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Gucci: I've heard The Hitchhiker would be on next week. I want to see it.
May: Is it horror movie?
Gucci: Yeah, I love horror movies the most. Would you like to go with me next weekend?
May: No way. I will be scared out of my wits.
Gucci: Well, What kind of movies do you like?
May: Er, let me see. Romance, comedy, documentary, action, science fiction, cartoon and so on.
Gucci: In a word, you like all the movies except for the horror movies.
May: Yeah, It seems like we don't talk the same language as far as movies are concerned.
Gucci: Not quite. I also like romance and comedy movies very much.
May: The Terminal is a movie of this type.
Gucci: So we can relax now.
May: Yeah, I could hardly wait to see it.
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古奇:我聽(tīng)說(shuō)《搭車人》將會(huì)在下周上映。我想去看。
阿美:這是部恐怖電影嗎?
古奇:是啊,我最喜歡恐怖電影。你想周末和我一起去看嗎?
阿美:決不。我會(huì)被嚇得半死。
古奇:那你喜歡什么電影?
阿美:呃,讓我想想。愛(ài)情片,喜劇片,紀(jì)錄片,動(dòng)作片,科幻片,卡通片,等等。
古奇:總而言之,除了恐怖片,其他你都喜歡。
阿美:是的??雌饋?lái)在電影方面我們達(dá)不成共識(shí)。
古奇:也不是。我也很喜歡愛(ài)情片和喜劇片。
阿美:《幸福終點(diǎn)站》就是這類愛(ài)情喜劇片。
古奇:所以我們可以好好放松一下了。
阿美:是啊,我都等不及想看了。
經(jīng)典背誦 Recitation
May: My friend, Gucci, loves horror movies the most. But I like almost all the movies except the horror movies. So sometimes it seems that we don't speak the same languages as far as movies are concerned. But Gucci also likes romance and comedy movies very much. So it's not that bad.
生詞小結(jié)
horror n. 恐懼
romance n. 浪漫
comedy n. 喜劇
documentary n. 紀(jì)錄片
action n. 動(dòng)作
fiction n. 小說(shuō)
relax vt. 放松
注釋
in a word 總之
as far as 至于,就……而言
go with 和……一起
The Hitchhiker 《搭車人》,好萊塢的恐怖片,2007年1月上映。
I will be scared out of my wits. 我會(huì)被嚇得半死。直譯為“我把我的智慧都嚇出來(lái)了”。言下之意是說(shuō)自己被嚇傻了。
It seems like we don't talk the same language as far as movies are concerned. 看起來(lái)在電影方面我們達(dá)不成共識(shí)。直譯為“至于電影方面,我們看起來(lái)說(shuō)的不是同一種語(yǔ)言”,言下之意是說(shuō)我們沒(méi)有共同話題,達(dá)不成共識(shí)。
單詞擴(kuò)展 Vocabulary Builder
電影種類
基礎(chǔ)詞匯
cartoon movie 動(dòng)畫(huà)片
action movie 動(dòng)作片
horror movie 恐怖片
comedy movie 喜劇片
musical movie 音樂(lè)劇
war movie 戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)片
western movie 美國(guó)西部片
short movie 電影預(yù)告片
提高詞匯
romance movie 愛(ài)情片
disaster movie 災(zāi)難片
documentary movie 紀(jì)錄片
science fiction movie 科幻片
crime movie 警匪片
drama movie 文藝片
thriller movie 驚悚片
adult movie 成人電影
家庭總動(dòng)員 Do it together
兩人一組,一方隨機(jī)大聲讀出上面詞匯的英文和中文,另一方用該詞匯填入下面的句子,大聲朗讀并表演出來(lái),并用中文給出一個(gè)理由。
What kind of movies do you like? I love ( ) most.
[例] 家長(zhǎng)讀 cartoon movies
孩子讀 I love cartoon movies most. 因?yàn)閯?dòng)畫(huà)片里的人物很可愛(ài)。