早安英文 第95期:美国的恐怖故事

 come to mind 想到

cringe n. 萎缩

Number one fan 头号粉丝

ensue vi. 接着发生

Saw《电锯惊魂》

Silent Hill 《寂静岭》

Scream 《惊声尖叫》

Misery¹ 《危情十日》

People get scared by different things. What may scare someone from China may not scare someone from America.

人们被各种各样的的东西吓到。然而，中国人觉得恐怖的东西却不一定会吓到美国人。

We all know that America has many famous horror movies: Saw、Silent Hill, Scream, etc. Have you seen them?

我们都知道美国的有许多著名的恐怖片，像《电锯惊魂》、《寂静岭》、《惊声尖叫》等等。你知道这些电影吗？

It’s funny you mention Silent Hill, I watched that just a few days ago. But you know, that movie is based off of a Japanese Horror video game so we can’t really call that American horror.

真有趣，你居然提到了《寂静岭》。我前几天才看完这部电影。你知道吗？这部电影其实是由一个日本的恐怖游戏改编的，因此它不完全算是美国的恐怖片。

I want to know what the most classic horror movie is in your mind?

在你心目中最经典的恐怖片是什么呢？

For me, personally, It’s gotta be “Misery” this is based on a book of the same name by Stephen King.

对于我个人而言，最经典的恐怖片《危情十日》，这部电影改编自斯蒂芬·金的同名小说。

1 misery   

n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦

参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。