新概念英语第四册24-03

it was ……：强调句式

1． vast west

2． Indians

3． hero.

devise=design

upright ：正直

film maker： 制片人

good-bad man ：本质好，偶尔做坏事的人

tramp ：流浪者

Chinese Amercian 美籍华人（根在前）

noble: 1.rich 2.noble minded

out of impulse ：一时冲动

cowherd/cowman : 牧童

suspect :嫌疑犯

He was made Chairman. 他被选为主席

abuse power : 滥用权力

rangy : 落魄的人

minor figure : 小人物

in short : 总之

in conflict with ...：与……有冲突

frontier ： 此处意思是广阔的西部

unwillingly：不情愿地

outsider： 局外人

contemporary： 同时代的人，当代的

modern ：现代的

know sth. of ：略有了解

关于“西部在消失”的背景：

Jefferson

the declaration of Indepedence ： 独立宣言

Louisiana ： 路易斯安那

Mississippi ：密西西比河

ambassador ：大使

hire： 租用

fight across ：难以定夺

...It was Hart who created the basic formula of the Western film, and devised the protagonist he played in every film he made, the good-bad man, the accidental, noble outlaw, or the honest but framed cowboy, or the sheriff made suspect by vicious gossip; in short, the individual in conflict with himself and his frontier environment.

Unlike most of his contemporaries in Hollywood, Hart actually 'knew something of the old West. He had lived in it as a child when it was already disappearing, ...