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中英文本
Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott, starring Tom Skerritt and Sigourney Weaver. The film's title refers to its primary character: a highly aggressive extra-terrestrial creature that stalks and kills the crew of a spaceship. The alien gets onto the ship after the crew board a derelictalien spacecraft. Inside it they find the remains of a large alien creature whose ribs appear to have beenexploded outward from the inside. They discover a huge room containing many eggs, one of which releases a creature that attaches itself to the face of one of the crew. They return to their spaceship and the terror starts as terrible things happen to the crew as they try to find and kill the alien.
异形是一部制作于1979年的科幻恐怖电影，导演雷德利·斯科特，主演汤姆·斯凯里特，和西格妮·韦弗。电影的标题是这部电影的主要角色:一个凶猛的外星生物，它跟踪并杀害宇航员。船员进入了一艘废弃的外星人飞船，不久外星人进入了飞船。在飞船中，他们发现了一个庞大的外星人遗骸，它的肋骨显然是从里面爆炸的。他们还发现了一个大房间，里面有许多的未出生异形卵，其中一个异形卵破壳而出，吸引了船员的注意。之后，他们返回了航船，接下来恐怖的事情发生了，他们随即展开了对外星人的寻找和追杀。
Alien received both critical acclaim and box office success. It also received an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. It has remained highly praised in subsequent decades. In 2008, it was ranked as the seventh-best film in the science fiction genre by the American Film Institute, and as the thirty-third greatest movie of all time by Empire magazine. Movie critic Roger Ebert wrote: "One of the great strengths of Alien is its pacing. It takes its time. It waits. It allows silences." The success of Alien generated a media franchise of novels, comic books, video games, and toys, as well as three sequels and two prequels. It also launched Weaver's acting career by providing her with her first lead role.
异形这部电影既得到了很好的票房成绩，同时也饱受争议。这部电影还获得了奥斯卡金像奖最佳视觉效果奖。在未来的几十年中，这部影片饱受好评。2008年，美国电影学院把异形列为七部最佳科幻电影中的一部，帝国杂志把它评为33部最佳影片中的一部。影评人罗杰·艾伯特写道：“节奏是这部电影最好的部分。在这部电影中有时间的等待，有沉寂”。异形的成功使得连环画、小说、玩具、三部续集以及两部先行篇相继出现。这部影片也开启了韦弗的电影生涯，这是她第一次在电影中担任主角。
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重点讲解
1.happen to 发生
Yes, it could happen to any of us, but yesterday it happened to them.
是的，这可能发生在我们任何一个人身上，但是昨天却发生在他们身上了。
2.comic books 连环画
Why do I need more comic books when I already have a large library of them?
当我已经有了一大堆连环画的时候我为什么还要更多的呢？
3.box office success 高票房
Roles in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Full Frontal have been low key but Roberts' appeal has never been tied to her box office success.
她在《危险思想的自白》和《正面全裸》中扮演的角色很低调，然而罗伯茨的吸引力从来都不取决于她的票房成绩。
4. subsequent decades 随后的几十年
The process may be accelerated in subsequent decades if global warming resulting from air pollution seriously increases.
如果全球变暖导致的空气污染更严重的话，这个进程也许在随后的几十年会持续增加。
