1、高三英语培优外刊阅读班级：_学号：_姓名：_外刊精选电影版火热上映：美国观众为何沉迷唐顿庄园？近日，大热英剧唐顿庄园的电影版正式登陆大银幕，在北美的票房表现十分出色。唐顿庄园以20世纪的英国为背景，讲述了英国上层贵族与仆人们之间的种种故事，是收视最高的电视剧之一。此次电影版唐顿庄园在北美上映为何能大获成功？这又反映了怎样的文化现象？Americans cant get enough of “Downton Abbey”The big screen adaptation of the popular British TV show, “Downton Abbey”, raked in $31 m
2、illion at the US box office in the opening weekend, surpassing the ticket sales of Brad Pitt-starred “Ad Astra” and Sylvester Stallones “Rambo: Last Blood”. “Downton Abbey” became an instant hit in America upon its release in 2010 and it is the most-watched drama in PBS history, with the viewership
3、averaging 13.3 million at its peak.The main plot of the British historical drama revolves around the goings-on between the blue-blooded Crawley family and their domestic servants in the wealthy estate. The movie picks up from where the series left off.“Downton Abbey” offers a window into the social
4、settings of England in the Roaring Twenties and touches upon the significant historical events in the early 20th century including the sinking of Titanic, the First World War and the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.Capitalist America seems to have an escapist fascination for the simpler social dynamics of
5、 the aristocratic England with its panoramic countryside and cultural etiquettes. The Edwardian era fashion showcased in the series also contributes to its staggering popularity.【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。1.adaptation dpten n._2.surpass sps vt. _3.viewership vjup n. _4.average vrd vt. _ n. _5.goings-on
6、 z n n. _6.domestic dmestk adj. _7.escapist skepst adj. _ n. _8.aristocratic rstkrtk adj. _9.panoramic pnrmk adj. _10.etiquette etkt n._11.staggering str adj. _【词块学习】请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。1.无法满足于_2.迅速大量取得_3.首周末票房_4.轰动一时的事物，爆红的事物_5.以为中心；围绕_6.续起来，接起来_7.中断_8.为打开一扇窗_9.社会环境_10.咆哮的二十年代_11.涉及，触及_12.札连瓦拉园大屠杀_1
7、3.欧洲蓝血贵族家庭_拓展练习阅读理解Working on holidays has always been something of a class divide. From the 1870s through the 1920s, upper-middle-class Americans often lived with “the help”mostly women of color whose job was to cook and clean and care for others, day and night. While shows like Downton Abbey seek
8、to give life to servants, they also sanitize (粉饰) what was a cruel existence. It was common for a housemaid (女仆)s day to begin well before the family rose and extend until after they retired for the evening. They did so seven days a week; working more than 80 hours a week more than the 65 hours most
9、 factory workers worked at the time. While we often imagine that these women were young and single, Evelyn Nakano Glenns research on such care providers has shown that over 30% of them were married, many with children. As they worked very hard for families not of their own, they left their children,
10、 parents, brothers and sisters, and husbands behind. November and December was no doubt one of the hardest times of the year, and their own families felt their absence.The labor movement was central to changing this sorry situation (though labor laws almost never cover domestic workers). Unions rais
11、ed salaries, lowered hours, had a minimum salary and secured holidays off for workers. Those who did have to work on national holidays were guaranteed (保证的) overtime pay. When unions were strong, such benefits even extended to non-unionized workers. But as unions have declined, part-time work has in
12、creased. And this has meant lower salaries and greater uncertainty. For most part-time workers, thats one of the better jobs. And still, its a job without health insurance, or a retirement plan, with changes that make it hard to take additional employment. Most of these workers wish they could work
13、more, but employers would rather hire other part-timers. So when the boss says, “Can you work Thanksgiving?”, workers have no real choice but to be “willing”.Today, working on holidays carries no guarantee of extra pay in the United States, and not working can mean losing ones job. That is the irony
14、 (讽刺的) to the trend of stores opening on Thanksgiving. On the same day that we give thanks for all we have, why must we also rush out to buy more? Someone might say, “Its just the law of the market!” But the law of the market is not some mysterious process. It is the result of the decisions that we
15、make.13.According to the author, what do shows like Downton Abbey sanitize?A.The workload of domestic servants was very heavy.B.Most of the house helpers should be of color.C.Housemaids were usually married women, many with children.D.The class divide was not that obvious in real life.14.After the l
16、abor movement, powerful unions helped a lot EXCEPT that _.A.housemaids could also have the holidays offB.even non-unionized workers enjoyed more benefitsC.people were given higher wages on the same positionD.most workers worked for fewer hours every week15.The workers have no choice but to be “willi
17、ng” to work on Thanksgiving because _.A.part-time workers salaries are lower and they wish to earn moreB.part-time work itself means a lot of changesC.they want to take any additional employment when possibleD.they may otherwise be replaced by other willing part-timers16.What does the writer think o
18、f the trend of shopping on holidays?A.It is dangerous because a lot of workers will stop working.B.It is a kind of protection to help those poor part-time workers.C.It is against the true holiday spirits, especially Thanksgiving.D.It is ironic because the law of the market decides what we do.外刊精选答案【
19、词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。1.adaptation dpten n. 改编本，改写本2.surpass sps vt. 超越，超过3.viewership vjup n. 收视率4.average vrd vt. 平均达到 n. 平均值5.goings-on z n n. 发生的事情6.domestic dmestk adj. 家庭的7.escapist skepst adj. 逃离现实的 n. 逃避现实者8.aristocratic rstkrtk adj. 贵族的；贵族政治的9.panoramic pnrmk adj. 全景的10.etiquette etkt n. 礼
20、节，规矩11.staggering str adj. 令人震惊的【词块学习】请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。1.cant get enough of .无法满足于2.rake in迅速大量取得3.opening weekend首周末票房4.instant hit轰动一时的事物，爆红的事物5.revolve around sth.以为中心；围绕6.pick up续起来，接起来7.leave off中断8.offer a window into sth.为打开一扇窗9.social settings社会环境10.the Roaring Twenties咆哮的二十年代11.touch upon
21、涉及，触及12.the Jallianwala Bagh massacre札连瓦拉园大屠杀13.the blue-blooded Crawley family欧洲蓝血贵族家庭【全文翻译】美国人情迷唐顿庄园热门英剧唐顿庄园经改编后登上大银幕，电影上映首周末便在美国狂揽3100万美元票房，击败布拉德皮特主演的星际探索和西尔维斯特史泰龙主演的第一滴血5：最后的血。唐顿庄园在2010年一经播出便风靡美国，是美国公共电视网播出史上收视最高的电视剧，平均收视人数曾高达1330万。这部英国历史剧的剧情主要围绕生活在这座奢华庄园的贵族克劳利家族及其家中仆人之间的种种故事展开，电影版则延续了电视剧的剧情。唐顿庄园为我们打开了一扇了解“咆哮的二十年代”英格兰社会状况的窗口，带我们回顾了20世纪初期的一些重大历史事件，包括泰坦尼克号沉没、第一次世界大战和札连瓦拉园大屠杀。资本主义下的美国观众面对旧式贵族体制下的英国，会沉醉于后者更简单纯粹的社会动态、英式乡村风光及社会礼仪以满足他们逃离当下现实的幻想。剧中展示的爱德华时代的时尚风采也是该剧异常火爆的原因。拓展练习阅读理解参考答案13.A 14.A 15.D 16.C
