精彩对白

Girl: Daddy, where are we going?

Jackson: Going to a relly special place I know. Actually, it's a place where your mom and I used to hang out a lot.

Boy: I don't want to know where you and mom had sex. I'm not ready for that, Jackson.

Jackson: Stop calling me that, it's creeping me out. What's wrong with "Dad"?

Girl: Daddy, look at this.

Jackson: That wasn't here before. What did I do? Go get your hat.

Boy: Can't you see the signs?

Jackson: There used to be a lake here.

Girl: Doesn't look much of a lake to me.

Jackson: I know. The whole damn thing's gone. Come on, let's check it out.

Boy: Great.

Charlie: Subjects have now entered hot zone.

Girl: What is that?

Jackson: It's the U.S. Army.

Charlie: All manner of government vehicle are converging on subjects.

Soldier: You're in a restricted area, sir. We need you and your family to come with us.

Jackson: Right. Okay, we're gonna go with these guys. That'll be fun, huh?

Charlie: This is wild. This is really wild.

Adrian: This is unbelievable. 2700℃ at 40,000 feet?

Scientist: I know, it sounds completely implausible. Nonetheless, we're noticing an increase of almost 0.5%

Adrian: Per day?

Scientist: No. Per hour.

Man: Dr. Helmsley, we arrested some tourists in the hot zone.

Adrian: I'll take care of it. Let's get Satnam on the communications link. Try to cross reference the data.

Jackson: It's a national park, there's not supposed to be fences. What's going on here?

Adrian: We're geologists.

Jackson: You usually go digging with machine guns?

Adrian: Major, I'll take care of this, thank you.

Jackson: So what happened to the lake?

Adrian: Well that's what we're trying to find out. We think the entire area has become unstable. I think you should take your kids and leave, Mr...Curtis. You're not by any chance the Jackson Curtis who wrote "Farewell Atlantis"?

Jackson: The very same.

Girl: It's actually dedicated to my mom.

Adrian: I read a couple of your short stories in college. Your father is a very talented man.

Jackson: Listen up.

Adrian: It's amazing. I'm reading your book. I'm around day 300, the shuttle has just lost communication with Earth.

Jackson:  You're one of the lucky few who bought it.

Adrian: I didn't buy it.

Jackson: No?

Adrian: My dad gave it to me. Let me ask you something. Do you think those people would behave so selflessly knowing that their own lives were at stake?

Jackson: I hope so. The critics said I was naive, an unabashed optimist, but what do they know, right?

Adrian: It was a great pleasure meeting you. Mayor, could you escort these good people to the camp grounds, please. This is yours. Thank you

Mayor: Yes, sir.

Adrian: Take care.

Girl: He was very nice.

Jackson: You're just saying that cause he like my book.

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1. hang out: 常去某处，出外玩儿。这里的意思是“那是以前我经常陪你妈妈去的地方。”

例如：I don't always want to hang out with the group.（我可不想总是和这群人混在一起。）

2. creep someone out: 吓跑某人。

例如：What is that sound? It is really creeping me out, and I can't sleep.（这是什么声音？真吓人。我都睡不着觉了。）

3．hot zone. 热区。在这里指杰克逊带孩子们进入了危险的地热区。

4．all manner of: 各种，形形色色的（人或物）。

例如：All manner of beautiful clothes can be bought in that supermarket.（在那个超市里，人们可以买得到各种各样的漂亮衣服。）

5．restricted area: 禁区，限制地区。

足球中的禁区常用penalty area来表示。

6．implausible: 难以相信的，似乎不合情理的。

例如：an implausible explanation（牵强的解释）。

7. communications link: 通信线路。

8. cross reference: 对照，参照。

而“互相提供参考”，就可以说成是to make a cross conference。

9.machine gun：机关枪。

例如：At daybreak our machine guns opened up.（黎明时，我们用机枪开火了。）

10. the very same: 完全相同。杰克逊在这里的意思是“正是在下。”

11. listen up: 注意听，留心听。哈西姆博士在夸奖杰克逊，所以杰克逊让孩子们“注意听。”

12.unabashed: 不害羞的，不畏惧的。

例如：Tim appeared unabashed by all the media attention.（蒂姆成了传媒的焦点，却满不在乎。）

13. camp grounds: 露营区。

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1. 你们是用机关枪挖地的吗？

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2. 正是鄙人。

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3. 你真的相信，知道自己危在旦夕的那些人，会无私奉献吗？

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4. 少校，麻烦您把这些人送到露营区。

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答案见下期

《2012》精讲之一参考答案

1.I'm a dead  man.

2.These little mini-quakes are really getting on my nerves

3.Your 7 year old daughter still wets her bed.

4.Would you mind keeping your nose out of my family?

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玛雅古文明世界末日预言 　　

2012年12月21日是玛雅人长历法(Long Count Calendar)中本次人类文明结束的日子。此后，人类将进入与本次文明毫无关系的一个全新的文明。美洲的玛雅人也对世界末日作出了预言，在历法上注明了世界末日的时间表，地球会在2012年毁灭。

依照玛雅历法，地球由始至终分为五个太阳纪，分别代表五次浩劫，其中四个浩劫已经过去，第一个太阳纪是洪水浩劫，世界遭到大洪水的浩劫，有人认为是圣经所说的诺亚方舟；第二个太阳纪是风蛇浩劫，世上的建筑物被风蛇吹毁。

第三个太阳纪是火雨浩劫，大地遭受天降火雨之祸；第四个太阳纪是地震浩劫，地球遭受强烈地震的灾祸，第五个太阳纪是世界末日。当第五个太阳纪来临时，太阳会消失，大地剧烈摇晃，灾难四起，地球会彻底毁灭。这一年按照玛雅历法是3113年，换算为公历便是2012年12月21日。

虽然很多民族都有末日预言，但为何玛雅人所说的末日预言，会受到人们的重视？原因是玛雅历法的计算非常准确。从玛雅人的历法得知，他们早已知道地球公转时间，是365日又6小时又24分20秒，误差非常之小。另外对于其他星体的运行时间，在计算上也非常准确，对于数学单位数字，早在三千年前，玛雅人已经使用，科学家因此对玛雅的文化感到惊讶。

斐声国际的作家、工程师兼业余科学家摩利斯·科特罗（Maurice Cotterell)精于玛雅古文明研究，他从许多古庙与碑石中发现了一组一再重复出现的密码：1,366,560。若将这个密码的单位视为“天”，则换算为年的话，为3740年。玛雅族诞生于公元前3113年，到750年突然消失，其中间生存的年代接近3740这个年数。

根据玛雅文献的记载，地球每隔3740年就会被毁灭一次，而地球生命在过去已曾被毁灭四次；换言之，现代人类应已是地球第五代子孙了。摩利斯将玛雅文化中的圣数1,366,560与太阳磁场变化周期，这二个表面上毫不相干的事连接在一起，科学地计算出太阳磁极每隔3740年就会对调一次，而3740年刚好是1,366,560天换算的年数。 

由于地球的磁场受到太阳磁场很大的牵制，当太阳磁极逆转时，摩利斯推论地球磁极也跟着对调，令地球磁场南北两极互换。生物无法适应突然发生的重大气候变化，而集体死亡。长毛象是热带地区的生物，但由于磁极的对调，使它们生存的地方变成天寒地冻的不毛之地，于是发生长毛象在西伯利亚、阿拉斯加集体死亡的事情。而考古学上的证据显示这两个地方原本属于热带气候。

2012年曾被多次引用，其中北美的玛雅人历法认为，人类正在经历着一个历时五千多年的星系更新，时间是从公元前3113年起到公元2012年止。其中每20年又是一个小周期，从1992年到2012年这20年是本次太阳纪的最后一个周期，又被叫做“地球更新期”，其间一切都将面临净化和更新，然后人类就将进入新纪元。