考研英语杂志经济学人双语精读TE-2023-07-06期英文外刊|历史影院：无中场休息（PDF版+Word版+音频）
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Thecharmsof Britain’sdwindlingnumber of old picture houses
【1】For clevedon, North Somerset, thesinkingof the Titanic in1912is intertwined with an altogether happier event. Five days after the passengerlinerwent down in the north Atlantic, one of the world’s first “picture houses” opened in theseasidetown with amatinée to raise cash for survivors. Aside from several months’ closure during thepandemicthe Curzon, as it is now known, has been showing films ever since. Of the more than1,500cinemas that were built in Britain during the first four decades of the20th century, it is one of only ahandfulstill running.
【2】Many old cinemas were killed off by television. The survivors have seen filmloverslured away by multiplexes, with their larger, comfier seats. But the past couple of years have beenbrutalon cinemas of all kinds. Since they reopened after thepandemic(and some did not) rising costs havepushedup ticket prices. Many viewers, nowattachedto paid-for streaming services, remain disinclined to leave home. Business is picking up: theukCinema Association says that in2022ticket sales rose by59%. But older cinemas, which tend to be small, often with only one screen, are finding it hard to survive.
【3】In May Odeon closed several old picturepalacesincluding one in Magdalen Street, Oxford, which opened in1924(and thus just missed itscentenary), and another in Ayr (1938) on Scotland’s south-west coast. Ten miles along the coast from Clevedon, in Weston-super-Mare, it shut a1930s artdecocinema thatboasteda rare, but once common, Compton pipeorgan.
【4】Clevedon’s Curzon went bust in1995. Since then it has been run by acharity. Itssurvivalhas beenaidedby itsproximityto aprosperouscity: Bristol, with itsthrivingcreativeindustries, has provided both visitors and supporters, including the founders of Aardman, makers of Wallace and Gromit.
【5】Its storyillustratesthree reasons why old cinemas can be worth saving when they are no longerviablebusinesses. The first is theirarchitecture. The Curzon’sinteriorhasornamentaltin-tilepanellingand anelegantproscenium,exposedwhen afalseceilingput up in the1970s was taken down in2020. Though some cinema buildings are listed, their interiors arehiddenor destroyed when they becomegymsor cafes. The second is that cinemas in which history iscelebrated, with old images in the lobby (Clevedon’s has ahulkingoldprojector)arguablyprovide a richer experience than simply watching a movie on a big screen.
【6】Cinemas that function partly as museums are also repositories of social history. Inrecordingsof Clevedonians from more than a decade ago in the Curzon’s onlinearchive, an elderly woman recalls a “Mrs Cox” (a relative of the man who built the cinema)accompanyinga silent Charlie Chaplin film on thepiano. Others describe theenchantmentof going to the flicks at a time when there was little otherentertainment. “The films we used to see were delicious,”remembersone. “Ooh, Clark Gable.”
①短语：
1.原文：the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 is intertwined withan altogether happier event.
词典：beintertwinedwith交织
例句：Our experience of suffering is intertwined with our destiny.
我们的苦难经历与我们的命运交织在一起。
2.原文：Five days after the passenger linerwent downin the north Atlantic
词典：godown下沉；屈服
例句：Looks like that marriage went down the drain.
看来这人的婚姻是泡汤了。
3.原文：Many old cinemas were killed offby television.
词典：kill off消灭
例句：They say that the emergence of text messaging is killing off commas, colons and apostrophes.
他们说短信的出现扼杀了逗号、冒号和省略号。
4.原文：Since they reopened after the pandemic (and some did not) rising costs have pushed upticket prices.
词典：push up 推高
例句：In fact, the continued demand, along with the dwindling numbers of elephants, have pushed up prices for ivory.
事实上，人们对象牙的不断需求，以及大象数量的不断减少已造成了象牙价格攀升的局面。
5.原文：Many viewers, now attached topaid-for streaming services, remain disinclined to leave home.
词典：attached to沉迷；附着于
例句：I am very attached to that old picture.
我很喜欢那幅旧画。
6.原文：Many viewers, now attached to paid-for streaming services, remain disinclined toleave home.
词典：disinclined to不喜欢做某事
例句：The man who does not force himself to work when he is disinclined to do so will never achieve anything worth doing.
如果一个人在不愿意工作时不强迫自己工作，他将永远不会取得任何值得做的事情。
7.原文：Clevedon’s Curzon went bust in 1995.
词典：gobust破产
例句：In the 1920s they moved to California, where they started a movie theater and a hotdog stand, but they eventually went bust when the Great Depression came around.
在上世纪20年代，他们搬到了加利福尼亚州，在那里他们开了一个电影院和热狗站，但是他们最终都在大萧条时期破产了。
8.原文：exposed when a false ceiling put up in the 1970s wastaken down in 2020
词典：taken down 拆卸；写下；放下
例句：Do you think we should take down the decorations?
你觉得我们应当取掉这些装饰品吗？
②长难句
1.原文：Many viewers, now attached topaid-for streaming services, remaindisinclined toleave home.
2.分析：本句是主谓宾结构，主语Manyviewers，谓语为remaindisinclinedto表“不喜欢，不愿做某事”，宾语home；now为句子的时间状语，attachedto过去分词作状语；
3.译文：许多观众现在只看付费流媒体服务，仍然不愿踏出家门。
1.原文：The Curzon’s interior hasornamental tin-tile panelling and an elegant proscenium,exposed whena false ceilingput upin the 1970s was taken down in 2020.
2.分析：本句是主谓宾结构，句子主语为The Curzon’s interior，谓语为has，宾语为ornamental tin-tile panelling and an elegant proscenium；exposed为表被动非谓语作宾补，when引导时间状语从句，从句主语为a false ceiling，从句谓语为was taken down，put up为非谓语作定语；inthe1970s和in2020均为时间状语。
3.译文：当 1970 年代搭建的假天花板在 2020 年被拆除时，Curzon内部发现有装饰性的锡砖镶板和优雅的舞台。
③写作技巧:
Its story illustrates three reasons why old cinemas can be worth saving
它的故事说明了老电影院值得被拯救的三个原因。
表达： sthillustrates reasons“xxx表明了xxx的原因”，写作时如果要表达某个事情或某个现象的原因可以用这个表达。
例句：This paper illustrates and explains the changes and reasons in our university in terms of the credit system, the elasticity system, the re-study system and the degree-awarding.
本文主要从学分制、弹性学制、重修制度、学位授予等方面阐述了我校教学管理制度发生的变化和变化的原因。
④背景知识：
全球第二大院线“关门”：创立于1995年的Cineworld是一家英国的连锁电影院公司，在全球10个国家均有运营，总计拥有9500个电影屏幕，是目前仅次于AMC的全球第二大电影院。其市场主要集中在英国和美国，占到公司业务的90%。“电影世界”集团目前市值为6900万美元，负债总额却高达50亿美元。这家全球第二大院线遭遇的困境，正是全球实体影院行业的缩影。
⑤段落大意：
【1】老式影院Curzon的开设
【2】多媒体时代老式影院逐渐没落
【3】许多老式影院陆续关闭
【4】Curzon影院存活
【5】Curzon影院存活的原因
【6】老式影院也是社会历史的宝库
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