【英语趣味课堂】智利的电影-Chilean Movie

Vella: So, Daniel, we're talking about movies.

Daniel: Uh, uh.

 

Vella: Do you have any favorite Chilean movie?

 

Daniel: Well, yeah. Actually Chilean movies are quite, we're making a lot of movies recently but this one movie I really liked. It's quite old, probably ten years ago, it's called El Chacotero Sentimental¹. It's really difficult to explain that in English but it was based on a radio show. There was every week from Monday to Friday from two to four pm, there was a radio show so people would call to the host of this radio show and they would explain their problems related² to love, family, friends, whatever, and it became really popular. Everyone was listening to this, this show and some of those stories were absolutely brilliant and you could hear like any kind of stories, like really sad stories or really funny stories. And for the movie they took three of them, well three, they made three stories and they took elements³ from real stories that they were told during the show.

 

So the first one, for example, it's about a guy who move from the countryside to, into Santiago, and he was having an affair with a neighbor and he was caught by her husband and her husband was the police. He was a policeman so all the, it was really funny to watch it, but at the same time like everyone knew that kind of stuff⁴ happened so it was funny but at the same time kind of, you know, like come on that's a really, really big problem.

 

The second story was a bit sad. It was about a family who had problems. They had a lot of problems during their childhood so and all the traumas⁶ and all the problems it creates and you take when you have problems in childhood.

 

And the third one, it's a really, really funny story. It's about a young couple. They were really poor but how they lived, the love, and how they live their cut(?02:11) lives.

 

So all the stories, like the stories all together, talk about how Chilean people, they live, their love, how they act as couples, so it became really, really famous in Chile.

 

Vella: That sounds really interesting. I would love to watch it.

 

Daniel: Actually there's a version⁷ with English subtitles⁸ so any time.

 

Vella: I have one question though.

 

Daniel: Hm, hm.

 

Vella: Have you ever called the house and maybe tell them that you're sorry?

 

Daniel: No, but, no I never did but I think one of my friends, because everyone listened to the shows, so you can see and you can hear that. LIke I know that story or I know something similar so it might be one of my friends I don't know.

 

重点词汇：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

radio show

 

My favorite move was based on a radio show.

 

A 'radio show' is a program you can listen to on the radio that has a specific⁹ theme and schedule. Notice the following:

 

People don't listen to radio shows as much as they used to.

This is a political¹⁰ radio talk show.

host

 

People would call in to the host, and they would explain their problems related to love.

 

The 'host' of a radio program is the person who leads the discussion¹¹ on the radio. Notice the following:

 

Who is hosting the award show this year?

This program just got a new host last week.

affair

 

He was having an affair with his neighbor, and he was caught by her husband.

 

When you have an 'affair,' you have a romantic¹² relationship with someone other than your husband, wife, boyfriend or girlfriend. Notice the following:

 

Could you forgive your husband if he had an affair?

They got a divorce¹³ after he found out that his wife was having an affair.

traumas

 

It shows all the traumas and the problems it creates when you have problems in your childhood.

 

A 'trauma⁵' is a bad experience that has a long-term¹⁴ affect on you. Notice the following:

 

The whole thing was a very traumatic experience for such a young person to go through.

It can be very hard to get over the trauma of a bad car accident.

version

 

 

Actually, there's a version with English subtitles, so any time.

 

A 'version' of something is a particular form of something that is a little bit different than other forms. Notice the following:

 

I prefer the live version of this song.

This is a different version of this game than we play at home.

1 sentimental   

adj.多愁善感的，感伤的

参考例句：

• She's a sentimental woman who believes marriage comes by destiny.她是多愁善感的人，她相信姻缘命中注定。
• We were deeply touched by the sentimental movie.我们深深被那感伤的电影所感动。

2 related   

adj.有关系的，有关联的，叙述的，讲述的

参考例句：

• I am not related to him in any way.我和他无任何关系。
• We spent days going through all related reference material.我们花了好多天功夫查阅所有有关的参考资料。

3 elements   

原理，基础； 要素（旧时认为土、空气、火和水是构成一切物质的四大要素）( element的名词复数 )； （化学）元素； 基础； 成分

参考例句：

• Oxygen is one of the basic elements of substance. 氧是物质的基本元素之一。
• A language teacher should initiate pupils into the elements of grammar. 语言老师应该把基本语法教给学生。

4 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

5 trauma   

n.外伤，精神创伤

参考例句：

• Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
• The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。

6 traumas   

n.心灵创伤( trauma的名词复数 )；损伤；痛苦经历；挫折

参考例句：

• She felt exhausted after the traumas of recent weeks. 她经受了最近几个星期的痛苦之后感到精疲力竭。
• Conclusion: Safety lens of spectacles can protect the occurrence of ocular traumas. 结论：安全镜片可以预防眼镜碎片所致的眼外伤。 来自互联网

7 version   

n.版本；型号；叙述，说法

参考例句：

• His version of the events is pure supposition.他对这件事的说法纯属猜测。
• What is your version of this matter?你对这件事情的看法 怎么样？

8 subtitles   

n.说明字幕，印在外国影片上的对白翻译字幕，译文对白字幕；小标题，副标题( subtitle的名词复数 )；（电影的）字幕

参考例句：

• subtitles for the deaf and the hard of hearing 为耳聋和听力不佳者打出的字幕
• a Polish film with English subtitles 附有英语字幕的波兰影片

9 specific   

adj.明确的；具体的；特定的

参考例句：

• The money is to be used for specific purposes.这笔钱有专门用途。
• We haven't fixed a specific date for our meeting.我们会议的具体日期还没有定下来。

10 political   

adj.政治上的，政党的，政略性的，政治的

参考例句：

• He was forced to leave his homeland for political reasons.因为政治原因他被迫离开自己的祖国。
• In ideas those two political parties are worlds apart.那两个政党在思想上有巨大分歧。

11 discussion   

n.讨论，谈论；论述

参考例句：

• It is certain he will come to the discussion.他肯定会来参加讨论。
• After months of discussion,a peace agreement is gradually taking shape.经过几个月的商讨，和平协议渐渐有了眉目。

12 romantic   

adj.浪漫的，风流的，传奇性的，夸大的，想象的，浪漫派的

参考例句：

• She thinks it will be romantic to be an actress.她认为当个女演员会很浪漫。
• Her husband is very romantic.她丈夫非常浪漫。

13 divorce   

n.离婚；分离；vi.离婚；vt.离婚；脱离

参考例句：

• Did he divorce his wife or did she divorce him?是他要和妻子离婚，还是妻子要和他离婚？
• None of us like the divorce of word and deed.我们都不喜欢言行不一。

14 long-term   

adj.长远的，长期的

参考例句：

• It isn't a long-term policy.这不是长久之计。
• We must calculate on a long-term basis.我们要作长期打算。