2026年英语专八真题听力 对话1

W: We are here today with Nelson Leach on our show, who has many things,like acting, film directing, script writing, teaching.

女：今天我们的节目请到了纳尔逊·利奇，他身兼多职：演员、导演、编剧、教师。

Today we want to talk to him about his writing.

今天我们想和他聊聊他的创作。

W:Good evening, Nelson.

晚上好，纳尔逊。

M: Good evening.

男：晚上好。

W: Let's start at the very beginning.

女：我们从头聊起吧。

What is the first story you ever wrote?

你写的第一个故事是什么？

M: You will be surprised.

男：你会很意外。

My first story was the beginning of a novel which I wrote when I was around 11 years old.

我写的第一个故事是一部小说的开头，大概十一岁的时候写的。

I hand wrote at least 50 pages on a notebook that I kept inside my desk drawer in my bedroom.

我在卧室书桌抽屉里的笔记本上手写了至少五十页。

Somehow though it got lost.

不过不知怎么弄丢了。

I have no idea what happened to it.

我完全不知道它去哪儿了。

W: That's a pity.

女：真可惜。

After growing up, what movies or stories inspired your creativity?

长大后，哪些电影或故事激发了你的创作灵感？

Can you tell us a bit?

能和我们说说吗？

M: Well, from early on, it was Greek mythology.

男：嗯，从小时候起，就是希腊神话。

I was and still am, in a lot of ways, obsessed with it.

过去是，现在在很多方面依然痴迷。

Then I moved to classic literature, Shakespeare, Dickens just to name a couple, and then films.

后来我读经典文学，比如莎士比亚、狄更斯，然后是电影。

But Greek mythology still impresses me the most.

但希腊神话至今最打动我。

W: What about modern literature?

女：现代文学呢？

It doesn't inspire you?

它不能给你灵感吗？

M: I have to admit that I don't read anything modern.

男：我得承认，我不读任何现代作品。

W: Okay.Now imagine that you are not a well-known writer, how would you make directors and producers read your screenplay?

女：好的。假设你还不是知名作家，你会怎么让导演和制片人看你的剧本？

M: Well, I have never had any problems with that myself.

男：我自己从没遇到过这种问题。

So I don't really know what to say.

所以我其实不知道该怎么说。

However, some friends of mine have told me how they do it.

不过我有些朋友告诉过我他们的做法。

W: So how do they do it?

女：那他们是怎么做的？

M: Well, according to them, you must follow the work of other writers and directors that you find interesting, then get in touch with them through the Internet.

男：据他们说，你得关注你感兴趣的编剧和导演的作品，然后通过网络联系他们。

In this digital age, it's easier than ever to contact people.

在这个数字时代，联系别人比以往任何时候都容易。

E-mails, web pages, you know.

邮件、网页，你懂的。

Once you've made contact, you can send them your script directly.

联系上之后，就可以直接把剧本发给他们。

W: Then let's move on to another question.

女：我们来换下一个问题。

What experiences from your life influence your characters?

你生活中的哪些经历影响了你笔下的角色？

M: Every person I know, have ever known, or even run into for an instant.

男：我认识的、曾经认识的，甚至擦肩而过的每一个人。

My family, my friends, my relationships.

我的家人、朋友、感情经历。

I sit around public places and listen to other people's conversations.

我会坐在公共场所，听别人聊天。

If they interest me, I sometimes record them or write down things they say.

如果感兴趣，我有时会录音，或者记下他们说的话。

W: Then how emotionally involved are you with the characters you create?

女：你对自己塑造的角色投入多深的情感？

M: Oh, they live with me the entire time I'm writing them.

男：写的时候，这些角色一直都在我身边。

I can be out with friends at dinner, on a date, and I'm sitting there thinking to myself, "Well, how would my character react now?"

哪怕和朋友吃饭、约会，我都会在心里想：“我的角色现在会怎么反应？”

They're all around me except when I sleep, fortunately.

除了睡觉，他们几乎时时刻刻都在我脑子里，幸好是这样。

This is the end of Part One of the interview.

采访第一部分到此结束。

Questions 1 to 5 are based on what you have just heard.

第1至5题基于刚才听到的内容。

Question one, What is mainly discussed on the show?

问题一：本期节目主要讨论了什么？

Question two, What happened to the first story the man wrote?

问题二：男士写的第一个故事发生了什么？

Question three, What inspired the man most in creative writing?

问题三：在创作写作方面，什么最能激发这位男士的灵感？

Question four, According to the man what influences the characters he creates?

问题四：据这位男士所说，什么影响了他塑造的角色？

Question five, According to the man which of the following is true about the characters he created?

问题五：据这位男士所说，关于他塑造的角色，以下哪一项是正确的？

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