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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.

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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.

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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· 預(yù)知的风响；先覺的

a prescient warning.有先見之明的警告

拓展：prescience

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

這些年來嘉汰，他已經(jīng)在外交事務(wù)方面表現(xiàn)出一定的預(yù)見性。

• patriarchal

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

·男人統(tǒng)治的状勤；男性主宰的：

a patriarchal society 父權(quán)社會

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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動(dòng)詞]發(fā)生在…之前鞋怀；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.

主要政黨在選舉前進(jìn)行了集中的談判持搜。

• productive

[ADJ-GRADED能被表示程度的副詞或介詞詞組修飾的形容詞] 多產(chǎn)的密似；高產(chǎn)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.我花在圖書館的時(shí)間很有收獲葫盼。

• venture

[VERB動(dòng)詞]冒險(xiǎn)嘗試残腌；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.

他冒險(xiǎn)涉足商界后幾乎沒有取得什么成功。

• satirical

· using satire to criticize sb / sth·諷刺的；譏諷的：

a satirical magazine諷刺雜志

• dystopic

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

·反烏托邦废累，反面假想國邓梅，敵托幫(極度惡劣的假想處境或狀況)

• foray

~(into sth)

· an attempt to become involved in a differentactivity or profession

· (改變職業(yè)、活動(dòng)的)嘗試：

the company's first foray into thecomputer market

該公司的初次涉足計(jì)算機(jī)市場

• colony

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

·殖民地：

former British colonies前英國殖民地

寫作句型：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.

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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.

事實(shí)上邑滨，為了追求理想的職業(yè)日缨，許多人不得不放棄現(xiàn)在的高薪。

• by way of

[PREP-PHRASE短語介詞]經(jīng)由掖看；取道匣距；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.

這條通道經(jīng)隧道從河下經(jīng)過。

注意：by way of 有三種不同的意思哎壳，用法也不一樣

第一種：上文

第二種：[PREP-PHRASE 短語介詞]作為…毅待；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.

相比而言归榕，曼聯(lián)隊(duì)的行程將略多于1,200英里尸红。

第三種：[PREP-PHRASE 短語介詞]采用…方法；通過刹泄；Ifyou do something by way of a particular method, you use that method to do it.[PREP n] [Mainly BRIT] [WRITTEN 筆語]

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

我采用傳統(tǒng)授課與實(shí)踐和指導(dǎo)相結(jié)合的方式教授心理學(xué)外里。

• lunaticasylum

aninstitution where mentally ill people live

·精神病院；瘋?cè)嗽?/span>

• dual

havingten parts or aspects·兩部份的特石；雙重的盅蝗；雙的：

his dual role as composer and conductor

他兼任作曲家和指揮的雙重角色

• 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·回響；回聲姆蘸；回音：

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

電話里有回音墩莫，我聽不清楚。

• domestic

usedin the home; connected with the home or family

家用的逞敷；家庭的狂秦；家務(wù)的

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

日趨嚴(yán)重的家庭暴力問題

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

家務(wù)服務(wù)

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