Next, let’s look at how you can introduce one movie which you’ve seen, and tell someone else about it.
接下來，讓我們看看如何介紹一部你看過的電影，並告訴別人。
I saw a great movie last night!
I can’t believe I didn’t see it when it was
on in the cinema.
Oh, really? What was it?
真的？那是哪部電影？
Blue Jasmine. Do you know it?
藍色茉莉。 你知道嗎？Hmm … Sounds familiar.
嗯 … 聽起來很熟悉。
Is that the Steven Spielberg movie?
是史蒂芬史匹柏的電影嗎？
No, it was directed by Woody Allen.
No, I don’t know it.
What kind of movie is it?
I guess I’d call it a drama, but it’s a bit
of a black comedy, too.
Who’s in it?
Cate Blanchett plays the main character.
I’m guessing that if it’s a Woody Allen movie,
it’s probably set in New York?
No, although the main character is a New
Yorker.
Is it based on a book or anything?
I might be mistaken, but I think I read a
book with a title like that.
No, I don’t think so.
If you want to know more about a movie which
someone saw, what questions could you ask?
You might ask things like:
你可能會問這樣的問題：
‘Who was the director?’
“導演是誰？”
‘Who’s in it?’
'誰演的？'
‘Where’s it set?’
“它在哪裡拍的？”
Or: ‘Is it based on a book?’
或者：“它是基於一本書嗎？”
Do you know what the question ‘Who’s in it?’
means?
This is asking about the actors.
It’s a short way to ask ‘Which actors are in
the movie?’
Think about a movie which you know.
想想你知道的電影。
It could be something you saw recently, or
maybe a movie which you particularly like.
它可能是您最近看的，或者可能是您特別喜歡的電影。
How would you answer these questions?
你會如何回答這些問題呢？
You could say: ‘It was directed by Stanley
Kubrick.’
你可以說：“它是由史丹利庫柏力克執導的。”
In conversational English, you can also use the name as an adjective, like this: ‘It’s
a Stanley Kubrick movie.’
在會話英語中，您還可以將名稱用作形容詞，例如：“這是一部史丹利庫柏力克的電影。”
To talk about actors, you might say ‘It stars
Samuel L. Jackson and Kurt Russell.’
This sounds quite formal, so if you want to sound more informal, you can say ‘Samuel L. Jackson and Kurt Russell are in it.’
這聽起來很正式，所以如果你想听起來更非正式，你可以說“山繆傑克森和寇特羅素在裡面”。
To say where and when the story takes place, you could say ‘It’s set in Paris in the
1920s.’
要說出故事發生的地點和時間，您可以說“它的背景設定在 1920 年代的巴黎。”
Or: ‘It’s set in the near future, in an
imaginary country which is ruled by corporations.’
或者：“它發生在不久的將來，在一個由公司統治的虛構國家。”
Finally, if a movie is an adaptation of something else, like a book or maybe a video game, you can use the verb ‘based on’.
最後，如果一部電影是根據其他東西改編的，比如一本書或者一個電子遊戲，你可以使用動詞“基於”。
For example: ‘It’s based on the book by
Stephen King.’
例如：“它是根據史蒂芬金的書改編的。”
OK, now it’s your turn to talk!
好，現在輪到你說話了！
Think about a movie you know.
想想你知道的電影。
Use the language from this section to make
two to three sentences to introduce the
使用本節中的語言製作兩到三句話來介紹電影並提供有關它的一些基本信息。
