Summer movies are the most highly anticipated of the
year
一起看电影去吧！- 年度最令人期待的就是暑期檔電影.
Movie lovers eagerly await the start of the summer movie season when the studios roll out their biggest pictures. Summer 2013 will not disappoint them.
Sequels and Series
Once again sequels and film franchise make up a big part of the summer offerings. Iron Man 3 finds billionaire/superhero Tony Stark traveling to China. There he faces the terrorist mastermind who has destroyed his comfortable life. Stark must rely on his own ingenuity rather than his super suit to survive.
Science-fiction fans eagerly await Star Trek Into Darkness, the 12th film in the Star Trek franchise. In it, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise must hunt down the villain responsible for Star-fleet's destruction.
Sully and Mike of Monster's, Inc. fame return in Monsters University, which tells of the pair's days at the University of Fear. Their initial dislike of each other slowly becomes respect and, eventually, friendship. The 3-D format adds to the fun of the college pranks the pair plays on each other.
Another animated offering, Despicable Me 2, finds Gru, his three adopted daughters and his band of minions taking on a dangerous villain.
More animated offerings
In Epic, teenager Mary Katherine is magically transported to a deep forest where a battle between good and evil is taking place. She joins a group of strange characters who are fighting to save their world.
The animated 3-D adventure Turbo follows the adventures of a snail who somehow attains the power of superspeed. His goal is to win the Indianapolis 500.
Comic book heroes
Man of Steel, the highly-anticipated new version of Superman, tells the familiar story of a child from a dying planet who comes to Earth. He is adopted by a couple in Kansas, and as he grows up, he discovers his amazing powers and decides to use them to fight evil. Henry Cavill plays Superman/Clark Kent in the film.
A masked lawman and his Native American partner battle for justice in the unsettled west of the United States in The Lone Ranger. The film features plenty of impressive action sequences.
Hugh Jackman stars as his X-Men character Wolverine in The Wolverin, Jackman travels to Japan where he trains with a samurai warrior and confronts a mysterious figure from his past.
Action and Adventure
The special-effects extravaganza Pacific Rim tells of a team of humans who pilot giant robots in a worldwide battle against an alien attack.
Real-life father and son Will and Jaden Smith costar in After Earth, the story of a father and son who crash land on planet Earth. The planet is no longer inhabited by humans as they were forced to abandon it 1,000 years earlier. As the father lies dying, the son must recover their rescue beacon against impossible odds.
In the action-drama White House Down, Channing Tatum stars as a Secret Service agent trying to save the U.S. president. A paramilitary force that has taken control of the White House threatens his life.
Those wanting more story-driven fare shouldn't miss the latest adaptation of F.Scott Fitzgerald's The Gatsby. Tobey Maguire stars as writer Nick Carraway, who is drawn into the flamboyant world of millionaire Jay Gatsby during the Jazz Age. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Gatsby in this tragic romance.
With so many great titles to see, film fans will be spending many hours experiencing danger, drama and laughter from the comfort of a theater seat.
Grammar Gym:
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Those wanting more story-driven fare shouldn't miss the latest adaptation of F.Scott Fitzgerald'z The Great Gatsby."
story - driven : story -driven fare.
driven - operating a car on the road. 驾驶车辆。
He has
never driven a car before.
driven - here is "
to be controlled by" , "
to be strongly influenced by".疯狂的追逐。
Money-driven boss.
hunger-driven tiger.
fun-driven program.
Vocabulary Tips:
anticipate - expecting. 预期，期待。或预先作准备。
*We anticipate a big crowd on the restaurant's opening day.
*The only government anticipated a flood and has already evacuated the residents near the riverbank.预先作准备
terrorist -恐怖分子，恐怖主义者。
terror -恐怖， '
rist'- person. 人。
*Several terrorists were arrested after the explosion.
terrorism (n) -恐怖主义。
*Leaders of many countries gathered to discuss how to fight terrorism.
prank-恶作剧。玩笑作弄人。
*Eric's childish pranks irritated his classmates.
prank on - 对谁开玩笑，恶作剧用“on”
*These naughty kids love to play pranks on their teacher.
minions (n)- follower who love or royal their leader. 随从，下属，小卒。
*The mob's boss sent his minions to collect a protection fee from the club.
*Bobby finally realized that he was just a minion to his boss.
attain-获得，取得。得到。get or reach through some level of difficulty.
*Mike attained wealth and fame at a very young age. 财富名利双收。
*Jason attained the highest grade in his class.
*To attain this level of fitness you have to work out intensively. 达到某个目标或层度。
obtain - easy to get, get very easy.
version -版本。变化的型式。
*The newest version of the iPad has a very large memory.
*The Japanese version of the novel will be published next month.
version -“说法”
*Brenda's version of their breakup is totally different from her ex-boyfriend's
sequence - in order. follow the one, then one after one.顺序。一种顺序排列。
*You have to enter a sequence of codes in order to access the file.一连窜的密码。
*The chase scene's action sequences were perfectly edited to make the movie exciting.
warrior -fighter, fight for what they believe or their country.勇士，战士，古时所谓的‘武士“。 'war'- 战争。
*The brave warrior won numerous battles.
*The warrior was
trapped in the enemy's
ambush.困入。。。陷阱。
extravaganza - very bright,great event.盛大的活动或演出。
*Each New Year's Eve, Taipei 101 will put up a magnificent firework extravaganza.
*extravaganza food - a lot of different kinds of food.
*The extravaganza of the Oscar award ceremony attracted the attention of movie fans around the world.
alien -come from outside, foreign. foreigner.外来的。
*The movie "ET" talks about the friendship between an alien and a boy.
alien (n)-外国人。
*These illegal aliens were expelled soon after they were arrested.
beacon -信号，灯塔上的灯。明灯。
rescue beacon -自动求救，让别人可以辨识自己的信标。
*The rescue beacon helped these victims be easily located.
beacon -灯塔上的灯，明灯。
*The light house beacon near the coastal line lit up at dusk.
*Charlene is the beacon of life for her husband.
flamboyant - 过分的华丽，过分的炫耀，绚丽。五彩缤纷。
*The club's flamboyant decorations became their trademark.
*Frank Sinatra's flamboyant tuxedos suited him so much.
roll out - roll something out, introduce something new at first time. movie make of films that usually roll around.
ingenuity - refer to 'brain'.有发明才能，贤明，有创造力，机灵。足智多谋。‘in-gen-nu-i-ti"
hunt down - chase and looking for it carefully.
villain (n) -恶人，坏人。恶棍，粗鄙的人，戏剧中的反派角色。
Sally and Mike of Monster's Inc. = Sally and Mike famous for Monster's Inc..
animated -动画，电脑操作的动画。
snail - the most slow walking animal .蜗牛。
infestation -出没，横行，侵扰，蔓延。
tells of - express.
pilot (v) - control and operate airplane or something. (n) -
odds - very different, very difficult thins.not easy or usual.
paramilitary - actually is not real military but help military.
para - with.
inhabited - inhabit, reside, live. 居住。
Language Tips:
sequel -续集。
prequel -前传。首部曲。讲述背景故事。
back story = prequel.背景故事
Monsters, Inc. -就是一部prequel.讲述背景故事的影片。
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3 -D = three dimensional.三度空间。立体。戴了特殊眼镜看电影，有空间层次的画面。
4-D - 四度空间。感受到的不但有层次，连座椅也会动，天花板也会转，深入情境。
5-D/6-D/7-D - 五度/六度/现也有了七度空间的影片出来。
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The Great Gatsby -一部畅销的小说。三次被翻拍成电影。
F.Scott Fitzgerald -The Great Gatsby的作者。
adaptation -小说改编。
remake -重新翻拍。
reinterpretation -重新的诠释，更接近小说内容故事精神。
Notes taking of study"StudioClassroom"
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