英语PK台 第675期:热聊第90届奥斯卡,谁是你的最佳?

 Dialogue 1

Mark: What's new, Jingjing?

马克：最近怎么样啊，京晶？

Jingjing: Same old, same old, I'm afraid. Hey, did you catch the Oscars?

京晶：老样子，老样子吧。对了，你关注奥斯卡了吗？

Mark: I didn't actually watch it, but I was interested to see who won.

马克：我没看，但是我还挺感兴趣都谁得奖了。

Jingjing: So, you got the run down online, eh? I saw a few short videos of the ceremony, but searched the web for most of the info.

京晶：所以，你在网上找到这方面的消息了？我看了颁奖礼的几个短视频，大多数相关资讯还是在网上搜的。

Mark: Good old Wikipedia! Were you surprised by any of the results?

马克：真是又方便又靠谱的维基百科啊！有结果让你觉得惊讶吗？

Jingjing: Well, I've not had time to catch most of those films. So, I was just rooting for the ones I had seen.

京晶：我没时间看其中大部分影片，我就支持我看过的片子。

Mark: Me too! I watched Dunkirk last summer, and was glad to see another film by Christopher Nolan.

马克：我也是！我去年夏天看了《敦刻尔克大撤退》，很开心看到克里斯托弗·诺兰执导的另一部影片。

Jingjing: That's the same director who did Inception¹, right?

京晶：是执导过《盗梦空间》的同一位导演吧？

Mark: Yeah, and Memento². I've been a fan of his films for a long time. I even watched his first film, the Followingin the theater.

马克：对，还有《记忆碎片》。我一直是他的粉丝。我甚至还在电影院看过他的第一部影片《追随》。

Jingjing: He didn't win Best Director, though. Dunkirk got three or so other awards, for technical stuff³.

京晶：可他没有得到最佳导演奖，《敦刻尔克》因为技术运用获得了差不多三个其他奖项。

Mark: Yeah, editing⁴ and sound. Did you see the movie that won Best Picture?

马克：是的，剪辑和音响（注：最佳音响，最佳音效剪辑）。你看了最佳影片吗？

Jingjing: No, but on the radio, I heard an interview of one of the actors.

京晶：没有。但是我在广播上听到了其中一名演员的采访。

Mark: Do you mean Richard Jenkins?

马克：是理查德·詹金斯吗？

Jingjing: I think that was the actor's name. He played Giles in the movie.

京晶：我想这就是那个演员的名字。他在电影里扮演的吉尔斯。

Mark: He's been a supporting actor in a bunch of comedies. I'm glad he at least got nominated⁵ for an Oscar this time, for a more serious role.

马克：他在很多喜剧里演过配角。我很高兴听到他终于被奥斯卡提名的消息，因为一个严肃的角色。

Jingjing: Yeah, now I'm really interested in seeing the Shape of Water.

京晶：是啊，现在我非常感兴趣想看看《水形物语》。

Mark: So am I. It's supposed to be very well written.

马克：我也是。应该创作得很好。

Jingjing: I've gotta go now, Mark. If I have a chance to find those films, I'll share them with you.

京晶：我得走了，马克。如果我有机会能找到那些片子，我就带给你看。

New words:习语短语

same old, same old 老样子，没变化

nothing has changed

the Oscars 奥斯卡金像奖

awards given for best films

the run down 关于某事的详尽描述的信息

some important information, enough to understand something

ceremony 颁奖礼

a show with awards

rooting for 支持 挺（某人）

supporting, without actually doing anything

supporting actor 配角

an actor who plays in a film, but not the lead role

serious role 正剧的角色

a character in the film, not funny

Dialogue 2

Jingjing: Hi again, Mark.

京晶：嗨，马克

Mark: I was looking forward to seeing you.

马克：我盼着见你呢。

Jingjing: Is that just because you expect me to have some movies to share with you?

京晶：是不是因为期待着我给你带点片子看呀？

Mark: Of course not! I'm glad to see you any time. Uh, did you find any of those films from this year's Academy⁶ Awards?

马克：当然不是啦！何时何地我见到你都开心着呢。你找到今年奥斯卡的一些片子了吗？

Jingjing: No luck. I only found one, and it's still downloading.

京晶：没呢。只找到了一部，还在下载中。

Mark: Wow, you must have a really slow Internet connection.

马克：哇哦，你的网速一定慢得可以啊。

Jingjing: Ha ha. Sometimes it's fast—when everybody's sleeping. Can you guess which film I found?

京晶：哈哈。有时候快——大家都在睡觉的时候。你能猜到我找了哪部吗？

Mark: Is it one of the ones we talked about?

马克：是不是我们聊过的那部？

Jingjing: No. I'll tell you:it's Darkest Hour.

京晶：不是的，告诉你吧，《至暗时刻》。

Mark: Oh, that's the one about Winston Churchill. I can't imagine Gary Oldman playing that role.

马克：噢，关于丘吉尔的那部。我简直不敢相信加里·奥德曼扮演了那个角色。

Jingjing: You still think of him as Sirius Black, from the Harry⁷ Potter films, don't you?

京晶：你仍然觉得他是哈利波特系列电影里的小天狼星布莱克吧？

Mark: Yeah. But he's a pretty good actor.

马克：是啊。但他是个不错的演员。

Jingjing: He won best actor for his role in Darkest Hour. So, it's worth watching him play Churchill.

京晶：他因为在《至暗时刻》的扮演的角色获得了最佳男演员奖。所以，值得一看他扮演的丘吉尔。

Mark: I'm a history buff. So, I like anything about World War II.

马克：我是个历史迷。所以我喜欢任何关于二战的东西。

Jingjing: Did you ever see the Reader?

京晶：你看过《朗读者》吗？

Mark: Is that the one with Kate Winslet? I just watched the first few minutes of it, but got too busy to finish.

马克：凯特·温斯莱特演的那一部吗？我只看了开头的几分钟，太忙了没看完。

Jingjing: Watch it sometime when you don't get interrupted. It's a very moving story. I won't tell you anything about it, because I don't want to spoil⁸ it for you.

京晶：没人打扰你的时候再把它看完吧。非常感人的故事。我就先什么都不说了，免得给你剧透。

Mark: Well, then that's the film I'll see next. Thanks for the recommendation⁹.

马克：好，那下一部我就看这个。感谢推荐。

New words:习语短语

Academy Awards 奥斯卡金像奖

awards given for best films (the Academy of Motion¹⁰ Pictures and Sciences)

downloading 下载

getting content from the Internet onto you own computer

history buff 历史迷

someone who likes history and knows a lot about it (alternately movie buff)

spoil 剧透

give away the ending of a story (A spoiler is when the ending is given away in a review.)

1 inception   

n.开端，开始，取得学位

参考例句：

• The programme has been successful since its inception.这个方案自开始实施以来一直卓有成效。
• Julia's worked for that company from its inception.自从那家公司开办以来，朱莉娅一直在那儿工作。

2 memento   

n.纪念品，令人回忆的东西

参考例句：

• The photos will be a permanent memento of your wedding.这些照片会成为你婚礼的永久纪念。
• My friend gave me his picture as a memento before going away.我的朋友在离别前给我一张照片留作纪念品。

3 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。

4 editing   

adj.编辑的

参考例句：

• The processing of data in random order,not subject to preliminary editing or sorting.未经预先编辑或分类，以任意次序对数据进行的处理的做法。

5 nominated   

adj.被提名的，被任命的 动词nominate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• She has been nominated for the presidency. 她已经获得了董事长职位的提名。
• The movie was nominated for an Oscar. 这部电影获奥斯卡金像奖提名。

6 academy   

n.(高等)专科院校；学术社团，协会，研究院

参考例句：

• This is an academy of music.这是一所音乐专科学院。
• I visited Chinese Academy of Sciences yesterday.我昨天去访问了中国科学院。

7 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

8 spoil   

n.战利品，赃物，奖品，掠夺，次品；vt.损坏，破坏，溺爱；vi.腐坏，掠夺

参考例句：

• Don't bunch the flowers up so tightly,you'll spoil them.别把花束得这么紧，会弄坏的。
• Overacting will only spoil the effect.表演过火，效果反而不好。

9 recommendation   

n.推荐（信）建议，优点，长处

参考例句：

• I wrote him a good recommendation.我为他写了一封很好的推荐信。
• This method deserves recommendation.这种做法值得提倡。

10 motion   

n.打手势，示意，移动，动作，提议，大便；v.运动，向...打手势，示意

参考例句：

• She could feel the rolling motion of the ship under her feet.她能感觉到脚下船在晃动。
• Don't open the door while the train is in motion.列车运行时，请勿打开车门。