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Once Upon a Time in the West is a 1968 Italian epic spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone for Paramount Pictures. It stars Henry Fonda, unusually cast as the villain, and Charles Bronson as his enemy. Bronson was offered the role after Clint Eastwood turned it down. The screenplay was written by Leone and Sergio Donati, and composer Ennio Morricone provided the film score. The original version, a big success inEurope, was 166 minutes long when it was first released in December 1968. The version for the US release in May 1969 was edited down to 145 minutes and was greeted with mostly negative critical response. It was afinancial flop in the U.S.

西部往事是一部上映于1968年的意大利史诗电影，导演塞尔吉奥·莱奥内，出品公司派拉蒙影业公司yfg9t(UnM%*。主演亨利·方达，方达经常饰演反面角色，查尔斯·布朗森饰演他的敌人KrDUQ^A@vzb_j[|M)。克林特·伊斯特伍德拒绝这一角色之后，由布朗森接替TF~O9asc+~.Rg!Pbsf。编剧里昂和塞尔吉奥·多纳迪，埃尼奥·莫里康内为电影配乐s6Jv+7yh68]G=;.aaud。电影的最初版本在欧洲大受好评，1968年12月上映的第一版中，影片时长166分钟j]L~v6ZQj8_!z#!XoPl。1969年在美国上映时，电影缩短到145分钟，这受到了人们的许多批评udBe&2VvpE7J8.&^v。

Though less popular in the US than the earlier "Dollars Trilogy," Once Upon a Time in the West has gained a huge cult following around the world, particularly among filmmakers and moviegoers. In the 1970s, it wasre-evaluated by many critics, many of whom called it a masterpiece. Directors such as Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese have spoken about the influence the film had on them and the way they made their movies.It is now considered one of the greatest films ever made and numerous critics consider it to be the finestever Westerns. Time magazine listed it as one of the 100 greatest films of the 20th century. It also rankshighly on dozens more movie polls.

在美国，这部电影没有取得很高的票房成绩J4CteWCOY#M-iCFp。与“镖客三部曲”相比，这部影片在美国的关注度明显下降，但是，西部往事却受到了全世界观众的追捧，特别是制片人，以及观众的热爱A)Xchy|KM%b。20世纪70年代，许多影评人对这部影片重新进行了评价，许多人认为这是一部巨作-U&3L[qXXJ。导演昆汀·塔伦蒂诺、马丁·斯科塞斯都曾称这部影片对自己的影响很大，并影响到了他们导演电影的方式Oq.VIh&S!hQIn6sp。人们认为，这是一部伟大的电影作品，许多影评人认为这是欧洲史上最杰出的的电影lTZ5N.2_nRTVR。时代杂志把他列入了20世纪100部最佳电影的名单当中RFj(0%rvz1P-zy。在其他数十种电影调查中，它的排名也非常可观Ta@e9&kcQs&。

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重点讲解

1.be greeted with 受到...的对待

Abroad these theorists’ ideas tend to be greeted with suspicion as excuses for China’s exceptionalism and its rejection of international rules it does not like.

在国外，这些理论家的思想常常被怀疑为中国卓异主义的借口，和它对自己不喜欢的国际规则进行抵制的托词P_qFN,GhT]r。

2.once upon a time 从前

Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, and all of the others, including Love.

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3.financial flop 较低的票房成绩

Some even argue the first round of quantitative easing turned out to be a flop when officials purchased about $1 trillion in Treasuries during the height of the financial crisis in March 2009.

2009年3月，金融危机最为猛烈之时，美国政府出台了第一轮量化宽松政策，收购了近1万亿美元的美国国债6QD^,b_1H*J0|z+。 有些批评家甚至指出，此举已经以失败告终t.&kbM,^|%n,vKTxC。

4.Paramount Pictures 派拉蒙电影公司

We’ve heard that digital movie purchases are the future of entertainment, but Dell and Paramount Picturesare taking the concept to the extreme.
我们听说数字电影的买卖是娱乐界的未来，戴尔和派拉蒙电影公司把这个概念发挥到极致SYiz+yz2RrN7R4N45vZX。