Monsters University 《怪兽大学》
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- 创建于 2013年6月04日
- 最后更新于 2023年12月18日
- 发布于 2013年6月04日
- 作者：Mike Lee
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Mike Wazowski, a green monster with gangly legs and one large eye, is 17 years old and dreams of becoming a professional “scarer.” He enrolls in Monsters University, where many of the scariest monsters have trained. There he shares a dorm room with Sulley, the big man in campus and a born scarer. Sulley, however, doesn’t think Mike will ever be an effective monster. The two monsters compete fiercely against each other to get into the university’s coveted scaring program. This confrontation causes their ongoing feud to become too intense though, and eventually they’re both kicked out of the School of Scaring. Interestingly, the unlikely duo must team up to get back into the school and graduate from Monsters University.
17岁的麦克．华斯基（大眼仔）是只两腿瘦小且只有一颗大眼睛的绿色怪兽，他梦想成为一位专业的「惊吓专员」。他进入怪兽大学就读，许多最吓人的怪兽都是在这间学校训练出来的。麦克在大学里和苏利文（毛怪）同住一间宿舍，它是一位大只佬，而且是天生的惊吓专家，但苏利文不认为麦克会成为一个有效的怪兽。为了能进入梦寐以求的惊吓课程修课，两只怪兽彼此竞争激烈。这个冲突使得他们的长期争吵更加剧烈，并且最终两位都被逐出校园。有趣的是，这对不可能的双人组合必须要搭档合作以求重回校园，并且从怪兽大学毕业。
The plot of Pixar’s new film is set ten years before Monsters Inc., the 2001 film that introduced Mike and Sulley. This time though, the film hopes to shed some light on the pair’s first encounter and how they overcome their differences and become long-lasting friends. Audiences will see what innocent monsters go through on that scary journey from life at home to a big university.
皮克斯新电影的剧情设定在《怪兽电力公司》往前10年，当时麦克和苏利文在此部2001年电影中首次登场。而这一次，电影希望着重在这对组合的第一次接触，以及他们如何克服彼此差异而成为长久的好友。观众将会看到天真的怪兽们从家中生活到大学校园所经历的惊吓旅程。
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Vocabulary
enroll [ɪnˋrol] v. 入学，注册
Students must enroll in a iniversity before they can take classes there.
confrontation [͵kɑnfrʌnˋteʃən] n. 面对;对抗,冲突
confront v. 对抗
The confrontation between the father and son caused the boy to run away from home.
intense [ɪnˋtɛns] adj. 强烈的，剧烈的；极度的
You need to warm up before doing intense exercise, or you might get hurt.
team up 与……合作
Finishing the task could be easier if you team up.
plot [plɑt] n.（小说，戏剧等的）情节
The book's plot is easy to understand, so almost anyone can read it.
innocent [ˋɪnəsnt] adj. 天真的，单纯的
Children are very innocent and usually see the positive side of life.
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gangly [ˋgæŋglɪ] adj. 身材瘦长的
coveted [ˋkʌvɪtɪd] adj. 渴望得到的；梦寐以求的
feud [fjud] n. 仇恨；长期不和；争吵
duo [ˋduo] n. 二人组
shedlight on sth 使某事清楚明白地显示出来
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Monsters University is a prequel to its 2001 predecessor, showing viewers what life is like for a monster in college. It’s also Pixar’s first feature-length prequel, though the studio has been planning to make Monsters University since 2005. Employees at Pixar toured top universities in the US, including Harvard, MIT, and UC-Berkeley, for their research and even copied the schools’ websites and commercials. The Monsters University website imitates those of American universities down to the last detail, from campus maps, stories about professors, to the history of the university. Pixar also ran commercials on television, mildly spoofing similar ads aired by real universities which aim to recruit students.
《怪兽大学》是2001年前部作品的前传，呈现给观众的是怪兽上大学的生活样貌。这也是皮克斯出品的首部长篇前传，虽然这家制片公司从2005年就开始计划制作《怪兽大学》。皮克斯的员工走访全美的顶尖大学，包含哈佛、麻省理工学院以及加州大学柏克莱分校，藉此研究甚至模仿这些学校的网站和招生广告。《怪兽大学》的电影网站详尽地仿效这些美国大学，从校园地图、教授们的事迹，到学校的历史。皮克斯也在电视上播放广告，略微地戏弄这些真实的大学用来招募学生的相似广告。
To give some insight about campus life, Pixar shows viewers how monsters in the university experience many of the same activities as students at American universities. The college-aged monsters join fraternities and sororities, make new friends, party late into the night, and must compete with each other to get into their desired programs. Monsters University promises to transport viewers to the hilarious and frightening world of these young monsters as they try their best to grow up.
为了深入介绍校园生活，皮克斯让观众看到怪兽们如何体验许多相同的校园活动，就像一般美国大学生会做的一样。这些大学年龄的怪兽们加入兄弟会和姊妹会、结交新朋友、整晚开派对，而且还必须彼此竞争以求进入自己渴望的课程。随着怪兽们努力长大，《怪兽大学》保证带领观众进入这个既爆笑又吓人的怪兽青少年世界。
－by Bryan Shettig
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studio [ˋstjudɪ͵o] n. 电影制片厂
Movie studios hire actors and directors to create films.
commercial [kəˋmɝʃəl] n.（电视、广播中的）商业广告
Some commercials try to entertain people by using jokes or funny cartoons.
mildly [ˋmaɪldlɪ] adv. 适度地; 稍微
mild adj. 略微的
Jeremy mildly annoyed everyone in the movie theater where he used his phone.
recruit [rɪˋkrut] v. 征募
Universities try to recruit top students by offering scholarships.
insight [ˋɪn͵saɪt] n. 深刻的理解
New stories should give people insight about why something happened.
transport [ˋtræns͵pɔrt] v. 〔想象中〕被带回到/被带入〔另一地点或时间等〕
A good novel transports its readers to a different time and place.
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prequel [ˋprikw!]（据已问世文艺作品的情节凭想象上溯创作的）先传，前篇
predecessor [ˋprɛdɪ͵sɛsɚ] n. 前任﹐前身
feature-length [ˋfitʃɚ͵lɛŋθ] adj. 长篇的
down to the last detail 非常详尽地; 鉅细靡遗
spoof [spuf] v. 戏弄当玩笑地诳骗, 戏弄, 哄骗
fraternity [frəˋtɝnətɪ] n. 大学的兄弟会
sorority [səˋrɔrətɪ] n. 女生联谊会
hilarious [hɪˋlɛrɪəs] adj. 极可笑的
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