(单词翻译:单击)
情景对话
(Sally is watching a movie on TV. Nick has just arrived home)
Nick: Hey, check out this new game I bought today.
Sally: Wow! It's a trivia game all about the Academy Awards.
Nick: I know you love the Oscars. This game has some great questions about all types of movies.
Sally: Does it have questions about foreign language films? There's hardly any American films worth watching.
Nick: Yes. In fact, one of the categories is on foreign language films.
词汇注释
★ arrive (v.) 抵达
★ check out看看,细瞧
★ trivia game 益智游戏,在此指以奥斯卡金像奖相关历史所设计的问答游戏
★ the Academy Awards 在美国所举办的奥斯卡金像奖颁奖典礼
★ the Oscars 奥斯卡金像奖颁奖典礼。the Oscar亦指其所颁发的“小金人奖座”the Oscar Statuette
★ foreign language film 外语片,指非英语发音的片子
★ worth (a.)值得…
★ category (n.) 分类,指出题目
参考译文
(莎莉正在看电视上播的电影。尼克刚到家)
尼克:嘿,瞧瞧我今天买回来的游戏。
莎莉:哇!这是关于奥斯卡金像奖的问答游戏。
尼克:我知道你最爱奥斯卡了。这游戏里有关于各类电影的好问题。
莎莉:它有有关外语片的问题吗?现在的美国片几乎不值一看。
尼克:有啊。事实上,有个分类就是外语片。