Download Song: Once I Walked in the Sun

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Topic: Frankenstein (10)
單字
6. wander (v.) 漫遊
(to travel from place to place, especially on foot, without a particular direction or
purpose)
The heart-broken mother wandered the city, looking for her daughter.
My sister likes wandering around the city at night.
I have wandered around the shopping mall for more than one hour.
The old man was found wandering the streets of New Taipei City,
Don’t let any of the kids wander off.
(walk away from where you are supposed to stay)
It’s a safe place where kids can wander off on their own.
As soon as I started to work, my mind starts wandering.
The Missouri River wanders across several states.
(if a road or a river wanders somewhere, it does not go straight but in curves)
wander (n.) 漫遊
Let’s go for a wander around the art museum.
She is a wanderer. (She always likes to be on the move.)
EMW: Movies (12)
Hello, greetings, and welcome to Magic English!
I am L. J. Lamb, your host for this segment.
We have been talking about the movies, and how they reveal the disasters
and triumphs of the human condition. Many of our movies today, such as
Spiderman, Batman, Superman, and Ironman, feature super-heroes, who
are dedicated to saving the city or even the world. This is not a new
concept, however. From ancient times, we have had super-heroes,
whose stories were told in Greek and Roman mythologies. The characters
were often known as demi-gods.
A demi-god is a divine or supernatural being in classical mythology. The
term has been used in various ways at different times and can refer to a
figure, who has attained divine status after death, a minor deity, or a
mortal, who is the offspring of a god and a human. So, even the term
demi-god is subject to confusion. Part of this confusion originated from
classical poets from 800 BC to the Christian era, who used their poetic
licenses, to tell the stories of even earlier times. Often, the characters get
intertwined in various ways and diverse places, depending on how the
poets wished to weave the plots and emphasize certain ethics and traits.
Consequently, the same story plays out quite differently. Modern film
making is no exception to the rule. Watching a variety of films, which
deal with the same subject matter, same events, and same super-heroes,
can cause the audience to wonder: "What was the real story?" It is like the
situation, when a police officer interviews 5 witnesses at a crime scene
and gets 5 different stories. But we do not have to think too deeply about
the historicity of the super-hero film, which is not only for our enjoyment,
but also for our enlightenment. What can we learn about the human
condition from the super-hero films, which are based on classical Greek
mythology?
I compared two films of the super-hero genre - The Clash of the Titans
from 1981 and from 2010.
http://putlocker.bz/watch-clash-of-the-titans-online-free-putlocker.html
(1981)
http://www.novamov.com/video/994e42b03cdff (2010)
The 2010 re-make got horrible reviews. For example, "... a picture that
mistakes furious action for excitement and ponderous performances for
drama." Or, "The CGI extravaganza can't overcome all the other flaws:
sloppy exposition, terrible dialogue, heavy-handed acting, and not a
single likable character in the bunch." And, "Greek gods make lousy
dads."
While that last critic's comment was meant to slam the film, it does get to
the heart of a serious problem: What is the relationship between parents
and their children?
In Greek mythology, the gods were subject to all of the emotions and
shortcomings of mortals - jealousy, hatred, lust for power, murder,
revenge, torture, and more. If the gods had all of these troubles, what
could we expect from their children? As the Emerald Tablet notes: "As
above, so below." And yet, the gods and goddesses sometimes show
concern and love for their children, which often brings conflict with each
other.
The story of The Clash of the Titans does not really match Greek
mythology, since In Greek mythology, the Titans were a primeval race of
powerful deities, the descendants of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (Sky) that
ruled during the legendary Golden Age. They were immortal giants of
incredible strength and were also the first pantheon of Greek gods and
goddesses. They were overthrown by the Olympians, including Zeus,
who was the son of two Titans: Cronus (Saturn, Father Time) and Rhea
(the mother of the Olympian Gods and Goddesses) and the grandson of
the Titan Uranus.
Before we continue with the movie story, I want to interject a story from
another source - The Holy Bible, from Genesis 6:4: "The Nephilim were
on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came
in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the
mighty men, who were of old, the men of renown."
So, here we see the pattern in both Greek and Hebrew tradition of the
sons of Gods coming down from heaven to mate and have children with
human women. Could this indicate a common story?
Next time, we will explore additional aspects of the movie The Clash of
the Titans. Until then, this is L. J. wishing you a fantastic English study.
Song: Once I Walked in the Sun
Once I walked in the sun
You told me I was the one who made this life
so it is worth the sorrow
You said you felt the same
You reached out and whispered my name
Promising me tomorrow
All you left me is a song
I sing it now that you've gone
At least love in the songs
lasts forever
Music only survives
In the melody we're alive
Feeling it all together
Living inside a song
When we made love
What a perfect world we made together
When we made love
How I wished that life went on and on
Once I walked in the sun
Once I walked in the sun
I feel the light until my life is done
Lovers dance by the sea
And they're always you and me
And music soft as the night falls around us
Hope you're watching the stars
And the moonlight falls where you are
One time the music found us
One time we made a song
When we made love...