Dark Knight Shines Bright 黑夜骑士光彩夺目(在线收听

Batman Film Shatters Box Office Record 蝙蝠侠新片冲破票房纪录 

  It's not often you see a giant bat-shaped car driving through central London, unless perhaps Batman is in town.

  The caped crusader's famous Batmobile was here for the European premiere of new Batman film The Dark Knight, a film which has already been making waves at the US box office.

  It has set a box office record for best opening weekend ever, taking $155m (1.1bn yuan) in the US alone in its first three days in cinemas.

  But while it is not unusual for summer blockbusters to make a lot of money, what is less common is for such films to receive good reviews from critics.

  An epic that will leave you staggering from the theatre, stunned by its scope and complexity, was how Associated Press described the film, one of many reviews which sung the praises of the latest Batman film.

  The movie, which stars British actor Christian Bale in the lead role and the late Heath Ledger as his arch-enemy the Joker, has already been voted the number one film of all time by users of the website imdb.com.

  The story follows the superhero Batman as he battles the criminal underworld in the fictional Gotham City.

  One particularly stunning part sees Batman leap from the top of the International Finance Centre in Hong Kong; and even features a cameo role for controversial star Edison Chen.

  Many critics have singled out Heath Ledger's performance as the maniacal Joker, who wreaks mayhem as Batman tries to stop him.

  Anglo-American director Christopher Nolan described his performance as breathtaking, complex and hard to pin down. Co-star Sir Michael Caine called him one of the greatest villains you've ever seen.

  Ledger died earlier this year from an accidental prescription drugs overdose. It now looks likely that he will receive a posthumous Oscar nomination.

GLOSSARY 词汇表
caped crusader
披斗篷的先锋(蝙蝠侠的别称)
box office
票房
summer blockbusters
夏季大片
stunned
受惊的
sung the praises
表扬
criminal underworld
黑社会
singled out
挑出,选出
wreaks mayhem
犯下重伤罪
hard to pin down
很难下结论
accidental prescription drugs overdose
意外过量服药
 making waves
掀起一阵热潮
opening weekend
首个周末
staggering
摇摇晃晃
scope
(影片的)范围
arch-enemy
死敌
cameo role
(电影中)托明星演员的小配角
maniacal
疯狂的
breathtaking
激动人心的
villains
坏人,反面人物
posthumous
死后获得的

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