英语情景对话：Rejecting an Invitation(2)

A: Hi Joe, how are you doing today?
B: Things are going good today. How have you been doing, Mary?
A: Things are going well for me, Joe.
B: Want to go see a movie tonight?
A: My parents are taking me to dinner tonight.
B: Could you go with me to the movies on Friday night, instead?
A: What movie did you want to see?
B: There is a new horror flick¹ about a rapist serial² killer³.
A: I was thinking that I would like to see “The Secret Life of Bees.”
B: Oh great! Sounds like something I need to bring Kleenex to!
 

1 flick   

n.快速的轻打，轻打声，弹开；v.轻弹，轻轻拂去，忽然摇动

参考例句：

• He gave a flick of the whip.他轻抽一下鞭子。
• By a flick of his whip,he drove the fly from the horse's head.他用鞭子轻抽了一下，将马头上的苍蝇驱走。

2 serial   

n.连本影片，连本电视节目；adj.连续的

参考例句：

• A new serial is starting on television tonight.今晚电视开播一部新的电视连续剧。
• Can you account for the serial failures in our experiment?你能解释我们实验屡屡失败的原因吗？

3 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。