Lesson 32: Moving Pictures
第32课 动画片
Jenny, Brian and Danny are outside the library.
珍妮，布莱恩和丹尼在图书馆外面。
They have just finished doing some research.
他们刚刚完成调查。
It's hard to believe movies are just over 100 years old.
真的很难相信电影仅仅有100余年的历史。
Yes. But like the Internet or other similar technologies,
是的。但是，就像互联网或其他类似的科学技术一样，
movies have had such a big effect on us.
电影对我们的影响如此重大。
I love watching movies. A movie is really an amazing piece of art and technology.
我喜欢看电影。电影真的是一门令人惊奇的艺术与科技。
I just found out the very first movies were made in France and Germany.
我刚发现，电影最初是在法国和德国出现的。
That's true. When movies were first created,they were not in colour.
是的。当电影最初被制作时，它们并不是彩色的。
They were just moving pictures.
它们只是一些移动的图片。
Do you know that for those first movies, only a couple of people would act in front of the camera?
你知道，最初的电影，摄像机前仅能容下两三个人表演。
Wow, that's interesting! Movie making is so complex these days.
哇，非常有趣！今天的电影相当地复杂。
Thousands of people can be involved in making a movie.
成千上万的人们可参与到电影拍摄中来。
And some movies, like Titanic, can take years to make and cost a lot of money.
有些电影，像《泰坦尼克号》，花了好几年拍摄，并且花费巨大。
Do you like Titanic, Danny?
丹尼，你喜欢《泰坦尼克号》这部电影吗？
No. I like action movies. I love Bruce Lee and kung fu movies.
不。我喜欢动作电影。我喜欢李小龙和功夫片。
I hope to lean kung fu someday.
我希望有一天我能学习功夫。
I prefer science fiction.
我更喜欢科幻电影。
I learn a lot of interesting things from science fiction movies.
我从科幻电影里学到了许多有趣的事情。
What about you, Brian?
你呢，布莱恩？
I like comedies. I especially like Charlie Chaplin's movies.
我喜欢喜剧片。特别喜欢查理·卓别林的电影。
He was a great actor. Comedies make people laugh and feel happy.
他是一位伟大的演员。喜剧片让人们欢笑，感到快乐。
I also like cartoons.
我也喜欢卡通片。
Watching a great movie while eating popcorn is a wonderful thing.
一边看着精彩的电影，一边享用爆米花，真是件美妙的事情。
I haven't watched a movie for a long time.
我很长时间没有看电影了。
I hear Kung Fu Dinosaur III is on. Why not go and see it this weekend?听说功夫恐龙 3
上映了。我们何不这周末去看呢？