Part 4 Movie Buffs 电影迷

Dialogue Script 1 对话原文 1

Ann: What's your favorite movie of all time?
Peter: That's a good question! I don't know. Maybe "Forrest Gump"?
Ann: Why "Forrest Gump"?
Peter: Because I like Tom Hanks, and I thought it had a lot of clever tie-ins. It was like a photo album of the country during the last 30 years.
Ann: That was a good show. Okay. Here's a little bit of movie trivia for you: what movie is the top-grossing film of all time? Peter: Oh, that's easy. " Jurassic Park". It's the only film that has grossed over a billion dollars in history.
Ann: That's true. But when a film's gross is adjusted for inflation, the highest-grossing film is "Gone With the Wind". Okay, which director has 7 of the top 40 highest-grossing films of all time?
Peter: A piece of cake. Steven Spielberg. Give me something challenging!
Ann: All right. What was Dustin Hoffman's debut movie?
Peter: The Graduate.
Ann: What year did it come out?
Peter: Oh, I don't know. 1970?
Ann: Wrong, 1968.
Peter: Okay, give me another question, then.
Ann: Which actress has the most nominations for the academy awards?
Peter: I have no idea.
Ann: Katherine Hepburn. She was nominated 12 times and won 3 times.
Peter: Okay, that's enough. My turn. First of all, what's your favorite scary movie?
Ann: Eh, it's gotta be "Psycho". I love that shower scene.
Peter: All right. What was the most popular Robert Redford and Paul Newman film?
Ann: "The Sting".
Peter: You're pretty good. Try this one. Which year was the first in-flight movie?
Ann: 1955?
Peter: Wrong. 1926. The movie "The Lost World" was shown on Imperial Airways from London to Paris on April 16, 1926.
Ann: The first in-light movie was 70 years ago? That blows me away. I guess I'm not such a great movie after all.

讲解：

1. 对话中，Ann和 Peter在互相提问，看看谁才是真正的电影迷。电影迷就是movie buff，buff表示“狂热爱好者”。

2. Ann的第一个问题是，What's your favorite movie of all time? 有史以来你最喜欢哪部电影？of all time，表示“古往今来”，也可以说成of all ages.

3. Peter回答I don't know. Maybe "Forrest Gump "，我不知道，也许是《阿甘正传》。这部电影大家熟悉得不能再熟悉了，是由Tom Hanks主演的，他凭此片获得了1995年奥斯卡最佳男演员奖，之前他凭借影片Philadelphia《费城故事》获得了1994年奥斯卡最佳男演员奖。

4. 为什么会是 Forrest Gump 呢？不仅是因为Peter是Tom Hanks的影迷，还因为在影片中有很多巧妙地相互关联的场景，也就是a lot of clever tie-ins，tie-ins表示“相互关联的事物”。整部影片就像是一本关于过去30年美国社会变迁的相册。

5. Ann也同意《阿甘正传》是一部好电影。That was a good show. show这个词呢可以表示“表演，演出，作表演或进行展览”。那么be on show就是某场演出或电影正在上演。接着Ann又问了第二个问题，movie trivia，这里是指一些关于电影的琐碎的知识，也就是电影知识点滴。

6. Ann问what movie is the top-grossing film of all time? 有史以来票房收入最高的电影是哪一部？gross表示“总额，毛利”，就是没有扣除成本之前的总利润，我们平常说的GDP，gross domestic product 就是指“国内生产总值”。另外，gross做形容词还可以表示“粗俗的，令人作呕的”，例如：Those noodles look gross. 那些面条看起来真让人恶心。

7. Peter回答说是《侏罗纪公园》，是历史上唯一一部票房总收入达到10亿美元的电影。但是如果考虑通货膨胀，货币贬值的因素，票房收入最高的电影应该是 “Gone With the Wind”，也就是《乱世佳人》。when a film's gross is adjusted for inflation，就是考虑通货膨胀的因素。

8. Ann的第三个问题是which director has 7 of the top 40 highest-grossing films of all time? 谁是有史以来票房收入最高的40部电影中7部电影的导演？就是Steven Spielberg，他也是人尽皆知的大导演。

9.Peter觉得这些问题还不过瘾，想再来点有挑战性的，Ann就又给他出了一个问题，What was Dustin Hoffman's debut movie? Dustin Hoffman的第一部电影是什么？debut表示“首演，首次露面”，这个词的读音比较特殊。

10. Dustin Hoffman的第一部电影是The Graduate，《毕业生》，是在1968年拍摄的。Ann的下一个问题是Which actress has the most nominations for the academy awards? 哪个女演员获得的奥斯卡奖提名最多？答案是Katherine Hepburn, 她获得12次提名，并获得3次奥斯卡奖。

11. 现在轮到Peter来提问了。他问Ann的第一个问题是what's your favorite scary movie?你最喜欢的恐怖电影是哪一部？scary movie，恐怖片，也可以说成thriller. Ann 回答说是“Psycho”中文翻译是《精神病患者》。

12. Peter的下一个问题是What was the most popular Robert Redford and Paul Newman film? Robert Redford 和 Paul Newman最有名的电影是哪一部？是“The Sting”，中文翻译是《刺》。感兴趣的朋友可以找来电影看一看。

13. 看来Ann知道的还真不少，Peter又给她出了一个难题，Which year was the first in-flight movie? 第一部空中电影是在哪一年出现的？这下还真的把Ann难住了，答案是在1926年的时候一部叫做《失去的世界》的电影在伦敦飞往巴黎的“皇家飞机”上首次放映。

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