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Culture 03Shenzhen Daily Wednesday April 25, 2018
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Song of the WeekSong of the Week
DelicateTaylor Swift
This ain’t for the bestMy reputation’s never been worse, soYou must like me for me…We can’t makeAny promises now, can we, babe?But you can make me a drink
Dive bar on the East Side, where you at?Phone lights up my nightstand in the blackCome here, you can meet me in the backDark jeans and your Nikes, look at youOh damn, never seen that color blueJust think of the fun things we could do’Cause I like you...
Is it cool that I said all that?Is it chill that you’re in my head?’Cause I know that it’s delicate (delicate)Is it cool that I said all that?Is it too soon to do this yet?’Cause I know that it’s delicateIsn’t it? Isn’t it? Isn’t it? Isn’t it?Isn’t it? Isn’t it? Isn’t it?Isn’t it... delicate?
Third fl oor on the West Side, me and youHandsome, you’re a mansion with a viewDo the girls back home touch you like I do?Long night, with your hands up in my hairEchoes of your footsteps on the stairsStay here, honey, I don’t wanna share’Cause I like you......
Sometimes I wonder when you sleepAre you ever dreaming of me?Sometimes when I look into your eyesI pretend you’re mine, all the damn time’Cause I like you
Is it cool that I said all that?Is it chill that you’re in my head?’Cause I know that it’s delicate ...Isn’t it delicate?
Background“Delicate” is a song recorded by Ameri-can singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her sixth studio album “Reputation” (2017). It was released on March 12. “Delicate” has been labeled as an electropop love song with lyrics concerning “what happens when you meet somebody that you really want in your life and then you start worrying about what they’ve heard before they met you,” in her own words.
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Scan the QR code to watch
a trailer for the movie “A Quiet
Place.”
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《寂静之地》《寂静之地》
A terrifying thriller with a surprisingly warm heart, John Krasinski’s “A Quiet Place” is an allegory* for parenting in a world gone wrong. A couple with kids in real life, Krasinski and Emily Blunt play parents in a world where even the slightest noise can lead to sudden, violent death. Training their children to be self-suffi cient* without making a sound is a unique challenge.
Opening with a card that reads “Day 89,” the movie fi nds the family gath-ering provisions in an upstate New York* community that has become a ghost town. As they sign to each other — the daughter is deaf, and knowing sign language helped them keep each other alive as their neighbors were killed. The spidery creatures who have wreaked havoc* have excep-tional hearing. Being blind, that’s the only way they can locate things to eat. Two parents and three children start the long walk back home. In a beauti-fully staged, heartbreaking scene, one of the children makes a mistake and gets killed.
A little over a year later, Mom is pregnant. A soundproofi ng scheme* is being planned. The four live in a house with a big red barn and corn silos next door. The camera notes clever adjustments they’ve made to
turn life’s volume down.Scenes of what passes for ordinary
life let the screenplay focus on Mom and Dad’s efforts to educate their son (Noah Jupe) and daughter (Mil-licent Simmonds) while never letting them forget how dangerous their lives are.
Blunt is a loving mother who can’t help but whisper just a tiny bit as she encourages her son to be brave; Kra-sinski’s expressive eyes are especially well suited to expressing the depth of his concern for them.
Down in the basement, Dad’s keep-ing track of what they’ve learned
about the monsters; trying to com-municate with the outside world via Morse code and shortwave; and making repeated, failed attempts to fi x the hearing aid connected to the girl’s cochlear implant*.
Blunt’s character will go into labor before the movie ends. But that’s just about the only predictable* thing here, and the fi lm fi nds ways to turn even that into a surprise. (SD-Agencies)
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A scene from “A Quiet Place.”A scene from “A Quiet Place.” SD-AgenciesSD-Agencies
The Shortest History of Europe
This interesting book can serve as a quick guide to the history of Europe through its three main eras: clas-sical, medieval and modern. The book offers the reader an integral*, complete and concise history of how the Greek and Roman cultures are the basis of all of Europe. Spinning ideas, periods and events, the author offers a nice way to build a mental story that is easy to understand for the reader.
In this short book, acclaimed histo-rian John Hirst provides a fascinating exploration of the qualities that have made Europe a world-changing civili-zation, born from an unlikely mixture of classical learning, Christianity and
German warrior culture. Starting with a rapid historical
overview from the ancient Greeks to the present day, Hirst goes on to explore in detail what makes Europe unique: its political evolution*; the shaping infl uence of its linguistic boundaries; the crucial* role played by power struggles between the Pope and emperors; and of course the great invasions and conquests that have transformed* the conti-nent.
Accompanied by lively illustra-tions, the book is a clear, humorous and thought-provoking account of European civilization.
That said, the book does not talk
much about the modern European era and only offers a basic account of the 19th and 20th century.
It’s available at online book-stores like jd.com.
(SD-Agencies)
