本期《卫报》探讨了好莱坞电影人不断拍摄电影续集对于电影行业的影响以及这背后的逻辑和考量。
重点词汇
1.sequel/ˈsiːkwəl/ n. 续集
相关词汇:prequel(n. 前传)
2.revenue/ˈrevənuː/ n. 收入,收益
搭配短语:national revenue
搭配短语:enterprise revenue
3.gross/ɡroʊs/ v. 总共收入
词性拓展:gross(adj. 总共的)
gross (adj.) 搭配短语:gross revenue
相关词汇:grossing
3.reliability/rɪˌlaɪəˈbɪləti/ n. 可靠,可靠性
相关词汇:reliable(adj. 可靠的)
例句:My friend has a good reputation for reliability.
搭配短语:the reliability of the news
搭配短语:the reliability of sequels
4.property/ˈprɑːpərti/ n. 财产,所有权
搭配短语:intellectual property(知识产权,著作权)
intellectual property 缩写:IP
5.virtually/ˈvɜːrtʃuəli/ adv. 几乎
近义词:almost/ nearly
例句:I have virtually no time to have a lunch.
6.whet/wet/ v. 引起,刺激(食欲、欲望、兴趣等)
搭配短语:whet sb's appetite
7.preawareness/prɪˈəˈwernəs/ n. 预先意识,预认识
词根词缀:pre-(adj. 预先的)
相关词汇:awareness(n. 意识)
8.juggernaut/ˈdʒʌɡərnɔːt/ n. 不可抗拒的强大力量(或组织)
文化拓展:印地语中的黑天,是印度教中三大神之一的毗湿奴的化身
搭配短语:The once juggernaut drama Game of Thrones
搭配短语:Weixin juggernaut
9.throttle/ˈθrɑːtl/ v. 阻挡;压制;扼杀
词义拓展:掐(喉咙);使窒息
例句:I really want to throttle him.
例句:Sudden rage throttled his capacity to think clearly.
10.imperil/ɪmˈperəl/ v. 危及,使陷入危险
11.flux/flʌks/ n. 不断的变动,不停的变化
例句:They are in flux.
12.bunker/ˈbʌŋkər/ n. 掩体;地堡
13.cut sth. off(用锋利的刀具等)去除,切除,剪去
搭配短语:cut off the fat before frying the steak
14.unsettling/ʌnˈsetlɪŋ/
adj. 令人不安的,使人担忧的
15.repetition/ˌrepəˈtɪʃn/ n. 重复;重做;重说
相关词汇:repeat(v. 重复)
搭配短语:spaced repetition
16.consoling/kənˈsoʊlɪŋ/ adj. 可安慰的,安心的
例句:Sheldon finds it consoling listening to Soft Kitty.
补充词汇知识
endgame n. 最后阶段,最终阶段
cinema n. 电影艺术,电影业
lust n. 强烈的欲望
never 放在句首的倒装句:
Never before has he been so happy.
varied adj. 类型多样的
all-time 7adj. 空前的,创纪录的
暗含转折之意的固定搭配:
more important than/ even more/ above all
scale n. 规模,范围
untried adj. 未曾尝试过的
meet sb.'s demand 满足某人的需求
informed adj. 使了解的
anticipation n. 期待
lifeblood n. 命脉,生命线
the movies 电影院;电影行业
口语表达:Let's go to the movies!
short-term 7adj. 短期的
fix n. (致瘾的东西,尤指毒品的)一次用量
例句:He got himself a fix.
例句:I need a fix of coffee before I can face the day.
long-term health 长期健康
engage with 尽力理解,和…建立关系
retreat v. 撤退
like adj. 相似的
搭配短语:like mind(志趣相投的人)
should modal verb. 可能
look to 寄希望于,指望
big screen 电影屏幕
bedtime story 睡前故事
长难句解析
Instead, we are offered the chance to retreat into thought bunkers with those of like mind, and cut ourselves off from unsettling ideas.
相反,我们和我们的同类,被提供了一个撤退到思想掩体的机会,使自己和舒适圈外的的思想彻底隔绝。
句子的主干是 We are offered the chance to A and B,其中 A 为 retreat into thought bunkers with thouse of like minds,B 为 cut ourselves off from unsettling ideas.。