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高三3月份阶段性检测英语试题第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)AAt the age of ten I could not figure out what this Elvis Presley guy had that the rest of us boys did not have．I mean，he had a head，two arms and two legs，just like the rest of us．About nine o’clock on Saturday morning I decided to ask Eugene Correthers，one of the older boys，what it was that made this Elvis guy so special．He told me that it was Elvis’ wavy hair and the way he moved his body．About half an hour later all the boys in the orphanage(孤儿院)were called to the main dining-room and told we were all going to downtown Jacksonville，Florida to get a new pair of Buster Brown shoes and a haircut．That is when I got this big idea，which hit me like a ton of bricks. If the Elvis hair cut was the big secret，then that’s what I was going to get．A11 the way to town I told everybody, including the matron(女管家)from the orphanage who was taking us to town，that I was going to look just like Elvis Presley and that I would learn to move around just like he did and that I would be rich and famous one day, just like him．When I got my new Buster Brown shoes, I could hardly wait for my new hair cut and now that I had my new Busier Brown shoes I would be very happy to go back to the orphanage and practice being like Elvis.We finally arrived at the big barber shop，where they cut our hair for free because we were orphans(孤儿)．I looked at the barber and said，“I want an Elvis hair cut. Can you make my hair like Elvis?”I asked him，with a big smile on my face．“Let's just see what we c an do for you，little man，”he said．I was so happy when he started to cut my hair．Just as he started to cut my hair, the matron signed for him to come over to where she was standing．She whispered something into his ear and then he shook his head，like he was telling her “No”．Then he told me they were not allowed to give us Elvis hair cuts．Then I saw my hair falling onto the floor．21．In the author’s eyes，Elvis Presley was_________．A．disgusting B．admirable C．ambitious D．dynamic22．From the passage，we can know that______________．A．Buster Brown was more appealing than Elvis PresleyB．An Elvis hair cut cost the orphans a lot of moneyC．The matron did not want the boy to have an Elvis hair cutD．The barber was unwilling to give the boy an Elvis hair cut23．We can learn from the underlined sentence that the boy was______．A．excited to have an Elvis hair cutB．worried to think about the secret C．anxious to remove the ton of bricksD．careful to seize the chance24．How would the boy probably feel when he walked out of the barber shop? A．Delighted．B．Guilty．C．Self-satisfied．D．Depressed．BIt is probably the strangest sport anyone has ever invented. And at first sight, it looks like the easiest. Competitors have to do two things. The first is to stand still. The second is to place their hands anywhere on the body of a car, and keep it there.This is where things start getting difficult. Lots of people are doing the same thing. And the winner of the “handathon” contest is the person who can carry on doing it for the longest time. That person gets to own the car.It still seems to be an easy thing to do. At the beginning it is. Anyone can stand still. But when the contest has been going for four or five days, standing still seems like the most difficult job in the world. And keeping the hand in place over this time becomes an act of serious attention. After a few days, the hand seems to belong to someone else—someone who wants to go home and get some sleep.Competitors are allowed to take a five-minute break every hour to eat, drink or do whatever else is necessary. No one is allowed to lean on the car for support. Winners need to be able to show great powers of attention. They also need to be able to develop special skills.Maybe the popularity of the handathon is due to the fact that it is not necessary to be a trained athlete to enter. Entran ts in the Longview handathon certainly don’t seem to do much preparation. Most say they will prepare by “getting lots of sleep”. Others say they will “eat healthy food” or “pray for success”. The whole event gives ordinary people the chance to do something interesting and win something in the end.Handathons are competitions, but there is little rivalry(敌对)between competitors. They help each other out and keep each other’s spirits up. People who drop out early return with food, drink and encouragement.25. The reason why the sport is called “handathon” is that competitors.A. cover a long distanceB. keep one hand in place for longC. wave hands as long as possibleD. do the same thing as in a marathon26. What ability is likely to be needed most in a handathon?A. Standing without any support.B. Not leaning on the car.C. Eating and drinking in five minutes.D. Having strong powers of attention.27. Why is handathon popular?A. Someone can win with special training.B. It doesn’t need to make any preparation.C. Anyone who is interested can join in it.D. People get along well with each other in it.28. Which of the following about handathon is NOT right?A. The person who takes part in it should stand still.B. The person who takes part in it has to place his hands anywhere on the body of a car, and keep it there.C. The person who takes part in it can have a break during the course of the competition.D. Handathons are competitions, so competitors don’t encourage each other.CFilm director James Cameron first became interested in sea exploration when he was a little boy. His love for the ocean grew after he made the 1989 undersea adventure film The Abyss and the 1997 blockbuster Titanic, one of the most successful movies of all time. Following that big success, James Cameron decided to put his film career on hold to become an explorer.In 2022, James Cameron made a journey to the deepest spot in the Mariana Trench, known as Challenger Deep. And now the great journey has been made into a documentary film, named James Cameron’s Deep-sea Challenger 3D.In James Cameron’s fantasy films, such as Avatar and The Abyss, the unexplored areas are decorated in colors and full of danger. But on his dive into Challenger Deep, the reality proved far different: white, deserted and dull.“I felt like I had gone to another planet,” Cameron said after returning from the cold and dark place in the Western Pacific Ocean, nearly 7 miles below the surface. “I really have a sense of being separated and re alize how tiny I am down in this big, black and unexplored place.”Cameron captured(猎取) the moon-like landscape of the deep sea and documented the sea creatures he observed in the ocean.James Cameron’s Deep-sea Challenger 3D tells the story of Cameron’s j ourney. It is a film about determination, danger and the ocean’s greatest depths. The movie shows a unique insight into Cameron’s world when he makes his dream reality and makes history by becoming the first person to travel alone to the deepest point on the planet.It’s an exciting film and inspiring reminder that our beautiful planet still has a lot to explore.29．When did James Cameron become interested in the ocean?A. When he was in his childhood.B. After his films The Abyss and Titanic.C. After he achieved great success in movies.D. When he began to explore the deep sea alone.30．What is the reality about unexplored ocean?A. Colorful and dangerous.B. Boring and deserted.C. White and attractive.D. Small and dull.31．What can we know about James Cameron’s Deep-sea Challenger 3D?A. It is a film about the exploration of ocean creatures.B. It is a story about Cameron’s film-making dream.C. It aims to attract more people to explore the deep sea.D. It tells us about James’ journey into Challe nger Deep.32．What is the best title for this passage?A. The great dream of a film directorB. A film director exploring deep seaC. James Cameron and his documentary filmD. The first person to make films about the deep seaDNearing the age of 101 has not slowed down one Japanese woman．In fact，in the swimming pool—she is only getting faster．Recently，a 100-year-old Japanese woman became the world’s first centenarian to complete a 1，500-meter freestyle swimming competition in a 25-meter poo1．Her name is Mieko Nagaoka．Ms．Nagaoka set a world record for her age group at a recent Japan Masters Swimming Association event in the western city of Matsuyama．She swam the race in 1hour，15 minutes and 54 seconds．By comparison，the overall female world record holder completed the same distance in just under 15 and a half minutes．But that swimmer，Katie Ledecky，is only 17 years old．And Ms．Nagao．ka was not competing against her．In fact，Ms．Nagaoka was the only competitor in the 100-104 year old category．Her race was not a race of speed but of endurance，or not giving up．Breaking swimming records is nothing new to Ms．Nagaoka．So far she has broken 25 records．But she begancompeting when she was much younger—at 88.Ms．Nagaoka sufferred a knee injury in her 80s，so she began swimming to help her body recover．Since her first international swimming competition，she hasn’t looked back，except maybe to see if her competition is catching up．In 2002．at a masters swim meet in New Zealand，Ms．Nagaoka took the bronze medal in the 50-meter backstroke．In 2004，she won three silver medals at an Italian swim meet.Masters swimming is a special class of competitive swimming to promote health and friendship among participants．Swimmers compete within age groups of five years.Japan has a large number of people who live beyond 100 years old．Until she passed away this month，the oldest person in the world was also from Japan．Misao Okawa was born in 1 898．She said her secrets for longevity，or long life，were good genes，regular sleep，sushi and exercise.33．The underlined word “centenarian”refers to someone who is____．A．from Japan B．100 or olderC．an old competitor D. a new swimmer34．It can be inferred from the passage that_____．A．some people are born with longevity genesB．people who like swimming live longerC．the Japanese are interested in swimmingD．woman usually live much longer than men35．Which can best explain the spirit of Ms．Nagaoka?A．Not to advance is to go back．B．After a storm comes a calm.C．The early bird catches the worm．D．Keep on going，never give up.其次节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）At times, our worries and anxieties can defeat us. 36 Here is a brief list of techniques that you can use to help gain a better viewpoint on things during the anxious moments.37 A person should take a deep breath and try to find something to do for a few minutes to get their mind off the problem. A person could get some fresh air, listen to some music, or do an activity that will give them a fresh perspective on things.Remember that our fearful thoughts are made to seem worse and can make the problem worse. 38 When unexpectedly having thoughts that make you fearful or anxious, challenge these thoughts by asking yourself positive questions that will maintain objectivity and common sense.Be smart in how you deal with fears and anxieties. Do not try to deal with everything all at once. When facing a current or upcoming task that makes you anxious, break the task into small ones. 39Remember that all the worrying in the world will not change anything. Most of what you worry about never comes true. 40 Then you should leave everything else in the hands of God.It is not easy to deal with all the fears and worries. When your fears and anxieties have the best of you, try to calm down and then get the facts of the situation. The key is to take it slow. All you can do is doing your best each day, hope for the best, and when something does happen, take it easy. Take it one step at a time and things will work out well at last.A. When feeling anxious, stop what you are doing and try to do something relaxing.B. This will give you the confidence to manage your anxiety.C. Instead of worrying about something that probably won’t happen, concentrate on what you are able to do.D. The next time you fell depressed, review your list and think about the good things that you have in your life.E. A good way to manage your worry is to challenge your negative thinking with positive statements and realistic thinking.F. In addition, our worries can change our understanding of what is reality and what is not.G. Completing these smaller tasks once at a time will make the stress more manageable and increase your chances of success.第三部分第一节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)There Really Was a Santa ClausAnn worked for a big company. One of the duties of her 41 was to go to the post office every day and 42 the company mail. One day in December, she 43 a beggar making himself up as a Santa Claus 44 on the corner of the street. Each day she 45 her coins and dropped them in his bowl. He would smile and 46 her a Merry Christmas.At night the temperature dropped below 0℃, but the Santa Clause 47 stood in the cold wind. 48 she dropped her coins into his bowl, she handed him a pair of gloves.A week later, a(n) 49 Santa Claus was standing there. “What happened to the other Santa Claus?” she asked. He told her, “He’s very 50 today.” She prayed for his health.Later that day, a colleague came into her office 51 . “I don’t know what I’m going to do.” “What’s wrong?” she asked. “It’s my ex-husband,” her colleague 52 , “I don’t have any money to buy my boys anything for Christmas,53 my ex-husband refuses to send money to them. It breaks my heart that they won’t have anything this year.” The lady 54 h er colleague, “I’m sure everything will 55 . It’s Christmas. Believe in miracles(奇迹).”That evening, she told her husband about her colleague’s 56 , “I know we don’t have much money to57 , but I’d like to give her fifty or a hundred dollars. We’ll just get ourselves less this year. Last year we couldn’t afford to buy anything for 58 but we still had a wonderful Christmas.” Her husband smiled, “Give her one hundred dollars. She needs it more than we do.”She reached up and held him. Warmth spread 59 her body. He held her and realized that there really was a Santa Claus – and he had 60 her!41. A. family B. job C. life D. religion42. A. receive B. go through C. answer D. pick up43. A. spotted B. watched C. sensed D. followed44. A. standing B. waiting C. playing D. performing45. A. earned B. counted C. saved D. threw46. A. send B. wish C. offer D. tell47. A. even B. just C. still D. yet48. A. Although B. If C. Since D. After49. A. honest B. new C. considerate D. strong50. A. sad B. poor C. cold D. sick51. A. in tears B. in shock C. in horror D. in trouble52. A. concluded B. decided C. continued D. commented53. A. or B. but C. so D. otherwise54. A. reminded B. amused C. teased D. comforted55. A. work out B. come back C. run out D. open up56. A. message B. suggestion C. situation D. example57. A. lend B. help C. lose D. pay58. A. ourselves B. themselves C. us D. others59. A. off B. to C. among D. through60. A. relaxed B. doubted C. married D. shaped其次节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

新视野大学英语第二册读写教程课文翻译Unit 1 Text A An impressive Engli lsesson标题: 一堂难忘的英语课1. 如果我是唯一一个还在纠正小孩英语的家长，那么我儿子也许是对的。

对他而言，我是一个乏味的怪物：一个他不得不听其教诲的父亲，一个还沉湎于语法规则的人，对此我儿子似乎颇为反感。

2. 我觉得我是在最近偶遇我以前的一位学生时，才开始对这个问题认真起来的。

这个学生刚从欧洲旅游回来。

我满怀着诚挚期待问她：“欧洲之行如何？”3. 她点了三四下头，绞尽脑汁，苦苦寻找恰当的词语，然后惊呼：“真是，哇！”4. 没了。

所有希腊文明和罗马建筑的辉煌居然囊括于一个浓缩的、不完整的语句之中！我的学生以“哇！”来表示她的惊叹，我只能以摇头表达比之更强烈的忧虑。

5. 关于正确使用英语能力下降的问题，有许多不同的故事。

学生的确本应该能够区分诸如 their/there/they're 之间的不同，或区别 complimentary 跟complementary 之间显而易见的差异。

由于这些知识缺陷，他们承受着大部分不该承受的批评和指责，因为舆论认为他们应该学得更好。

6. 学生并不笨，他们只是被周围所看到和听到的语言误导了。

举例来说，杂货店的指示牌会把他们引向 stationary（静止处），虽然便笺本、相册、和笔记本等真正的 stationery（文具用品）并没有被钉在那儿。

朋友和亲人常宣称 They've just ate。

实际上，他们应该说 They've just eaten。

因此，批评学生不合乎清理。

7. 对这种缺乏语言功底而引起的负面指责应归咎于我们的学校。

学校应对英语熟练程度制定出更高的标准。

可相反，学校只教零星的语法，高级词汇更是少之又少。

还有就是，学校的年轻教师显然缺乏这些重要的语言结构方面的知识，因为他们过去也没接触过。

学校有责任教会年轻人进行有效的语言沟通，可他们并没把语言的基本框架一一准确的语法和恰当的词汇一一充分地传授给学生。

James Cameron: The Visionary BehindCinema's Greatest HitsJames Cameron is a renowned filmmaker whose groundbreaking work in the film industry has revolutionized the way we view cinema. His films are not just entertaining blockbusters, but also technological marvels that push the boundaries of what is possible in filmmaking. Cameron's vision and dedication to creating cutting-edge films have made him a household name worldwide.Born in Ontario, Canada, Cameron developed a passionfor filmmaking from a young age. He began his career as a special effects artist, working on low-budget horror movies. However, it was his directorial debut with "The Terminator" that truly showcased his talent and vision. The film, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, was a box office hit and established Cameron as a director to watch.Cameron's films are known for their groundbreaking special effects and innovative storytelling. "Titanic," released in 1997, was a technical masterpiece that revolutionized the use of CGI in filmmaking. The film's realistic depiction of the doomed ship and its tragicsinking captivated audiences worldwide, making it one of the highest-grossing films of all time. Cameron's attention to detail and his commitment to authenticity are evident in every frame of the film.His follow-up film, "Avatar," was another technological feat that pushed the boundaries of filmmaking. The film, which was released in 2009, introduced audiences to the world of Pandora and its alien inhabitants. Cameron'svision of a world where humans and aliens coexist peacefully was not just visually stunning, but alsothought-provoking. The film's themes of environmental preservation and cultural diversity resonated with audiences, making it another box office smash.Cameron's films are not just about special effects and visual spectacle. They are also stories that resonate with audiences on a deep emotional level. His films explore themes of love, loss, and redemption, often through the lens of science fiction and fantasy. Cameron's ability to merge his love for technology with his gift forstorytelling has made him a force to be reckoned with in the film industry.In addition to his groundbreaking work as a filmmaker, Cameron is also known for his passion for exploration and adventure. He has been involved in several undersea expeditions, including one to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ocean. Cameron's curiosity and desire to push the boundaries of human exploration is evident in his films, which often feature heroes who embark on daring missions to save the world.James Cameron is not just a filmmaker; he is avisionary whose work has changed the face of cinema. His dedication to creating cutting-edge films that push the boundaries of what is possible in filmmaking has made him a legend in the industry. Cameron's films will continue to inspire future generations of filmmakers and audiences alike, as they embark on their own journeys of exploration and discovery.**詹姆斯·卡梅隆：电影巨制背后的远见者**詹姆斯·卡梅隆是一位著名的电影制作人，他在电影行业中的开创性工作彻底改变了我们对电影的看法。

《阿凡达》导演詹姆斯·卡梅隆访谈录拍摄《阿凡达》(Avatar)是一个反复试验的过程。

导演詹姆斯·卡梅隆(James Cameron)在全数字化环境中创造了电影中的星球潘多拉，并开发了新的摄像机和方法用于拍摄演员的表演并将其传送到计算机生成的近乎真实的世界之中。

花了三年的时间，卡梅隆才看到他喜爱的一个完整镜头。

卡梅隆乐于进行挑战，他一直在推动影片构思和视觉效果向前发展，正如人们在《深渊》(The Abyss)和《泰坦尼克号》(Titanic)中见到的那样，但好莱坞和媒体经常嘲笑他的冒险之举和昂贵的预算。

既然获得奥斯卡提名的《阿凡达》已经成为史上票房最高的影片，全世界票房收入超过25亿美元，这名电影导演希望人们把注意力从电影成本和技术方面移开，转而细心品味《阿凡达》的环保和精神主题。

导演说这是心中想表达的观点。

卡梅隆最近与《华尔街日报》分享了他拍摄《阿凡达》的过程以及制作这部好莱坞大片的意义。

《华尔街日报》：有一种说法是，电影都是未完成的作品，它们都是被导演所抛弃的东西。

《阿凡达》与你最初在脑海中构想的一样吗？卡梅隆：这部影片超出我的预想，而且由于时间问题，也一直受到多方问询。

我们确定了放映时间，而且有一千个镜头要在最后一个月完成。

影片必须一个镜头一个镜头地进行细致入微的调整。

现在我看到完整的电影，我所有的小担心都不见了，因为这个过程做得不错。

《华尔街日报》：你把电影的制作过程形容成阵地战。

如果在拍电影的过程中你没有那种每天经受考验的感觉，如果很容易，你是不是会感觉不舒服？卡梅隆：我从来没有拍摄过容易的电影，所以我不知道那是什么感觉。

并不是我试图想办法让它变得困难，只是我追求的目标明显很困难。

而且我认为我的团队喜欢这样。

我觉得他们喜欢挑战，他们知道他们会在影片中发挥个人最好水平，而且我知道这会是对我个人来说最好的时刻。

我愿意尝试挑战自我，超越自我。

这让工作变得困难、变得有压力，但我发现我在压力下工作得最好。

奥斯卡最佳导演詹姆斯·卡梅隆TED英文演讲稿以下这篇由站整理提供的是《阿凡达》、《泰坦尼克号》的导演詹姆斯·卡梅隆(James Cameron)的一篇TED演讲。

在这个演讲里，卡梅隆回顾了自己从电影学院毕业后走上导演道路的故事。

卡梅隆告诉你，不要畏惧失败，永远不要给自己设限。

更多演讲稿范文，欢迎访问站!I grew up on a steady diet of science fiction. In high school, I took a bus to school an hour each way every day. And I was always absorbed in a book, science fiction book, which took my mind to other worlds, and satisfied, in a narrative form, this insatiable sense of curiosity that I had.And you know, that curiosity also manifested itself in the fact that whenever I wasn't in school I was out in the woods, hiking and taking "samples" -- frogs and snakes and bugs and pond water -- and bringing it back, looking at it under the microscope. You know, I was a real science geek. But it was all about trying to understand the world, understand the limits of possibility.And my love of science fiction actually seemed mirrored in 1 / 19the world around me, because what was happening, this was in the late '60s, we were going to the moon, we were exploring the deep oceans.Jacques Cousteau was coming into our living rooms with his amazing specials that showed us animals and places and a wondrous world that we could never really have previously imagined. So, that seemed to resonate with the whole science fiction part of it.And I was an artist. I could draw. I could paint. And I found that because there weren't video gamesand this saturation of CG movies and all of this imagery in the media landscape, I had to create these images in my head. You know, we all did, as kids having to read a book, and through the author's description, put something on the movie screen in our heads. And so, my response to this was to paint, to draw alien creatures, alien worlds, robots, spaceships, all that stuff. I was endlessly getting busted in math class doodling behind the textbook. That was -- the creativity had to find its outlet somehow.And an interesting thing happened: The Jacques Cousteau shows actually got me very excited about the fact that there was an alien world right here on Earth. I might not really go to an alien world on a spaceship someday -- that seemed pretty 2 / 19darn unlikely. But that was a world I could really go to, right here on Earth, that was as rich and exotic as anything that I had imagined from reading these books.So, I decided I was going to become a scuba diver at the age of 15. And the only problem with that was that I lived in a little village in Canada, 600 miles from the nearest ocean. But I didn't let that daunt me. I pestered my father until he finally found a scuba class in Buffalo, New York, right across the border from where we live. And I actually got certified in a pool at a YMCA in the dead of winter in Buffalo, New York. And I didn't see the ocean, a real ocean, for another two years, until we moved to California.Since then, in the intervening 40 years, I've spent about 3,000 hours underwater, and 500 hours of that was in submersibles. And I've learned that that deep-ocean environment, and even the shallow oceans,are so rich with amazing life that really is beyond our imagination. Nature's imagination is so boundlesscompared to our own meager human imagination. I still, to this day, stand in absolute awe of what I see when I make these dives. And my love affair with the ocean is ongoing, and just as strong as it ever was.3 / 19But when I chose a career as an adult, it was filmmaking. And that seemed to be the best way to reconcile this urge I had to tell stories with my urges to create images. And I was, as a kid, constantly drawing comic books, and so on. So, filmmaking was the way to put pictures and stories together, and that made sense. And of course the stories that I chose to tell were science fiction stories: "Terminator," "Aliens" and "The Abyss." And with "The Abyss," I was putting together my love of underwater and diving with filmmaking. So, you know, merging the two passions.Something interesting came out of "The Abyss," which was that to solve a specific narrative problem on that film, which was to create this kind of liquid water creature, we actually embraced computer generated animation, CG. And this resulted in the first soft-surface character, CG animation that was ever in a movie. And even though the film didn't make any money -- barely broke even, I should say -- I witnessed something amazing, which is that the audience, the global audience, was mesmerized by this apparent magic.You know, it's Arthur Clarke's law that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. They were 4 / 19seeing something magical. And so that got me very excited. And I thought, "Wow, this is something that needs to be embraced into the cinematic art." So, with "Terminator 2," which was my next film, we took that much farther. Working with ILM, we created the liquid metal dude in that film. The success hung in the balance on whether that effect would work. And it did, and we created magic again, and we had the same result with an audience -- although we did make a little more money on that one.So, drawing a line through those two dots of experience came to, "This is going to be a whole new world," this was a whole new world of creativity for film artists. So, I started a company with Stan Winston, my good friend Stan Winston, who is the premier make-up and creature designer at that time, and it was called Digital Domain. And the concept of the company was that we would leapfrog past the analog processes of optical printers and so on, and we would go right to digital production. And we actually did that and it gave us a competitive advantage for a while.But we found ourselves lagging in the mid '90s in the creature and character design stuff that we had actually 5 / 19founded the company to do. So, I wrote this piece called "Avatar," which was meant to absolutely push the envelope of visual effects, of CG effects, beyond, with realistic human emotive characters generated in CG, and the main characters would all be in CG, and the world would be in CG. And the envelope pushed back, and I was told by the folks at my company that we weren't going to be able to do this for a while.So, I shelved it, and I made this other movie about a big ship that sinks. (Laughter) You know, I went and pitched it to the studio as "'Romeo and Juliet' on a ship: "It's going to be this epic romance,passionate film." Secretly, what I wanted to do was I wanted to dive to the real wreck of "Titanic." And that's why I made the movie. (Applause) And that's the truth. Now, the studio didn't know that. But I convinced them. I said, "We're going to dive to the wreck. We're going to film it for real. We'll be using it in the opening of the film. It will be really important. It will be a great marketing hook." And I talked them into funding an expedition. (Laughter)Sounds crazy. But this goes back to that theme about your imagination creating a reality. Because we actually created a reality where six months later, I find myself in a Russian 6 / 19submersible two and a half miles down in the north Atlantic, looking at the real Titanic through a view port. Not a movie, not HD -- for real. (Applause)Now, that blew my mind. And it took a lot of preparation, we had to build cameras and lights and all kinds of things. But, it struck me how much this dive, these deep dives, was like a space mission. You know, where it was highly technical, and it required enormous planning. You get in this capsule, you go down to this dark hostile environment where there is no hope of rescue if you can't get back by yourself. And I thought like, "Wow. I'm like, living in a science fiction movie. This is really cool."And so, I really got bitten by the bug of deep-ocean exploration. Of course, the curiosity, the science component of it -- it was everything. It was adventure, it was curiosity, it was imagination. And it was an experience that Hollywood couldn't give me. Because, you know, I could imagine a creature and we could create a visual effect for it. But I couldn't imagine what I was seeing out that window. As we did some of our subsequent expeditions, I was seeing creatures at hydrothermal vents and sometimes things that I had never seen 7 / 19before, sometimes things that no one had seen before, that actually were not described by science at the time that we saw them and imaged them.So, I was completely smitten by this, and had to do more. And so, I actually made a kind of curious decision. After the success of "Titanic," I said, "OK, I'm going to park my day job as a Hollywood movie maker, and I'm going to go be a full-time explorer for a while." And so, we started planning theseexpeditions. And we wound up going to the Bismark, and exploring it with robotic vehicles. We went back to the Titanic wreck. We took little bots that we had created that spooled a fiber optic. And the idea was to go in and do an interior survey of that ship, which had never been done. Nobody had ever looked inside the wreck. They didn't have the means to do it, so we created technology to do it.So, you know, here I am now, on the deck of Titanic, sitting in a submersible, and looking out at planks that look much like this, where I knew that the band had played. And I'm flying a little robotic vehiclethrough the corridor of the ship. When I say, "I'm operating it," but my mind is in the vehicle. I felt like I was physically present inside the shipwreck of Titanic.8 / 19And it was the most surreal kind of deja vu experience I've ever had, because I would know before I turned a corner what was going to be there before the lights of the vehicle actually revealed it, because I had walked the set for months when we were making the movie. And the set was based as an exact replica on the blueprints of the ship.So, it was this absolutely remarkable experience. And it really made me realize that the telepresence experience -- that you actually can have these robotic avatars, then your consciousness is injected into the vehicle, into this other form of existence. It was really, really quite profound. And it may be a little bit of a glimpse as to what might be happening some decades out as we start to have cyborg bodies for exploration or for other means in many sort of post-human futures that I can imagine, as a science fiction fan.So, having done these expeditions, and really beginning to appreciate what was down there, such as at the deep ocean vents where we had these amazing, amazing animals -- they're basically aliens right here on Earth. They live in an environment of chemosynthesis. They don't survive on sunlight-basedsystem the way we do. And so, you're seeing 9 / 19animals that are living next to a 500-degree-Centigradewater plumes. You think they can't possibly exist.At the same time I was getting very interested in space science as well -- again, it's the science fiction influence, as a kid. And I wound up getting involved with the space community, really involved with NASA, sitting on the NASA advisory board, planning actual space missions, going to Russia, going through the pre-cosmonaut biomedical protocols, and all these sorts of things, to actually go and fly to the international space station with our 3D camera systems. And this was fascinating. But what I wound up doing was bringing space scientists with us into the deep. And taking them down so that they had access -- astrobiologists, planetary scientists, people who were interested in these extreme environments -- taking them down to the vents, and letting them see, and take samples and test instruments, and so on.So, here we were making documentary films, but actually doing science, and actually doing space science. I'd completely closed the loop between being the science fiction fan, you know, as a kid, and doing this stuff for real. And you know, along the way in this journey of discovery, I learned a lot. I learned 10 / 19a lot about science. But I also learned a lot about leadership. Now you think director has got to be a leader, leader of, captain of the ship, and all that sort of thing.I didn't really learn about leadership until I did these expeditions. Because I had to, at a certain point, say, "What am I doing out here? Why am I doing this? What do I get out of it?" We don't make money at these damn shows. We barely break even. There is no fame in it. People sort of think I went awaybetween "Titanic" and "Avatar" and was buffing my nails someplace, sitting at the beach. Made all these films, made all these documentary films for a very limited audience.No fame, no glory, no money. What are you doing? You're doing it for the task itself, for the challenge --and the ocean is the most challenging environment there is -- for the thrill of discovery, and for that strange bond that happens when a small group of people form a tightly knit team. Because we would do these things with 10, 12 people, working for years at a time, sometimes at sea for two, three months at a time.And in that bond, you realize that the most important thing is the respect that you have for them and that they have for you, that you've done a task that you can't explain to someone 11 / 19else. When you come back to the shore and you say, "We had to do this, and the fiber optic, and the attentuation, and the this and the that, all the technology of it, and the difficulty, the human-performance aspects of working at sea," you can't explain it to people. It's that thing that maybe cops have, or people in combat that have gone through something together and they know they can never explain it. Creates a bond, creates a bond of respect.So, when I came back to make my next movie, which was "Avatar," I tried to apply that same principle of leadership, which is that you respect your team, and you earn their respect in return. And it really changed the dynamic. So, here I was again with a small team, in uncharted territory, doing "Avatar," coming up with new technology that didn't exist before. Tremendously exciting. Tremendously challenging. And we became a family, over a four-and-half year period. And it completely changed how I do movies. So, people have commented on how, "Well, you know, you brought back the ocean organisms and put them on the planet of Pandora." To me, it was more of a fundamental way of doing business, the process itself, that changed as a result of that.12 / 19So, what can we synthesize out of all this? You know, what are the lessons learned? Well, I think number one is curiosity. It's the most powerful thing you own. Imagination is a force that can actually manifest a reality. And the respect of your team is more important than all the laurels in the world. I have young filmmakers come up to me and say, "Give me some advice for doing this." And I say, "Don't put limitations on yourself. Other people will do that for you -- don't do it to yourself, don't bet against yourself, and take risks."NASA has this phrase that they like: "Failure is not an option." But failure has to be an option in art and in exploration, because it's a leap of faith. And no important endeavor that required innovation was done without risk. You have to be willing to take those risks. So, that's the thought I would leave you with, is that in whatever you're doing, failure is an option, but fear is not. Thank you. (Applause) 译文：我是看科幻小说长大的。

IMDB之TOP250统计分析——导演篇能在TOP250里多次出现的导演无疑都是大师级别的导演，我们看看在TOP250里哪个导演的作品最多。

相同数量的导演排名不分先后。

01. 阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克 Alfred Hitchcock, 上榜11部，按年代排序：失踪的女人 The Lady Vanishes IMDB#196 1938丽贝卡 Rebecca IMDB#81 1940疑影 Shadow of a Doubt IMDB#177 1943美人计 Notorious IMDB#114 1946夺魂索 Rope IMDB#212 1948列车上的陌生人 Strangers on a Train IMDB#108 1951后窗 Rear Window IMDB#16 1954电话情杀案 Dial M for Murder IMDB#201 1954迷魂记 Vertigo IMDB#40 1958西北偏北 North by Northwest IMDB#28 1959精神病患者 Psycho IMDB#23 196002. 斯坦利·库布里克 Stanley Kubrick, 上榜9部，按年代排序：杀戮 The Killing IMDB#155 1956光荣之路 Paths of Glory IMDB#43 1957斯巴达克斯 Spartacus IMDB#237 1960奇爱博士 Dr. Strangelove IMDB#26 19642001-太空漫游 2001: A Space Odyssey IMDB#86 1968发条橙 A Clockwork Orange IMDB#50 1972巴里·林登 Barry Lyndon IMDB#245 1975闪灵 The Shining IMDB#54 1980全金属外壳 Full Metal Jacket IMDB#93 198703. 比利·怀德 Billy Wilder, 上榜7部，按年代排序：双重赔偿 Double Indemnity IMDB#46 1944失去的周末 The Lost Weekend IMDB#210 1945日落大道 Sunset Blvd. IMDB#25 195017号囚房 Stalag 17 IMDB#194 1953控方证人 Witness for the Prosecution IMDB#130 1958热情似火 Some Like It Hot IMDB#82 1959公寓 The Apartment IMDB#88 196004. 克林特·伊斯特伍德 Clint Eastwood, 上榜6部，按年代排序：不可饶恕 Unforgiven IMDB#111 1992神秘河 Mystic River IMDB#235 2003百万宝贝 Million Dollar Baby IMDB#144 2004硫磺岛来信 Letters from Iwo Jima IMDB#197 2006换子疑云 Changeling IMDB#221 2008老爷车 Gran Torino IMDB#78 200905. 查理·卓别林 Charlie Chaplin, 上榜5部，按年代排序：弃儿的故事 The Kid IMDB#188 1921淘金记 The Gold Rush IMDB#163 1925城市之光 City Lights IMDB#67 1931摩登时代 Modern Times IMDB#76 1936大独裁者 The Great Dictator IMDB#91 194006. 斯蒂文·斯皮尔伯格 Steven Spielberg, 上榜5部，按年代排序：大白鲨 Jaws IMDB#106 1975夺宝奇兵-法柜奇兵 Raiders of the Lost Ark IMDB#18 1981夺宝奇兵3-圣战奇兵Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeIMDB#107 1989辛德勒的名单 Schindler's List IMDB#7 1993拯救大兵瑞恩 Saving Private Ryan IMDB#58 199807. 昆汀·塔伦蒂诺 Quentin Tarantino, 上榜5部，按年代排序：落水狗 Reservoir Dogs IMDB#69 1992低俗小说 Pulp Fiction IMDB#5 1994杀死比尔I Kill Bill: Vol. 1 IMDB#137 2003杀死比尔II Kill Bill: Vol. 2 IMDB#217 2004罪恶之城(参与导演) Sin CityIMDB#94 200508. 马丁·斯科塞斯 Martin Scorsese, 上榜5部，按年代排序：出租车司机 Taxi Driver IMDB#37 1976愤怒的公牛 Raging Bull IMDB#73 1980好家伙 Goodfellas IMDB#15 1990赌城风云 Casino IMDB#199 1995无间行者 The Departed IMDB#52 200609. 塞尔吉奥·莱昂内 Sergio Leone, 上榜4部，按年代排序：黄昏双镖客Per qualche dollaro in più IMDB#118 1967黄金三镖客 Buono il brutto il cattivo Il IMDB#4 1967西部往事 C'era una volta il West IMDB#19 1969美国往事 Once Upon a Time in America IMDB#92 198410. 克里斯托弗·诺兰 Christopher Nolan, 上榜4部，按年代排序：记忆碎片 Memento IMDB#27 2000蝙蝠侠前传-侠影之谜 Batman Begins IMDB#105 2005致命魔术 The Prestige IMDB#83 2006蝙蝠侠前传2-黑暗骑士 The Dark Knight IMDB#6 200811. 大卫·里恩 David Lean, 上榜4部，按年代排序：相见恨晚 Brief Encounter IMDB#164 1946孤星血泪 Great Expectations IMDB#239 1947桂河大桥 The Bridge on the River Kwai IMDB#68 1957阿拉伯的劳伦斯 Lawrence of Arabia IMDB#39 196212. 费德里克·费里尼 Federico Fellini, 上榜4部，按年代排序：卡比利亚之夜 Notti di Cabiria IMDB#143 1958大路 Strada IMDB#215 1960甜蜜的生活 Dolce vita IMDB#240 1961八部半 8 IMDB#150 196313. 黑泽明 Akira Kurosawa,上榜4部，按年代排序：罗生门 Rash?mon IMDB#71 1951七武士 Shichinin no samurai IMDB#13 1959用心棒 Yojimbo IMDB#128 1963乱 Ran IMDB#131 198514. 弗朗西斯·福特·科波拉 Francis Ford Coppola, 上榜4部，按年代排序：教父 The Godfather IMDB#2 1972对话 The Conversation IMDB#198 1974教父II The Godfather: Part II IMDB#3 1974现代启示录 Apocalypse Now IMDB#35 197915. 弗兰克·卡普拉 Frank Capra,上榜4部，按年代排序：一夜风流 It Happened One Night IMDB#134 1934史密斯先生到华盛顿 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington IMDB#96 1939毒药与老妇 Arsenic and Old Lace IMDB#234 1944风云人物 It's a Wonderful Life IMDB#30 194616. 詹姆斯·卡梅隆 James Cameron 上榜3部，按年代排序：终结者 The Terminator IMDB#183 1984异形II Aliens IMDB#62 1986终结者2：审判日Terminator 2: Judgment Day IMDB#61 199117. 科恩兄弟 Brothers Coen 上榜3部，按年代排序：冰血暴 Fargo IMDB#120 1996大人物勒布斯基 The Big Lebowski IMDB#151 1998老无所依 No Country for Old Men IMDB#104 200718. 大卫·芬奇 David Fincher 上榜3部，按年代排序：七宗罪 Se7en IMDB#32 1995搏击俱乐部 Fight Club IMDB#21 1999返老还童The Curious Case of Benjamin Button IMDB#152 200819. 西德尼·鲁迈特 Sidney Lumet 上榜3部，按年代排序：十二怒汉 12 Angry Men IMDB#9 1957炎热的下午 Dog Day Afternoon IMDB#162 1975电视风云 Network IMDB#225 197620. 罗曼·波兰斯基 Roman Polanski 上榜3部，按年代排序：罗斯玛丽的婴儿 Rosemary's Baby IMDB#214 1968唐人街 Chinatown IMDB#57 1974钢琴家 The Pianist IMDB#56 200321. 彼得·杰克逊 Peter Jackson 上榜3部，按年代排序：指环王-魔戒现身 The Lord of the Rings IMDB#20 2001指环王-双塔奇兵 The Lord of the Rings IMDB#33 2002指环王-王者归来 The Lord of the Rings IMDB#14 200322. 雷德利·斯科特 Ridley Scott 上榜3部，按年代排序：异形I Alien IMDB#49 1979银翼杀手 Blade Runner IMDB#109 1982角斗士 Gladiator IMDB#116 200023. 约翰·休斯顿 John Huston 上榜3部，按年代排序：马耳他雄鹰 The Maltese Falcon IMDB#74 1941碧血金沙 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre IMDB#51 1948 非洲皇后 The African Queen IMDB#191 195124. 威廉·惠勒 William Wyler 上榜3部，按年代排序：黄金时代 The Best Years of Our Lives IMDB#185 1946罗马假日 Roman Holiday IMDB#236 1953宾虚 Ben-Hur IMDB#140 195925. 弗兰克·达拉邦特Frank Darabont 上榜2部，按年代排序：肖申克的救赎 The Shawshank Redemption IMDB#1 1994 绿里奇迹 The Green Mile IMDB#112 199926. 罗伯特·泽米基斯 Robert Zemeckis 上榜2部，按年代排序：回到未来 Back to the Future IMDB#100 1985阿甘正传 Forrest Gump IMDB#42 199427. 丹尼·博伊尔 Danny Boyle 上榜2部，按年代排序：猜火车 Trainspotting IMDB#167 1996贫民窟的百万富翁 Slumdog Millionaire IMDB#47 200928. 布拉德·伯德 Brad Bird 上榜2部，按年代排序：美食总动员 Ratatouille IMDB#154 2007超人总动员 The Incredibles IMDB#176 200429. 盖·里奇 Guy Ritchie 上榜2部，按年代排序：偷拐抢骗 Snatch. IMDB#156 2000两杆大烟枪Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels IMDB#189 199930. 宫崎骏 Hayao Miyazaki 上榜2部，按年代排序：幽灵公主 Mononoke-hime IMDB#125 1999千与千寻 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi IMDB#60 2002。