介绍： I'd have Emma Thompson. She can negotiate and barter her way in and out of anything, and I think that's important. She'd make it really fun.
我会带上艾玛・汤普森。不管遇上什么事，她都能靠交涉、周旋顺利化解，我觉得这点至关重要。有她在，绝境也会变得有趣。
Describe Dragon Day in 10 words or less.
用十个字以内概括...

介绍： I'd have Emma Thompson. She can negotiate and barter her way in and out of anything, and I think that's important. She'd make it really fun.
我会带上艾玛・汤普森。不管遇上什么事，她都能靠交涉、周旋顺利化解，我觉得这点至关重要。有她在，绝境也会变得有趣。
Describe Dragon Day in 10 words or less.
用十个字以内概括《龙之日》。
Epic, apocalyptic, thrilling, but also personal, and emotional.
宏大末日，惊心动魄，兼具细腻温情。
What is Dragon Day about, and who is it for?
《龙之日》讲了什么故事，适合什么样的受众？
Dragon Day is about a world-changing event where dragons rise up and threaten humanity. It is a story about the fight for survival and how survival changes us. And it's really for anyone who enjoys high-stakes survival stories that have elements of sci-fi and fantasy in them, but they're rooted in something personal and relatable and emotional.
《龙之日》讲述一场颠覆世界的浩劫：巨龙破土而出，人类岌岌可危。故事围绕求生之战展开，探讨生存本身会如何改变人性。它适合所有喜欢高风险生存题材的读者，作品融合科幻与奇幻内核，同时落脚于真实、共情、饱含情绪的个体故事。
What was your favorite scene to perform as Neve?
饰演内芙时，你最喜欢演绎哪一段戏份？
My favorite scene was the scene between Neve and the zoologist. She interviews the zoologist about the anatomy and the biology of a dragon. And he explains how a dragon can breathe fire and how, despite that they are very large, how it's possible that they can fly.
我最喜欢内芙和动物学家对手戏的片段。内芙采访这位学者，询问巨龙的身体构造与生物特性。学者向她解释龙喷火的原理，还有体型如此庞大的生物为何能够飞翔。
And for me, it sort of sums up the tone of this story of something that feels very far out there, very fantasy and sci-fi and yet with the scientific detail of how plausible it could be that these creatures are living among us. And so it's really funny and it's fascinating and kind of had me convinced.
在我看来，这段戏精准奠定了整部作品的基调：故事看似天马行空，充满奇幻科幻色彩，却用详实的科学设定，让巨龙真实存在于人类世界这件事具备说服力。这段对话诙谐又引人入胜，连我都差点信以为真。
If you had to live through an extreme disaster like Neve, who would you want by your side?
倘若你要像内芙一样亲历末日浩劫，你希望谁陪在身边？
I think I would want Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird because he'd give great dad energy. I think he would also be a quiet hero so he wouldn't create more drama or need to display how good he was at something. I feel like morally he's going to make the right choice.
我想带上《杀死一只知更鸟》里的阿迪克斯・芬奇，他身上有种可靠温柔的父辈气质。他是内敛的英雄，不会刻意制造冲突，也从不炫耀自己的本事。坚守本心的他，永远会做出符合道义的选择。
And then as an antidote, I'd have Emma Thompson. And the reason why is that she is such a hoot and she uses her humor as a great way of creating an environment where everyone kind of comes together. And I also think that she can negotiate and barter her way in and out of anything. And I think that's a really useful tool in an apocalypse. She'd make it really fun, and that's important.
我还会再带上艾玛・汤普森作为互补。她风趣幽默，总能用玩笑缓和气氛，凝聚所有人。而且无论遇上什么难题，她都能周旋谈判、化解危机。在末日里，这项能力格外实用。有她相伴，苦难也会多几分乐趣，这点很重要。
How do you approach action-driven storytelling in audio?
录制有声作品里的动作戏份，你会用什么演绎方式？
You might think, "Oh, it's much easier," but it's unique in its challenge in that you have to be very specific in how you use your voice. The importance is knowing that it's all in the breath. So, if it's an active scene, it's much better that I'm standing up or that I've done some star jumps, something. You can feel it, you can hear it. But at the same time, if you can't control that breath, it can kind of splash out on the microphone.
大家可能会觉得有声戏更容易，但它有着独一份的难点：你必须精准控制自己的声线。关键全在于气息。遇到动作激烈的戏份，我一般会站起身，或是原地跳几下热身。身体的发力感会透过声音传递出来，听众能清晰听出差别。但与此同时，气息一旦失控，喷麦的杂音会十分明显。
If I'm doing a scene that I'm running, but I'm actually physically running in a booth, that's going to be a nightmare for the sound engineer because my feet are then going to be, you know, making it not clear what the words are. So, it's remaining quiet, but having the energy in the breath that conveys the movement. And that comes from experience and working and collaborating with the team around you to make sure that it's all being conveyed as it should.
比如演绎奔跑的戏份，要是我真的在录音棚里来回跑动，对录音师来说就是场灾难，脚步声会盖过人声，台词模糊不清。所以诀窍是身体保持静止，只用气息带出奔跑的动感。这种分寸感来自日积月累的经验，也需要和录音团队配合磨合，保证情绪与动作都能完整传递给听众。
What cheers you up?
什么事能让你心情变好？
Walking through London on a sunny day. There's nothing like it. For me, I grew up in inner city London and I love a city soundscape and I love the hustle and bustle and the variety and the diversity and the different smells and the different sounds and walking through a market into a London park — our parks in this city are amazing.
晴天漫步伦敦街头，没有比这更治愈的事了。我在伦敦市中心长大，迷恋这座城市的市井声景：喧嚣热闹、包罗万象，各色气味、声响交织。穿过市集走进公园，伦敦的公园实在美得无可挑剔。
And I find walking and also being around people and different people gets me out of my head, clears my thoughts, but just cheers me up. It's therapeutic, but it's also wonderfully distracting. Like get out of our heads and get into the streets and like connect with people on a human level.
散步、和形形色色的路人擦肩而过，能让我暂时抛开杂念、理清思绪，整个人豁然开朗。这既是治愈，也是绝佳的散心方式。暂时挣脱内心的思绪，走入街巷，以最朴素的方式和陌生人产生联结。
What books have had the biggest impact on you?
哪些书籍对你影响最深？
When I was at school, I had this amazing teacher called Mrs. Alexander, who's my English teacher, and the way that we studied To Kill a Mockingbird.
上学时，我的英语老师亚历山大夫人非常出色，当年她带我们研读《杀死一只知更鸟》的方式让我受益匪浅。
And then in A-level studying The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy, George Eliot, Silas Marner. These were great books, but having a teacher and a class discussion about terms like pathetic fallacy and how an author can use nature and like a storm to express the internal experience of a character.
后来高中预科，我们研读托马斯・哈代的《还乡》、乔治・艾略特的《织工马南》。这些都是经典好书，老师带着我们在课堂上探讨拟人移情这类写作手法，分析作家如何借风雨等自然景象，映射人物内心情绪。
And understanding things like onomatopoeia and assonance and alliteration, all these figures of speech that made for me understand that language was meant to be felt as opposed to intellectualized.
我们还学习拟声、半谐音、头韵等修辞。这些知识让我明白，文字不该只用头脑去解读，更要用心去感受。
Those books became turning points because I had the right teacher helping me to open up to all the secrets that lay within them, the books within the books, the intentions and the visions, the imagination of the author. And really that sort of set me on the path. Now when I read great books, it's because I feel like I've had that education.
这些书成了我人生的转折点。良师带我挖掘文字背后深藏的深意、作者的构思、愿景与想象力，也为我铺就了热爱文学的道路。时至今日，我能读懂优秀文学作品，都得益于当年这段文学启蒙。
And what's your favorite sound?
你最喜欢的声音是什么？
My favorite sound is my grandmother's laugh. When I was a kid, we went to see a tape recording of a comedy show called Father Ted. My grandmother is a very elegant, quiet, reserved woman. However, when something makes her laugh, it is a raucous eruption of joy from the full expanse of her soul. And it is so contagious.
我最爱的声音，是祖母的笑声。小时候，我们一家人去现场录制喜剧《神父泰德》，还录下了那天的影像。祖母平日里优雅文静、内敛克制，可一旦遇上好笑的事，发自心底的开怀大笑会毫无保留地迸发出来，感染力极强。
We have like a VHS recording of that episode that we were there to watch the live recording of, and you can hear my grandmother laughing louder than anyone in that audience. And you also know that everyone in the audience laughs louder because of her laugh. 
我们至今留着那场录制的录像带，音频里能听见她的笑声盖过全场观众。观众也会被她带动，笑得更加开怀。
From when I was a child to this very day, it is the most joyful feeling to hear her laugh. And it's also because it's not all the time. It's a real gift and it's special. So when you get the chance to hear it, you feel like, wow, this is a special moment in time.
从小到大，只要听见她的笑声，我心里就满是欢喜。这份笑声难得一见，是独一份的珍贵馈赠。每次有幸听见，我都会觉得这一刻无比美好。