影片對白：It looks like a paradise, but it is in fact the most treacherous desert in the world: The Kalahari.

 

劇情介紹:

故事發生在非洲一個未經開發的地方：卡拉哈里。雖然距離都市只有六百英里，但居民對于現代化事物一無所知。他們把天空偶然出現的飛機當作是上帝的使者。有一次從飛機上掉下一個空的可樂瓶子，居民以為是上帝送他們的禮物。很多人想到要獨占它，人們開始為之爭吵，甚至大打出手。一名叫“基”的土人決定把這個將原本平靜的生活變得不安的東西還給上帝，于是他帶著瓶子上路了。一路上，基經歷了種種奇遇，也引發了無窮的樂趣。

The Gods Must Be Crazy is a film released in 1980, written and directed by Jamie Uys. Set in Botswana and South Africa, it tells the story of Xi, a Sho of the Kalahari Desert (played by Namibian San farmer N?xau) whose tribe has no knowledge of the world beyond.

The film is a collision of three separate stories—the journey of a Sho to the end of the earth to destroy a Coca-Cola bottle, the romance between a bumbling scientist and a schoolteacher, and a band of guerrillas on the run.

Bushman Xi preparing to throw the Coca-Cola bottle off the end of the earth.

The Sho of Xi's tribe are living well off the land in the Kalahari Desert. They are happy because the gods have provided plenty of everything, no one in the tribe has unfilled wants. One day, a glass Coke bottle is thrown out of an aeroplane. Initially, this strange artifact seems to be another boon from the gods—Xi's people find many uses for it. But unlike anything that they have had before, there is only one bottle to go around. This exposes the tribe to a hitherto unknown phenomenon, property, and they soon find themselves experiencing things they never had before: jealousy, envy, anger, hatred, even violence.

Xi decides that the bottle is an evil thing and must be thrown off of the edge of the world. He sets out alone on his quest and encounters Western Civilization for the first time. The film presents an interesting interpretation of civilization as viewed through Xi's perceptions.

There are also plot lines about biologist Andrew Steyn (Marius Weyers) who is studying the local animals; the newly-hired village school teacher, a former newspaper reporter named Kate Thompson (Sandra Prinsloo); and some guerrillas led by Sam Boga (Louw Verwey), who are being pursued by government troops after an unsuccessful coup d'état. Also taking a share of the limelight is Steyn's Land Rover, dubbed the Antichrist (also Son of Maraka) by his assistant and mechanic, M'pudi (Michael Thys), for its unreliability and constant need of repair. Also part of the chaos is a fresh safari tour guide named Jack Hind (Nic de Jager), who would often steal Steyn's thunder.

Xi happens upon a farm and, being hungry as well as oblivious to the concept of ownership, shoots a goat with a tranquilizer arrow. For this he is arrested and jailed for stealing livestock. M'pudi, who lived with the Sho for a long time, realizes that Xi will die in the alien environment of a prison cell. He and Steyn manage to hire Xi as a tracker for the 11 weeks of his prison sentence, with the help of M'pudi, who speaks Xi's language. Meanwhile, the guerrillas invade the school where Kate teaches and use her and her pupils as human shields for their escape by foot to the neighboring country. Steyn and Xi manage to immobilize the guerrillas as they are passing by and save Kate and the children. Steyn allows Xi to leave to continue his quest to the edge of the world.

Xi eventually finds himself at the top of a cliff with a solid layer of low-lying clouds obscuring the landscape below. This convinces Xi that he has reached the edge of the world, and he throws the bottle off the cliff. This scene was filmed at a place called God's Window in what was then called the Eastern Transvaal, South Africa (now a separate province called Mpumalanga). This is at the edge of the escarpment between the Highveld and Lowveld of South Africa.

 

（來源：維基百科）

 

 

考考你

英漢互譯。

1. 我和你一樣在同一條危險的街道里生長起來

2. 沒有水的井毫無用途。

3. Truth will come to light sooner or later.

4. That young boy of hers is quite a handful. 。

Kung Fu Panda《功夫熊貓》精講之四 考考你 參考答案

1. No man is born wise. 答案：聰明非天生。

2. Pepole are born equal. 答案：人生來平等。

3. 希望老師對我手下留情。答案：I hope the teacher will take easy on me.

4. 怎樣才能解開我心上的疙瘩？答案：How can I get rid of my hang-up?

 

影片對白：It looks like a paradise, but it is in fact the most treacherous desert in the world: The Kalahari.


(英語點津Yvonne編輯)

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