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刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-12-03
难易度:Low
关键字:icy, await, threaten, preparation, alien, science-fiction
We are on the first day of the article, Holiday Movies for Everyone.
And there are many adventures waiting for you in the theaters this holiday
season.
What awaits you in the movie theater?
Well, so far we have talked about one film coming out - Ender's Game.
Have you seen this movie yet?
It is a science-fiction film about a boy who is chosen to save the world.
Well, we have many more movies to discuss, so let's continue with our reading.
Holiday Movies for Everyone.
Chris Hemsworth is back as the powerful Thor in Thor: The Dark World.
A young woman, Jane Foster, is threatened by evil beings.
Thor must battle to save her.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire finds Jennifer Lawrence returning as Katniss.
She must go on a victory tour after winning the 74th annual Hunger Games.
Preparations begin for the 75th annual Hunger Games.
Those games could change Panem forever.
All right. Both sound like exciting movies.
Have you seen them yet?
Well, let's talk about Thor here, first of all.
We read here:
Chris Hemsworth is back as the powerful Thor in Thor: The Dark World.
All right. Did you see the first movie about Thor?
I did.
I watched it, and it was pretty interesting the way they portrayed this
superhero character who is an alien from another planet.
And here we read a little bit about what Thor: The Dark World is about.
A young woman, Jane Foster, is threatened by evil beings.
So again, these are evil beings, not humans.
Hmm, evil beings or evil creatures.
OK, they have bad intentions.
All right. Let's take a look at our word from the Word Bank here.
It's "threaten." All right.
If someone threatens you with something, that means they are going to do
something dangerous or they say they will do something bad to you.
Maybe they don't actually do it, but you still kind of have that feeling they
might do this to you.
That's right.
And it's not something that just a person can do.
You might feel threatened by an animal.
Or you could say that the Earth is threatened by something.
In many movies the Earth is threatened by aliens or a meteor, something from
outer space.
That's true.
Well, here's a question for you: When do you feel threatened?
Everyone feels threatened at different times in life.
Maybe something is threatening you.
Maybe your... your job, not doing a very good job and your boss threatens to
fire you.
OK, you can use this word in many different ways.
I hope that doesn't actually happen, by the way.
I hope you keep your job.
That's right.
Well, continuing to learn about this second movie about Thor, we read:
Thor must battle to save her.
So Thor is on a mission to save Jane Foster from these evil beings.
Now we have another movie that I think many people are excited to see or have
already been to see several times.
Gabe, what is this movie?
Of course it's the Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
We read here:
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire finds Jennifer Lawrence returning as Katniss.
And Carolyn, I just have to say I have not seen this movie yet, but I love
Jennifer Lawrence.
I think she's a wonderful actress.
She is a wonderful actress.
And this is a very popular movie and a very popular book series that these
movies are based on.
And of course Katniss' character is the main character in the first movie.
That's right.
And so of course we see here that this actress, Jennifer Lawrence, is returning
as Katniss.
So you can see the word "return" is not just used to talk about going back to a
place but she's returning to her role as Katniss.
That's right.
And we read what her character must do.
She must go on a victory tour after winning the 74th annual Hunger Games.
So she was the winner of the Hunger Games, the 74th annual Hunger Games.
So they've been going on for 74 years.
That's right.
And of course she won, so now she has a victory tour.
What's a victory tour?
Well, that's when you go around to maybe very different places and you celebrate
your victory with other people.
Now you maybe have seen a race, maybe a racecar race.
And then after the winner wins, they might do a victory lap.
They drive around the track one more time to show and to celebrate that they
have won.
That's right.
Well, we continue reading here.
Preparations begin for the 75th annual Hunger Games.
So that was not the last year; they are doing it again, the 75th year.
And we see a word from our Word Bank: preparation.
Now that means that you are preparing for something, you are getting ready.
OK, so you're preparing.
Maybe you're talking about wedding preparations.
That means you're getting prepared for a big wedding.
Or maybe there's another kind of party, and there are preparations that
they're... need to be done for this party.
What kind of event do you need to prepare for?
You maybe have a lot of preparations to do.
Or maybe you are working on a big project, and there are a lot of preparations
that need to go into it before you can really start.
There's a lot of discussion, organization that has to happen.
So there are a lot of preparations, and you must take time to prepare.
And so of course every year there are the Hunger Games.
So a lot of preparations need to be made for the 75th annual Hunger Games.
We read here: Those games could change Panem forever.
All right. That means they're very important.
They will make a big difference.
That's right.
And so this very well could change the way Panem's life turns out forever.
Well. Right now it is time for us to continue learning with Michelle in the
Language Lab.
OK.
(Chinese).
And now let's get back to our lesson.
Well, so far today we've talked about the science-fiction film Ender's Game,
Thor: The Dark World, and of course, the Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
Now some of these movies originally were books.
Actually, lots of books are made into movies.
Have you ever seen movies that were originally books, and how do you feel about
that?
Carolyn?
Well, many movies that are coming out this holiday season and are already out
are based on books.
Now I think it's important that if you enjoy the book, then you go to watch the
movie with an open mind because the director's imagination may be very different
from yours,
and he may imagine an entirely different world in this book.
That's very true.
Now sometimes I'll watch a movie and love it so much that I want to go and read
the book.
That's what happened with Great Expectations.
I loved it, and so I read the book.
And of course, as usual, the book was better.
Well, thank you for joining us here today.
And of course we have more to learn about holiday movies next time right here at
StudioClassroom. See you.