Lesson 21-1??????? William S. Hart and the early 'Western' film

William S. hart was, perhaps, the greatest of all Western stars, for unlike Gary Cooper and John Wayne he appeared in nothing but Westerns. From 1914 to 1924 he was supreme and unchallenged. It was Hart who created the basic formula of the Western film, and devised the protagonist he played in every film he made, the good- bad man, the accidental-noble outlaw, or the honest-but-framed cowboy, or the sheriff made suspect by vicious gossip; in short, the individual in conflict with himself and his frontier environment.

Unlike most of his contemporaries in Hollywood, Hart actually knew something of the old West. He had lived in it as a child when it was already disappearing, and his hero was firmly rooted in his memories and experiences, and in both the history and the mythology of the vanished frontier.

supreme?/su??pri?m/? 首屈一指的，? (級別或地位）最高的，至高無上的;

protagonist?/pr??t?ɡ?n?st/??主角;主人公;

devise /d??va?z/??設計;發(fā)明;想出

accidental?/??ks??dentl/??意外的;偶然的

outlaw /?a?tl??/??亡命徒，逃犯

framed??/fre?md/??遭到陷害的;

sheriff?/??er?f/??警長;(蘇格蘭)法官;縣治安官，

vicious?/?v???s/?惡毒的;惡劣的;殘酷的

gossip?/?ɡɑ?s?p/?流言蜚語;閑聊;閑言碎語

suspect??/s??spekt /??犯罪嫌疑人;嫌疑犯;嫌疑分子,有違法嫌疑的

in short? 總而言之、一句話

conflict??/?kɑ?nfl?kt/??沖突;矛盾;

frontier?/fr?n?t?r/ 尚待開發(fā)的邊緣區(qū)域，邊境;邊界;

contemporary /k?n?temp?reri/? 同代人;同齡人,?當代的;現(xiàn)代的;同一時代的;

mythology?/m??θɑ?l?d?i/??神話;神話學

vanished?/?v?n??t/??消失了;消亡;絕跡;

be rooted in 扎根于