2021年英语四级听力美文第71篇:What is a Typical American...思维导图

IstheresuchathingasatypicalAmericanfilm?ItistruethattherearemanyfeaturesthatmarkamovieasAmerican,butperhapsthemostessentialisthethemeoftheloner-hero.Fromtheearliestdaysofsilentfilmsuntiltherecentextravagantsciencefictionfilms,theAmericanmoviehasconcentratedontheroleofoneindividualwhospendshisorherlifecombiningtheforcesofevil–andthegoodguy,thehero,usuallywinsbytheendofthefilm.

Inthewesternmovie,whichcomesoutofmanylegendsoftheAmericanWest,atypicalfigureisthelonesomecowboy.Hewandersintoatownandstraightensouthistroubles.Thosetroublescanbecattlerustlersorout-laws.Thenthestrongandindependentheroridesoffintothesunsetalone.Americanslikethisimageintheirfilmsbecausetheyarehighlyindependentthemselves,andindividualismcountsagreatdealwiththem.Anindividualwhoisabletocorrecttheevilsoftheworld,orofasmalltown,issomeonetoadmire.

Eventhegangster(匪徒)movie,averypopularformofthetypicalAmericanfilm,usuallyhasahero.Eitherheisalawmanouttocatchthecriminalsoragangsterwhosuddenlyseesthelightandtriestogostraight.Duringtheviolence?riddenperiodofProhibitioninthe1920s,itisnaturalthatthegangstermoviewouldgrowinpopularity.Thesefilmskeptthesametoneasthewestern---thebadcannottriumph!Onegoodpersoncansavetheinnocent.

Recentsciencefictionfilmsdealwiththesamethemes.Againsttheforcesofalienpowers,peoplewillfighttoprotecttheirideals.Here,too,theactioncentersaroundasingleindividual,butnowheorshemustsavetheworld.