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MargaretAtwood: will Alias Grace repeat the TV success of The Handmaid’s Tale?

Atwood’s 19th-century murder story isanother prescient study of women in a patriarchal society

AsSarah Polley’s adaptation finally comes to Netflix – finally because Polleyfirst wrote to Atwood to ask for the film rights shortly after publication,when she was a mere 17-year-old – it is set to join Hulu’s version of TheHandmaid’s Tale in bringing Atwood’s novels to a wider audience.

Marksand her fellow servant James McDermott were accused of the 1843 murders oftheir employer, Thomas Kinnear, and his housekeeper and lover, NancyMontgomery; it appeared that Marks was in love with Kinnear and McDermott inpursuit of Marks. McDermott was hanged, while Marks was sent to prison by wayof the lunatic asylum. When we first meet her in Atwood’s version, she hasacquired a dual identity, both “celebrated murderess” (“but what is there tocelebrate about murder?” she wonders) and model prisoner who – with an echo ofThe Handmaid’s Tale – is brought into the prison governor’s domestic sphere towait on his wife and her circle of friends.

阅读笔记

MargaretAtwood: will Alias Grace repeat the TV success of The Handmaid’s Tale?

Atwood’s 19th-century murder story isanother prescientstudy of women in a patriarchalsociety

• prescient

 knowing or appearing to know about thingsbefore they happen· 预知的；先觉的

a prescient warning.有先见之明的警告

拓展：prescience

Over the years he's demonstrated a certain presciencein foreign affairs.

这些年来，他已经在外交事务方面表现出一定的预见性。

• patriarchal

ruled or controlled bymen; giving power and importance only to men

·男人统治的；男性主宰的：

a patriarchal society 父权社会

lias Grace, published 21years ago, sits as near as dammit in the middle of Margaret Atwood’s novels;eight precede andseven succeed it (although with the ever productive Atwood, there are probably more tocome). Though she had already ventured into the world of the satirical, fabular and dystopic in novels suchas Lady Oracle and Cat’s Eye, Alias Grace was her first foray into the distant past. Set in1840s and 1850s Ontario – it had only recently been the British-controlled colony of Upper Canada –it recreates the true and much disputed story of Grace Marks.

• prcede

[VERB动词]发生在…之前；先于；Ifone event or period of time precedes another, it happens before it. [V n] [beV-ed by n] [V-ing] [Formal]

Intensive negotiations between the mainparties preceded the vote.

主要政党在选举前进行了集中的谈判。

• productive

[ADJ-GRADED能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词] 多产的；高产的；Someone orsomething that is productive produces or does a lot for the amount of resourcesused.

productiveworkers 高效工人

拓展：富有成效的

My time spent in the library was veryproductive.我花在图书馆的时间很有收获。

• venture

[VERB动词]冒险尝试；Ifyou venture into an activity, you do something that involves the risk offailure because it is new and different. [V into n]

He enjoyed little success when heventured into business.

他冒险涉足商界后几乎没有取得什么成功。

• satirical

· using satire to criticize sb / sth·讽刺的；讥讽的：

a satirical magazine讽刺杂志

• dystopic

animaginary place or state in which everything is extremely bad or unpleasant

·反乌托邦，反面假想国，敌托帮(极度恶劣的假想处境或状况)

• foray

~(into sth)

· an attempt to become involved in a differentactivity or profession

· (改变职业、活动的)尝试：

the company's first foray into thecomputer market

该公司的初次涉足计算机市场

• colony

· a country or an area that is governed bypeople from another, more powerful, country

·殖民地：

former British colonies前英国殖民地

写作句型：Though she had already ventured into the worldof the satirical, fabular and dystopic in novels such as Lady Oracle and Cat’s Eye, Alias Grace washer first foray intothe distant past.

AsSarah Polley’s adaptation finally comes to Netflix – finally because Polleyfirst wrote to Atwood to ask for the film rights shortly after publication,when she was a mere 17-year-old – it is set to join Hulu’s version of TheHandmaid’s Tale in bringing Atwood’s novels to a wider audience.

Marksand her fellow servant James McDermott were accused of the 1843 murders oftheir employer, Thomas Kinnear, and his housekeeper and lover, NancyMontgomery; it appeared that Marks was in love with Kinnear and McDermott in pursuit of Marks.McDermott was hanged, while Marks was sent to prison by way of the lunatic asylum. When we first meet her in Atwood’sversion, she has acquired a dualidentity, both “celebrated murderess” (“but what is there to celebrate aboutmurder?” she wonders) and model prisoner who – with an echo of The Handmaid’s Tale – is broughtinto the prison governor’s domesticsphere to wait on his wife and her circle of friends.

• in pursuitof追求

In fact, many people have to forgo somepresent day rewards in pursuit of their dream careers.

事实上，为了追求理想的职业，许多人不得不放弃现在的高薪。

• by way of

[PREP-PHRASE短语介词]经由；取道；Ifyou go somewhere by way of a particular place, you go through that place inorder to get to where you want. [PREP n]

The path goes under the river by way ofthe tunnel.

这条通道经隧道从河下经过。

注意：by way of 有三种不同的意思，用法也不一样

第一种：上文

第二种：[PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]作为…；以求…；Youuse by way of when you are explaining the purpose of something that you havesaid or are about to say. For example, if you say something by way of anintroduction, you say it as an introduction. [PREP n]

By way of contrast, Manchester Unitedwill travel slightly more than 1,200 miles.

相比而言，曼联队的行程将略多于1,200英里。

第三种：[PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]采用…方法；通过；Ifyou do something by way of a particular method, you use that method to do it.[PREP n] [Mainly BRIT] [WRITTEN 笔语]

I teach psychology by way of a range oftraditional lectures, practicals and tutorials.

我采用传统授课与实践和指导相结合的方式教授心理学。

• lunaticasylum

aninstitution where mentally ill people live

·精神病院；疯人院

• dual

havingten parts or aspects·两部份的；双重的；双的：

his dual role as composer and conductor

他兼任作曲家和指挥的双重角色

• echo

thereflecting of sound off a wall or inside a confined space so that a noiseappears to be repeated; a sound that is reflected back in this way·回响；回声；回音：

There was an echo on the line and Icouldn't hear clearly.

电话里有回音，我听不清楚。

• domestic

usedin the home; connected with the home or family

家用的；家庭的；家务的

the growing problem of domestic violence(= violence between members of the same family)

日趋严重的家庭暴力问题

domestic service (= the work of a servantin a large house)

家务服务

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