2019.4.11 流利阅读～Why so many of the protagonists in horror films are mothers？

1.protagonists n.主角；主演

horror n.恐怖

horror flicks 恐怖片

2.flicks v/n.轻弹；弹开

sensationalist tendencies 耸人听闻的趋向

interrogated （询问）expectations of motherhood

拷问着对母亲的憧憬。

3.Pregnancy n.怀孕

gory （adj.血淋淋的；残酷的）trauma（n.创伤）血淋淋的创伤

casting them as villains（n.恶棍；反派）.把他们塑造成反派角色。

ambivalent adj.矛盾的

unsayable adj.不可说的

4.formidable adj.令人敬畏的

undermine v.破坏

nuanced adj.微妙的