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Few grown-ups remember what they were like when they were little. But Lucas and Spielberg have kept the sense of wonder of their childhood. That is the reason for their success as film maker and that is how they have made movies interesting once more. Lucas says, “Today children have very boring lives. Nobody makes movies for children expect Disney. One of the reasons I filmed Star Wars was to give them a genuine fantasy world. We had some wonderful dreams when we were children. There are no fairy tails left these days. The mysterious Orient, treasure island, adventure trips to a wonderland―they are all gone from us. But there is still a world of wonder to be found in the universe.”
Spielberg also cherishes his own fantasy. “I like filling my pictures with magic. I make movies about things I want to be, not things that I am. Not things that I have been, but things that I desire. That’s my fantasy.”
Lucas and Spielberg have used a lot of special movie magic to realize their fantasies. This movie magic is called “special effects”, or SFX. Of course SFX was used in many movies before their. But Lucas and Spielberg are different from other film makers. They know very well both the power of computer technology and how to use it well in their movies.
Some people say they are the Walt Disneys of the 1980s. They really are modern magicians.
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[問題1] 以下の単語・熟語の意味を調べなさい。
・ grown-up
・ sense
・ childhood
・ success
・ maker
・ expect
・ genuine
・ fantasy
・ fairy
・ tale
・ mysterious
・ Orient
・ treasure
・ adventure
・ wonderland
・ universe
・ cherish
・ magic
・ desire
・ effect
・ SFX
・ power
・ technology
・ once more
・ not A but B
・ be different from
[問題2] 英文中のheがSteven Spielbergに当てはまるならば“S”、George Lucasならば“L”、両者ともに当てはまるならば“S,L”と答えなさい。
1. He designed a theme park which opened in Florida near Walt Disney World in 1990.
2. He studied film making at university and made eight movies as a student.
3. He had few friends and was often bullied.
4. At the age of 13, he made his first 8 mm. movie with his father’s camera.
5. He became interested in movies under the influence of Walt Disney.
6. He has used SFX in his movies very well.
[問題3] 本文中にある下線を和訳しなさい。
