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GETTING TO KNOW STEVEN SPIELBERG
走近史蒂芬·斯皮尔伯格
Steven Spielberg, whose mother was a music teacher, was born in 1946 in a small town in America.
史蒂芬·斯皮尔伯格1946年生于美国的一个小镇，他的母亲是一名音乐教师。
He started making short films when he was still a young boy.
当他还是个孩子的时候，他就开始制作电影短片。
He made his first real film when he was twelve.
他十二岁时制作了第一部真正的电影。
This was a film in which Spielberg used real actors instead of toys.
在这部电影中，他使用了真正的演员而不是玩具。
He wrote the scripts for the films himself.
他亲自为电影写剧本。
In 1959 Spielberg won a prize for a short film which he made when he was thirteen years old.
1959年，斯皮尔伯格因其制作的一部短片而获得了一个奖项，当时他才十三岁。
A few years later, when he was sixteen, he made a film called Firelight.
几年后，十六岁的他制作了一部电影，名字叫《火光》。
When Spielberg was young, his dream was to go to the Film Academy, but he couldn’t.
当斯皮尔伯格小的时候，他的梦想是上电影学院，但却未能如愿。
The reason why he could not go there was that his grades weretoo low.
他未能去那儿的原因是由于他的分数太低了。
After studying English, he got a small job at a film studio.
当他学习了英语之后，他在一家电影制作室打零工。
Here he worked on a short film, which won him a job as the youngest film director in the world.
在那儿，他从事了一部电影短剧的制作，由此成为了(当时)世界上最年轻的电影导演。
This was the moment when Spielberg’s career really took off.
此时，斯皮尔伯格的事业才真正开始步入辉煌。
Jaws(1975), one of his first films, was a real blockbuster.
他的早期电影之一，《大白鲨》(1975)是一部真正具有轰动效应的作品，
It is about a big white shark that attacks swimmers who are spending their holidays in a small village by the sea.
作品讲述了一条大白鲨的故事，它时常攻击那些到海滨村庄来度假的游泳者。
Many people who saw the film were afraid to swim in the sea when they remembered the scenes in which people were eaten by the shark.
许多看了这部电影的人们一想到电影中鲨鱼吃人的场面就不敢去海里游泳了。
Spielberg has made two films about creatures that come to the earth from outer space.
斯皮尔伯格现已制作了两部关于外星人的影片。
For example, ET(1982) is about a young boy called Elliott who makes friends with a small creature from outer space and helps him to find a way to go home.
例如《外星人》(1982)讲述的是一个叫艾利奥特的小男孩和来自外太空的一个小动物交朋友，然后帮助它回家的故事。
The world of adults is cold. Scientists want to find ET to cut him in pieces to do research.
成人的世界是冷酷的。科学家们想找到外星人，然后把他切成碎片来进行研究。
But in the world of children and the world where ET comes from,
但是在孩子们以及外星人的世界里，
love and friendship are the most important things in life.
爱和友谊却是生命中最重要的部分。
Jurassic park, which Spielberg made in 1993, is abouta parkwherea very rich man keeps different kinds of dinosaurs.
斯皮尔伯格在1993年制作的《侏罗纪公园》描述了这样一个公园。在这座公园里，一个富翁养了各种各样的恐龙。
When the park is hit by a storm, things start going wrong.
当公园遭到风暴袭击时，情况开始变得很糟糕，
The film becomes very exciting when the children are hunted by meat-eating dinosaurs.
孩子们被这些食肉恐龙捕食，影片使人觉得非常刺激。
After these highly successful films, Spielberg made several follow-ups of Jaws and Jurassic Park.
继这几部成功作品之后，斯皮尔伯格接着又制作了《大白鲨》和《侏罗纪公园》的几部续集。
His later films such as Schindler’s Listand Saving Private Ryanare about the cruelty of war.
他后来的电影《辛德勒名单》和《拯救大兵瑞恩》都以战争的残酷性为主题。
In his war films, he has shown that love and peace will win over war in the end.
在他的战争题材的影片里，他揭示了爱与和平将最终战胜战争这一主题。
Steven Spielberg is one of the top directors in the film industry and also has many fans in China.
斯皮尔伯格是电影界中最优秀的导演之一，在中国也有他的许多影迷。
When asked about the secret of his success, Steven Spielberg said that he owes much of his success and happiness to his wife and children.
当问及他成功的秘诀时，斯皮尔伯格说他大部分的成功与欢乐应归于他妻子及孩子。
He met Cate Capshaw, Who is an actress, when he was working on one of his films.
他在执导一部影片时，遇到了女演员凯特卡普萧。
After that it still took seven years before they finally got married.
此后过了七年，他们才终于结婚了。
The couple has seven children in all.
他们共有七个孩子。
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