时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2006


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1. "The Chronicles of Narnia" snatch the box office crown from "King Kong" during another fierce four-day holiday battle for the top spot. Less than 2 million dollars separated "Kong" and "Narnia" each of the past two weekends.

2. Powerhouse tours by the Rolling Stones U2 and Paul McCartney help drive concert ticket revenues in North America to a record 3.1 billion dollars in 2005 even as the number of tickets sold declined for the 3rd year in a row.

3. And Johnny Depp top the most-searched names on the internet movie site IMDb.com. Depp's biography and filmography were the highest-sought pages on the site, beating both Angelina Julie and Brad Pitt who were close behind.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. chronicle
2 chronicle chronicles
A chronicle is an account or record of a series of events.
...this vast chronicle of Napoleonic times.
N-COUNT: usu N of n

2. snatch
4 snatch snatches snatching snatched
If you snatch victory in a competition, you defeat your opponent by a small amount or just before the end of the contest.
The American came from behind to snatch victory by a mere 1 eight seconds.
Chesterfield snatched a third goal.
VB

3. box office
2 box office
When people talk about the box office, they are referring to the degree of success of a film or play in terms of the number of people who go to watch it or the amount of money it makes.
The film has taken s180 million at the box office.
The film was a huge box-office success.
N-SING: usu the N, N n also box-office.

4. filmography

Writings about movies.
电影剧本:关于电影的著述



adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
  • That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
  • It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
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ata
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special form of commodity exchange
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ST_easy-and-difficult_causing-difficulties-for-oneself-or-others
strain energy of dilation
Suruga-wan
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vision with both driver and object moving
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