The english we speak(BBC教學)第206期:At the movies 電影

Neil and Feifei discuss movie genres. Do you like romantic stories which are funny? What about a detective story in which you can try to be Sherlock Holmes? And don't forget the futuristic movies — the ones with sophisticated robots and space travel. Grab the popcorn and listen to the programme.

尼爾和菲菲在討論電影類型。你喜歡浪漫喜劇電影嗎？可以當一回夏洛克·福爾摩斯的偵探電影怎麼樣？別忘了還有那些有尖端機器人和時間旅行的科幻電影。一邊吃爆米花一邊收聽今天的節目吧。

Neil: Hello. I'm Neil. In this programme, we're going to talk about movies. Now, what kind of movies do you like, Feifei?

尼爾：大家好，我是尼爾。本期節目中我們將討論電影。菲菲，你喜歡哪種類型的電影？

Feifei: I love romcoms, Neil! 'Romcom' is a word which takes the first two halves of the words 'romantic' and 'comedy'. And what about you, Neil, what sort of movies do you like the most?

菲菲：尼爾，我喜歡愛情喜劇！Romcom這個詞是由浪漫”和“喜劇”的前面幾個字母組合而成。尼爾，你呢，你最喜歡的電影類型是什麼？

Neil: Well, I can't resist a 'whodunnit'. 'Whodunnit' is short for 'who has done it'. The point of these films is for the audience to try to guess who committed a serious crime — usually murder.

尼爾：我無法抗拒偵探電影的魅力。Whodunnit是“誰做的”的縮寫。這類電影讓觀衆可以去推測犯下重罪的犯人是誰，通常會是謀殺案。

Feifei: Ah, you like detective movies! In a 'whodunnit' you can try to beat the detective and work out who committed the crime. That's the fun of it! Sherlock Holmes is a perfect example.

菲菲：你喜歡偵探電影！看偵探電影的時候你可以和偵探較量，找出犯人是誰。這就是偵探電影的樂趣！夏洛克·福爾摩斯就是最好的例子。

Neil: Yes, 'romcom' and 'whodunnit' are today's expressions in The English We Speak. And ... there's one more. See if you can guess this one now Feifei: 'Hello. I'm a robot sent from the future to prevent war and destruction!'

尼爾：沒錯。愛情喜劇和偵探電影就是今天地道英語要學的表達方式。還有一個。菲菲，看看你能不能猜出這是什麼意思：大家好。我是未來派來避免戰爭和毀滅的機器人！

Feifei: A sci-fi movie! 'Sci-fi is a word which takes the first two halves of the words 'science' and 'fiction.' These films usually feature robots, aliens and inventions from the future. I love sci-fi too. But sometimes it's scary!

菲菲：科幻電影！Sci-fi是“科學”和“虛幻”的前面幾個字母組合的單詞。這類電影中通常會出現機器人、外星人和未來的發明。我也喜歡科幻電影，不過有時這種電影很恐怖。

Neil: Well, there's no need to be scared of BBC Learning English — because we explain everything to you so clearly. Let's hear some examples of today's three movie-related expressions.

尼爾：嗯，沒必要害怕BBC英語教學節目，我們會清楚地向大家解釋所有事情。現在我們來聽三個與電影有關的表達方式的例句。

Examples

例句

My favourite sci-fi movie is Star Wars. I can't wait for the next film in the series!

我最喜歡的科幻電影是《星球大戰》。我等不及看這一系列電影的下部作品了！

I'm catching a movie with my friends after work. We're going to watch the latest romcom.

下班後我要和朋友們一起去看電影。我們要看最新上映的愛情喜劇。

Alfred Hitchcock was the master of the whodunnit. Nobody makes better films in that genre than he did!

阿爾弗雷德·希區柯克是偵探電影大師。這類電影沒有人比他拍得更好！

Feifei: That's it! I am fetching the popcorn!

菲菲：就是這樣！我要去拿爆米花！

Neil: And I'm going to get some drinks!

尼爾：我去拿些飲料來！

Feifei: Let's catch a movie! A sci-fi?

菲菲：我們來看電影吧！科幻電影怎麼樣？

Neil: Yes, indeed! We're going to catch a movie… I am a robot who came from the future to catch a movie with you, Feifei.

尼爾：完全贊成！我們要看電影……菲菲，我是和你一起看電影的來自未來的機器人。

Feifei: You deserve an Oscar! Let's go! Bye!

菲菲：你真應該得奧斯卡！我們走吧！再見！

Neil: Bye!

尼爾：再見！

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重點講解：
1. work out
想出，得到（解決方法）；解（謎）；
eg. Neither the teacher nor his students know how to work out the problem.
老師和他的學生們都解不出那道題。
eg. She's all there; she will soon work out how to do it.
她很精明。她會馬上知道怎樣做。
2. be scared of
驚恐的；恐懼的；害怕的；
eg. I'm scared of losing my independence.
我害怕失去我的獨立性。
eg. Don't be scared of the supervisor. His bark is worse than his bite and he's really a nice guy.
不要怕那個管理人，他脾氣壞心卻不壞，他其實是個好人。
3. can't wait
等不及；迫不及待；渴望；
eg. As he's got the first place in the English contest, John can't wait to tell his mother the good news.
當約翰在英語競賽中獲得第一名時，他迫不及待地要把這個好消息告訴媽媽。
eg. My boss has been breathing down my neck all day. I can't wait for the weekend!
我的上司天天盯着我。我簡直迫不及待地想過週末了。