremely artificial, pretentious, and high-flown style espoused in sixteenth-century Britain by the novelist John Lyly and his imitators. It was full of elaborate similes, extreme balance and antithesis in syntax, and a generally self-conscious elegance in every aspect of its language. Today a euphuistic style can also refer to any such artificial, consciously ornate, decorative style of prose.
Scarlett Johansson to model for Louis Vuitton again
雖然Scarlett Johansson已經不再是那個世故卻又帶點好奇的Charlotte，放浪形骸一下也挺可愛。
我本來不太確定是她，但應該沒人會找個短手短腳的傢伙拍大廣告。
我是小婊子，搔首弄姿一點也難不倒我。
2007年3月30日 星期五
<font color="#ff0000">Voodoo & Hoodoo</font>
Voodoo
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Voodoo (Vodou, Vodoun, Vudu, or Vudun in Benin, Togo, southeastern Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Senegal; also Vodou in Haiti) is a name attributed to a traditionally unwritten West African spiritual system of faith and ritual practices.
Like most faith systems, the core functions of Voodoo are to explain the forces of the universe, influence those forces, and influence human behavior. Voodoo's oral tradition of faith stories carries genealogy, history and fables to succeeding generations. Adherents honor deities and venerate ancient and recent ancestors.
This faith system is widespread across groups in West Africa. Diaspora spread Voodoo to North and South America and the Caribbean.
Hoodoo
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Hoodoo refers to African traditional folk magic. A rich magical tradition which was (for thousands of years), indigenous to ancient African botanical, magio-religious practices and folk cultures, its practice was imported when mainly West Africans were enslaved and brought to the United States.
Differences between Voodoo and Hoodoo
WIKIPEDIA
Hoodoo and Voodoo are often mistaken for one another. Some believe that the terms may have a common etymology, with the religious persecution and suppression of the Voodoo religion in America, "hoodoo" is what remains.
The ancient African religion of Voodoo is an established religion with its ancient roots in West Africa. Its modern form is practiced across West Africa in the countries now known as Benin, Togo, and Burkina Faso, among others. It is practiced all throughout West Africa; particularly, among members of the Fon, Ewe and other West African groups. In Haiti it is practiced in a syncretic form that has been greatly modified by contact with the Catholic church.
In the U.S., Hoodoo is not a religion -- that is, it is spiritual and magical in nature, but it does not have an established theology, clergy, laity, or order of liturgical services. Hoodoo shows obvious and evident links to the practices and beliefs of African folk magico-religious culture. The Hoodoo practiced in the U.S. by the enslaved Africans was brought from West and Central Africa, specifically, the area that is now known as the Congo and Angola, Togo, Nigeria and other West African regions.
Voodoo是西非流傳已久的古老宗教，海地的Voodoo更整合了西方的天主教，沒有成文法典，口傳內容以族群系代的歷史為主。而Hoodoo是Voodoo在美洲被迫害之後的留下來的東西。美國的Hoodoo沒有確立的教義、神職人員和儀式，並不能稱為宗教。Hoodoo由來自中西非被運送到美國的黑人引進，尤其是剛果、安哥拉、多哥、奈及利亞等地。
Mojo
Mojo
Dictionary.com
1. the art or practice of casting magic spells; magic; voodoo.
2. an object, as an amulet or charm, that is believed to carry a magic spell.
WIKIPEDIA
Mojo is a term commonly encountered in the African-American folk belief called hoodoo. A mojo is a small bag, a type of magic charm, often of red flannel cloth and tied with a drawstring, containing botanical, zoological, and/or mineral curios, petition papers, and the like. It is typically worn under clothing.
第一次聽到這個單字是在王牌大間諜2，Austin Powers很擔心mojo被偷走的他，是否能夠風流以往。而中文字幕翻得也很妙：魔酒，應該說直接音譯正好切合mojo的意思。有魔力的酒，酒本身也是有激發人類潛能的東西。
想知道Austin Powers如何逢凶化吉嗎？ Heather Graham: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Suave
suave
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a. (形容詞 adjective)
1. 和藹的,文雅的;討好的
a suave manner
溫文爾雅的舉止
2. 溫和的,平和的;平滑的
The Columbia Guide to Standard American English
suave (adj.)
The pronunciation sometimes traps the inexperienced: suave is a monosyllable, pronounced SWAHV; SWAIV is sometimes heard, but it's jocular (愛開玩笑的) for Standard users, most of whom would consider its inadvertent use a shibboleth.
shibboleth [shib-uh-lith]
基督教《聖經》考驗用的詞, 口令或暗語, 特殊的習慣
see inadvertent
Neurotic
neurotic
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a. (形容詞 adjective)
1. 神經(機能)病的
2. 神經過敏的,神經質的
She's neurotic about getting fat.
她非常害怕發胖。
n. (名詞 noun)
1. 神經病患者;神經過敏者[C]
1. 神經(機能)病的
2. 神經過敏的,神經質的
She's neurotic about getting fat.
她非常害怕發胖。
n. (名詞 noun)
1. 神經病患者;神經過敏者[C]
Children of Men
DVD海報很遜，採用Alternative版本。人類之子 Children of Men
108 min. 2006
剛看完覺得還ok，但IMDb的給分可是高達8.2，後來想想那份不加渲染的真實感，是錯誤期待後，未經沉澱難以體會的。
著名的兩段長鏡頭令人大呼過癮：開頭的汽車追逐與片尾的街頭槍戰，尤其前者。我很討厭小孩，這世界沒有那種東西似乎不錯，人類要滅亡了，政府發放自殺藥品我也視為理所當然。但Theo問老哥為什麼要搶救那些藝術品，反正過了一百年後也沒人看，這倒是件令人絕望。
AMG的有趣觀點：過了20年，2027年的英國街頭沒有會飛的車子，只有沒高明多少的車種和超薄螢幕神經滑鼠，因為沒有未來，哪有興致日新月異。而看看過去的科幻片，對科技進步的預期似乎總是太樂觀。
Clive Owen
剛看AMG寫的bio，把Clive比為年輕的史恩康納萊，很貼切，那份卻藏不住體內雄威的優雅。準備和Cate在The Golden Age大殺四方吧！
我當年可是BMW廣告男模。
帥的咧！
Julianne Moore
我要揍片商，誤導影迷好久不見的Moore是女主角，結果不到十分鐘就死了，我還在心中吶喊她被槍打到喉嚨可以送到醫院救活。
Julianne妳已經46了，為什麼還是美麗依舊？
Michael Caine
Pull my finger!!! 約翰藍儂造型的老嘻皮，十分可愛。 But this stork is quite tasty, isn't it?
夏哇邦嘎!!!
Chiwetel Ejiofor
last name和first name都很奇怪的黑人演員，除了最紅的美麗壞東西，Woody近作雙面瑪琳達裡頭，Chiwetel Ejiofor的鋼琴師更讓人驚鴻一瞥。
名字奇怪，長得也有點奇怪。
Alfonso Cuarón
今年的奧斯卡實在是墨西哥導演大放光采，正式宣佈墨西哥在好萊塢版圖的勢力範圍。
墨西哥三傑。
Alejandro, Alfonso & Guillermo.
But this stork is quite tasty, isn't it?
Jasper: So, Human Project is having this dinner, and all the wisest men in the world are there…
Theo: "Human Project." Why do people believe this crap? You know, even if these people exited with this facilities in secret locations… Fuck me, that's strong. Even if they discover the cure for infertility, it doesn't matter. Too late. The world went to shit. You know what? It was too late before the infertility thing happened, for fuck's sake.
Jasper: I was just trying to tell a joke, man.
Theo: I'm sorry. Go on.
Jasper: No, I'm not telling it now.
Theo: No, come on, Jasper.
Jasper: No, I'm not fucking telling you.
Theo: It's all right. Go on.
Jasper: Okay. The Human Project gives this great big dinner for all the scientists and sages in the world. They're tossing around theories about the ultimate mystery, why are women infertile? Why can't we make babies anymore? Some of them say it's genetic experiments, gamma rays, pollution. Same old, same old.
Anyway, in the corner, this Englishman's sitting. He hasn't said a word. He's just tucking into his dinner. So they decide to ask him. They say, "Well, why do you think we can't make babies anymore?" And he looks up at them, and he's chewing on this great big wing, and he says, "I haven't the faintest idea," he said. "But this stork is quite tasty, isn't it?"
Jasper: Eating a fucking stork. Eating the stork.
check Clive Owen in Children of Men
2007年3月29日 星期四
Bohemian
bohemian
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a. (形容詞 adjective)
1. 放蕩不羈(的文化人)的,不受世俗陳規束縛的
Bohemian
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n. (名詞 noun)
1. 波希米亞人;捷克人
2. 波希米亞語;捷克語
3. (亦作b-)放蕩不羈的文化人
a. (形容詞 adjective)
1. 波希米亞(人)的;波希米亞語的;捷克的
2. (亦作b-)放蕩不羈的
Brunette
brunette
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a. (形容詞 adjective)
1. (頭髮等)黑色的;深褐色的
2. 具黑(或深褐)色頭髮和淺黑色皮膚的
n. (名詞 noun)
1. 具黑(或深褐)色頭髮和淺黑色皮膚的女子[C]
The Columbia Guide to Standard American English
brunet, brunette (adj., n.)
The adjective describes someone of relatively dark coloring, of hair especially (compare BLOND), with the brunet spelling supposed to be applied to males, brunette to females.
In fact both spellings refer usually to females (a man more often will be called“dark-haired”), although brunette is the usual generic spelling, especially for the noun.
Edited English tries to keep the masculine-feminine spelling distinction, but in lower levels practice is less rigid.
2007年3月27日 星期二
Orla Fitzgerald：吹動大麥的喜奈為什麼沒有快速竄紅？
去年金馬的宣傳每部電影都吵得很兇，丹麥昆汀塔倫諾，東洋賈木許等聳動的字眼都出來了。偏偏小太陽的願望給我介紹得跟迪士尼溫馨片一樣，害我意興闌珊，幸好有影評瘋狂背書才沒錯過。
看完吹動大麥的風，我並沒有想認識Ken Loach的衝動，拿男孩與鷹和四百擊相媲美更是過譽。體驗完大師的寫實主義，最大的收穫就是知道愛爾蘭人說蓋爾語會被英國人揍，有首愛爾蘭民謠歌詞裡有吹動大麥的風，還有 Orla Fitzgerald。
劇中的喜奈Sinead是讓我保持清醒的動力，人就和名字一樣可愛，連後來被英國人刮得頭破血流還是很正。我回家迫不及待地想看看她接下來有什麼新聞，因為一顆明日之星儼然誕生。結果根本沒有什麼動靜，IMDb的資料顯示，演過幾部電視劇，在Ken Loach的金棕櫚有吃重演出，就沒了。
對！大麥上面就沒有新片了，討論串只有顯示不道主頁面的兩條，其中只有一條有回應。我到Google找圖片扣微末細枝的小圖也只有兩頁，而且大陸人的網站偏多，誰告訴我這是怎麼一回事？我喜歡的演員不想紅是常態，但Orla Fitzgerald不可能也不可以被歸類到那樣的案例啊！
其實gettyimages還有wireIMAGE圖片一堆，只是這兩個網站都很賤，不是有watermark就是要你吐錢，看得到吃不到。
IMDb的圖片只有兩張
剩下都是大陸人的功勞
坎城記者會
右邊的大明星你盡量裝智障表情沒關係，我一點也不紅，笑不出來啦！
很棒啊！都沒片商要跟我簽約。
大不了回老家繼續演不會紅的電視劇。我愛浮水印之 Orla Fitzgerald：浮水印大放送
喬治克隆尼的十三羅漢 (下)
從右到左逆時針介紹。
Elliott Gould
老頭一號可不是省油的燈，當年可是阿特曼的愛將，我的百年神片M*A*S*H就不多提了。Elliott Gould還有The Long Goodbye這個代表作，我心目中的阿特曼Top 2。more
Edward Jemison
除了海洋系列沒有其他值得一說的功績。
Casey Affleck
雙胞胎一號。很帥，和老哥一點也不像的馬臉班之弟，和Phoenix家族的姻親關係請見 The Phoenix Family
Shaobo Qin
華人刻版印象除了算盤又多了雜耍。
Bernie Mac
常看黑人片的朋友一定認識他，由Spike Lee的The Original Kings of Comedy竄紅，之後更跳出來主持The Bernie Mac Show，Bernie Mac從第二集就開始在海報上就有credit了喔！
Carl Reiner
老人二號，電視劇出身，導過幾部評價不錯的喜劇電影。
Scott Caan
雙胞胎二號，真人版拚命郎約翰尼，老爸是James Caan，非常可惜的教父大兒子火爆Sonny。沒有繼承到老爸的英俊挺拔，不知道在壯什麼。比較能提的作品大概是主力難擋Varsity Blues。
Giovanni Ribisi!!!
麥可看來心事重重。
麥可從不讓人看到他的眼睛。
教父之前就以Lady in a Cage提名金球獎New Star of the Year。
不演續集居然是因為價碼談不攏，倒貼也要演啊！
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