Action English 動感英語   35

Movie dictionary 電影詞典

wide screen 寬銀幕  16：9 =letter box ；Tv screen 電視屏幕 4：3

American slang 美國俚語

You could have shut me down （片中）

shut sb down  ,  shut down 打敗means defeat ； shut sth down 關閉 means close or stop

例：Jane is a very good chess player , so she shut me down easily

       That company was doing illegal things so the police shut it down

Classic film clips 經典對白

（1）       You're missing the bigger picture （片中） 

（2）bigger picture 全局考慮  means the full truth of a situation

if someone understands "the bigger picture " he understands the complexity and the real truth behind a situation.

例：Well , it may seem that Bill make a big mistake by quitting the job, but if you look at the bigger picture ,you will see that guy made a good decision.

      You might think, I spent too much money, but if you look at the bigger picture ,you will see that I made a good investment .

（2）That's the spirit 好樣的

例：In the past , you never studied , now you study all the time , that's the spirit.

      Hey, now you are working really hard, that's the spirit

Movie Tunes 原聲碟

Singing the Rain   I'm singing in the rain   just singing in the rain  what a glorious feeling

we're happy again   we'll walk down the lane  with a happy refrain  just sing

just sing in the rain