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中英文本
World War Z is a zombie horror film about zombies taking over the world. It is loosely based on the best-selling novel of the same name written by Max Brooks. The movie stars Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane, a worker at the United Nations who searches the world for information that can stop the zombie outbreak that is threatening the survival of the human race. The official website says: "United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments,and threatening to decimate humanity itself." Brad Pitt's film production company Plan B Entertainment bought the movie rights to make the film in 2007. Filming began in 2011 in Malta, Glasgow and Budapest.
末日之战是一部关于僵尸的恐怖电影，电影讲述的是僵尸控制地球的故事。电影大体上是根据麦克斯·布鲁克斯的同名小说改编而成。电影主演布拉德·皮特，他饰演盖瑞·雷恩，盖瑞是一名联合国的工作人员，他的工作是在全球寻找能够制止僵尸爆发的途径，目前，僵尸正在威胁着人类的生存。官方网站称：“联合国工作人员盖瑞·雷恩正在追赶时间，阻止僵尸的继续蔓延，僵尸已经摧毁了军队，政府，人类正在遭受灭绝之灾。”布拉德·皮特的制作公司‘替补计划娱乐’买下了该电影的版权，并于2007年决定制作该部电影。2011年，电影开始在马耳他，格拉斯哥和布达佩斯开始拍摄。
Writer of the original book, Max Brooks, said his work has been re-written so much that the movie and novel are now the same in name only. Brooks said: "I knew they were going to rewrite it. I grew up in Hollywood. I knew it was going to go through a million changes." He told moviegoers: "I cannot guarantee that the movie will be the book that they love." Many critics questioned why the movie was advertised as a horror film, when it was given a 13-PG (parental guidance) rating. There was also much talk about the movie being unable to recover its $400 million production costs. Britain's 'Guardian' newspaper examined whether Pitt was "making the most expensive disaster of all time" while the film was being made.
原书的作者麦克斯·布鲁克斯认为他的作品已经遭到了人们的无数次重写，现在的电影和小说只是名字相同罢了。布鲁克斯说：“我知道他们将要重写这部作品。我出生在好莱坞。我知道这部作品将要经过上百万的变动。”他告诉那些影迷：“我不能保证的是电影将会像小说那样受人们亲睐。”许多影评人质疑到，为什么这部电影被打上了恐怖片的标签，这部电影评为了13-PG电影（在父母的陪同下观看）。这部电影并没有收回4亿美金的制作费用，对此人们众说纷纭。英国卫报质疑皮特，质疑他为什么会制作出价格昂贵的灾难片。
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重点讲解
1.best-selling 畅销的
Disney's best-selling Cars toys are being made in a factory in China that uses child labour and forces staff to do three times the amount of overtime allowed by law, according to an investigation.
迪斯尼最畅销的汽车玩具都是在中国的工厂制造的，这些工厂使用童工并且迫使员工加班，多出法律许可的加班时长的三倍，这是根据一项调查发现。
2.human race 人类
Only true love and compassion for all can bring back permanent prosperity to the Human Race.
只有对所有生灵都充满真正的爱和同情，人类才能获得永久的繁荣。
3.be based on 以…为基础
This synchronization can be scheduled or can be based on administrator or user demand.
这种同步可以定期进行，或者根据管理员或用户的需要进行。
4.be advertised as 宣传为
Imported night vision viewers usually use Gen 1 image intensifiers even though they may be advertised as Gen 2.
进口的夜视仪通常使用第一代影像增强器，即使他们宣称为第二代。
