(单词翻译:单击)
情景对话
Jason: I'll tell you something that's good about action movies. The special effects are great!
Sally: But they are so silly! They're not art!
Jason: That's just your personal prejudice. Do you know who was the director of the movie Titanic?
Sally: James Cameron, of course.
Jason: Well, did you know he was also the director of The Terminator?
Sally: Well, nobody's perfect!
词汇注释
★ special effect 特效
★silly adj.愚蠢的,可笑的
★ Titanic 《泰坦尼克》。本片系取材自号称永不沉没的铁达尼号于处女航时沉船,所另起的浪漫爱情故事,而获一九九八年所举办的奥斯卡十四项提名,并一举囊括十一项大奖 ,由詹姆斯喀麦隆(James Cameron)所执导,他同时也是《异形》
★ Alien (1986)、《魔鬼终结者》The Terminator (1984)及其续集,还有《真实谎言》True Lies (1994)等片的导演
★ prejudice (n.) 偏见
★ director (n.) 导演
★ perfect a.完美的
参考译文
杰森:我来跟你说说动作片好在哪里。动作片的特效超棒!
莎莉:不过都很蠢!那不是艺术!
杰森:这只是你个人的偏见。你知道《铁达尼号》的导演是谁吗?
莎莉:当然是詹姆斯•喀麦隆。
杰森:好,那你知道他也是《魔鬼终结者》的导演吗?
莎莉:呃,没有人是完美的!