英语听力文摘 English Digest 35、不能说的秘密

　　For most of its running time, "Secret" lives up to its marketing¹ as a sappy, beautifully shot and competently directed love story featuring Taiwan's own Jay Chou, the singer turned actor and now first-time director and screenwriter.
Following a convention established by Jackie Chan－in which, regardless of the picture he stars in and his character's Chinese name, his English name in the subtitling is always "Jackie"－Chou plays Jay, a transfer student at Tam Kang Senior High School of Arts.
He majors in piano. So does Rain (Kwai Lun-mei), an Audrey Hepburnish character who mysteriously comes and goes, often disappearing for days at a time. Jay and Rain go through those awkward, tentative steps of first love. "Just cherish our moments together," Rain says before vanishing again.
In between the wooing, "Secret" delivers the usual scenes from high school, featuring jocks, nerds and rivals for our main characters' affections.
But where does Rain disappear to? And why does she play an odd piano composition before she does? In revealing the "secret" alluded² to in its title, the film turns abruptly³ into paranormal territory, though there are plenty of visual cues and clues that it flashes back to later in the picture.
Chou does a decent job behind the camera, and he sure knows how to present a polished, slick production.
running time   （电影）片长；演出时间
sappy  (adj.)   多愁善感的
convention  (n.)   惯例；习俗
to come and go   来来去去；忽隐忽现
tentative  (adj.)   迟疑的；没把握的
to woo  (v.)   向…求爱；努力获得
affection  (n.)   感情；情爱
composition  (n.)   乐曲；作品
to be alluded to   间接提及；暗示
paranormal  (adj.)   超自然的；科学无法解释的

1 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

2 alluded   

提及，暗指( allude的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• In your remarks you alluded to a certain sinister design. 在你的谈话中，你提到了某个阴谋。
• She also alluded to her rival's past marital troubles. 她还影射了对手过去的婚姻问题。

3 abruptly   

adv.突然地，出其不意地

参考例句：

• He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
• I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。