長安十二時辰：呈現絕美盛世

　　提起最讓人魂牽夢縈的朝代，唐朝肯定榜上有名。最近播出的網劇《長安十二時辰》除了新穎的反恐設定、美劇的快節奏，更是從歌舞、美食、元宵慶祝、妝容服飾等多個細節刻畫了盛唐日常生活，讓人看來過癮，好似夢回唐朝。

　　今天我們一起來讀篇英文報導，學點相關詞匯和英語表達。英文文章作者為Gabriel Li，文章略有刪節；圖片來自網路。

　　Youku’s TV Series The Longest Day in Chang’an Unveils the Most Flourishing Times in Chinese History

By Gabriel Li

　　https://pandaily.com/youkus-tv-series-longest-day-in-changan-unveils-the-most-flourishing-times-in-chinese-history/

　　「Curfew 宵禁 is temporarily suspended in Chang’an. Anyone， no matter where you come from， could get in the city after only one security check 安全檢查. Once you get in， you are allowed to commute between different places inside the city within the next 12 hours，」 an officer announces 宣布 on top of the city gate of Chang’an， modern day Xi’an. It is the Lantern Festival 元宵節 in Tang dynasty 朝代 China， the fifteenth day of the first month in the Chinese lunar calendar 農歷. It is an exuberant celebration when people indulge themselves by gazing at the moon or lanterns， and playing withfireworks 煙火.

　　本段大意:（電視劇開始）一名唐朝官員在長安城樓宣布「暫時解除宵禁，來自各國的人均只需一次安檢，即可入市並自由通行」。故事發生在古代長安元宵節當天，人們賞月、觀燈、玩煙火熱烈慶祝。

　　學習提要:

• curfew有兩個釋義，一個為劇中的意思:古代的宵禁，當時法律規定夜晚一定時辰後人們須在室內、不得外出；英文釋義可參照詞典:a law that forces people to stay indoors after a particular time at night， or the time people must be indoors 宵禁；第二個意思看美劇的小夥伴一定不陌生，即家長給孩子規定的晚上幾點前必須到家/睡覺的「熄燈令、門禁」。
• indulge 有「放縱，讓自己任性一把」的意思，常用的詞組是indulge oneself或者indulge in sth
• 本段不少傳統民俗的單詞，進一步學習可讀往期推送:如何吃著元宵和外國友人科普春節

　　That’s how the hit 火爆 TV show， The Longest Day in Chang’an 長安十二時辰， starts — a delicate movie-class long-take 長鏡頭， depicting 描述 the lives of female entertainers (like Japanese Geishas)， peddlers 小販， tradesmen， servants， western travelers， poets andassassins 殺手 in disguise at this prime time in Chinese history. Each episode opens with refined details， indicating a certain time period of the day with a giant sundial， an ancient method of recording time according to the shadow caused by the sun.

　　本段大意:最近熱播的《長安十二時辰》製作精良，電影級別的長鏡頭描述中國歷史上的黃金時代的歌女（類似日本藝伎）、小販、商人、仆人、西域訪客、詩人和殺手。每一集細節豐富，描述一個時辰內（發生的故事），通過日晷用根據太陽陰影判斷時間的古老計時方法。

　　學習提要:

• 影視術語中，take是鏡頭的意思，long take即長鏡頭，如果想強調「長鏡頭一鏡到底」可以說extended single take，長鏡頭非常考驗導演的調度功力，喜歡這個風格的可以去看看侯孝賢導演的電影《海上花》。
• prime time可以指電視劇播出的「黃金時段」，也可引申為「黃金時代」，如盛唐即為中國古代封建歷史上的巔峰時期。
• 了解《長安十二時辰》原著小說創作背景的小夥伴，一定要記住assassin殺手這個單詞，因為小說靈感來自遊戲《刺客信條 Assassin's Creed》，介紹這部劇時可以說:This drama is inspired by a game named Assassin's Creed.

　　According to the director Cao， he wanted to display 呈現 the prosperity 繁榮 of the Tang dynasty， bringing a wholistic 完整的 view of what people were dealing with in their daily lives back then 當時， whether it’s work， entertainment 娛樂 or socializing. However， under the openness andabundance 富饒 of the nation there are hidden shadows and currents 暗流. It was the best of times， but it was also the worst of times.

　　本段大意:導演在劇中著力呈現完整的唐朝風貌，人們的日常生活、工作娛樂社交，然而繁榮開放富饒下也有陰影與暗流。那是最好的時代，也是最差的時代。

　　學習提要:

• 劃線句引用著名作家Charles Dickens 查爾斯 · 狄更斯在《A Tale of Two Cities 雙城記》中的開篇詞。

　　…… The Longest Day in Chang’an also adopts 採用 one of the most in vogue TV genres – double detectives 偵探. Just like Sherlock Holmes and Waston， the show has two protagonists 主角 with completely different characters 性格. One， an experienced and bohemian anti-hero 反英雄 detective who was recently released from prison and is aware of shady secrets behind the prosperity of his nation. Another is a prodigy 天才 with a historical prototype 歷史人物原型 of a genius emperor’s counselor 宰相. Together they go on to solve a case 破案 within a time span of 12 hours. Despite movie-class artistic design， the half ancient and half literary lines are mingled with 混合 phrases that one would expect to hear in a more Korean melodrama， like 「For most men their behavior doesn’t match their words， I hope you are not one of them.」 To be fair， the show does it in a pretty sarcastic 諷刺 and self-aware way.

　　本段大意:《長安十二時辰》採用了時s下流行的雙偵探設定，像福爾摩斯與華生，該劇也有兩個性格迥異的主角。一個是剛從大牢放出、偵探經驗豐富的反英雄，了解國家繁榮後的陰影。另一個是歷史上的天才，日後貴為宰相。兩人在十二個時辰內合力破案。雖然該劇有電影版的藝術質感，台詞時而古雅文藝，時而混合了韓劇風格的台詞如「大多數男人說的和做的不一樣，希望你不是。」

　　The series， released 播出 on Youku， has received a rating 評分 of 8.6 on Chinese top rating website Douban.com， which is flooded with picky 挑剔的 young film nerds. It is safe to say a large number of young fans are drawn to the show by its exemplary cast， featuring 主演 Lei Jiayin， known for his role in the Chinese comedy 「Guns and Roses，」 and Jackson Yee， of Chinese boy band 男子團體 TFBoys.

　　本段大意:該劇在優酷播出後，被中國頂級評分網站豆瓣上的一眾充滿挑剔的觀影者評為8.6分。劇集的主演陣容強勁，雷佳音、易烊千璽吸引了大批年輕觀眾收看。

　　學習提要:

• release有「釋放、播出」兩個主要意思，「釋放」可見上一段be released from prosion 放出大牢；「播出」見本段be released on Youku；兩個詞組中的介詞分別是from、on也值得特別留心。
• picky 挑剔的，在文中也可以處理為「嚴格的、高標準的」；這里給大家推薦下豆瓣，無論看電影還是看書，豆瓣評分都非常值得信賴，未必最符合你的口味但完勝一眾其他網站，可以避免踩雷、節約不少時間。想知道悅然推薦學英語時看什麼電影?請讀千里挑十:最適合學英語的電影推薦

　　Jackson Yee with his angular yet frosty facial features 臉部特徵 and temperament 氣質， is a perfect choice for the role of the prodigy emperor’s counselor， who is portrayed 描繪 in the original novel， The Longest Day in Chang’an as a young man with 「a round and small face， with unfaded temperament of youthhood. There already appears three light wrinkles 皺紋 upon his eyebrows 眉毛， which is perhaps a result of too much contemplation over things.」 The actor， who was just 17 at the time of filming the TV series， already displays 展現 better acting skills than most pretty but dull faces in idol dramas.

　　本段大意:易烊千璽消瘦的臉部特徵和疏離的氣質完美契合李必這個角色。原版小說中將李必描繪為」小圓臉，有鮮明的少年氣，眉上已有三道淺淺的皺紋，許是思慮過多的緣故。「易烊千璽拍戲時才17歲，已展現出不錯的演技，比偶像劇中大多數漂亮但無趣的明星更好。

　　學習提要:

• feature詞性不同時意思也不同。在本段做名詞，有」特徵「的意思；上一段做動詞時，意思為」（擔任）主演「，來個例句鞏固下Liu Yifei featured in Mulan， Disney's upcoming film. 劉亦菲在迪士尼新片《花木蘭》中擔任主角。
• 喜歡四字弟弟的小夥伴可以背誦本段，並參考悅然寫過的攻略:pick楊超越?不如學霸式追星，花癡學習兩不誤。

　　It is also worth mentioning that 值得一提的是 the author of the original novel has achieved huge success previously through several web shows including Mystery of Antiques 古董局中局. Apart from 除了 his abundant knowledge of history， he also knows how to make the story more enticing 吸引人. He once shared in a documentary about this show， 「I think Chang’an is one of the most glamorous 極具魅力的 ancient cities in China. People from all over the world come and gather in this place. The greatest charm of this culture actually lies in 在於 the lives of ordinary people hidden under the prosperous facade.」

　　本段大意:值得一提的是原著小說作者（馬伯庸）此前已通過《古董局中局》等幾部網劇大獲成功。他除了豐富的歷史學識，還知道如何將故事營造得更吸引人。他曾在紀錄片中說，「我認為長安是中國古代城市中最有魅力的。來自世界各地的人們相聚於此。而文化最大的魅力在於繁榮之下普通百姓的日常生活。「

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