Before it got back to the book, the thing about images that we see in our society are theory material
我们在社会上看到的影像在回归书本之前 都是理论性的素材
Knightly material is obviously alive and well in our culture
很显然 骑士素材切实存在于我们的文化中
We see it in a lot of films over the last five, seven years
过去的五到七年中 我们在很多电影里都有见到它
There have been a lot of films, whether directly like
有直接表现骑士精神的电影
First Knight or Braveheart or things like Star Wars, which really are based on knightly material
也有间接表现的像这些电影都是以骑士精神为素材的
He even admits that he studied knightly literature in order to write these things
有的作者甚至承认自己曾经研究过骑士文学 以此来显示撰写这些东西的权威性
We also, of course, look at cartoons
当然 我们也得看看卡通人物
If you wander by my office door,
你要是在我的办公室门口溜达过就会发现
I usually try to put the cartoons that I like on my office door
我经常会在办公室门上贴一些卡通画
Non Sequitur, on our papers, often pretty good, there's one on my door now
虽不合逻辑 但很好 现在我门上就贴着一张卡通画
It shows two bears in the woods, their butts are sticking out of this car and the one bear says to the other,
上面是树林中的两只熊正在用头戳汽车 一只熊对另一只说
"I hate it when you poke them all to see if they're tender or not "
"你就是为了看看他们温不温顺而去戳他们 我讨厌这样"
This was a Non Sequitur of some time ago, within the last year
这 确实有点不合逻辑 去年有一次
This is fiction / nonfiction mythology, you see a dragon's tail
这是个小说/非小说的神话 你看见了龙的尾巴
There was one, just to show this not just that type of material but also,
只是为了表明这个不属于那类素材
one of the things that is important to learn, it is kind of interesting
去了解它也是很有必要的 这跟兴趣有关
People say, "People buy books to put them out in their house so that
有人说 "人们买书并把他们放在书架上
people think they're educated or think they are well informed "
是为了让别人认为他很有教养或者见识广博"
Then I guess some magazines, like The New Yorker has the same effect
我猜想有些杂志 比如说就会产生这样的效果
It is not that I read them It's just that I put them on my table,
并不是说我真的读了他们 而是说我把他们放在桌子上了
and people say, "Wow! This is The New Yorker You're really informed "
有人会说 "喔 这是您真是见多识广呀"
There is this one in The New Yorker, recently, doesn't show very well
但最近这个在里表现得不是很明显
You have to admire his professionalism It shows more a knight as might,
你不得不佩服他的专业精神 这更加表明了骑士精神
just going around and bashing on stuff but I'll put this on my door
但如果你在我门前闲逛
if you want to wander around
我会把它贴在我的门上
Besides cartoons, movies, where else do we see images almost everyday this culture?
除了卡通啊 电影啊 在日常文化里 我们还能在哪儿看到影像呢
There's one I love because I have so little hair
有一个我喜欢的广告 因为我头发很少
There's a great one on TV now, an ad for hair care products
现在电视上有一个很不错的头发护理产品的广告
What happens? He came up with a name
那怎么了呢 他有个名字
I don't pay that much attention because obviously, I can't use it
我没太注意 因为很明显 我不能用
That drying your hair is bad for you,
吹干头发不好
This is the one where the shampoo, what's put in,
因为香波中含有的化学元素
is supposed to be heat activated
遇高温会被激活
There is this big dragon that comes up It's a great dragon
之后就出现了一条大龙 很大的龙
How about other places? Where else?
那还有没有在其他的地方见过呢 其他的地方呢
Some really habitual ads we see on TV
我们在电视上司空见惯的广告
like for the Marine Corps
比如说为海军陆战队拍的广告
A few are proud, they all come back;
有的人很骄傲 他们都回来了
one comes back clad and he has a sword
有个人回来带着一把剑