VOA标准英语2010年-Angelina Jolie Adds Spice to 'Salt'
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(七)月
Angelina Jolie stars as Evelyn Salt in Columbia Pictures' contemporary action thriller 1 'Salt.'
Phillip Noyce's highly anticipated spy thriller, "Salt," offers double the entertainment: adrenaline-pumping scenes and uber-celebrity Angelina Jolie.
The synergy between movie genre 3 and daredevil actress is seamless, translating this movie into a box office success. On its opening weekend, the film grossed $36.5 million.
When CIA operative Evelyn Salt is declared a Russian spy by Russian defector Orlov, she goes underground. Years of training and dangerous missions have equipped her to outrun and outsmart the best.
But why is Salt running? Is she going to assassinate 4 the Russian president who's visiting New York City? Or is she determined 5 to uncover the truth behind an assassination 6 plot and exonerate 7 herself?
Is she a sleeper 8 Russian spy, one who has spent a lifetime in the United States waiting to fulfill 9 her mission?
Salt doesn't say much and her expression doesn't give away her intentions.
Neither the CIA nor the FBI can stop her in her tracks.
The more Salt runs, the more the plot reveals a mission far more sinister 10 than an assassination. Ultimately, like in many spy films, the end is predictable. There are only so many sides a spy may take. But the action scenes develop deftly 11 and decisively, keeping viewers guessing as to what will happen next.
Liev Schreiber plays CIA agent Ted 2 Winter, Salt's partner, who's mystified by her behavior.
But the film's main attraction is Jolie. The actress is no stranger to action films and she has her own signature in fight sequences and stunts 13.
"I've worked with the same stunt 12 team for 10 years and they've become my family," says the actress. "So I think they get more nervous. When I am climbing out the window to climb on a ledge 14, the first ones go, 'Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait!' I know that they are going to extra check my harness. They are going to check my safety rig and if they say you can go off that bridge, I'll trust them that it's okay."
Jolie also brings gravitas to this movie. Originally intended for a man, the role of Salt went to Jolie, who infuses the super spy with feminine menace. She is beautiful but not sexual, almost androgynous. Her moves are unfailing, her focus single-minded.
Phillip Noyce's expert hand is clearly behind the camera. The action scenes are reminiscent of Cold War-era spy movies with classic fistfights and kicks, thrilling and unpretentious. There's no space for empathy, sensitivity or forgiveness.
This shoot-to-kill summer flick 15 takes no prisoners.
- He began by writing a thriller.That book sold a million copies.他是写惊险小说起家的。那本书卖了一百万册。
- I always take a thriller to read on the train.我乘火车时，总带一本惊险小说看。
- The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
- She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
- My favorite music genre is blues.我最喜欢的音乐种类是布鲁斯音乐。
- Superficially,this Shakespeare's work seems to fit into the same genre.从表面上看， 莎士比亚的这个剧本似乎属于同一类型。
- The police exposed a criminal plot to assassinate the president.警方侦破了一个行刺总统的阴谋。
- A plot to assassinate the banker has been uncovered by the police.暗杀银行家的密谋被警方侦破了。
- I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
- He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
- The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
- Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。
- Nothing can exonerate her from that.任何解释都难辞其咎。
- There is no reason to exonerate him from the ordinary duties of a citizen.没有理由免除他做公民应尽的义务。
- I usually go up to London on the sleeper. 我一般都乘卧车去伦敦。
- But first he explained that he was a very heavy sleeper. 但首先他解释说自己睡觉很沉。
- If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了，你就要履行你的诺言。
- This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。
- There is something sinister at the back of that series of crimes.在这一系列罪行背后有险恶的阴谋。
- Their proposals are all worthless and designed out of sinister motives.他们的建议不仅一钱不值，而且包藏祸心。
- He deftly folded the typed sheets and replaced them in the envelope. 他灵巧地将打有字的纸折好重新放回信封。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- At last he had a clew to her interest, and followed it deftly. 这一下终于让他发现了她的兴趣所在，于是他熟练地继续谈这个话题。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- Lack of the right food may stunt growth.缺乏适当的食物会阻碍发育。
- Right up there is where the big stunt is taking place.那边将会有惊人的表演。
- He did all his own stunts. 所有特技都是他自己演的。
- The plane did a few stunts before landing. 飞机着陆前做了一些特技。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They paid out the line to lower him to the ledge.他们放出绳子使他降到那块岩石的突出部分。
- Suddenly he struck his toe on a rocky ledge and fell.突然他的脚趾绊在一块突出的岩石上，摔倒了。