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A Faustian bargain

Could the key to the evolution of the human brain be found in a dreadful illness?

ECON.ST

1927

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戲神田都元帥拿著劇本
God of the Theatre, Chief Marshall Tian, holding a libretto

Biofilms are a problem in medicine. When bacteria gang up to form the continuous sheets that bear this name they are far harder to kill with antibiotics than when they just float around as individual cells. But Matthew Chang, a biochemical engineer at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, has worked out a new way to attack them http://econ.st/15ra5JV

 The landmark musical "Show Boat" - with music by Jerome Kern and libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II - opened at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City.Orpheus in the Underworld. Opera in two acts by Offenbach to a libretto by Crémieux and Halévy (1858, Paris); Offenbach expanded it into four acts (1574, Paris).




He then moved to England, and through his friendship with his publisher Virginia Woolf, entered the London literary circles. He became an important literary editor, for Faber and Faber, and was a reader and literary adviser to Jonathan Cape, where he edited a number of Ian Fleming's James Bond series. Fleming dedicated Goldfinger to Plomer. He was active as a librettist, with Gloriana, Curlew River, The Burning Fiery Furnace and The Prodigal Son for Benjamin Britten.



li·bret·to (lĭ-brĕt'ō)
n., pl., -bret·tos, or -bret·ti (-brĕt'ē).

1. The text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera.
2. A book containing such a text.

[Italian, diminutive of libro, book, from Latin liber, libr-.]

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On this date in 1859, Charles Gounod's opera, Faust, premiered in Paris. Though it got off to a rocky start, after delays and rejections (because it wasn't "showy" enough), the opera became a mainstay of many of the opera theaters over the years. New York's Metropolitan Opera House opened with a production of Faust in 1883. Gounod based his opera on the German alchemist who, according to legend, sold his soul to the devil in exchange for youth, power and knowledge. The opera's libretto was written by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré.

opera（L.）：工作；勞動；行為。
歌劇

Ur-Faust = "prototype of Faust"

film was found in the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary at the entries listed below.
noun

• 1a thin flexible strip of plastic or other material coated with light-sensitive emulsion for exposure in a camera, used to produce photographs or motion pictures:he had already shot a whole roll of film a new range of films and cameras
• material in the form of a thin flexible sheet:clear plastic film between the layers of glass
• a thin layer covering a surface:she quickly wiped away the light film of sweat
• archaic a fine thread or filament:films of silk

• 2a motion picture; a movie:a horror film [as modifier]:a film director
• movies considered as an art or industry:a critical overview of feminist writing on film

verb

• 1 [with object] capture on film as part of a series of moving images; make a movie of (a story or event):she glowered at the television crew who were filming them
• [no object] (film well/badly) be well or badly suited to portrayal in a film:an adventure story that would film well

• 2 [no object] become or appear to become covered with a thin layer of something:his eyes had filmed over

Derivatives

filmdom

noun

sense 2 of the noun.

Origin:

Old English filmen 'membrane'; related to fell⁵

• film (MOVING PICTURES)
• film (MATERIAL)
• film (LAYER)
• west (DIRECTION)
• cowboy film
• feature (film)
• film director
• film maker
• film star
• film strip
• horror film
• movie star
• silent film
• snuff movie
• film over

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DJ: []

n. (名詞 noun)

1. 軟片;膠捲[U][C]
I'll buy a faster film for my camera.
我要買一捲快速軟片。
2. 電影[C]
Who stars in that film?
那部影片是誰主演的?
3. 薄層;薄膜,薄皮[S1][U]
The mirror is covered with a film of dust.
鏡子蒙上了一層灰塵。
4. 薄霧[S]

vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)

1. 把...拍成電影
He filmed the wedding ceremony.
他將婚禮拍錄下來。
2. 在...上覆以薄膜
She filmed a slice of bread with butter.
她塗一層薄薄的奶油在一片麵包上。

vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)

1. 生薄膜;變得朦朧
Her eyes filmed over with tears.
她一雙眼睛因淚水而模糊不清。
2. 攝製電影
3. 適於拍成電影[Q]
He films ill.
他不適於上電影鏡頭。

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━━ n. 薄皮［膜］; 【写】フィルム; 映画（作品）; （the ～s） ((集合的)) 映画; （クモの糸のような）細糸; （包装用）薄紙; （目の）かすみ.
━━ v. 薄皮でおおう［おおわれる］; （目を）（涙で）かすませる, かすむ ((over)); 撮影する; （小説などを）映画化する; 映画になる.
film・a・ble　━━ a. 映画化できる.
film badge　【原子力】フィルムバッジ, フィルム線量計 ((放射線被曝量測定器の一つ)).
film director　映画監督.
film・dom　映画産業［界］.
film・goer　映画ファン.
film・ing　━━ n. 映画製作.
film・let　━━ n. 短編映画.
film-maker　映画製作者.
film pack　フィルムパック ((枠に入れた数枚の写真用フィルム)).
film premiere　（新作映画の）上演初日.
film rating　（映画の）観客指定.
film recorder　【コンピュータ】フィルム・レコーダ.
film star　映画スター.
film stock　未使用の映画フィルム.
film・strip　━━ n. スライド用フィルム.
film test　（映画俳優志願者の）写真審査.
film・y　━━ a. 薄皮の（ような）; ごく薄い; かすんだ.

[名]

1 映画フィルム；映画(movie)；((the 〜s))((集合的))映画；[U]（映画の）場面；((〜s))映画産業

a silent film
無声映画

a film site
撮影現場

make ［shoot］ a film
映画を作る［撮影する］.

2 薄いもの；[U][C]《写真》（一巻きの）フィルム(roll of film)；[U][C]感光膜［乳剤］

catch birds on film
鳥をフィルムに納める.

3 [U]((時にa 〜))薄い層［被膜］

a film of grease
薄い脂肪の膜

a film of dust
ほこりの層.

4 細い糸（の網）.

5 （目の）かすみ, 曇り；薄いもや［霧］.

━━[動](他)

1 …を薄皮［薄膜］でおおう

The furniture is filmed over with dust.
家具はほこりだらけだった.

2 …を撮影する；〈小説を〉映画化する.

━━(自)

1 （…の）薄皮［薄膜］でおおわれる((over/with ...))

eyes filming with tears
涙でかすんだ目.

2 〈人が〉写真［映画］に向いている；〈小説などが〉映画化される

The novel films easily.
その小説は映画化が容易だ.

3 映画を製作［監督］する.

［古英語filmen（膜）］

film・a・ble

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film・ic

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