动感英语 [37]

 

Action English 37
Movie Dictionary

Blood Curdling¹(or blood curdler) 恐怖片 Thriller² 惊悚片 Horror Movie 恐怖片
Thriller和horror movie统称为blood curdling.两者的区别在于,horror movie中，通常会出现monster,ghost等非真实的恐怖因素，如《糖人》；而 thriller 则是涉及真人参加的murder等恐怖事件，如《沉默的羔羊》。

American Slang

Come off as annoying 惹人讨厌
Come off as + adj.=give the impression as + adj.
例句  I hope I didn't come off as rude to your mother. I really want her to like me.
        What he said came off as very mean. But if you knew the bigger picture, you know the reasons he said it.      他说的话听起来挺刻薄的。但是如果你了解全部经过，你就知道他为什么这么说了。

Classic Film Clips

Don't let it get to you 别为这事心烦，别在意这件事。
Get to sb 让……烦心，生气
例句  The way she spoke³ to me really gets to me.
         It really gets to me that he stole my money after I had shown him so much generous.
So you wanna do it the hard way,huh? 你想敬酒不吃吃罚酒，是么？
例句  Hey you!Do you want to do this the easy way or the hard way?You can pay the money back right now,or I'll beat you up.
     The general says to the enemy.You can surrender now or do it the hard way.
Movie Tunes
A heart that's true
Key words:whatever will be will be,It'd have come this far,led me by the hand,make it through

 

1 curdling   

n.凝化v.（使）凝结( curdle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Curdling occurs when milk turns sour and forms solid2 chunks. 凝结时牛奶变酸并且结成2大块固体。 来自互联网
• The sluggish cream wound curdling spirals through her tea. 黏糊糊的奶油在她的红茶里弯弯曲曲地凝结成螺旋形。 来自互联网

2 thriller   

n.惊险片，恐怖片

参考例句：

• He began by writing a thriller.That book sold a million copies.他是写惊险小说起家的。那本书卖了一百万册。
• I always take a thriller to read on the train.我乘火车时，总带一本惊险小说看。

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。