Holiday films really bring in the crowds
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Those games could change Panem forever.
In the animated film Frozen, the kingdom of Arendelle lies trapped in winter. Anna's sister Elsa is responsible for the spell. Anna teams up with tough mountain man Kristoff and his reindeer Sven. They must find Elsa and save the kingdom before it's too late.
In The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Bilbo and his friends have crossed the Misty Mountains. Now they must travel through Mirkwood Forest. But they must go without the wizard Gandalf. Will they make it to Lonely Mountain where the dragon Smaug guards the dwarfs' gold?
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!
Action adventure 47 Ronin is set in 18th-century Japan. A group of samurai must avenge their master's death.
Adventure finds a most unlikely person in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Walter, a timid magazine photo manager, lives a quiet life. Exciting things only happen to him in his dreams. But when a negative disappears, Walter finds himself in a real-life adventure!
Audiences loved Mary Poppins, but the film almost didn't get made! The film Saving Mr. Banks tells the story of Walt Disney and author P.L. Travers. Disney talked her into allowing him to make a movie of her story.
Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson star. Movie star Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco and became Princess Grace. Grace of Monaco tells how she helped save Monaco from a looming French invasion in the early 1960.
These are a few of the films that offer you the opportunity to enjoy a wonderful story this winter. Don't miss them!
Grammar Gym:
"Alien enemies, icy adventures, Middle Earth.... the 2013 holiday film season offers it all!"
"......" ellipses - acts like an em dash ( "-") to show that an additional idea is coming up.
I would like to take a trip.... anywhere is fine.
You can put all kinds of fruit on your shaved ice: strawberries, peaches, pineapple... anything you like.
Vocabulary Tips:
icy - fine ice. very cold, there is icy on the ground.
*Watch out for icy roads when you drive through this area.
*The swimmers bravely crossed the river in the icy cold water.
*Her icy look isolated her from everyone in the office.
await - wait for
*Nobody talked in the court while we awaited the arrival of the judge.
wait (v) for - await.
*Dean is waiting for his dad to pick him up.
threaten - make you scare by their act or word. 恐吓。
*The bully threatened to break the girl's toy if she didn't give him the money.恶霸
*The movie star received a threatening letter.
preparation - take time to get thing ready, spend time get all the preparing work done for something.
*Wedding preparations took the couple a lot of time.
*The launch of the new policy is now in preparation.
prepare (v) - get things ready ahead of time or before the event take place. 准备，预备。
*We prepared a surprise party for my mom.
tough - difficulty, strong, not easy going or rough.难度高的，艰难的，困苦的，很有毅力的，不屈不饶的。
*This aerobics class is too tough for beginners.
*Quitting his job was a tough decision for Peter.
*Brandon is a tough guy who's willing to face all sorts of challenges.硬汉。
desolation - dump and leave alone. abandon. 遗弃，凄凉，破坏，废弃了的。
*Bob found his old house in complete desolation.
*Sherry felt a sense of desolation when she left home and started living on her own.
historian - a person who study history. 历史学家。
*Historian are fascinated by the ancient culture of this tribe.
*The course introduces the history of the Roman Empire.
destroy (v) - ruin. 毁灭，摧毁。
*The city was totally destroyed by the bombing.
*Her confidence was completely destroyed when she was laid off.
destruction (n) - destroy.
*The destruction of rain-forests is causing a severe ecological disaster. 生态灾难。
avenge - pay it back in a bad way. take revenge to someone. 复仇。
*The boy swore to avenge his mother's murder.
avenge oneself on someone -为某人复仇。
*The policeman avenged himself on the man who killed his partner.
negative (adj)-负面的。
*negative thought.
negative (n) -拍照的底片，胶卷。
* I look the negatives to the photo shop to be developed.
*Chelsea still has the black-and-white negatives of her wedding photos.
audience (n) - people who watch movies or listen a peach or a music performance...观众。听众。
audio-听，与“听”有关的。
*The studio audience cheered when the producer gave them the signal.
*This popular band has audiences around the globe.
loom -a stress, a tense feeling of kind atmosphere around or upon you. 迫近，逼近，即将爆发的。
*With the super typhoon looming, all residents along coastal areas were evacuated.
*Suddenly a strange guy loomed out of the fog.
team up - work a project together with other people.
race against time - you don't have too much time, you need to finish something before the deadline, you need to hurry, no time to waste.
samurai - best warriors.
timid - very shy, not very out going.
talk ...into - make someone to agree with you.
Language Tips:
the sixties, the seventies,the eighties, the nineties - 60 年代，70年代 ， 80年代， 90年代 。
the zeros, the nadas, the naughties, the O's, the zips -对20 世纪的称呼。
the naughties - came from “ naught” -
the first decade of the 21st century - the teens, the twenty-tens, the twenties. 对21 世纪的称呼，但还没真正定案。
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Spoiler alert - 爆雷，小心有雷，提醒别人有人忍不住要透露电影的情节或结局了，如果不想听，就可先行离去。
spoil -糟蹋，破坏。
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based on a true story -根据真实的故事
artistic license -虽是根据真实的故事，但是经导演改编过的（导演有art license 权利加多一些刺激好看的而神化故事中的主角 。）
art license -不是什么证件，而是赋予导演一种有改编故事的权利。
Notes taking of Studioclassroom
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