【英语时差8,16】Chick Flicks 女性电影

 Let's ask a chick flick¹ expert. We spoke² to Samantha Cook who has written a book about chick flicks³ Well I think at its simplest a chick flick is basically a movie with a woman or a group of women at its centre who are driving the action and there's a female point of view. And the chick flick will always focus on a credible⁴ complex woman or group of women that we can recognise and relate to and also really importantly the thing about chick flicks is that they push feelings and emotions to the forefront. Well I think at its simplest a chick flick is basically a movie with a woman or a group of women at its centre who are driving the action and there's a female point of view. And the chick flick will always focus on a credible complex woman or group of women that we can recognise and relate to and also really importantly the thing about chick flicks is that they push feelings and emotions to the forefront. Here's Sheila. The term chick flick is often used to conjure⁵ up images of romantic comedies with plenty of feel good factor but by definition lacking in substance. All too often such films are dismissed by critics as thin and frothy… Well, we asked writer and chick flick expert Samantha Cook if she thought chick flicks could be serious. Absolutely – I mean there's a lot of death, disease, loss, sadness – chick flicks do not have to be romantic comedies. And like any movie, a chick flick or women's movie allows us to work through some of the really big emotions. Well, Nigel Floyd is a film critic and he gives us the male point of view on chick flicks and why men might not like them so much. There is a problem I think for men and a couple of them are: chocolate as a source of solace⁶ is always a problem I think, shoes as a religion or drug and stick-thin rivals in love. Well we went out onto the streets of Britain to find out what people really think about chick flicks. First, let's see what the men think. They're terrible I hate them. I really like them – I think that it's wrong to call them chick flicks in fact What about the women? Do they like chick flicks? Yeah, it depends what kind of film it is, but I think they are enjoyable if you can intersperse⁷ them with more serious films, I think. A bit frothy – a bit of a waste of time really.

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 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 flicks   

（尤指用手指或手快速地）轻击( flick的第三人称单数 )； （用…）轻挥； （快速地）按开关； 向…笑了一下（或瞥了一眼等）

参考例句：

• 'I shall see it on the flicks, I suppose.' “电影上总归看得见。” 来自英汉文学
• Last night to the flicks. 昨晚看了场电影。 来自英汉文学

4 credible   

adj.可信任的，可靠的

参考例句：

• The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
• Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法？

5 conjure   

v.恳求，祈求；变魔术，变戏法

参考例句：

• I conjure you not to betray me.我恳求你不要背弃我。
• I can't simply conjure up the money out of thin air.我是不能像变魔术似的把钱变来。

6 solace   

n.安慰；v.使快乐；vt.安慰(物)，缓和

参考例句：

• They sought solace in religion from the harshness of their everyday lives.他们日常生活很艰难，就在宗教中寻求安慰。
• His acting career took a nosedive and he turned to drink for solace.演艺事业突然一落千丈，他便借酒浇愁。

7 intersperse   

vt.散布，散置，点缀

参考例句：

• Intersperse exclamation marks in the text.在文章中加进一些感叹号。
• You should intersperse colorful anecdotes about your experience with perceptive queries about the vacancy.讲述自己的经历时应该加入一些有声有色的轶事，中间巧妙穿插对所应聘职位的询问。