Before it got back to the book, the thing about images that we see in our society are theory material
我們?cè)谏鐣?huì)上看到的影像在回歸書本之前 都是理論性的素材
Knightly material is obviously alive and well in our culture
很顯然 騎士素材切實(shí)存在于我們的文化中
We see it in a lot of films over the last five, seven years
過去的五到七年中 我們?cè)诤芏嚯娪袄锒加幸姷剿?/p>
There have been a lot of films, whether directly like
有直接表現(xiàn)騎士精神的電影
First Knight or Braveheart or things like Star Wars, which really are based on knightly material
也有間接表現(xiàn)的像這些電影都是以騎士精神為素材的
He even admits that he studied knightly literature in order to write these things
有的作者甚至承認(rèn)自己曾經(jīng)研究過騎士文學(xué) 以此來顯示撰寫這些東西的權(quán)威性
We also, of course, look at cartoons
當(dāng)然 我們也得看看卡通人物
If you wander by my office door,
你要是在我的辦公室門口溜達(dá)過就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)
I usually try to put the cartoons that I like on my office door
我經(jīng)常會(huì)在辦公室門上貼一些卡通畫
Non Sequitur, on our papers, often pretty good, there's one on my door now
雖不合邏輯 但很好 現(xiàn)在我門上就貼著一張卡通畫
It shows two bears in the woods, their butts are sticking out of this car and the one bear says to the other,
上面是樹林中的兩只熊正在用頭戳汽車 一只熊對(duì)另一只說
"I hate it when you poke them all to see if they're tender or not "
"你就是為了看看他們溫不溫順而去戳他們 我討厭這樣"
This was a Non Sequitur of some time ago, within the last year
這 確實(shí)有點(diǎn)不合邏輯 去年有一次
This is fiction / nonfiction mythology, you see a dragon's tail
這是個(gè)小說/非小說的神話 你看見了龍的尾巴
There was one, just to show this not just that type of material but also,
只是為了表明這個(gè)不屬于那類素材
one of the things that is important to learn, it is kind of interesting
去了解它也是很有必要的 這跟興趣有關(guān)
People say, "People buy books to put them out in their house so that
有人說 "人們買書并把他們放在書架上
people think they're educated or think they are well informed "
是為了讓別人認(rèn)為他很有教養(yǎng)或者見識(shí)廣博"
Then I guess some magazines, like The New Yorker has the same effect
我猜想有些雜志 比如說就會(huì)產(chǎn)生這樣的效果
It is not that I read them It's just that I put them on my table,
并不是說我真的讀了他們 而是說我把他們放在桌子上了
and people say, "Wow! This is The New Yorker You're really informed "
有人會(huì)說 "喔 這是您真是見多識(shí)廣呀"
There is this one in The New Yorker, recently, doesn't show very well
但最近這個(gè)在里表現(xiàn)得不是很明顯
You have to admire his professionalism It shows more a knight as might,
你不得不佩服他的專業(yè)精神 這更加表明了騎士精神
just going around and bashing on stuff but I'll put this on my door
但如果你在我門前閑逛
if you want to wander around
我會(huì)把它貼在我的門上
Besides cartoons, movies, where else do we see images almost everyday this culture?
除了卡通啊 電影啊 在日常文化里 我們還能在哪兒看到影像呢
There's one I love because I have so little hair
有一個(gè)我喜歡的廣告 因?yàn)槲翌^發(fā)很少
There's a great one on TV now, an ad for hair care products
現(xiàn)在電視上有一個(gè)很不錯(cuò)的頭發(fā)護(hù)理產(chǎn)品的廣告
What happens? He came up with a name
那怎么了呢 他有個(gè)名字
I don't pay that much attention because obviously, I can't use it
我沒太注意 因?yàn)楹苊黠@ 我不能用
That drying your hair is bad for you,
吹干頭發(fā)不好
This is the one where the shampoo, what's put in,
因?yàn)橄悴ㄖ泻械幕瘜W(xué)元素
is supposed to be heat activated
遇高溫會(huì)被激活
There is this big dragon that comes up It's a great dragon
之后就出現(xiàn)了一條大龍 很大的龍
How about other places? Where else?
那還有沒有在其他的地方見過呢 其他的地方呢
Some really habitual ads we see on TV
我們?cè)陔娨暽纤究找姂T的廣告
like for the Marine Corps
比如說為海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊(duì)拍的廣告
A few are proud, they all come back;
有的人很驕傲 他們都回來了
one comes back clad and he has a sword
有個(gè)人回來帶著一把劍