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英语口语话题：Do you collect toys from movies？

时间：2011-03-14 03:37:25

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Usually, toys are for kids. But some toys become collector’s items1, and adults buy them, too. Toys based on movies, especially classic2 movies like the Star Wars films, can end up being worth a lot of money. But you can’t play with them if you plan to collect them. You can’t even take them out of the box!

 

These days pretty much every kids’ movie that comes out has toys attached3 to it. Sometimes it even seems like the toy is more important than the movie. It’s just another way for big companies to make money. But Marni and Beren remember a simpler time, when movie toys were just…toys.

 

Dialogue

Marni:  So, Beren, do you collect toys from movies? Like if you see a movie you love, do you go out and get the toys from that movie?


Beren:  Yeah, I mean I went through…I guess it’s been off and on, collecting toys from movies. Like action figures. It started with Pee Wee Herman, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, I got a Pee Wee doll.


Marni:  Nice.


Beren:  But he’s not in mint4 condition. I took him out of the original box. And he was a toy, like for me when I was a little kid. And then I moved on to like collecting action figures and keeping them in the package, you know.


Marni:  Right, because that’s what actually lets them hold their value. But I think there is a distinction5 between being a kid and wanting to play with those, and being someone who collects them.


Beren:  Mm-hmm. I am not a collector. I haven’t purchased an action figure from a movie in about 10 years.


Marni:  I used to, and even when I was a younger adult. And now I just don’t seem to spend my money that way. But I definitely6 collected Star Wars action figures. I think that set the bar for movies and action figures and toys, and then it’s like every single movie that comes out instantly7 has toys.

 

Discussion 

Both Beren and Marni used to collect movie toys. Marni got into collecting movie toys when Star Wars came out, and Beren’s first toy based on a movie was a Pee Wee Herman doll. But neither of them kept their movie toys in mint condition. They played with them and treated them like regular toys.

 

Marni says that these days, she has more important things to spend her money on than movie toys. She also feels like movie toys just aren’t as special as they used to be. It seems like nearly every movie that comes out now has toys or other products attached to it.

 

Do you like to buy movie toys? What was your favorite movie toy when you were growing up?

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1 items 691d502cfd0e0626cd3b058e5682ad1c     
n.物料项目 （任何一种自制或采购的零部件或组装件，如最终产品、部件、子部件、零件或原材料）；条( item的名词复数 )；一项；一则；一件商品（或物品）
参考例句：
  • Bulky items will be collected separately. 大件物品将分开收集。
  • Customers with ten items or less can use the express lane. 购买十件商品以内的顾客可使用快速购物通道。
2 classic gVpyK     
n.经典作品；adj.经典的，一流的；古典的
参考例句：
  • The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。
  • The football match was a classic.那场足球比赛堪称典范。
3 attached hydzj3     
附加的
参考例句：
  • The lease entitles the holder to use the buildings and any land attached thereto.本租约持有人有权使用此建筑物以及所附属的土地。
4 mint ywuyD     
n.薄荷，铸币厂；vt.铸造（硬币），创造（词）等
参考例句：
  • The mint makes coins.铸币厂制造硬币。
  • This candy tastes of mint.这糖果有薄荷味。
5 distinction tsExr     
n.差别，区别；特性，特征；卓著，荣誉
参考例句：
  • There is a nice distinction between the two words.这两个词有细微的区别。
  • I can't see any distinction between these two cases.我看不出这两个案例有什么不同。
6 definitely RuJzx0     
adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地
参考例句：
  • The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
  • I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。
7 instantly S6CxP     
adv.立即，立刻
参考例句：
  • She was used to having her orders instantly obeyed.她习惯了让人即刻服从她的命令。
  • Though he slept soundly,he awoke instantly.他虽然睡得很香，但是马上就醒了。