作者：Byran Shettig 圖片：得利影視提供
Monsters University
怪獸大學
Mike Wazowski, a green monster with gangly legs and one large eye, is 17 years old and dreams of becoming a professional “scarer.” He enrolls in Monsters University, where many of the scariest monsters have trained. There he shares a dorm room with Sulley, the big man on campus and a born scarer. Sulley, however, doesn’t think Mike will ever be an effective monster. The two monsters compete fiercely against each other to get into the university’s coveted scaring program. This confrontation causes their ongoing feud to become too intense though, and eventually they’re both kicked out of the School of Scaring. Interestingly, the unlikely duo must team up to get back into the school and graduate from Monsters University.
17歲的麥克‧華斯基（大眼仔）是隻兩腿瘦小且只有一顆大眼睛的綠色怪獸，他夢想成為一位專業的「驚嚇專員」。他進入怪獸大學就讀，許多最嚇人的怪獸都是在這間學校訓練出來的。麥克在大學裡和蘇利文（毛怪）同住一間宿舍，它是一位大隻佬，而且是天生的驚嚇專家，但蘇利文不認為麥克會成為一個有效的怪獸。為了能進入夢寐以求的驚嚇課程修課，兩隻怪獸彼此競爭激烈。這個衝突使得他們的長期爭吵更加劇烈，並且最終兩位都被逐出校園。有趣的是，這對不可能的雙人組合必須要搭檔合作以求重回校園，並且從怪獸大學畢業。
The plot of Pixar’s new film is set ten years before Monsters Inc., the 2001 film that introduced Mike and Sulley. This time though, the film hopes to shed some light on the pair’s first encounter and how they overcome their differences and become long-lasting friends. Audiences will see what innocent monsters go through on that scary journey from life at home to a big university.
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皮克斯新電影的劇情設定在《怪獸電力公司》往前十年，當時麥克和蘇利文在此部西元2001年的電影中首次登場。而這一次，電影希望著重在這對組合的第一次接觸，以及他們如何克服彼此差異而成為長久的好友。觀眾將會看到天真的怪獸們從家中生活到大學校園所經歷的驚嚇旅程。
Monsters University is a prequel to its 2001 predecessor, showing viewers what life is like for a monster in college. It’s also Pixar’s first feature-length prequel, though the studio has been planning to make Monsters University since 2005. Employees at Pixar toured top universities in the US, including Harvard, MIT, and UC-Berkeley, for their research and even copied the schools’ websites and commercials. The Monsters University website imitates those of American universities down to the last detail, from campus maps, stories about professors, to the history of the university. Pixar also ran commercials on television, mildly spoofing similar ads aired by real universities which aim to recruit students.
《怪獸大學》是西元2001年前部作品的前傳，呈現給觀眾的是怪獸上大學的生活樣貌。這也是皮克斯出品的首部長篇前傳，雖然這家製片公司從西元2005年就開始計畫製作《怪獸大學》。皮克斯的員工走訪全美的頂尖大學，包含哈佛、麻省理工學院以及加州大學柏克萊分校，藉此研究甚至模仿這些學校的網站和招生廣告。《怪獸大學》的電影網站詳盡地仿效這些美國大學，從校園地圖、教授們的事蹟，到學校的歷史。皮克斯也在電視上播放廣告，微略地戲弄這些真實的大學用來招募學生的相似廣告。
To give some insight about campus life, Pixar shows viewers how monsters in the university experience many of the same activities as students at American universities. The college-aged monsters join fraternities and sororities, make new friends, party late into the night, and must compete with each other to get into their desired programs. Monsters University promises to transport viewers to the hilarious and frightening world of these young monsters as they try their best to grow up.
為了深入介紹校園生活，皮克斯讓觀眾看到怪獸們如何體驗許多相同的校園活動，就像一般美國大學生會做的一樣。這些大學年齡的怪獸們加入兄弟會和姐妹會、結交新朋友、整晚開派對，而且還必須彼此競爭以求進入自己渴望的課程。隨著怪獸們努力長大，《怪獸大學》保證帶領觀眾進入這個既爆笑又嚇人的怪獸青少年世界。
【Vocabulary】
enroll v. 註冊；入學
Students must enroll in a university before they can take classes there.
學生們必須先在大學註冊後才能選課。
confrontation n.對抗；衝突
confront v. 對抗
The confrontation between the father and son caused the boy to run away from home.
這對父子間的對立使兒子因而離家出走。
intense adj.強烈的；極度的
You need to warm up before doing intense exercise, or you might get hurt.
在做激烈運動前要先暖身，否則你可能會受傷。
team up phr. 合作
Finishing the task could be easier if you team up.
如果你們協力合作，這項任務會更容易達成。
plot n. 情節
The book’s plot is easy to understand, so almost anyone can read it.
這本書的情節很容易理解，所以幾乎任何人都讀得來。
innocent adj. 天真的；單純的
Children are very innocent and usually see the positive side of life.
孩子們很單純天真，通常都看到人生的光明面。
studio n.電影製片廠
Movie studios hire actors and directors to create films.
電影製片廠雇請演員和導演來拍片。
commercial n. (廣播、電視)廣告
Some commercials try to entertain people by using jokes or funny cartoons.
有些廣告試圖以笑話和有趣的卡通娛樂大眾。
mildly adv.稍微；適度地
mild adj.略微的
Jeremy mildly annoyed everyone in the movie theater when he used his phone.
當傑洛米在電影院裡使用手機時，稍微惹惱了電影院裡的人。
recruit v.招收；徵募
Universities try to recruit top students by offering scholarships.
各大學試著以提供獎學金的方式來招募頂尖的學生。
insight n. 深入的理解；洞察力
News stories should give people insight about why something happened.
新聞報導應該讓人們深入地了解事情的始末。
transport v. 使沉浸於；使身處他境
A good novel transports its readers to a different time and place.
一本好的小說使讀者彷彿身處不同的時空。
【字彙小補帖】
gangly adj. 身材瘦長的
coveted adj. 人人嚮往的
feud n. 結怨；不和
duo n. 二人組；二重唱
predecessor n.前身；原先的事物
feature-length adj. 長篇的
spoof v.幽默地嘲弄
fraternity n. 兄弟會（美國大學裡的學生社團，多屬社交性質）
sorority n. 姊妹會
hilarious adj. 引人捧腹大笑的
【句型】
shed light on sth「澄清；透露訊息」
The police hoped the clue would help shed some light on who stole the money from the bank.
警方希望這個線索能協助釐清誰偷了銀行的錢。
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