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刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-12-04
难易度:Low
关键字:tough, wizard, historian, destroy, animated, desolation, dwarf
Well, would you rather join a group of people as they try to save a kingdom that
is trapped in winter,
or would you rather join a group of men as they travel to find out about their
treasure that is covered and hidden by this dragon Smaug?
Well, we have two movies that we've talked about so far today.
The first is Frozen, and the second is The Hobbit Part 2: The Desolation of
Smaug.
And of course we have more holiday movies to learn about in the next part of our
reading.
Holiday Movies for Everyone.
The film The Monuments Men is based on a true story.
A group of art historians and museum people must work together.
They race against time to get back some stolen artwork before Hitler can destroy
it.
What was life like when dinosaurs walked on Earth?
Find out in Walking with Dinosaurs.
Viewers will feel like they are part of the dinosaurs' world.
And some things in that world are very dangerous!
(Music).
Two more great movies.
And the first one is a little bit historical.
So let's get into this.
The film The Monuments Men is based on a true story.
Well, it is based on a true story, Gabe.
What does that mean?
Well, that means, of course, that there are a lot of historical elements in this
movie.
It's based on a true story.
That means the director maybe had some liberties.
He took the freedom to maybe create his own new story here.
But of course you can also find some facts in this story.
Ah, so it's based on a true story, but maybe not the whole movie is true but a
similar story occurred in history.
Great, very interesting.
Well, we continue reading.
A group of art historians and museum people must work together.
Interesting.
Well, let's take a look at that word from our Word Bank: historian.
This is a group of art historians, so people who study art and the history of
art.
All right. A historian is someone who studies history of some kind.
Now there's something interesting about this word.
It starts with an H.
Usually if something starts with an H, you say it's a history or a H-something,
right?
But sometimes people use the word "an" to talk about historian, an historian.
You can say either: a historian or an historian.
Or you can say "historians" in general so you don't have to worry about the
article a or an.
Historians need to spend a lot of time doing research to write books and share
knowledge with other people.
And of course here we're talking about art historians. All right.
These people must work together.
We read here:
They race against time to get back some stolen artwork before Hitler can destroy
it.
All right. Let's take a look at a phrase right there in that sentence: race
against time.
What does that mean, Carolyn, if you're racing against time?
Well, it means that you don't have a lot of time.
Yeah.
There's just a little bit.
And that means if you don't finish what you're trying to do, something bad will
happen.
So they're racing against time.
Many... many firefighters must race against time when a building is on fire.
They try to get as many people out as possible, and they have a very limited
amount of time to do it.
It's true.
So they race against time.
This is a verb phrase.
It can also be a noun phrase.
You could talk about the race against time.
Sometimes Carolyn and I feel like we are racing against time here at Studio
Classroom.
We only have so much time to teach a lot of things.
And let's talk about the next important thing here from our Word Bank.
It's the word "destroy." How do you use this word, Carolyn?
Well, if you destroy something, that means it either is no good, you can't use
it anymore or it's completely gone, so.
Many things get destroyed when there's a fire.
As we said earlier with firefighters, they are racing against time to save as
many things as possible from being destroyed.
And of course who is going to destroy these pieces of artwork?
Who's going to destroy these things?
Hitler.
And if you don't know much about Hitler, well, I'm sure you do know about
Hitler, you can look him up on the Internet.
He did not just destroy things, he destroyed lots of people's lives. OK.
So this movie, it sounds like it should be an interesting movie about The
Monuments Men. OK.
And what's the next movie we learn about here?
Well, we have a question.
What was life like when dinosaurs walked on Earth?
Interesting.
Find out in Walking with Dinosaurs.
Find out in Walking with Dinosaurs.
You're going to discover what life was like.
Viewers will feel like they are part of the dinosaurs' world.
Well, that's great!
I'd like to go see this movie just so I can feel what it was like to be walking
with dinosaurs.
Yes. I think this is Walking with Dinosaurs 3D, so I'm sure it will be very
realistic.
And of course we see something here:
And some things in that world are very dangerous!
So you can see that, all that dangerous activity happening up close in 3D.
That does sound exciting.
It does sound very exciting.
Well, Gabe, I think that we'll have to go see all of these movies.
I think so, too.
But first, we need to see what Steve and Ken are up to in the Information Cloud.
Then we'll enjoy a review skit.
And then what else do we have here today?
We have Michelle waiting for us in the Language Lab.
That's right.
I appreciate how our author writes about all the movies in the lesson today.
She gives us just enough information to arouse interest but not too much that
she spoils the film should we want to go see it ourselves.
That's a fine line.
Have you ever talked to friends about a new and exciting movie you wanted to
see?
Then, as you're talking, one of them starts to tell you which character dies,
who the murderer is, how the plot takes a surprising twist, or even how the
movie ends.
Yeah. There's no need to see the movie after that.
That would be a good time to shout: Spoiler alert!
Now this handy phrase alerts people within earshot that crucial information
about a movie or a book is about to be revealed.
Say "Spoiler alert!" as a friendly warning to others if you think they're
getting dangerously close to revealing too much information about a movie.
Or if it's you that's talking about a film, and you're about to say something
that could spoil the movie for others,
say "Spoiler alert!" to give others a chance to cover their ears or quickly
leave the room.
Or protest.
(Chinese).
The holiday film season is just around the corner.
Oh. So what awaits moviegoers this December?
This holiday season offers it all!
Offers it all?
Yes. One movie is Ender's Game.
It's a movie about aliens.
Oh, science-fiction fans will like that.
Yes, they will.
And then there is the movie Thor: The Dark World.
The Dark World?
Is that about evil beings?
Yes. And Thor must battle against them.
Hunger Games: Catching Fire is also coming to theaters.
(Music).
Will Jennifer Lawrence win another victory?
Watch it and find out.
OK, maybe I will.
What about animated films?
Look for Frozen.
Frozen? Like ice cream?
A kingdom is trapped in winter and must be saved.
Oh. I hope it's not too late.
Another movie, of course, is The Hobbit.
Oh, with Bilbo and the wizard Gandalf?
This adventure is without Gandalf's help, though.
Oh, no.
Oh, yes.
The Monuments Men is based on a true story.
Historians race to get back stolen artwork.
Oh, I like true stories and, ooh, they'd better hurry.
But my favorite is Walking with Dinosaurs.
Hey, dinosaurs don't exist.
How can you walk with dinosaurs?
Well, you can do almost anything at the movies.
Oh, yeah. I love the movies.
Let's go get some popcorn.
(Chinese).
And now let's see what our teachers are up to now.
Today we've talked about four great movies that are just filled with different
kinds of adventures.
Now Gabe, which one of these adventures would you want to place yourself in?
We talked about Walking with Dinosaurs or traveling with the dwarfs to the...
the mountain where Smaug the dragon is.
There are so many.
Which one would you want to be in?
Well, Carolyn, I love the author J.R.R. Tolkien and everything that he writes
about.
I would love to be in one of his adventures.
So I think my answer is I'd love to go with The Hobbit and the dwarfs to see
Smaug.
Ah, I see.
Well, I think I would really like to be in The Monuments Men.
I'm very interested in history, especially World War II and Hitler.
Well, we have a lot more to learn tomorrow continuing this lesson Holiday Movies
for Everyone.
We'll see you then.