原版英语对话1000个:035 Movies

Todd: Alright, Tennessee, you were talking about how you like movies.

Tenn: Yes, I'm a big movie buff.

Todd: OK. What kind of movies do you like?

Tenn: I kind of like, I kind of like most genres² of movies, it's just, what I look for is a good story and good characters is the main thing...so even if I like the genre¹, if like wether it be science fiction or historical drama, if the, if the story isn't good then, then I, I don't like it at all.

Todd: OK. Off the top of your head, what's a movie that you really liked?

Tenn: Well, the Lord Of the Rings they've been doing, I really have enjoyed.

Todd: Uh-huh.

Tenn: They did a good job.

Todd: Did you read the books?

Tenn: Oh, yes! It was one of the first adult books I read when I was in elementary school.

Todd: OK, well, what is the last movie you saw?

Tenn: The last movie I saw, Pirates of the Carribean.

Todd: OK. Was it any good?

Tenn: Ah, it wasn't bad.

Todd: It wasn't bad.

Tenn: Yeah !

Todd: Alright, thanks a lot.

Tenn: I like pirates.

Todd: You like pirates. What? You like pirates!

Tenn: Oh, yeah! You know, when you're a kid, pirates is the thing to be.

Todd: Yeah!

Tenn: "Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!"

Todd: OK. Alright. Thanks Tennessee.

Tenn: OK.

 

1 genre   

n.(文学、艺术等的)类型，体裁，风格

参考例句：

• My favorite music genre is blues.我最喜欢的音乐种类是布鲁斯音乐。
• Superficially,this Shakespeare's work seems to fit into the same genre.从表面上看， 莎士比亚的这个剧本似乎属于同一类型。

2 genres   

（文学、艺术等的）类型，体裁，风格( genre的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Novel and short story are different genres. 长篇小说和短篇小说是不同的类别。
• But confusions over the two genres have a long history. 但是类型的混淆，古已有之。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译