Lesson 968 Reading Comic Books 和小伙伴们一起分享漫画书
Listen to the tape then answer this question.
文章正文
Lee: What are you reading?
Stan: It's a graphic novel.
Lee: Graphic novel? You mean a comic book? I thought you were too old for that sort of thing.
Stan: For your information, this is a graphic novel and it's a literary art form. Graphic novels are written for mature audiences, not kids.
Lee: Really? I don't know anything about comic books. I like reading the comic strips in the newspaper, but I've never read an entire comic book before.
Stan: You might want to check these out. Look at this bound collection, for instance. It has a storyline that's as complex as a novel, and each panel is a work of art.
Lee: It is pretty impressive looking. I'm not that interested in superheroes, though.
Stan: The Superman and Spider-man comic books are great, but the graphic novels today are even more sophisticated. Some of them are still serialized like the old comic books, but many of them are self-contained like this one.
Lee: Are there ones without too much fighting?
Stan: There are as many genres of graphic novels as there are movies or books. I'm really surprised that someone who likes to read as much as you do knows so little about graphic novels.
Lee: I've come across them in bookstores before, but I had a preconceived notion that they were for kids.
Stan: I guess you were wrong.
Lee: I guess I was. There's a first time for everything.
文章讲解
What are you reading?
翻译：
英文讲解：A "graphic novel" is a term we use to describe basically a comic book that is written for adults. This term became popular, in the last 15 years or so, to describe books that were written at a more sophisticated level. In the United States when you talk about comic books, people think about the things that are written for small children, and that's American's association with comic books. So you almost never, for example on a bus or a train, will see an adult reading a comic book. Graphic novels are types of comic books, but they're considered more serious and more sophisticated.
中文讲解：
“graphic novel”是指漫画书、漫画小说。“graphic”这个词原意是指图画、图表，“graphic novel”在美国是指专门发行给成年人阅读的漫画书、漫画小说，这一类漫画书情节比较复杂，符合成年人的阅读品位，而与之相对应的专门出版给未成年人及儿童阅读的漫画书有一个专门的名词叫做“comic book”。下面我们来看关于“graphic novel”和“comic book”这两个词组的一个例句：Graphic novels are types of comic books, but they're considered more serious and more sophisticated.成人漫画书是漫画书的一种，但是它们的故事情节更具严肃性，并且更加复杂。
graphic novel
英文解释：a long and complex story where the words of the story are printed within a series of drawings that show what is happening, usually written for adults
中文解释：
例句：Some people who don't enjoy reading regular books like to read graphic novels.
It's a graphic novel.
翻译：
Graphic novel?
翻译：
英文讲解：Notice this idea that comic books are for children.
中文讲解：
“comic book”漫画书、连环画。“comic”这个词本身就是漫画、连环画的意思。
comic book
英文解释：a short and simple story where the words of the story are printed within a series of drawings that show what is happening, usually written for children
中文解释：
例句：Karrie had a lot of Wonder Woman comic books when she was a child.
You mean a comic book?
翻译：
I thought you were too old for that sort of thing.
翻译：
英文讲解：Stan says, "For your information" - we use that expression at the beginning of a sentence, "for your information," to mean I am going to correct what you just said, basically. You say it when you are perhaps a little upset - a little angry.
中文讲解：
“For your information”这个短语是指以下信息仅供参考的意思。在这段对话中，可以理解为Stan对Lee说“告诉你吧，实话跟你说”。
英文讲解：so "literary art form" is a type of art related to literature.
literary
英文解释：related to literature; related to things that are written and read
中文解释：
例句：Many people think that Edgar Allen Poe was a literary genius.
英文讲解："Literary" is an adjective meaning related to literature: "The poems of the American poet Edgar Allan Poe are considered literary masterpieces" - good poems.
英文讲解："Art form" is a type of art,
中文讲解：
“art form”是指艺术形式，
art form
英文解释：a type of art, such as writing, painting, drawing, music, or dance
中文解释：
例句：Do you think that rap music is an art form?
For your information, this is a graphic novel and it's a literary art form.
翻译：
英文讲解：A "mature audience" can mean a couple of different things. Here it just means adults who are older, not children. Sometimes we'll talk about someone being "more mature" to mean that they are more emotionally and socially developed or sophisticated.
中文讲解：
“mature audience”是指成年的读者、成年的观众。
mature audiences
英文解释：a group of older adults whom one writes or performs for
中文解释：
例句：This movie is for mature audiences and I don't plan to take my kids to see it.
英文讲解："Mature" is also sometimes used to refer to certain books or movies that are not appropriate for young children or for teenagers because of the topic or the language or violence, or perhaps even sexual content of the movie or book.
中文讲解：
“mature”这个词是指成熟的、成年了的。如果某个人行事比较幼稚，别人可能会对他说“Be mature please！”，请你成熟一点吧，拜托了！
Graphic novels are written for mature audiences, not kids.
翻译：
Really?
翻译：
I don't know anything about comic books.
翻译：
英文讲解：A "comic strip" is a series of about four frames - four boxes - that have funny drawings and tell a very small or short joke, and in the newspaper you can see many different comic strips. They're popular among children and adults, more among children than adults, probably. When I was younger - I'm still young, but when I was younger I used to read comic strips in the newspaper every morning while I ate my cold cereal and milk.
中文讲解：
“comic strip”是指报纸上的漫画专栏，通常是以四栏的为主。我们来看这个句子，“When I was younger, I used to read comic strips in the newspaper every morning while I ate my cold cereal and milk.”年轻的时候，我每天早上，一边喝着燕麦牛奶，一边读着报纸上的漫画专栏。
comic strips
英文解释：a series of about four boxes with funny drawings and some words that are put next to each other in a rectangular shape and published in a newspaper or magazine every day or week
中文解释：
例句：The Peanuts comic strip is very popular and is known for its characters like Charlie Brown and Snoopy.
I like reading the comic strips in the newspaper, but I've never read an entire comic book before.
翻译：
You might want to check these out.
翻译：
英文讲解："To be bound" (bound) means that something is held together at one edge. Usually we are talking about a book; that part of a book where the paper is glued or somehow put together is called the "binding." But, "bound" is, in this case, referring to the edge of the book - the book has a "binding."
中文讲解：
“To be bound”是指装订好的、装订在一起的。它的动词原形是bind，装订的意思。一本书被装订的部分我们用binding这个名词来表示。
bound
英文解释：held together at one edge, especially when referring to the pages of a book
中文解释：
例句：This book wasn't bound very well, so some of the pages are falling out.
Look at this bound collection, for instance.
翻译：
英文讲解：The "storyline" is the main story in the book or the novel or the movie or the play. "What's the storyline?" - what is the basic story? He says the storyline "is as complex an as a novel."
中文讲解：
“storyline”是指故事情节、故事主线。如果在读一本书，朋友问你“What's the storyline?”，他是想问你，“这本书基本的故事情节是什么？”
storyline
英文解释：the main story in a book, novel, movie, or play
中文解释：
例句：The teacher asked the children to read the book at home, and the next day, he asked them if they liked the general storyline.
英文讲解："Complex" here means complicated, the opposite of simple - not simple.
中文讲解：
“complex”是指曲折的、复杂的、难以理解的，它有一个近义词是complicated。
complex
英文解释：complicated; not simple
中文解释：
例句：It took the scientists several hours to explain their complex calculations.
panel
英文解释：one square section with a drawing and some words in a comic book or graphic novel
中文解释：
例句：On Sundays, each Doonesbury comic strip has at least six panels.
英文讲解：The different sections in a comic book or in a comic strip are called "panels" (panels).
英文讲解：When someone says "it's a work of art," they mean it's very artistic, imaginative, creative; something that you should respect because it's very beautiful.
中文讲解：
“a work of art”是指艺术作品非常的美丽、非常的有想象力，表现了极大的创造性。
work of art
英文解释：something that is artistic, imaginative, and creative, and deserves respect for those reasons
中文解释：
例句：The Mona Lisa is one of the world's most famous works of art.
It has a storyline that's as complex as a novel, and each panel is a work of art.
翻译：
It is pretty impressive looking.
翻译：
英文讲解：A "superhero" is an imaginary, made-up person with special powers: Spider-man and Superman are superheroes; that's an example. "Jeff McQuillan is a superhero, but only in his own mind!"
中文讲解：
“superhero"是指超级英雄，比如说“Spider-man and Superman are superheroes”，蜘蛛侠和超人是超级英雄。
superheroes
英文解释：an imaginary person with special powers, such as the ability to fly or see through walls
中文解释：
例句：Which superhero do you like better: Superman or Spider-Man?
I'm not that interested in superheroes, though.
翻译：
英文讲解："Sophisticated" means, again, not simple, not common, more advanced, more elegant.
中文讲解：
“sophisticated”这个词是指更加的成熟、更加的复杂。
sophisticated
英文解释：elegant; refined; advanced; not simple or common
中文解释：
例句：Computer technology becomes more sophisticated every day!
The Superman and Spider-man comic books are great, but the graphic novels today are even more sophisticated.
翻译：
英文讲解：When we say a book or a comic book is "serialized," we they publish it in sections: one week will be the first chapter, the next week will be the second chapter, and so on. This was a very popular way of publishing books for many years, not as popular recently, although The New York Times Magazine on Sundays has usually one or two serialized stories - small chapters of stories over many weeks.
中文讲解：
“serialized”是指以系列的形式发行出版，比如这个例句“The New York Times Magazine on Sundays has usually one or two serialized stories - small chapters of stories over many weeks.”，纽约时代杂志在周六经常会有一到两个连载的故事，每个星期一章，持续好多个星期。
serialized
英文解释：in a series; as one of many parts of something, especially when referring to TV shows or books
中文解释：
例句：The movie was too long to show all at once, so the TV channel serialized it into five parts, showing one each night.
self-contained
英文解释：as one piece; without additional parts; as a whole
中文解释：
例句：The lessons in this book are self-contained, so that you can study each lesson independently, without needing to refer to the other lessons for more information.
英文讲解："Self-contained" means all in one piece. That's how you typically buy a book - it's "self- contained," it's not serialized.
Some of them are still serialized like the old comic books, but many of them are self-contained like this one.
翻译：
Are there ones without too much fighting?
翻译：
英文讲解：A "genre" (genre) is a French word - we pronounce it "genre" in English, which means a specific type or style of literature or of movies or of music. In classical music, we have the genre of baroque music and of romantic music, and something we call classical music, which is in between the baroque and the romantic. Those are "genres."
中文讲解：
“genre”这个词是指艺术流派、艺术门类，和“art form”是同义词。
genres
英文解释：a specific style of literature, movies, or music
中文解释：
例句：What genre of movies do you like? Horror or comedy?
There are as many genres of graphic novels as there are movies or books.
翻译：
I'm really surprised that someone who likes to read as much as you do knows so little about graphic novels.
翻译：
英文讲解："To come across them" means I've found them although I wasn't looking for them - almost by accident.
中文讲解：
“come across”是指偶然的碰到、不期而遇的意思，可以是偶然碰到一个人，也可以是偶然碰到一件物品。
preconceived
英文解释：something that has been decided before one has all the information or experience needed to really know the truth
中文解释：
英文讲解：When something is "preconceived," that means you've decided about it before you even have any experience with it - before you really know the truth: "He had a preconceived idea about what Los Angeles is; he thought it would be ugly and polluted and crowded." That's true in some places, but not in all places.
例句：I had the preconceived idea that everyone in Texas knew how to ride a horse, but when I went there, I realized that this isn't true.
notion
英文解释：idea; concept; opinion about something
中文解释：
英文讲解：A "notion" is just another word for an idea, a concept, an opinion about something.
例句：Where did you get the notion that your great-grandparents were from Germany? They were all born in the U.S.
I've come across them in bookstores before, but I had a preconceived notion that they were for kids.
翻译：
I guess you were wrong.
翻译：
I guess I was.
翻译：
英文讲解：We use that expression as a joke: "there's a first time for everything" means that you shouldn't be surprised by anything because anything is possible, even things that are very unexpected. Lee is saying here that she never has made a mistake before, so "there's a first time for everything."
中文讲解：
“there's a first time for everything”是指每件事都有头一次。Lee这里自我解嘲说，我确实是错了，但是每个人都会有第一次犯错的，不管是谁，总有第一次犯错的机会。
There's a first time for everything
英文解释：a phrase used to show that one shouldn't be surprised by anything, because anything is possible and even things that are very unexpected can happen sometimes
中文解释：
例句：Beatrice always says that she hates country music, but last night she went to a country music concert. There's a first time for everything!
There's a first time for everything.
翻译：
请讲解下面的英文单选题：「这是错误答案」，请给学习者提示，鼓励他再试；或「这是正确答案」，然后review问题强化理解
1.请翻译问题： According to Stan, which of the following statements is true?
2.请讲解答案选项 A：Graphic novels are written for children.
3.请讲解答案选项 B：Graphic novels are often violent.
4.请讲解答案选项 C：Graphic novels are artistic.
5.正确选项是：
6.可参考文章的哪些句子呢？句子编号（多个句子编号之间用逗号隔开）是：
7.请翻译问题： Why hasn't Lee ever bought a graphic novel?
8.请讲解答案选项 A：Because she thought they were for children.
9.请讲解答案选项 B：Because she didn't like the genre.
10.请讲解答案选项 C：Because she thought they were too sophisticated.
11.正确选项是：
12.可参考文章的哪些句子呢？句子编号（多个句子编号之间用逗号隔开）是：