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Today's key word is Dramatize v.使戏剧化Dramatize means: put into dramatic form, or represent something in a dramatic manner.

例句

The film attempts neither to dramatize nor sermonize.

这部电影既不企图使用戏剧化的手法也不企图进行说教。

延伸

One of the most famous works by Shakespeare is the tragedy of Macbeth. Macbeth is considered one of Shakespeare’s darkest and most powerful works. Set in Scotland, the play dramatizes the damaging psychological and political effects produced when evil is chosen as a way to fulfill¹ the ambition for power.

Here is a clip from Roman Polanski’s 1971 film titled Macbeth. (soundbite/ Macbeth)

LADY MACBETH: Who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? The Thane of Fife had a wife; where is she now? What, will these hands neer be clean? No more o' that, my lord, no more o' that. You mar² all with this starting.

DOCTOR: Go to, go to; you have known what you should not.

GENTLEWOMAN: She has spoke³ what she should not, I am sure of that. Heaven knows what she has known.

LADY MACBETH: Here's the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.

1 fulfill   

vt.履行，实现，完成；满足，使满意

参考例句：

• If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了，你就要履行你的诺言。
• This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。

2 mar   

vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟

参考例句：

• It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
• Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。