Chapter 532: Cultural Invasion into Another World (Part 2)
Watch anime?
Hearing Cheng Lin's words, Ai Lu's delicate face was blank.
This word has no equivalent in Elvish, so Cheng Lin pronounced it in Chinese, and Ellu naturally couldn't understand it.
"It's just a picture album that can move."
Cheng Lin pondered for two seconds and tried to explain, but they were still confused. Cheng Lin thought for a while and simply said:
"Anyway, I just want you to read a story. Well, I don't know if you will like it, but there is always something new."
He said.
Immediately, he turned to look at the students and said:
"Each of you go and bring your own stools, yes, you don't need to move the table, and then put the stools over here..."
Instructing them to move stools, an open-air "theater" soon took shape.
The sky is dark, the moon is high, the projector is on, floating dust can be seen in the bright beam, and the illuminated curtain in front is blank.
Cheng Lin came to the laptop, held the mouse, and made final adjustments.
For better pronunciation, he also brought in a small speaker.
Regarding the animation show, it was not a temporary idea. I came up with the idea when I was doing courseware last night.
On the one hand, I want to reward their efforts in this way.
In addition, just like when someone learns English by watching American TV series, Cheng Lin feels that watching anime is not very useful for learning Chinese, but at least it can help him become familiar with the language environment.
As for why I chose anime, it was also a helpless move.
When it comes to entertainment, it’s probably just “films and television”, “games”, “music”, “animation”, “comics”, “”… and so on.
The first exclusion is that the text is unclear and cannot be understood at all.
Comic music and the like also have their own limitations.
The game is a big killer, and it requires very little cultural foundation. Basically, you only need to be familiar with the operations. Even if the screen is full of unfamiliar words, you can still have fun playing it, but the problem is that the device does not allow it.
Dozens of students would need dozens of game devices. Not to mention game consoles, he couldn't even afford so many mobile phones.
At the very least... I can't get it out for now, but I can find a way to purchase it if needed in the future.
The only thing left that is most suitable is film and television.
As for live-action movies and TV shows, because they are starred by humans, and they are basically based on reality or ancient backgrounds, it is difficult for elves to quickly understand both the characters and the culture, which greatly affects the sense of substitution.
So after much deliberation, animation is the only one that is more suitable.
And the choice of animation is a big problem.
First of all, those complicated urban backgrounds and ancient backgrounds have been eliminated... Otherwise, just the appearance of "cars", "subways", "mobile phones" and the like would take a long time to explain, and there would be no need to read the story.
What Cheng Lin needs is that kind of overhead. The simpler the background and the easier it is to understand, the better.
In addition, the dubbing must be in Chinese.
This needs no explanation.
Cheng Lin originally thought that such animations would be easy to find, but when he started to list them, he realized that it was really not easy.
Just the "cultural background" condition alone filters out the vast majority, and it also has another serious limitation, which is the film library.
There is a local area network in the spiritual academy!
Except for the equipment of the hospital leaders, other mobile phones and computers cannot connect to the Internet. Cheng Lin only relies on the resources that Sun Xiao has accumulated in the hard drive, USB flash drive, computer and mobile phone.
In the end, when he almost gave up, he finally found a film that basically met the requirements.
It is an animated movie that only lasts ninety minutes. The story background is fictional, simple and easy to understand. The plot is also the most classic "friends team up to fight the boss". What surprised him the most was that there happened to be elf characters in the story!
After making the selection, Cheng Lin spent half the night, plus today's daytime, putting in a lot of effort to make the subtitles.
I found professional software online, then translated all the lines and imported them automatically.
After a little debugging, it will be fine.
Fortunately, the entire video is only 90 minutes long. If it were longer, he wouldn't be able to do it so fast by himself.
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"Okay, everyone, sit down, don't move around, look at the big screen in front of you, by the way, don't be surprised by what happens next."
Seeing the elves sitting down obediently, Cheng Lin smiled slightly and began to make final adjustments.
Ellu squatted beside him curiously, holding the wand in her hand, staring at the flickering computer screen in confusion and confusion, with the clear "click" of the mouse in her ears.
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In the seat.
Lily and Beryl were close together. They were both excited and curious, but compared to Lily who showed everything on her face, Beryl was more reserved.
She put her hands quietly on her knees and sat very quietly, as if she were in class. She also held a "vocabulary" in her hand, which contained Pinyin letters and pronunciations in Elvish.
A pair of eyes looked forward curiously.
"Beryl, what exactly do you think the teacher wants to show us?"
Lily puffed her cheeks and asked.
Belial withdrew his gaze and said calmly: "How could I know."
After speaking, she lowered her head, opened the vocabulary book, placed it between her legs, and started reading by the light of the projector.
Suddenly, the light dimmed, and then Lily's voice was heard:
"Hey, Belial, look, I'll turn you into a pigeon~"
Belial raised his head blankly and saw Lily raising her hands above her head, crossing her hands, hooking her thumbs together, and moving her other fingers together... She blocked her hands in front of the projector's beam.
Then, on the snow-white "canvas" in front, a black shadow appeared, like a bird waving its wings.
Some of the students next to me raised their hands boldly, and then a little rabbit appeared on the screen.
Then, chickens, geese and other creatures appeared one after another.
"Haha, Beryl, why don't you come and play too." Lily said with a smile.
Belial's eyes were bright and he was a little eager to try, but he still shook his head and said seriously:
"Don't make trouble. If you make the teacher angry later, let's see what you do."
"No, I feel that the teacher has a good personality and is not angry at all."
Lily looked serious, and as soon as she finished speaking, she heard a clear cough. Cheng Lin came over at some point, glanced at her, and said calmly:
"Lily, right? Who asked you to cause trouble? Stay after school at night and accept the punishment."
Lily's face suddenly fell.
The other elves also hurriedly put away their little moves, for fear of being punished too.
Seeing this scene, a smile appeared on Cheng Lin's deliberately stern face, thinking that he had caught a chance.
Hmm, what should be the punishment? Copying homework? Copying the pinyin letters ten times? Well... it's too light. How about standing still? No, it's too late and it's not appropriate. Let's spank the butt to save time.
, and simple...
He was thinking about this here, and the students next to him didn't dare to breathe. Suddenly, they heard a strange music.
"Dang..."
Strangely enough, the elves' pointed ears stood up and they accurately captured the sound coming from a strange box on the grass nearby.
Before they could figure out the situation, they were surprised to find that an image suddenly appeared on the empty curtain in front of them!
The curtain first turned into rich green, and then, amid the sound of music, a golden light flew from the corner to the center, turning into a strange golden pattern with a bright red background.
Of course they couldn't recognize it, it looked like an abstract dragon.
This strange sight immediately attracted their attention. Even the high priests present, including Elu, looked over in surprise and confusion, wondering:
"What kind of magic is this?"
Before they could recover, the scene changed again.
In order to reduce unnecessary explanations, Cheng Lin cut out all the logos of film and television companies, distributors, etc., and only retained the golden dragon logo in the opening scene.
At this moment, under the pitch-black night, only this screen emitted light, illuminating the faces of the elves brightly.
In the screen, an image of a map appeared first, with a brilliant brilliance condensing, and soon, a voice-over appeared.
The voice was naturally in standard Chinese, and two lines of letters appeared at the bottom of the screen at the right time.
One line is the original Chinese letters, and the other line is the Elvish translation that Cheng Lin painstakingly added.
A few words that have no equivalent in Elvish are either "freely translated" or simply used in Chinese without touching them.
"On the ancient continent of Altria, humans, elves, monsters and black dragons each occupied their own side. Decades ago, the black dragon led an army of monsters in an attempt to annex the entire continent. Humans and elves joined forces at a critical moment to crush the black dragon's ambitions.
"
The voice-over sounded slowly, speaking at an unhurried pace, matching the picture, and began to narrate the background of the story.
This is a relatively lazy but practical method, and Cheng Lin has long been used to it. However, to a group of elves, this sound is no different than thunder.
"Ah! Who is talking?"
"Where is the voice?!"
"Teacher, what is this?"
In an instant, the elves could hardly sit still. A few stood up suddenly and looked around.
There was also a priest who reacted fiercely. He stared at the speaker on the grass. A magical light condensed in his right hand, as if he was about to hit it if he made a mistake.
Even Ai Lu tightened her grip on the staff and turned to look at him in shock: "Cheng Lin..."
"Don't be nervous! There is no danger. If you don't understand, you can read the words above."
Cheng Lin reminded him thoughtfully and quickly comforted him.
Everyone felt slightly relieved when they saw Cheng Lin say this, but some of them were still staring nervously at the small speaker.
After all, they couldn't figure out why this apparently lifeless box could talk even if they wanted to.
Although it's not Elvish, it's more like...Chinese.
At this time, the picture continues to change, the pictures and shadows become more and more complex, and the voice-over continues:
"The defeated black dragon fell into a deep sleep deep in the dark valley."
"Peace is short-lived. Humans and elves are locked in endless wars for territory. Humans are also divided because of the battles between priests and magicians. They cannot see the storm that is forming."
"But the elf princess Nelven had a premonition that the elves and monsters would come back. She believed that the elves and humans must put aside their grudges and form an alliance again. She has already started to take action..."
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The one I chose is "Dragon Nest: Breaking Dawn", which came from the suggestions of book friends in the Q group~