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Part 4 Movie Buffs 電影迷
Dialogue Script 1 對話原文 1
Ann: What's your favorite movie of all time?
Peter: That's a good question! I don't know. Maybe "Forrest Gump"?
Ann: Why "Forrest Gump"?
Peter: Because I like Tom Hanks, and I thought it had a lot of clever tie-ins. It was like a photo album of the country during the last 30 years.
Ann: That was a good show. Okay. Here's a little bit of movie trivia for you: what movie is the top-grossing film of all time? Peter: Oh, that's easy. " Jurassic Park". It's the only film that has grossed over a billion dollars in history.
Ann: That's true. But when a film's gross is adjusted for inflation, the highest-grossing film is "Gone With the Wind". Okay, which director has 7 of the top 40 highest-grossing films of all time?
Peter: A piece of cake. Steven Spielberg. Give me something challenging!
Ann: All right. What was Dustin Hoffman's debut movie?
Peter: The Graduate.
Ann: What year did it come out?
Peter: Oh, I don't know. 1970?
Ann: Wrong, 1968.
Peter: Okay, give me another question, then.
Ann: Which actress has the most nominations for the academy awards?
Peter: I have no idea.
Ann: Katherine Hepburn. She was nominated 12 times and won 3 times.
Peter: Okay, that's enough. My turn. First of all, what's your favorite scary movie?
Ann: Eh, it's gotta be "Psycho". I love that shower scene.
Peter: All right. What was the most popular Robert Redford and Paul Newman film?
Ann: "The Sting".
Peter: You're pretty good. Try this one. Which year was the first in-flight movie?
Ann: 1955?
Peter: Wrong. 1926. The movie "The Lost World" was shown on Imperial Airways from London to Paris on April 16, 1926.
Ann: The first in-light movie was 70 years ago? That blows me away. I guess I'm not such a great movie after all.
講解：
1. 對話中，Ann和 Peter在互相提問，看看誰才是真正的電影迷。電影迷就是movie buff，buff表示“狂熱愛好者”。
2. Ann的第一個問題是，What's your favorite movie of all time? 有史以來你最喜歡哪部電影？of all time，表示“古往今來”，也可以說成of all ages.
3. Peter回答I don't know. Maybe "Forrest Gump "，我不知道，也許是《阿甘正傳》。這部電影大家熟悉得不能再熟悉了，是由Tom Hanks主演的，他憑此片獲得了1995年奧斯卡最佳男演員獎，之前他憑借影片Philadelphia《費城故事》獲得了1994年奧斯卡最佳男演員獎。
4. 為什么會是 Forrest Gump 呢？不僅是因為Peter是Tom Hanks的影迷，還因為在影片中有很多巧妙地相互關聯的場景，也就是a lot of clever tie-ins，tie-ins表示“相互關聯的事物”。整部影片就像是一本關于過去30年美國社會變遷的相冊。
5. Ann也同意《阿甘正傳》是一部好電影。That was a good show. show這個詞呢可以表示“表演，演出，作表演或進行展覽”。那么be on show就是某場演出或電影正在上演。接著Ann又問了第二個問題，movie trivia，這里是指一些關于電影的瑣碎的知識，也就是電影知識點滴。
6. Ann問what movie is the top-grossing film of all time? 有史以來票房收入最高的電影是哪一部？gross表示“總額，毛利”，就是沒有扣除成本之前的總利潤，我們平常說的GDP，gross domestic product 就是指“國內生產總值”。另外，gross做形容詞還可以表示“粗俗的，令人作嘔的”，例如：Those noodles look gross. 那些面條看起來真讓人惡心。
7. Peter回答說是《侏羅紀公園》，是歷史上唯一一部票房總收入達到10億美元的電影。但是如果考慮通貨膨脹，貨幣貶值的因素，票房收入最高的電影應該是 “Gone With the Wind”，也就是《亂世佳人》。when a film's gross is adjusted for inflation，就是考慮通貨膨脹的因素。
8. Ann的第三個問題是which director has 7 of the top 40 highest-grossing films of all time? 誰是有史以來票房收入最高的40部電影中7部電影的導演？就是Steven Spielberg，他也是人盡皆知的大導演。
9.Peter覺得這些問題還不過癮，想再來點有挑戰性的，Ann就又給他出了一個問題，What was Dustin Hoffman's debut movie? Dustin Hoffman的第一部電影是什么？debut表示“首演，首次露面”，這個詞的讀音比較特殊。
10. Dustin Hoffman的第一部電影是The Graduate，《畢業生》，是在1968年拍攝的。Ann的下一個問題是Which actress has the most nominations for the academy awards? 哪個女演員獲得的奧斯卡獎提名最多？答案是Katherine Hepburn, 她獲得12次提名，并獲得3次奧斯卡獎。
11. 現在輪到Peter來提問了。他問Ann的第一個問題是what's your favorite scary movie?你最喜歡的恐怖電影是哪一部？scary movie，恐怖片，也可以說成thriller. Ann 回答說是“Psycho”中文翻譯是《精神病患者》。
12. Peter的下一個問題是What was the most popular Robert Redford and Paul Newman film? Robert Redford 和 Paul Newman最有名的電影是哪一部？是“The Sting”，中文翻譯是《刺》。感興趣的朋友可以找來電影看一看。
13. 看來Ann知道的還真不少，Peter又給她出了一個難題，Which year was the first in-flight movie? 第一部空中電影是在哪一年出現的？這下還真的把Ann難住了，答案是在1926年的時候一部叫做《失去的世界》的電影在倫敦飛往巴黎的“皇家飛機”上首次放映。
Dialogue Script 2 對話原文 2
Clerk: Welcome to BSC Cinema. Would you like to purchase a movie ticket?
Brian: Umm...I want to know when "Touch of Madness" is showing.
Clerk: There are 5 showings today, one at noon, and then 2pm, 5pm, 8pm, and 11pm. On the weekend, besides these 5 showings, there is another showing starting at midnight.
Brian: I'm sorry, could you tell me the show times for today again?
Clerk: There are 5 showings today, one at noon, and then 2pm, 5pm, 8pm, and 11pm.
Brian: OK, I want 6 tickets for the 11 pm showing tonight. Are there still 6 tickets available that are seated together?
Clerk: I'm sorry, there are only 3 tickets left. How about the 8 pm showing? There are still 10 tickets left for that show.
Brian: But I have a friend who doesn't get off work till 8 pm, so he won't make the beginning of the movie.
Clerk: Well, I think it should be OK if he misses the first ten minutes.
Brian: He works about an hour's drive from here, so he'll never be able to make it in time.
Clerk: So would you like to see another movie?
Brian: No, we all want to see this one. Is there any way that we could buy tickets now for tomorrow's screenings?
Clerk: Yes, you can order tickets right now for tomorrow. What time would you like for tomorrow?
Brian: Tomorrow is Friday, so I think there might be more people who want to see the movie. How many tickets can I buy at one time?
Clerk: The limit for advanced tickets is ten.
Brian: OK, I'll have 10 tickets for the midnight showing of "Touch of Madness" tomorrow. By the way, when can I pick up the tickets?
Clerk: You can have them right now if you pay for them.
Brian: Oh, that's right. Here's the money.
Clerk: Here are your tickets. Enjoy the show tomorrow.
Famous Movie Companies in the U.S.A. 美國著名電影公司
環球影片公司(Universal Picture Co.)
The Universal name is synonymous with some of the greatest filmed entertainment ever made. Its heritage spans more than 90 years of filmmaking history, coinciding with the earliest days of Hollywood. Today, Universal is recognized as a multi-faceted entertainment company and industry leader.
In April 2002, Universal Studios and USA Networks, Inc. combined strengths to create Vivendi UNIVERSAL Entertainment (VUE), the U.S.-based film, television and recreation entity of Vivendi Universal, a global media and communications company. In addition to its premier film and television operations, VUE also includes world-renowned theme parks; a major production studio; a vast library of films and television titles; and a global distribution operation that extends to all existing and emerging platforms, including branded television channels, the Internet, DVD and video-on-demand.
President and Chief Operating Officer Ron Meyer is leading an aggressive, long-term strategy to maximize the value of Universal's motion picture and television properties by creating franchises with long term branding opportunities across all of Universal's businesses. He heads a strong management team comprised of the industry's top executives, who attract and nurture the creative community's best talent.
For more than 90 years, Universal Studios has been bringing unique entertainment experiences to millions of people around the world. We do this through our motion pictures and home videos, theme parks and attractions, television networks and programming, and much more. We are in the business of thrills and chills as well as tears and laughter -- of inspiring wonder and ultimately transforming moments into lasting memories.
Universal Studios has broadened its reach as one of the leading entertainment companies in the world. The Universal global brand has come to stand for the finest in exciting, exhilarating entertainment.
電影制片公司。1912年美國獨立電影公司的老板C.萊默爾把他的公司和N.鮑爾斯等六七家小電影公司合并，組成環球影片公司，在30—40年代成為美國電影業的8家大公司之一。
萊默爾于1914年在好萊塢北面建起了攝影棚和供拍外景用的場地，命名為環球城。1915年3月環球城正式啟用；當年生產影片250部。30-40年代生產了大量低成本影片，其中大多是西部片、音樂片、恐怖片和滑稽片。如B.卡洛夫主演的恐怖片，D.竇萍主演的音樂片，B.阿博和L.卡斯特洛主演的滑稽片，都有很高的票房價值，贏利頗豐。在它的產品中，象《西線無戰事》(1930)那樣的嚴肅作品極少。1946年環球公司和國際影片公司合并為環球國際公司。1952年德卡唱片公司購得了環球國際公司的大部分股票之后，恢復了舊名。以后該公司又歸美國音樂公司(MGA)所有，直到80年代。50年代一改過去大量攝制低成本片的做法，采取少拍片以提高技術質量的方針。同時采用資助獨立制片人拍攝影片的方法，其中不乏成功之作，如《斯巴達克斯》(1960)。60年代，公司集中全力提供電視片和供電視放映的影片。同時還把環球城作為好萊塢的一個旅游中心向旅游者開放而利潤倍增。70 年代攝制了頗有影響的《美國風情畫》(1973)以及該公司歷史上獲利最多的娛樂影片《大白鯊》(1975)。
派拉蒙影業公司 (Paramount Pictures, Inc.)
Paramount's lineage dates back to 1912 when Adolph Zukor, the owner of a New York nickelodeon, secured American distribution rights to Sarah Bernhart's four-reel film, Queen Elizabeth. The film's triumphant opening on July 12, 1912 as the first full-length drama shown in the United States prompted Zukor to found the Famous Players Film Company. Famous Players began to produce movies in New York, beginning with The Prisoner of Zenda and The Count of Monte Cristo. A year later Zukor invested in a film distribution company named Paramount Pictures.
June 28, 1916 marked a turning point in Paramount's history. The Jesse L. Lasky Company, which was producing films in Hollywood, California, merged with Famous Players to form the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. The corporation consolidated its production and distribution divisions, and audiences began seeing "Paramount Pictures." Zukor and Lasky then constructed a vast new studio on Marathon Street in Hollywood, which the company has occupied since 1926.
Paramount's early artists included directors Cecil B. DeMille and William S. Hart, and stars Mary Pickford, Rudolf Valentino and Clara Bow. Wings, the studio's 1928 release, received the very first Academy Award? for Best Picture from the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
A few of Paramount's memorable post-World War II films include The Ten Commandments, White Christmas, Shane, Psycho, Romeo and Juliet, True Grit, The Godfather films, Ordinary People, Reds, Terms of Endearment, Saturday Night Fever, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Beverly Hills Cop, Ghost, The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, the Star Trek movies, Indecent Proposal, Forrest Gump, Braveheart, Mission Impossible and Titanic. Many of these titles are available rom Paramount Home Entertainment. Please check our online catalog.
Gulf+Western Industries, Inc. acquired control of Paramount on March 24, 1966. The corporation turned its interest toward the new entertainment division, and on June 5, 1989, G+W was renamed Paramount Communications Inc. On March 11, 1994, Paramount merged with Viacom Inc, under the leadership of Sumner Redstone, chairman of the board and chief executive officer. Sherry Lansing is chairman, Paramount Motion Picture Group. Today, Paramount Pictures, together with Paramount Television, CBS Television, Simon & Schuster Publishing, MTV Networks, Showtime Networks, Infinity, BET, UPN, Paramount Parks and Blockbuster Entertainment comprise the entertainment leader, Viacom Inc.
Paramount Pictures is the only major motion picture studio located in Hollywood. It is an expansive, self-contained state-of-the-art production center and business community.
A.楚柯爾在1912年創立名演員公司，J.L.拉斯基于1913年建立杰西.拉斯基故事片公司。1916年上述兩家制片公司合并成立名演員—拉斯基公司。次年，新公司兼并了12家制片公司；以后再把派拉蒙影片發行公司也并了過來，遂于1927年改名為派拉蒙—名演員—拉斯基公司。1930年又兼并了擁有多家影院的帕布利克斯公司，再改公司名為派拉蒙帕布利克斯，逐步發展成為好萊塢的大公司。1930年公司由于領導層的矛盾與經營不善被紐約聯邦地區法院宣布破產，1935年重新組織成立了派拉蒙影業公司。新公司生產了一系列由 M.魏斯特、B.克羅斯貝、B.霍甫、D.拉摩、G.古柏和 C.考爾白等人主演的賺錢影片而再次興起。當時公司的導演有J.von斯登堡，E.劉別謙和R.馬莫里安等。公司在40年代發掘吸收了不少新人，如A.萊德、V.萊克、B.蘭開斯特、K.道格拉斯等人。導演有B.懷爾德、P.斯特吉斯。公司在40年代最賺錢的影片是《與我同行》。50—60年代，派拉蒙和其他大公司一樣受到美國影業蕭條的打擊，影片產量下降，收入減少。1966年石油資本集團購買了派拉蒙，使其成為海灣與西方石油公司的一家子公司。隨著70年代美國電影業的復興，派拉蒙攝制了《教父》(一、二集)、《油脂》、《周末狂歡》等票房價值很高的影片，公司逐年有盈余，并于1978年達到了創紀錄的數字。
