The proportion of works cut for the cinema in Britain dropped from 40 percent when I joined the BBFC in 1975 to less than 4 percent when I left. But I don't think that 20 years from now it will be possible to regulate any medium as closely as I regulated film.
The internet is, of course, the greatest problem for this century. (1) The world will have to find a means, through some sort of international treaty or United Nations initiative, to control the material that's now going totally unregulated into people's homes. That said, it will only take one little country like Paraguay to refuse to sign a treaty for transmission to be unstoppable. Parental control is never going to be sufficient.
(2) I'm still very worried about the impact of violent video games, even though researchers say their impact is moderated by the fact that players don't so much experience the game as enjoy the technical maneuvers (策略) that enable you to win. But in respect of violence in mainstream films, I'm more optimistic. Quite suddenly, tastes have changed, and it's no longer Stallone or Schwarzenegger who are the top stars, but Leonardo DiCaprio--that has taken everybody by surprise.
(3) Go through the most successful films in Europe and America now and you will find virtually none that are violent. Quentin Tarantino didn't usher in a new, violent generation, and films are becoming much more pre-social than one would have expected.
Cinema going will undoubtedly survive. The new multiplexes are a glorious experience, offering perfect sound and picture and very comfortable seats, things which had died out in the 1980s. (4) I can't believe we've achieved that only to throw it away in favour of huddling around a 14-inch computer monitor to watch digitally-delivered movies at home.
It will become increasingly cheap to make films, with cameras becoming smaller and lighter but remaining very precise. (5) That means greater chances for new talent to emerge, as it will be much easier for people to learn how to be better film-makers. People's working lives will be shorter in the future, and once retired they will spend a lot of time learning to do things that amuse them--like making videos. Fifty years on we could well be media-saturated as producers as well as audience: instead of writing letter, one will send little home movies entitled My Week.
參考答案
1.網(wǎng)上的東西目前正毫無(wú)管制地進(jìn)入人們的家中，世界各國(guó)得找出一種辦法，通過(guò)某種國(guó)際條約或聯(lián)合國(guó)行動(dòng)，對(duì)此加以控制。
2.盡管研究人員說(shuō)，玩暴力電子游戲的人并不是在體驗(yàn)游戲本身，更多地是在享受使他們能取勝的技術(shù)操作，這就減弱了這類游戲的影響。然而我對(duì)這種影響仍然憂心忡忡。
3.縱觀目前歐美最成功的電影，幾乎找不出哪一部是暴力的。
4.我無(wú)法相信，取得了那樣高的成就，到頭來(lái)卻棄而不用，情愿擠在十四英寸電腦顯示屏前，在家里觀看數(shù)碼傳送的電影。
5.這意味著電影新秀會(huì)有更多機(jī)會(huì)脫穎而出，因?yàn)槿藗儠?huì)更容易學(xué)會(huì)怎樣把電影拍得更好。
The internet is, of course, the greatest problem for this century. (1) The world will have to find a means, through some sort of international treaty or United Nations initiative, to control the material that's now going totally unregulated into people's homes. That said, it will only take one little country like Paraguay to refuse to sign a treaty for transmission to be unstoppable. Parental control is never going to be sufficient.
(2) I'm still very worried about the impact of violent video games, even though researchers say their impact is moderated by the fact that players don't so much experience the game as enjoy the technical maneuvers (策略) that enable you to win. But in respect of violence in mainstream films, I'm more optimistic. Quite suddenly, tastes have changed, and it's no longer Stallone or Schwarzenegger who are the top stars, but Leonardo DiCaprio--that has taken everybody by surprise.
(3) Go through the most successful films in Europe and America now and you will find virtually none that are violent. Quentin Tarantino didn't usher in a new, violent generation, and films are becoming much more pre-social than one would have expected.
Cinema going will undoubtedly survive. The new multiplexes are a glorious experience, offering perfect sound and picture and very comfortable seats, things which had died out in the 1980s. (4) I can't believe we've achieved that only to throw it away in favour of huddling around a 14-inch computer monitor to watch digitally-delivered movies at home.
It will become increasingly cheap to make films, with cameras becoming smaller and lighter but remaining very precise. (5) That means greater chances for new talent to emerge, as it will be much easier for people to learn how to be better film-makers. People's working lives will be shorter in the future, and once retired they will spend a lot of time learning to do things that amuse them--like making videos. Fifty years on we could well be media-saturated as producers as well as audience: instead of writing letter, one will send little home movies entitled My Week.
參考答案
1.網(wǎng)上的東西目前正毫無(wú)管制地進(jìn)入人們的家中，世界各國(guó)得找出一種辦法，通過(guò)某種國(guó)際條約或聯(lián)合國(guó)行動(dòng)，對(duì)此加以控制。
2.盡管研究人員說(shuō)，玩暴力電子游戲的人并不是在體驗(yàn)游戲本身，更多地是在享受使他們能取勝的技術(shù)操作，這就減弱了這類游戲的影響。然而我對(duì)這種影響仍然憂心忡忡。
3.縱觀目前歐美最成功的電影，幾乎找不出哪一部是暴力的。
4.我無(wú)法相信，取得了那樣高的成就，到頭來(lái)卻棄而不用，情愿擠在十四英寸電腦顯示屏前，在家里觀看數(shù)碼傳送的電影。
5.這意味著電影新秀會(huì)有更多機(jī)會(huì)脫穎而出，因?yàn)槿藗儠?huì)更容易學(xué)會(huì)怎樣把電影拍得更好。