Module 4The magic of film
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their arrival in their limousines,the stars walk along a red carpet surrounded by crowds,while photographers take photos and journalists shout questions at them.
明星们乘坐豪华轿车抵达后,在人群的簇拥下沿红地毯款款而行,摄影师们咔咔拍照,记者们大声向他们提出一个又一个问题。
year,Academy members vote for the best films of the previous year.
每年学院成员们投票选出上年度的最佳影片。
vote for 投票选举
scriptwriter called Francis Marion once described the figure as “a perfect symbol 0f the
film business:a powerful athletic body holding a shining sword,with half of his head cut off,
the part which holds his brain”.
一个叫弗朗西斯·马里恩的剧作家曾经把(奥斯卡)金像描绘为“电影产业的绝妙象征:一个健壮有力的身躯,持一柄闪光的利剑,装着大脑的半个脑袋被砍掉了”。
cut off 砍掉;切下。另外请注意句中cut是过去分词。
is often believed that the award is because the film producers have spent huge amounts of money on publicity,in order to influence Academy members to vote for their film.
人们普遍认为获奖的原因是电影制片人花巨资进行宣传并尽最大努力来影响学院成员们为其影片投票。
5·When we look back over what are generally agreed to be the best films Of each year, these are not always the films that win the big awards。
当我们回顾那些年度公认的最好影片时,它们并不总是获得大奖的影片。
look back over/on回顾;回忆
edies,no matter how good they are,rarely win the important prizes.
喜剧,无论如何优秀,都很少夺得重要奖项。
7·Audiences tend to like big,expensive films that are superficially interesting but have no real depth.
观众们倾向于喜欢那些耗资甚巨的片子,这些影片表面上有趣但实际上没有什么深度。
tend to do…易于;往往会做…
8. An actor may be given an Oscar,not because of his or her performance in a particular film, but because people think it is time he or she got an award.
一个演员获得奥斯卡奖,并非因为其在某一电影中的表演,而可能是因为人们认为他或她拿奖的时候到了。
It is time 。请注意这里用动词的过去式did。
9·Each drawing is slightly different,with the result that when the drawings are played back rapidly,one after another,there seems to be movement in the drawings.
每幅图都稍有不同,这样当这些图被一张接一张快速播放时,它们似乎就动起来了。
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