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BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhuanet) -- The fourth installment1 of the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise2 will hit Chinese theaters on May 20, as part of a coordinated3 global premiere of the latest installment of the hugely popular Walt Disney series.
Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides will see the return of Johnny Depp as Captain Jack4 Sparrow. Original baddie Geoffrey Rush also returns, in addition to fresh faces Penelope Cruz, who plays a beautiful trickster that becomes entangled5 in a romance with Captain Jack, and Ian McShane, a fearsome new villain6.
The "Pirates" name has proven itself one of the most lucrative7 film franchises8 of the 21st century, taking in a combined total of more than 2.6 billion U.S. dollars in box office returns. The latest film will be the first to be screened in 3D and IMAX-3D.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)
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n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克 | |
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adj.卷入的;陷入的;被缠住的;缠在一起的v.使某人(某物/自己)缠绕,纠缠于(某物中),使某人(自己)陷入(困难或复杂的环境中)( entangle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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n.(尤指选举议员的)选举权( franchise的名词复数 );参政权;获特许权的商业机构(或服务);(公司授予的)特许经销权v.给…以特许权,出售特许权( franchise的第三人称单数 ) | |
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