ocus of the game up, it split it right down the middle. you know, there were things that you would just do with a male that you probably wouldn’t do with lara. so we were very keen to make sure to keep the 17)essence of saying, look, this is a game and it’s going to have lara in it, and or lara as she was originally called. and she is going to be the single character that you play and you can 18)relate to that.

when tomb raider was released in 1996, it was a sensation. and not just in teenage bedrooms, its sexy, sassy heroine had caught the public’s imagination. lara croft wasn’t just a character in a game, she was a celebrity and people wanted to know more...

“古墓丽影”，话说从头

罗拉·克洛夫特是最受欢迎的电游之一--《古墓丽影》的女主角。迄今为止该电游已疯卖2600万件，罗拉·克洛夫特真是比英国女王还富有呢。她在杂志封面的露面率比超级名模更频繁，广告对她的青睐从不间断。英国政府还利用罗拉的影响力在全球宣传英国科技。

“在还没开始做这个游戏前，设计这个游戏的除了我以外可以说还没有其他人。我很明确实要有个女性角色，为了这个目标，我就要突出她的女性特征。所以一开始，我给她设计了长长的秀发，但是要想在游戏中体现出这个特征，不管怎样都只有让她束起马尾辫。为了赋予她运动的气质，我让她穿上紧身衣裤。好。因为她是一名冒险家，我们还要给她一个用来放置物件的配备，于是她就背起了背囊，就这样。她脚上蹬着一双靴子。双枪皮套显然是她必需的。腿上绑着皮带让整条腿增添了情趣。当时所有的人都认为，应该要个强健的男性角色，而且必须是个美国男性角色。不然美国人就不买这个游戏。女性角色卖不动，而且当时游戏里出现的女性都是配角。她们很像男性潮流杂志《loaded》的封面女郎，我觉得不太受人尊重，所以我很想把她们的形象地位扭转过来。塑造一个非常英国化的女性动作角色，不靠性感来哗众取宠，但要强壮有力，这似乎有卖点……我觉得这似乎有卖点。有的人认为我们这么做太离谱了，可结果证明是好的。”

“我们的压力有来自内部的和来自许多方面的，比如人们会说，如果你们想要个女性角色，或许还应该配个男性角色以供选择，那么一个不行还有另一个。但我们感到这样一来冲击力就不够了。游戏的焦点就不集中，被分成两半了。有些东西让一个男性角色来做可以，但罗拉可能就做不来。所以我们非常努力地保存精华部分，让这个游戏一定是罗拉的，她本名就叫做罗拉。她是游戏里的唯一主角，让你在玩的时候有认同感。”

1996年《古墓丽影》的发行轰动一时。它不仅为青少年追捧，游戏中性感而富有活力的女主角激发了公众的一切想象力。罗拉·克洛夫特的魅力超越了电游的范畴，她的名声如日中天，人们仍然期待着进一步了解她……

注释:

1) heroine n. 女主人公，女英雄

2) supermodel n. 超级名模

3) feminine a. 女性的

4) exaggerate v. 夸张，夸大

5) considerable a. 相当可观的，值得考虑的

6) ponytail n. 马尾辫

7) leotard n. 紧身连衣裤

8) chattel n. 个人所有的杂物用品

9) backpack n. 背包

10) strap v. 皮带

11) holster n. 手枪用的皮套

12) acknowledge v. 承认

13) portray v. 描绘

14) subsidiary a. 辅助的，补充的

15) appeal to 吸引

16) dilute v. 冲淡，变弱

17) essence n. 精髓

18) relate to 涉及，联系

★★《2003年11月号-第43期-disc01-04》★★

"let's go to the movies!"

- a speech given by tom hanks at accepting the afi life achievement awards

(applause)

thank you! thank you!

there is a place on the moon, we’ve all heard of the sea of 1)tranquility, maybe the ocean of storms, the fra mauro highlands - there’s an area of the moon called the lake of dreams. to have you all here tonight, to be 2)placed up with the names of the other honorees, turns out i’ve walked on the moon; i’ve explored the lake of dreams. it’s a good place because they all come true. you folks are just so 3)swell! (laughter) you’re all so nice, you know.

hey, i got an idea -- let’s go to the movies! i wanna go to the movies. i want to take you all to the movies. let’s go and experience the art of the cinema! let’s begin with the scream of fear, and we are going to 4)haunt us for the rest of our lives. and then let’s go see the great escape, and spend our summer jumping our bikes, just like we’ll mcqueen, over 5)barb wire. and then let’s catch the seven samurai for some reason on 6)pbs and we feel like we can speak japanese because we can read the 7)subtitles and hear the language at the same time. and then let’s lose sleep the night before we see 2001: a space odyssey because we have this idea it’s going to change forever the way we look at films. and then let’s go see it four times in one year. and let’s see woodstock three times in one year and let’s see taxi driver twice in one week. and let’s see close encounters of the third kind just so we can freeze there in mid-popcorn. and when the kids are old enough, let’s sit them together on the sofa and screen city lights and stage coach and the best years of our lives and on the waterfront and midnight cowboy and five easy pieces and the last picture show and raging bull and schlinder's list. (applause) so that they can understand how the human condition can be captured by this 8)amalgam of light and sound and literature we call the cinema.

what a great job! if you’re fortunate, you’re a part of cultural events, more immediate, more lasting and even more 9)enlightening than most anything else is that man has ever created. you get to make movies. the truth is that i have been blessed beyond the definition of good fortune for a long, long while for the most of my life. i’ve made friends like you all. i’ve become a better artist by 10)collaborating with each one of you. and if we haven’t worked together, i’ve seen your stuff and i’ve stolen from you. ( laughter ) 11)ripped you off.

and i’ve been rewarded for my 12)larceny with my 13)longevity. you see, when you work in the movies, part of you gets to live forever. the idea that you can 14)single out one’s life achievement in work, of course, cannot be considered a 15)substitute for one’s achievements in life and there already my friends i have been blessed beyond deserving.

and i’m here because of my wife, rita wilson. (applause) as you’ve seen again and again just in to