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英语课

By Penelope Poulou
Washington
31 October 2009


 
Michael Jackson in the new movie "This is It"
Four months after Michael Jackson's sudden death, a film on his final days has opened around the globe. The movie called "This Is It" will play for two weeks only but may be extended.


The film, part documentary part musical concert, is based on Jackson's rehearsals 1 for his London stage performances. They were scheduled for July but cancelled because of his untimely death.


Director, producer Kenny Ortega stitched together the 2-hour film from 120 hours of behind the scenes footage. "This is like a little backstage pass, a private peak into a creative process of a great genius," he says.


Jackson is electrifying 2. His moves are sharp. His musical sensibility flawless. His rhythm is so precise he's like a metronome.


Jackson was plagued by scandal, debt and rumors 3 of failing health, and many questioned whether he could pull off a grand comeback.


But according to Ortega, Jackson envisioned his concerts as his crowning achievement, the spectacle to end all spectacles. "We had new technology with video, costuming, lighting 4 with sound, with pyrotechnics. I came to know very quickly that Michael liked things hotter, bigger, louder," he says.


The film shows Jackson in top shape. Immersed in his work, he was the creative spirit behind a supercharged production showcasing the hits of a lifetime.


People waited in line for hours, in the rain, outside a Washington DC movie theater, hoping for tickets to the only screening before the sold-out premiere.


They were not disappointed.


On its opening day worldwide, the film topped the box office, raking in $66.6 million. But it's not only about money. The movie reaffirms Jackson's genius and gives a glimpse of his comeback, had there been one. Fan or no fan, one leaves the theater heartbroken at the loss.



n.练习( rehearsal的名词复数 );排练;复述;重复
  • The earlier protests had just been dress rehearsals for full-scale revolution. 早期的抗议仅仅是大革命开始前的预演。
  • She worked like a demon all through rehearsals. 她每次排演时始终精力过人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.使电气化( electrify的现在分词 );使兴奋
  • The dancers gave an electrifying performance. 舞蹈演员们的表演激动人心。
  • The national orchestra gave an electrifying performance of classic music. 国家交响乐团举行了一次古典音乐的震撼性演出。 来自辞典例句
n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 );[古]名誉;咕哝;[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 );[古]名誉;咕哝;[古]喧嚷
  • Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光
  • The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
  • The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。
学英语单词
'side
a big gun
Actinidia coriacea
alpine glow
alternative depth
apanaged
argon-potassium method
base item
basic set of solutions
Basle Concordat
carrying a torch for
cascade-connected
caspian berring
centrifugal effect
chewing tablets
chinese classics
circular hank washing machine
circumvection
constant bitrate coded video
coulant
dark-current pulse
depieces
developt
dispersed-powder magnetic tape
drill motor rotor vane
earnhardts
ektokonchion
elastomeric resin-fire coated bulkhead
encrown
exclusive selling rights
expand the line of credit
fast path potential transaction
ferdinand de saussures
fluidity test bar piece
French lilac
gap-lathe
glaucophane-schist facies
grain merchants
ground glass joint
hajjah
harddened circuit
Hardware Compatibility List
imperfect well
interpolation
ion channel switching immunosensor
ironflavoprotein
isotopic age
isotopically substituted compound
kinetic energy thickness
leakage recycling
light-movable tail
love slaves
Mafungabusi Plat.
Mahlwinkel
microbit drilling rig
moralists
multilaminar
muscular inclinator
Mycophyta
negotiation bank
non intercommunicating pore
nonmusician
offset item
old style auditing
omnifocal lens
orbit injection accuracy
oversheet
paidnosology
permissible compression stress
permissible heated grain temperature
propelling force
pseudoracemate
psychic science
quantity of shipments
rational actor
readvised
rubber insulated copper wire
Sayersville
shielded electric machine
shipboard ice navigation support system
spinuss
straight pack
teleeducation
throat-cuttings
tokenize
travelling ticket collector
twitch games
unilateral pulmonary agenesis
unrs
V jewel
variation of parameter method
vasco nunez de balboas
verflex
vertically anchored platform
watch keeper
water resisting
waterproof sheet
wood arch
written invitation
X-ray technology
z.f.
zone-melt