流利美国口语5.2

（单词翻译）

W: Let’s go to see a movie tomorrow.

M: Sounds like a good idea. What’s playing these days?

W: I heard an American movie called Million Dollar Baby is really good. Especially who talks a victory to endure is all.

M: OK, I get off at 7 tomorrow. So let’s meet in front of the cinema at 8.

Dialogue 2.

W: Who is starring in the movie?

M: Tom Hanks is playing the lead.

W: Really? He is my favorite actor.

M: And Julia Roberts is playing opposite of him. And a few top actors were playing the supporting characters.

W: Julia Roberts? She is one of the most popular and sought after talents in Hollywood.

M: Yeah. Her biggest success was in the signature movie Pretty Woman 1990, for which Julia got an Oscar nomination¹ and also won the people’s choice award for favorite actress.

Dialogue 3.

W: What a crowd. It’s difficult to buy a ticket.

M: Don’t worry, I was able to get a couple of reserved seats.

W: Wow, it’s packed full.

M: It’s a wonderful picture. The act is marvelous, isn’t it?

W: Right, the original story is good, too. The story is unique.

M: I could understand only about a half of the English spoken.

W: I have trouble too when the player speak so rapidly.

M: If only this film was dubbed² in Chinese or at least had Chinese sub-titles, sometimes the dialogues is all agree to me.

Exercise.

1. Let’s make date to see the film.

2. There aren’t many tickets left for this film, so you’d better make sure of one today.

3. I was bored with the movie.

4. That was a lousy movie.

5. I am not saying that Titanic³ isn’t a good film, but I do think it is terribly over-rated.

6. The film was widely acclaimed⁴.

7. It had an all star cast.

8. I was tickle⁵ to death with a dialogue.

9. To tell you the truth I had a few tears in my eyes.

10. It’s dubbed in Chinese.

11. The quality actress made it a great success in creating a villain⁶ in the play.

12. Tears welled up in my eyes when I watched the moving picture.

13. Wonderful acting⁷ intriguing⁸ story line.

14. He loved to act the good and bad man.

15. The part of the old man was well acted.