《鱿鱼游戏2》你觉得怎么样？

《鱿鱼游戏》第二季，你看了吗？

今天你练听力了吗？

🤔️小作业：

1. How does the article suggest the new season of “Squid Game” differs from the first one?

A. It revisits old themes and visual elements but with less innovation.

B. The new season introduces more characters and expands the plot.

C. The new season delves deeper into Gi-hun’s backstory.

D. The game's stakes are higher, with more players involved.

无注释原文：

Review: 'Squid Game' Hits a Red Light

From: The New York Times

Midway through the new season of “Squid Game,” the protagonist, Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), talks to a fellow contestant in the murderous big-money competition he has found his way back into. Gi-hun, who claimed the jackpot last season at the expense of hundreds of dead comrades, wants the players to exercise their right to vote to end the game. His friend argues that if they survive just one more round, they could all walk away with a bigger prize.

“Last time I was here,” Gi-hun answers, “someone said the exact same thing.”

You might think the same thing to yourself if you watch the seven-episode return of “Squid Game,” now streaming on Netflix. You will hear things you essentially heard in Season 1. You will see things you saw in Season 1. And should you happen to hear or see something new, it will likely come from a character who is very much like someone you watched die — or kill someone — the first time around.

One suspects this is by design. This “Squid Game” is a “things you've seen before” delivery device.

The 2021 premiere of this dystopian South Korean thriller was an international sensation, less for the novelty of its themes or structure (see “The Hunger Games” and much reality TV) than for its spattery panache and visual inventions. The killer doll! The jumpsuits! The piggy bank! Those are what the people paid to see, and “Squid Game 2” dutifully delivers them again.

But there's a lot more misery than delight as the season returns us to the games, repeating the bloody spectacle with new twists but the same crabs-in-a-barrel personal dynamics.

This season is titled “Squid Game 2,” as if it were a movie sequel, which raises a question about just what this thing is meant to be. Is it a second season of a serial, which advances a larger story line? Is it the follow-up to a blockbuster, offering a stand-alone variation on the thrills of the original? “Squid Game 2” is neither, really. It continues a story but does little over its seven hours to expand it.

This season of “Squid Game” hints at larger-scale ambitions but does little to pursue them. As one antagonist tells Gi-hun, “The game will not end unless the world changes.”

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为纽约时报官方译文，仅供参考

含注释全文：

Review: 'Squid Game' Hits a Red Light

From: The New York Times

Midway through the new season of “Squid Game,” the protagonist, Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), talks to a fellow contestant in the murderous big-money competition he has found his way back into. Gi-hun, who claimed the jackpot last season at the expense of hundreds of dead comrades, wants the players to exercise their right to vote to end the game. His friend argues that if they survive just one more round, they could all walk away with a bigger prize.

新一季《鱿鱼游戏》（Squid Game）过半，本剧主角奇勋（李政宰饰）设法回到了这场有巨额奖金的杀人竞赛中，并与另一名参赛者聊了起来。在上一季中，奇勋以牺牲数百名同伴为代价赢得了头奖，这一次，他希望选手们行使投票权来结束比赛。而他的朋友认为，如果多活一轮，他们所有人就能带着更多的奖金离开。

squid /skwɪd/ 表示“枪乌贼；（食用的）鱿鱼”，英文解释为“a sea creature with a long body and ten arms situated around the mouth, or this animal eaten as food”

protagonist /prəʊˈtæɡənɪst/ 表示“（戏剧、电影或故事的）主要人物，主角，主人公”，英文解释为“the most important character in a play, film, or story”

类似的表达还有：

📍lead 表示“（戏剧、电影等中的）主角；扮演主角的演员”（the main part in a play, film/movie, etc.; the person who plays this part），如：the male/female lead 男/女主角。

📍main character 主要人物；主要角色；

📍star表示“主角，主演”（the person who has the main part, or one of them, in a film, play, show etc）；

📍hero和heroine分别表示“男主角/男主人公”（the man or boy who is the main character in a book, film, play etc）和“女主角/女主人公”（the woman or girl who is the main character in a book, film, play etc）。

表示“参赛者，选手”，英文解释为“A contestant in a competition or game show is a person who takes part in it”。

区分：

📍combatant表示“战斗人员，战士，斗士”，英文解释为“a person who fights in a war”。

jackpot /ˈdʒæk.pɒt/ 表示“（比赛中的）头奖”，英文解释为“the largest prize in a competition or game”举个🌰：The jackpot was over $1 million. 头奖超过一百万美元。

📍《经济学人》（The Economist）一篇讲述人类的火星探测之旅的文章中提到：The jackpot of this treasure hunt would be to find things like sugars, ... 火星寻宝之旅的“头奖”会是发现糖类、...

“Last time I was here,” Gi-hun answers, “someone said the exact same thing.”

“上次来这里的时候，”奇勋回答说，“有人也说过同样的话。”

You might think the same thing to yourself if you watch the seven-episode return of “Squid Game,” now streaming on Netflix. You will hear things you essentially heard in Season 1. You will see things you saw in Season 1. And should you happen to hear or see something new, it will likely come from a character who is very much like someone you watched die — or kill someone — the first time around.

如果你看了本季回归Netflix的七集《鱿鱼游戏》，你可能也会有同感。你会听到第一季里听过的东西。你会看到第一季里看过的东西。如果你碰巧听到或看到一些新的东西，它很可能来自和第一季中某个死去或杀死他人的角色非常相似的角色。

在电视/电影节目中，episode /ˈep.ɪ.səʊd/ 表示“一集，一节，片断”（one of the single parts into which a story is divided, especially when it is broadcast on the television or radio），也可以指“事件；（相关的）一连串事件；一段经历”，英文解释为“a single event or group of related events”举个🌰：This latest episode in the fraud scandal has shocked a lot of people. 诈骗丑闻最新爆出的这一事件让很多人瞠目结舌。还可以指「疾病的发作，发病」，英文解释为：a finite period in which someone is affected by a specified illness.

补充：

📍第几集用的是Episode，第几季则为Season. 你下载美剧时可能就会看到S01E02，就是指的第1季第2集。最后一集 finale：the last part of a piece of music or of a show, event etc （演出的）终场，最后一幕；（音乐的）终曲；（事件等的）结尾。

🎬还有，看剧时新一集开头通常会有的一个说法：previously on ...，...的前情提要，前情回顾。

One suspects this is by design. This “Squid Game” is a “things you've seen before” delivery device.

有人怀疑这是故意的。这一季的《鱿鱼游戏》是一种“你以前见过的东西”的传送装置。

The 2021 premiere of this dystopian South Korean thriller was an international sensation, less for the novelty of its themes or structure (see “The Hunger Games” and much reality TV) than for its spattery panache and visual inventions. The killer doll! The jumpsuits! The piggy bank! Those are what the people paid to see, and “Squid Game 2” dutifully delivers them again.

这部反乌托邦的韩国惊悚剧集在2021年首次播放时引起了国际轰动，不是因为它的主题或结构（参见《饥饿游戏》和许多真人秀电视）有多么新颖，而是因为它的血腥华丽场面和视觉创新。杀人玩偶！连体服！小猪存钱罐！这些都是人们花了钱想看的，《鱿鱼游戏2》尽职尽责地再次提供了这些东西。

premiere /ˈprem.i.eər/ /prɪˈmɪr/ 可以作动词和名词，表示“首映，首演，首次上演/映”，英文解释为“the first public performance of a play or any other type of entertainment“。

📍这里要注意的是这个词去掉末尾的 e 就变成了 premier，另外，premier作为形容词则表示“首位的，首要的”（best or most important），举个🌰：He's one of the nation's premier scientists. 他是该国最重要的科学家之一。

dystopian /dɪsˈtoʊpiən/ 表示“反面假想国的；反面乌托邦的”，英文解释为“relating to a very bad or unfair society in which there is a lot of suffering, especially an imaginary society in the future, or to the description of such a society”。

thriller /ˈθrɪlə/ 表示“（尤指关于罪案或间谍的）惊险小说（或戏剧、电影）”，英文解释为“a book, play or film/movie with an exciting story, especially one about crime or spying”

sensation /senˈseɪ.ʃən/ 1）表示“轰动；哗然；引起轰动的人（或事物）”，英文解释为“very great surprise, excitement, or interest among a lot of people; the person or the thing that causes this surprise”举个🌰：The band became a sensation overnight. 一夜之间，这支乐队名声大振。

📍此前，戳爷Troye Sivan被传已分手数月？文中出现过，pop sensation可以理解为“流行巨星”，“流行天王”。还有，63岁中国爷爷成油管网红文中标题就是Master carpenter's ancient Chinese skills are a YouTube sensation.

2）作可数名词，还可以表示“感觉；知觉”，英文解释为“a feeling that you get when sth affects your body”如：a tingling/burning sensation 刺痛/烧灼的感觉。

3）作不可数名词，可以表示“感觉能力；知觉能力”，英文解释为“the ability to feel through your sense of touch”举个🌰：She seemed to have lost all sensation in her arms. 她的两条胳膊好像完全失去知觉了。

🎬电影《困在爱中》（Stuck in Love）中的台词提到：I was overcome by the oddest sensation. 我像是被一种怪异的冲动（感觉）驱使着。

📍词根“-sens-”来自拉丁语“sensare”，表示“感觉”。近义词：phenomenon（现象），同根词：sensitive（敏感的），常用短语：cause a sensation（引起轰动）

Spattery在这个上下文中是对视觉风格的一种形容，指的是某些画面或场景呈现出极具戏剧性、动感或暴力冲击感的效果。这种风格强调通过引人注目的视觉元素来增强观众的感官体验，如血腥场面或激烈的动作，给人一种“喷溅”般的印象。

spatter /ˈspæt.ər/ 作动词，表示“溅，洒落；（液体）溅落，滴下”，英文解释为“to drop small drops of liquid, etc. on a surface, or (of liquid) to fall, especially noisily, in small drops”举个🌰：Two bikes raced by and spattered mud over our clothes. 两辆自行车疾驶而过，溅得我们衣服上满是泥浆。

panache /pəˈnæʃ/ 表示“潇洒，气派；神气十足; 派头”，英文解释为“If you do something with panache, you do it in a confident, stylish, and elegant way.”举个🌰：The orchestra played with great panache. 管弦乐队神气十足地演奏着。

jumpsuit /ˈdʒʌmp.suːt/ 表示“连衫裤”，英文解释为“a piece of clothing that covers both the upper body and the legs”

But there's a lot more misery than delight as the season returns us to the games, repeating the bloody spectacle with new twists but the same crabs-in-a-barrel personal dynamics.

但是，随着剧集回到游戏当中，痛苦多过了快乐，重复着血腥的场面，故事有了新的转折，但体现“螃蟹效应”的个人动机却如出一辙。

spectacle /ˈspɛktəkəl/ 1）表示“壮观场面；壮观景象”，英文解释为“a public event or show that is exciting to watch; an exciting appearance”举个🌰：The carnival was a magnificent spectacle. 嘉年华场面十分壮观。

2）表示“不寻常的事；出人意料的情况”，英文解释为“an unusual or unexpected event or situation that attracts attention, interest, or disapproval”举个🌰：It was a strange spectacle to see the two former enemies shaking hands and slapping each other on the back. 见到两个宿敌握手言欢，拍着彼此的背部，真是一幅奇怪的场景。

twist /twɪst/ 作动词，表示“转动，旋转；缠绕，盘绕”，英文解释为“to turn something, especially repeatedly, or to turn or wrap one thing around another”举个🌰：The path twists and turns for over a mile. 这条小路弯弯曲曲，长达1英里多。

作名词，1）表示“扭动，转动”，英文解释为“an act of twisting something”举个🌰：She gave the cap another twist to make sure it was tight. 她又拧了一下盖子，以确保盖紧了。

2）表示“（故事或情况的）转折，转变，突然变化”，英文解释为“an unexpected change or development in a story or situation”举个🌰：The story has taken another twist. 故事情节再一次变化。

Crabs-in-a-barrel是一种隐喻，形容在竞争或压力中，人们相互拖累或互相压制的情形。这个短语源于将一群螃蟹放入桶中时，螃蟹不会让其他螃蟹爬出桶，而是相互拉扯，阻碍彼此的逃脱。在这句话中，指的是人们之间的自私竞争和负面的互动，尽管局势有所变化，但个人关系和矛盾本质没有改变。

This season is titled “Squid Game 2,” as if it were a movie sequel, which raises a question about just what this thing is meant to be. Is it a second season of a serial, which advances a larger story line? Is it the follow-up to a blockbuster, offering a stand-alone variation on the thrills of the original? “Squid Game 2” is neither, really. It continues a story but does little over its seven hours to expand it.

本季名为《鱿鱼游戏2》，仿佛一部电影的续集，这引发了一个问题：这到底是什么意思？它是为一部连续剧推进更大故事线的第二季吗？还是在原作的刺激基础上带来独立变体的大片续集？《鱿鱼游戏2》两者都不是。它继续讲述一个故事，但在长达七个小时的时间里，它几乎没有对故事进行扩展。

sequel /ˈsiːkwəl/表示“（书或电影的）续篇；续集”，英文解释为“A book or movie which is a sequel to an earlier one continues the story of the earlier one.”

对比：

📍prequel /ˈpriːkwəl/ a book or a film/movie about events that happened before those in a popular book or film/movie 先篇，前篇，前传（叙述某流行图书或电影中的故事之前的事情）

blockbuster /ˈblɒkˌbʌs.tər/ 表示“轰动；巨型炸弹；一鸣惊人的事物；轰动一时的书籍/电影”，英文解释为“a book or film that is very good or successful informal”，如：the latest Hollywood blockbuster 好莱坞最新大片。此前在《流浪地球》（The Wandering Earth）一文中的标题就为：The Wandering Earth is China's biggest sci-fi blockbuster.

🎬电影《创：战纪》（Tron: Legacy）中的台词提到：I would like you to meet, our next blockbuster. 我很乐意向大家呈现我们的巨作。

This season of “Squid Game” hints at larger-scale ambitions but does little to pursue them. As one antagonist tells Gi-hun, “The game will not end unless the world changes.”

这一季的《鱿鱼游戏》暗示了更大的野心，但并没有具体实现。正如一个对手告诉奇勋的那样，“除非世界改变，否则游戏不会结束。”

hint /hɪnt/ 作名词，1）表示“暗示，提示，示意”，英文解释为“something that you say or do that shows what you think or want, usually in a way that is not direct”举个🌰：He's dropped (= given) several hints to the boss that he'll quit if he doesn't get a promotion. 他已经向老板暗示了好几次，如果不获得升职他就会辞职。

2）表示“建议”，英文解释为“a piece of advice that helps you to do something”举个🌰：Could you give us a hint about how to do this exercise, please? 你能不能给我们一些关于如何做这个练习的建议？

3）表示“很少量”，英文解释为“a very small amount of something”举个🌰：There's just a hint of brandy in the sauce. 调味汁中只有很少的白兰地。

作动词，表示“暗示，示意”，英文解释为“to suggest something in an indirect way, but so that someone can guess your meaning”举个🌰：What are you hinting at? 你在暗示什么？

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