讨论电影明星Talking About Movie Stars

SHARON: Did you see the new Nicolas Cage movie?
DEREK: Which one?
SHARON: "Snake Eyes". I just saw it last night with my friend Sarah.
DEREK: No, I haven't seen it yet. But I saw "Con¹ Air". I thought that was good.
SHARON: I think Nicolas Cage is great.
DEREK: Really? Why? He isn't very handsome.
SHARON: No, but he's got character. He can act with a lot of depth.
DEREK: It's interesting you like him so much.
Usually I think women don't like him. They like more handsome actors.
SHARON: That's not always true.
But I like some very handsome actors. Like Alec Baldwin.
But I don't like an actor just because he is handsome.
DEREK: Do you like Keanu Reeves?
SHARON: No, not at all.
DEREK: Why not?
SHARON: I just think he is a bad person. He seems very arrogant².
DEREK: Maybe it's the characters he plays. Maybe in real life he's a good guy.
SHARON: No, I think an actor often plays characters that match his real personality.
They are naturally better at such characters.
And I can sense something about Keanu Reeves. I don't like it. He seems like a jerk³.
DEREK: Hmm. Maybe. So who is your favorite then?
SHARON: Nicolas Cage.
DEREK: I used to like Nicolas Cage more than I do now.
He used to play more interesting roles.
SHARON: What do you mean? What movies?
DEREK: Oh, my favorite Nicolas Cage movie was Wild at Heart.
He was perfect for that role.
SHARON: I saw "Wild at Heart". It was disgusting. I almost couldn't watch it. 
DEREK: It was a kind of movie that they call black humor⁴. 
SHARON: Yes, I know.
Black humor is humor with a lot of violence or horrible things in it.
I don't like black humor.
DEREK: What about "Raising Arizona"? Did you see that?
SHARON: No.
DEREK: You must see it.
To me, that is the classic⁵ Nicolas Cage movie. He is perfect for it.
SHARON: I like his new movies.
DEREK: Well, I know he is more popular since he started doing action movies.
But I always think he should be a comic actor. That is what he does best.
雪伦：你看过尼可拉斯·凯吉的新电影吗？
狄瑞克：哪一部？
雪伦：《蛇眼》。昨晚我和我的朋友莎拉去看了。
狄瑞克：我还没去看，不过我看过《空中监狱》，觉得不错。
雪伦：我觉得尼可拉斯·凯吉很棒。
狄瑞克：真的啊？为什么？他又不是很帅。
雪伦：不过他很有个性，演得很有深度。
狄瑞克：你这么喜欢他，实在是太有趣了。
我觉得通常女生不喜欢他，他们喜欢帅的男演员。
雪伦：不全是如此。
雪伦：不全是如此。我也喜欢一些非常帅的演员，像是亚历·鲍德温。
不过我不会只是因为一个男演员帅就喜欢他。
狄瑞克：你喜欢基努·李维斯吗？
雪伦：一点都不喜欢。
狄瑞克：为什么？
雪伦：我觉得他是个坏人，他看上去很自大。
狄瑞克：那也许是戏中人物的个性吧，现实生活中的他可能是个好人。
雪伦：不，我认为演员演的角色常常和他本人的个性应该差不多。
这样演起来比较像。
从基努·李维斯饰演的角色里我能感觉到一些我不喜欢的东西，他看起来像痞子。
狄瑞克：唔，也许吧。那么你最喜欢的演员是谁？
雪伦：尼可拉斯·凯吉。
狄瑞克：我以前比现在更喜欢尼可拉斯·凯吉。
他以前演的角色都比较有趣。
雪伦：怎么说呢？哪部电影？
狄瑞克：噢，我最喜欢的尼可拉斯·凯吉的电影，就是那部《我心狂野》。
他演得太棒了。
雪伦：我看过《我心狂野》，好恶心喔，我几乎看不下去。
狄瑞克：那是他们所说的黑色幽默。
雪伦：是的，我知道。
黑色幽默就是充满暴力与恐怖。
我不喜欢黑色幽默。
狄瑞克：那么《抚养亚历桑纳》呢？你看过吗？
雪伦：没有。
狄瑞克：你一定要看。
我觉得那是尼可拉斯·凯吉的经典之作，他演得很棒。
雪伦：我喜欢他的新电影。
狄瑞克：唔，我知道自从他开始拍动作片后就更受欢迎了。
但我总认为他应该演喜剧片，那是他最擅长的角色。

1 con   

n.反对的观点，反对者，反对票，肺病；vt.精读，学习，默记；adv.反对地，从反面；adj.欺诈的

参考例句：

• We must be fair and consider the reason pro and con.我们必须公平考虑赞成和反对的理由。
• The motion is adopted non con.因无人投反对票，协议被通过。

2 arrogant   

adj.傲慢的，自大的

参考例句：

• You've got to get rid of your arrogant ways.你这骄傲劲儿得好好改改。
• People are waking up that he is arrogant.人们开始认识到他很傲慢。

3 jerk   

n.（口语）笨蛋，性情古怪的人，急拉，肌肉抽搐；v.痉挛，急拉，急推，急动

参考例句：

• Just keep that jerk off me.让那个笨蛋离开我。
• The knife was stuck but she pulled it out with a jerk.那把刀子被卡住了，她猛地一拔，把它拔了出来。

4 humor   

n.(humour)幽默，诙谐

参考例句：

• He is distinguished for his sense of humor.他以其幽默感著称。
• American humor is founded largely on hyperbole.美式幽默主要以夸张为基础。

5 classic   

n.经典作品；adj.经典的，一流的；古典的

参考例句：

• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。
• The football match was a classic.那场足球比赛堪称典范。