博物馆奇妙夜英语

Last winter holiday, I was taking a translation course in New Orientation, and there I met a young but experienced teacher. In class, he recommended “Night at the Museum” to us as “if you could understand every point in this movie, you are qualified to say that you know well enough about the world which you are living in.”

Doubted his words, I watched “Night at the Museum” recently, only to find that his saying was correct. The story went on in an old way. Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) was a complete loser who was divorced and unemployed. In order to fight for his only son, Nick’s custody, he got a night guard job at the Museum of Natural History in New York. And then he discovered that all the exhibitions there came to life at night. There, ancient animals including dinosaurs and African elephants were running about wildly; Statue of Easter Island was chattered without stop; Augustus (Steve Coogan) was leading his army conquer all enemies; Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams), the lovable 26th President of America was roaming around on the horseback; and cowboys were exploding in the west, etc. The museum went into a chaos, and Larry seemed to be in trouble. Perhaps you have guessed, Larry and his son were going to enjoy an adventurous journey with the characters in history. I have to say, the visual effect was perfect, bringing viewers to a fantastic ancient age soon.

Laughing all along, I also learned more about ancient and modern civilization all around the world during this fun trip with poor Larry. Further more, a subtle change of Nick’s opinion towards his father comforted viewers. Facing a do-nothing father, Nick was once disappointed. But after the fun night experience at the museum, accompanying by numerous historic characters, he finally understood his father, a little leisure, but brave and lovable. The magical history museum mended the relationship between the father and son.

It cannot be denied that Americans are good at spreading values in American style, so did they show it in “Night at the Museum”. I have to admit that I appreciate this pattern, as civilization continues easily. For example, Docent Rebecca introduced Roosevelt, “He absolutely loved history and believed that the more you know about the past the better prepared you are for the future.” Their attitude toward history is clear here, which makes me moving. Larry Daley once considered giving up this job, because it made him stressful. But Roosevelt encouraged him, “Some men are born great. Others have greatness thrust upon them. For you, that is the very moment.” Can anyone be untouched hearing these words? At least, I cannot. Witnessing a small tomato becoming a hero may has been boring to some people, but to me, it still powerful.

If you want to release pressure, and learn something about human history and civilization at the same time, “Night at the Museum” will be a first choice.

西奥多·罗斯福（英语：Theodore Roosevelt，又译狄奥多·罗斯福，人称老罗斯福，昵称泰迪（Teddy），1858年10月27日－1919年1月6日），美国军事家、政治家，第26任总统。
西奥多·罗斯福曾任美国海军部副部长，参与美西战争，1900年当选副总统。1901年总统威廉·麦金莱被无政府主义者刺杀身亡，他继任成为美国总统，时年42岁，是美国历史上最年轻的在任总统。他的独特个性和改革主义政策，使他成为美国历史上最伟大的总统之一。
西奥多·罗斯福在总统任期内，对国内的主要贡献是建立资源保护政策，保护了森林、矿物、石油等资源；建立公平交易法案，推动劳工与资本家和解。对外奉行门罗主义，实行扩张政策，建设强大军队，干涉美洲事务。
西奥多·罗斯福因成功地调停了日俄战争，获得1906年的诺贝尔和平奖，是第一个获得此奖项的美国人。
1912年卸任后，西奥多·罗斯福与共和党意见有分歧，于是脱党，代表进步党参选总统，试图东山再起；但败于美国民主党的候选人伍德罗·威尔逊，从此退出政坛。
西奥多·罗斯福的远房堂弟富兰克林·罗斯福日后也当选为美国总统，故在中文环境里常称富兰克林·罗斯福为“小罗斯福”总统，而称西奥多·罗斯福为“老罗斯福”总统。
西奥多·罗斯福是拉什莫尔山上四个总统雕像之中唯一的20世纪总统，与华盛顿、杰佛逊和林肯并驾齐驱。
2006年6月26日，他再次成为《时代》周刊的封面人物。

泰迪熊（毛绒玩具泰迪熊）
泰迪熊（英文：Teddy Bear），中文翻译为泰迪熊，按照美国当地的说法应该称为罗斯福熊。是用于儿童玩耍的填充玩具熊。它是一种历史悠久的毛绒玩具，常常被用来安慰孩子们的难过情绪的。近年来一些泰迪熊变成了昂贵的收藏品。世界上第一个泰迪熊博物馆于1984年在英格兰的汉普郡彼得斯菲尔德（Petersfield, Hampshire）建立。

1个没有课的下午，窝在寝室里就能看完的轻松小片子。开心。尤其像看到2只口耐的鸵鸟晃脖子，猴机在那里狂跳，某个族的族长在那边搞笑，还有2个迷你人很显摆的时候，特别开心。片子就素应该素这样子的呵。

去电影院看007的时候，被正片前的“博物馆之夜”预告片蛊惑了，果然预告片是欺骗性的，电影院是很煽风点火的。

Ben Stiller很可爱，虽然他的喜剧方式不是特别对我的胃口，当然Robin Williams至少也不会是减分因素，但吸引我的主要原因是Ricky Gervais和Steve Coogan，所以，自作孽啊。

从角色重要性来说，Steve Coogan和Owen Wilson是完全平等的，戏分却少了许多，可以理解哈，明显Owen Wilson更帅更有票房吸引力，而且他和stiller可是老搭档了。不强调谁比谁多几分钟，重要的是steve coogan根本没有发挥，编剧没有给他发挥的余地，这个古罗马将军随便街上拉个人来演都成。Ricky Gervais倒是保持自己的特色了，问题在于他的搞笑方式放在这里完全的不搭调，好像莫名其妙冒出来的一个令人不快的小气泡，噗一声破了就消失在空气里被人遗忘了。Ricky Gervais这个混蛋能在美国春风得意本身就是件不可思议的事情，英美两个版本的the office竟然在imdb上都有9.3的评分，上帝拯救美国吧，我还从来没见过这么高的分数呢，应该对美国人民刮目相看么？

如今几乎已经很难找到纯国籍的电影了，大家都在跨国合作，好莱坞的英国演员们可能是性价比比较高的选择，可如果真的是冲着性价比，至少让人发挥出价值呢，不然多低廉的价格都是白搭，就好像我们这里热衷的中港台日韩合作，不过是想骗进尽可能多的观众。

撇开两个小配角，这个电影根本就没有一个make sense的剧本，也根本没打算要make sense，ben stiller只是满场上蹿下跳，换个猴子也能演吧，Robin Williams只是个偶尔冒两句励志cliche的相思病蜡人总统。所以他们并不是特别轻视英国演员，对自己人也差不多一视同仁，只有特技特效和非人类演员得到了重视。赶紧出游戏吧，这种东西游戏比电影会好玩得多。

最后注一下：Ricky Gervais曾经是suede的manager……汗