流利美国口语5.2

W: Let’s go to see a movie tomorrow.

M: Sounds like a good idea. What’s playing these days?

W: I heard an American movie called Million Dollar Baby is really good. Especially who talks a victory to endure is all.

M: OK, I get off at 7 tomorrow. So let’s meet in front of the cinema at 8.

Dialogue 2.

W: Who is starring in the movie?

M: Tom Hanks is playing the lead.

W: Really? He is my favorite actor.

M: And Julia Roberts is playing opposite of him. And a few top actors were playing the supporting characters.

W: Julia Roberts? She is one of the most popular and sought after talents in Hollywood.

M: Yeah. Her biggest success was in the signature movie Pretty Woman 1990, for which Julia got an Oscar nomination¹ and also won the people’s choice award for favorite actress.

Dialogue 3.

W: What a crowd. It’s difficult to buy a ticket.

M: Don’t worry, I was able to get a couple of reserved seats.

W: Wow, it’s packed full.

M: It’s a wonderful picture. The act is marvelous, isn’t it?

W: Right, the original story is good, too. The story is unique.

M: I could understand only about a half of the English spoken.

W: I have trouble too when the player speak so rapidly.

M: If only this film was dubbed² in Chinese or at least had Chinese sub-titles, sometimes the dialogues is all agree to me.

Exercise.

1. Let’s make date to see the film.

2. There aren’t many tickets left for this film, so you’d better make sure of one today.

3. I was bored with the movie.

4. That was a lousy movie.

5. I am not saying that Titanic³ isn’t a good film, but I do think it is terribly over-rated.

6. The film was widely acclaimed⁴.

7. It had an all star cast.

8. I was tickle⁵ to death with a dialogue.

9. To tell you the truth I had a few tears in my eyes.

10. It’s dubbed in Chinese.

11. The quality actress made it a great success in creating a villain⁶ in the play.

12. Tears welled up in my eyes when I watched the moving picture.

13. Wonderful acting⁷ intriguing⁸ story line.

14. He loved to act the good and bad man.

15. The part of the old man was well acted.

1 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

2 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 titanic   

adj.巨人的，庞大的，强大的

参考例句：

• We have been making titanic effort to achieve our purpose.我们一直在作极大的努力，以达到我们的目的。
• The island was created by titanic powers and they are still at work today.台湾岛是由一个至今仍然在运作的巨大力量塑造出来的。

4 acclaimed   

adj.受人欢迎的

参考例句：

• They acclaimed him as the best writer of the year. 他们称赞他为当年的最佳作者。
• Confuscius is acclaimed as a great thinker. 孔子被赞誉为伟大的思想家。

5 tickle   

v.搔痒，胳肢；使高兴；发痒；n.搔痒，发痒

参考例句：

• Wilson was feeling restless. There was a tickle in his throat.威尔逊只觉得心神不定。嗓子眼里有些发痒。
• I am tickle pink at the news.听到这消息我高兴得要命。

6 villain   

n.反派演员，反面人物；恶棍；问题的起因

参考例句：

• He was cast as the villain in the play.他在戏里扮演反面角色。
• The man who played the villain acted very well.扮演恶棍的那个男演员演得很好。

7 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。

8 intriguing   

adj.有趣的；迷人的v.搞阴谋诡计(intrigue的现在分词)；激起…的好奇心

参考例句：

• These discoveries raise intriguing questions. 这些发现带来了非常有趣的问题。
• It all sounds very intriguing. 这些听起来都很有趣。 来自《简明英汉词典》