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Lesson 21-2     William S. Hart and the early 'Western'film

And although noperiod or place in American history has been more absurdly romanticized, mythand reality did join hands in at least one arena, the conflict between theindividual and encroaching civilization.

Men accustomed tostruggling for survival against the elements and Indians were bewildered bypoliticians, bankers and businessmen, and unhorsed by fences, laws and alientaboos. Hart's good-bad man was always an outsider, always one of thedisinherited, and if he found it necessary to shoot a sheriff or rob a bankalong the way, his early audiences found it easy to understand and forgive,especially when it was Hart who, in the end, overcame the attacking Indians.

Audiences in thesecond decade of the twentieth century found it pleasant to escape to a timewhen life, though hard, was relatively simple. We still do; living in a worldin which undeclared aggression, war, hypocrisy, chicanery, anarchy andimpending immolation are part of our daily lives, we all want a code to liveby.

ˈwɪljəm ɛs. hɑːt ænd ði ˈɜːli ˈwɛstᵊn fɪlm

ænd ɔːlˈðəʊ nəʊ ˈpɪəriədɔː pleɪs ɪn əˈmɛrɪkən ˈhɪstəri hæz biːn mɔːr əbˈsɜːdli romanticized, mɪθ ændriˈæləti dɪd ʤɔɪn hændz ɪn æt liːst wʌn əˈriːnə, ðə ˈkɒnflɪkt bɪˈtwiːn ði ˌɪndɪˈvɪʤuəlænd ɪnˈkrəʊʧɪŋ ˌsɪvᵊlaɪˈzeɪʃᵊn.

mɛn əˈkʌstəmd tuː

ˈstrʌɡᵊlɪŋ fɔː səˈvaɪvᵊl əˈɡɛnst ði ˈɛlɪmənts ænd ˈɪndiənz wɜː bɪˈwɪldəd

baɪ ˌpɒlɪˈtɪʃᵊnz, ˈbæŋkəz ænd ˈbɪznɪsmən, ænd ʌnˈhɔːst baɪ ˈfɛnsɪz, lɔːz ænd ˈeɪliən

təˈbuːz. hɑːts ɡʊd-bæd mæn wɒz ˈɔːlweɪz ən ˌaʊtˈsaɪdə, ˈɔːlweɪz wʌn ɒv

ðə ˌdɪsɪnˈhɛrɪtɪd, ænd ɪf hiː faʊnd ɪt ˈnɛsɪsəri tuː ʃuːt ə ˈʃɛrɪf ɔː rɒb ə bæŋk

əˈlɒŋ ðə weɪ, hɪz ˈɜːli ˈɔːdiənsɪz faʊnd ɪt ˈiːzi tuː ˌʌndəˈstænd ænd fəˈɡɪv, ɪsˈpɛʃəli wɛn ɪt wɒz hɑːt huː, ɪn ði ɛnd, ˌəʊvəˈkeɪm ði əˈtækɪŋ ˈɪndiənz.

ˈɔːdiənsɪz ɪn ðə

ˈsɛkənd ˈdɛkeɪd ɒv ðə ˈtwɛntiəθ ˈsɛnʧʊri faʊnd ɪt ˈplɛznt tuː ɪsˈkeɪp tuː ə taɪm

wɛn laɪf, ðəʊ hɑːd, wɒz ˈrɛlətɪvli ˈsɪmpᵊl. wiː stɪl duː;

ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn ə wɜːld ɪn wɪʧ ˌʌndɪˈkleəd əˈɡrɛʃᵊn, wɔː, hɪˈpɒkrəsi, ʃɪˈkeɪnəri, ˈænəki ænd ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ

ˌɪməʊˈleɪʃᵊn ɑː pɑːt ɒv ˈaʊə ˈdeɪli lɪvz, wiː ɔːl wɒnt ə kəʊd tuː lɪv baɪ.

任务配置：L0 + L4

知识笔记：

单词：1、absurdly：荒谬地，2、romanticized：浪漫化地，3、myth：神话，4、reality：现实，实际，5、join hands：携手并进，6、arena：竞技场，舞台，场所，7、encroaching：侵犯，侵害，侵占，8、bewildered：迷惑的，9、politician：政治家，政客，10、unhorsed：下马的，11、fence：栅栏，篱笆，12、alien：外星人，异己，外国的，13、taboos：禁忌，14、disinherited：被剥夺继承权的，15、relatively：相对地，比较，16、undeclared：未申报的，17、aggression：侵略，气盛，18、hypocrisy：虚伪，假意，19、chicanery：强辩，欺骗，20、impending：即将到来的，21、immolation：自焚，22、want a code to live by：想要一个赖以生存的准则

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练习感悟：今天这篇文章，明显比较长，而且生词也比较多，我第一遍录的时候时间居然比达标的还快一些，第二遍就拖着到达标，这就很爽了。估计以后读新概念4其它文章，应该也不会特别吃力了。