双语趣听精彩世界 第203期:杰森·贝特曼参演惊悚片

 　　The Gift is an upcoming Australian-American psychological thriller¹ film written, produced, and directed by Joel Edgerton in his directorial debut². The film stars Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, and Edgerton..

　　杰森·贝特曼参演惊悚片

　　Actor Jason Bateman has left his comedic comfort zone for his first ever thriller.

　　First time director Joel Edgerton hired Bateman as he knew the "Horrible Bosses" actor could make the transition from light to dark.

　　"I felt very sorry for Jason. I feel like he's not working very much and he needed a bit of a helping³ hand. No, look, I love when actors that are generally known as being funny people take a walk down that dramatic path. It's often been a very successful transition and a surprising one and, as a filmmaker, I thought that was kind of exciting. But Jason has all the right acting⁴ chops that I've seen in other movies enough to know that he was going to not only do a good job of it but he was going to do a more than great job and he's proven that to me."

1 thriller   

n.惊险片，恐怖片

参考例句：

• He began by writing a thriller.That book sold a million copies.他是写惊险小说起家的。那本书卖了一百万册。
• I always take a thriller to read on the train.我乘火车时，总带一本惊险小说看。

2 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

4 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。