【英语趣味课堂】好电影-Good Movie

 Todd: OK. Jamie, we're going to talk about movies.

Jamie: OK. Great!

 

Todd: What is your favorite movie?

 

Jamie: My favorite movie is kind of a heavy movie. It's a called Sophie's Choice with Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline.

 

Todd: OK.

 

Jamie: It's a movie, it's set in World War II. Meryl Streep plays a Polish woman who has come to America and she's met a man, Kevin Kline. Who has a series of problems of his own, mostly psychological which she is not 100 percent aware of and she does a bunch of scenes where she thinks of the past and the very difficult decision she had while during the war living in Poland. She had to decide between two children which one would be murdered by the Nazis¹ and which one wouldn't. It's an ethical² delimma that she faced at that time. She made and immediate³ decision on and it affected⁴ her the rest of her life.

 

Todd: OK.

 

Jamie: It's a fantastic movie. Not the story in itself, of course the story was brilliant but the acting⁵, the fact that she speaks Polish, she speaks German, she speaks English with a Polish accent which is amazing. A writer who is actually a narrator to the movie as well, his character is great. Kevin Kline's basically a psycho character. He is a little bit deranged⁶ in itself is pretty neat. All in all, the characters, the plot line, the movie it's fanatasic.

 

Todd: OK. Great. Sophie's Choice.

 

Jamie: Sophie's Choice. I think it actually won an academy award in 1985 or '84.

 

Todd: OK. Great. Thanks a lot.

 

Jamie: My pleasure.

 

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heavy movie

My favorite movie is a heavy movie.

A 'heavy movie' has an intense plot that makes you think or is very suspenseful⁷.  Notice the following:

 

She only likes to watch heavy movies.

The movie was good, but a little heavy for my mood.

aware of

She was not aware of his psychological problems.

If you are 'aware of' something you see or recognize it.  Notice the following:

 

Were you aware of all the changes that happened when you were there?

I wasn't even aware of the fact that you were there.

ethical dilemma⁸

It's an ethical dilemma, having to decide which child would be murdered.

An 'ethical dilemma' is a difficult decision that tests what is the right thing to do.  Notice the following:

 

It is a real ethical dilemma about what I should do.

There are many ethical dilemmas⁹ in life.

psycho character

Kevin Kline is a psycho character in the movie.

A 'psycho character' is crazy and unpredictable because of mental problems.  Notice the following:

 

He was kind of a psycho character when he was younger.

She is a psycho character when she gets mad.

all in all

All in all, the movie is fantastic.

We can use the phrase 'all in all' when we want to make a summary of everything that has been said in a writing or conversation. Notice the following:

 

All in all it was a really good trip

I am satisfied with my experience there all in all.

1 Nazis   

n.（德国的）纳粹党员( Nazi的名词复数 )；纳粹主义

参考例句：

• The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Nazis were responsible for the mass murder of Jews during World War Ⅱ. 纳粹必须为第二次世界大战中对犹太人的大屠杀负责。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 ethical   

adj.伦理的，道德的，合乎道德的

参考例句：

• It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
• It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。

3 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

4 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

5 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

6 deranged   

adj.疯狂的

参考例句：

• Traffic was stopped by a deranged man shouting at the sky.一名狂叫的疯子阻塞了交通。
• A deranged man shot and killed 14 people.一个精神失常的男子开枪打死了14人。

7 suspenseful   

adj.悬疑的，令人紧张的

参考例句：

• If his experiences then had been carefully recorded, it would undoubtedly have made a suspenseful and moving book. 若是把他所经历的事实记录下来，那就是一部充满着大智大勇，惊心动魄的小说。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Lily is an atmospheric and suspenseful tale of love, loss and obsession. 这是一个关于爱情、失落与迷恋的故事，充满情调与悬疑色彩。 来自互联网

8 dilemma   

n.困境，进退两难的局面

参考例句：

• I am on the horns of a dilemma about the matter.这件事使我进退两难。
• He was thrown into a dilemma.他陷入困境。

9 dilemmas   

n.左右为难( dilemma的名词复数 )；窘境，困境

参考例句：

• They dealt with their dilemmas by mixing perhaps unintentionally an explosive brew. 他们――也许是无意地――把爆炸性的佐料混合在一起，以此来应付困难处境。 来自辞典例句
• Ten years later we encountered the same dilemmas in Vietnam. 十年后，我们又在越南遇到了同样进退两难的局面。 来自辞典例句