美語情景對話 第998期:African Movie Scene 非洲電影場景

Todd: So Abidemi, we've been talking about art and culture in your country of Nigeria. What about film, do you have a movie industry?

託德：阿比德米，我們一直在討論你的祖國尼日利亞的藝術和文化。那電影呢，尼日利亞有電影業嗎？

Abidemi: Oh, wow! It's a great question. Yes, we do. Nigeria has a movie industry that's called Nollywood.

阿比德米：哇哦！這真是個好問題。我們當然有電影業。尼日利亞的電影業被稱爲“奈萊塢”。

Todd: Nollywood?

託德：“奈萊塢”？

Abidemi: Yeah, Nollywood. Can you guess? Nigeria, Hollywood — Nollywood.

阿比德米：對，“奈萊塢”。你能猜猜嗎？尼日利亞和好萊塢的結合，就是“奈萊塢”。

Todd: Nollywood.

託德：“奈萊塢”。

Abidemi: So I think, I've read that Nollywood is actually the number three producing movie industry in the world. After Hollywood, maybe Bollywood is number one, Hollywood is number two and Nollywood is number three.

阿比德米：有文章說“奈萊塢”已經成爲世界第三大電影業。是繼好萊塢……也許寶萊塢纔是世界第一大電影業，好萊塢排名第二，奈萊塢排名第三。

Todd: Wow!

託德：哇哦！

Abidemi: Yes, so we produce a lot of movies every year. And actually, a lot of these movies I know I watch a lot of them in YouTube or the internet. And some of our stars, some of the actresses and actors are actually going to other countries like Ghana, they are doing movies with them, collaborating with Ghana and maybe the Benin Republic, neighboring countries to Nigeria. And some actually have moved over to the United States. A little bit, they are starting to, and collaborating with some people there as well. So it is booming and people that are involved in that industry are making more and more and more money each year. To the point that before maybe 20 years ago, if a child said to his or her parent that, "I want to be an actor or actress", that was the worst job you could ever do and they would be like, "Why?" But now, it's actually something that parents are, “Alright, okay, you want to be an actor like this person or that person?” It's not so bad anymore because they can make money, if they make it, so yeah.

阿比德米：對，我們每年會製作很多電影。實際上，許多電影我都知道，我在優兔網和其他網站上看了許多電影。我們國家的一些明星，一些男女演員會去加納等國家和當地的演員一起合拍電影，他們也會和尼日利亞鄰國貝寧共和國一起合拍電影。一些演員還有機會去美國發展。一些人已經開始和美國合拍電影。現在尼日利亞的電影業正在蓬勃發展，電影業人士每年賺的錢越來越多。在大約20年前，如果一個孩子對父母說：“我想成爲演員”，那父母會認爲那可能是最糟糕的工作，他們會問“爲什麼？”但是現在，父母們會說：“好，你想成爲像這個人一樣的演員嗎？”現在這份職業不再那麼糟糕，因爲如果他們成爲演員，那他們就可以賺錢。

Todd: Okay, that's great. So it's gaining respect.

託德：好，這很好。而且還會得到尊重。

Abidemi: Exactly, it's gaining respect.

阿比德米：沒錯，會得到尊重。

Todd: So Bollywood has a very distinct kind of image of you know, the music and the dancing and Hollywood kind of has also like you know the action and bang, bang type movies.

託德：寶萊塢的情況非常不同，寶萊塢電影充滿了歌舞場景，而好萊塢電影則是動作大片。

Abidemi: Yes.

阿比德米：對。

Todd: So, can you describe what a Nollywood movie is like?

託德：你能形容一下奈萊塢的電影嗎？

Abidemi: That's a great question. I think Nollywood is closer to Hollywood in the fact that we don't have as much the kind of dancing and music and the musical value that Bollywood has. Nigerian movies are more dramas, I would say. There they try to make action movies but it's not quite to the level of Hollywood just as yet. So it's more drama, it's about life stories, things that are happening in Nigeria and one thing that I've heard and that I've noticed in Nigerian movies is the fact that they try to present people that live rich lives. Nigeria is still a developing country, so many people don't have access to some things so movies tend to present people that are well-off, that live in big houses, drive big cars and can travel abroad, have education. So you have that theme going through a lot of these movies where maybe somebody, a poor girl, she meets a rich man or vice versa.

阿比德米：這是個非常棒的問題。我認爲奈萊塢的電影更接近於好萊塢電影，我們不像寶萊塢電影那樣有很多歌舞場景和音樂元素。我認爲尼日利亞電影更注重劇情。他們試圖製作動作電影，但目前還沒有達到好萊塢的水平。所以尼日利亞電影更注重劇情，更注重人生故事，注重在尼日利亞發生的事情，我注意到尼日利亞電影試圖呈現那些富有人的生活。尼日利亞現在仍是發展中國家，有些事情許多人都無法接觸到，所以電影會向人們呈現那些生活在大房子裏、開豪車、可以出國旅遊、可以接受教育的富人的生活。許多電影都有這類主題，就是一個貧窮的女孩遇到一個富有的男人或是反過來的情況。

Todd: Oh right, yeah.

託德：哦，好。

Abidemi: So, it's more for fantasy to get people to think of a different life that anything is possible. That if you, maybe if you try or maybe some day you might meet your prince charming, or what not. So there is that aspect to it, yes.

阿比德米：相當於讓人們幻想他們可以過不同的生活，任何事都有可能。如果你嘗試，或者也許有一天你會遇到你的白馬王子之類的。尼日利亞電影有這方面的內容。

Todd: Oh, that's cool.

託德：哦，真酷。

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重點講解：
1. be involved in 捲入的；參與的；與…有密切關聯的；
例句：If she were involved in business, she would make a strong chief executive.
如果她投身商業的話，她會是一個很有能力的總裁。
2. tend to do sth. 往往會；經常就；
例句：I tend to wake up early in the morning.
我早晨往往早醒。
3. think of 想到；想起；想出；
例句：I wouldn't think of disturbing them at this hour of the night.
我不能想象這樣深更半夜去打擾他們。
4. vice versa 反之亦然；反過來也一樣；
例句：We should take into account the proposals of our parents and vice versa.
我們應該考慮父母的建議，反之亦然。