《英語聽力練習》(33)
"English Listening Practice" (33)
...................................................................................................................................................How to talk about movies in English -7
【key words】
gravity [ˈɡrævəti] n. 地心引力
the movie Gravity：電影《地心引力》
alien [ˈeɪliən] adj. n. 外星人
feature aliens：以外星人為特寫
astronaut [ˈæstrənɔːt] n. 太空人
American astronauts：美國太空人
orbit [ˈɔːrbɪt] n. 軌道
in orbit around the Earth：在環繞地球的軌道上
atmospheric [ˌætməsˈferɪk] adj. 大氣(層)的
atmospheric pressure：大氣壓力
terror [ˈterər] n. (暴行引起的) 恐懼，驚駭
loneliness and terror：孤獨與恐懼
rave [rev] vi. (通常指因爲心煩、憤怒或生病而) 語無倫次
rave about：大肆吹捧
beforehand [bɪˈfɔːrhænd] adv. 預先
to make arrangement beforehand：預先安排
...............................................................................................................................................Finally, let’s see how you can put all of this language together into a longer answer.
最後，讓我們看看你如何將所有這些語言組合成一個更長的答話。
Your job is to make a longer answer using language from this lesson to talk about a movie which you’ve seen.
你的工作是用本課中的語言做出更長的回答，談論你看過的電影。
You need to say what kind of movie it is, give some basic information about it, say if you like or dislike it, and explain why.
你需要說出它是什麼類型的電影，提供一些關於它的基本信息，說出你喜歡或不喜歡它，並解釋原因。
Before you do that, let’s do some examples together!
在你這樣做之前，讓我們一起做一些例子！
Here’s one:
這是中之一：
I’m going to tell you about the movie Gravity, which is one of my favourite movies from the last few years.
我要告訴你電影《地心引力》，這是我最近幾年最喜歡的電影之一。
It’s kind of a sci-fi movie, but it’s set in the present day and it doesn’t feature aliens or anything like that, so you could say that it’s more of a thriller.
這是一部科幻電影，但它的背景設定在今天，沒有外星人或類似的東西，所以你可以說它更像是一部驚悚片。
It was directed by Alfonso Cuarón, and it stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as two American astronauts.
它由艾方索柯朗執導，珊卓布拉克和喬治克隆尼飾演兩名美國太空人。
Most of the story takes place in space, in orbit around the Earth.
大部分故事發生在太空中，在環繞地球的軌道上。
I really like it because the visuals and the special effects are incredible; it’s really atmospheric, and it gives you a good sense of the loneliness and terror of being stranded in space.
我真的很喜歡它，因為它的視覺效果和特效令人難以置信； 它真的富有大氣層的氣氛，它讓你很好地感受到了被困在太空中的孤獨和恐懼。
Most of the story takes place in space, in orbit around the Earth.
大部分故事發生在太空中，在環繞地球的軌道上。
I really like it because the visuals and the special effects are incredible; it’s really atmospheric, and it gives you a good sense of the loneliness and terror of being stranded in space.
我真的很喜歡它，因為它的視覺效果和特效令人難以置信； 它真的富有大氣層的氣氛，它讓你很好地感受到了被困在太空中的孤獨和恐懼。
I would say it’s one of the best space movies I’ve ever seen.
Could you make an answer like this?
你能做出這樣的回答嗎？
Before you try, let’s do one more example together:
在你嘗試之前，讓我們一起再做一個例子：
I never saw Titanic until quite recently.
直到最近我才看《鐵達尼號》。
Everyone raves about it like it’s the best movie ever made, but honestly I wasn’t impressed.
每個人都對它贊不絕口，就像它是有史以來最好的電影一樣，但老實說，我並沒有留下深刻的印象。
The cast was good; Leonardo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet are great actors, but I found it boring.
演員陣容很好； 李奧納多狄卡皮歐和凱特溫斯蕾都是很棒的演員，但我覺得它很枯燥乏味。
The biggest problem is that it’s predictable.
最大的問題是它是可預測的。
You know the story beforehand, so there can’t be any surprises.
你事先知道這個故事，所以不可能有任何驚喜。
I also thought it was too long and slow; it’s over three hours, but there’s not enough plot to fill so much time.’
我也認為它太長太慢了； 片長超過三個小時，但是沒有足夠的情節來填補這麼多時間。
OK, now it’s your turn.
好了，現在輪到你了。
Use the language from this video, and look up any other words you need.
Then, make your longer answer and say it aloud, or write it down, or both!
寫出更長的答話並大聲說出來，或寫下來，或兩者兼而有之！
Don’t forget that if you really want to practise effectively, you should make many different answers, and also practise saying each answer aloud multiple times.
If you want, you can leave one of your answers in the comments.
We’ll give you some feedback and corrections!
Thanks for watching!
See you next time!
下次見！
Could you make an answer like this?
你能做出這樣的回答嗎？
Before you try, let’s do one more example together:
在你嘗試之前，讓我們一起再做一個例子：
I never saw Titanic until quite recently.
直到最近我才看《鐵達尼號》。
Everyone raves about it like it’s the best movie ever made, but honestly I wasn’t impressed.
每個人都對它贊不絕口，就像它是有史以來最好的電影一樣，但老實說，我並沒有留下深刻的印象。
The cast was good; Leonardo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet are great actors, but I found it boring.
演員陣容很好； 李奧納多狄卡皮歐和凱特溫斯蕾都是很棒的演員，但我覺得它很枯燥乏味。
The biggest problem is that it’s predictable.
最大的問題是它是可預測的。
You know the story beforehand, so there can’t be any surprises.
你事先知道這個故事，所以不可能有任何驚喜。
I also thought it was too long and slow; it’s over three hours, but there’s not enough plot to fill so much time.’
我也認為它太長太慢了； 片長超過三個小時，但是沒有足夠的情節來填補這麼多時間。
OK, now it’s your turn.
好了，現在輪到你了。
Use the language from this video, and look up any other words you need.
Then, make your longer answer and say it aloud, or write it down, or both!
寫出更長的答話並大聲說出來，或寫下來，或兩者兼而有之！
Don’t forget that if you really want to practise effectively, you should make many different answers, and also practise saying each answer aloud multiple times.
If you want, you can leave one of your answers in the comments.
We’ll give you some feedback and corrections!
Thanks for watching!
See you next time!
