时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2015年ESL之商务英语


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《教父》是派拉蒙影业公司出品的一部黑帮题材的电影,改编自马里奥·普佐的同名小说,由弗朗西斯·福特·科波拉执导,马龙·白兰度、阿尔·帕西诺等主演。影片于1972年在美国上映。该片讲述了以维托·唐·科莱昂为首的黑帮家族的发展过程以及科莱昂的小儿子迈克如何接任父亲成为黑帮首领的故事。1973年这部电影获得了第45届奥斯卡奖最佳电影、最佳男主角、最佳改编剧本三项奖项;此外还获得了第30届美国金球奖最佳电影奖、最佳导演等奖项。2007年美国电影协会评选了“百年百佳影片”,《教父》排名第二。 


The Godfather is a 1972 American epic 1 crime film directed by Francis Ford 2 Coppola and produced by Albert S. Ruddy. The screenplay by Mario Puzo and Coppola was based on Puzo's 1969 novel of the same name. The film stars Marlon Brando and Al Pacino as the leaders of a powerful New York crime family. The story spans the years 1945 to 1955 and centers on the rise of Michael Corleone (Pacino) from a shy family outsider to a ruthless Mafia boss. It also reports the experiences of the Corleone family under the patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando). Everyone who sees it remembers the scene with the horse's head in the bed. The film cost $6.5 million and grossed $268,500,000 at the box office.


 


The Godfather is widely regarded as one of the greatest films in world cinema. It is also considered to be one of the most influential 3, especially in the gangster 4 genre 5. It is ranked as the second greatest film in American cinema (behind Citizen Kane) by the American Film Institute, and was selected for preservation 6 in the United States National Film Registry in 1990 for being "culturally significant." The film's success spawned 7 two sequels: The Godfather Part II in 1974, and The Godfather Part III in 1990. It won three Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor (for Brando) and in the category Best Adapted Screenplay for Puzo and Coppola. The film was released in English and Sicilian. It has a running time of 175 minutes.


 



1 epic
n.史诗,叙事诗;adj.史诗般的,壮丽的
  • I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗,而写了这个小故事。
  • They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。
2 Ford
n.浅滩,水浅可涉处;v.涉水,涉过
  • They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上,所以我们只能涉水过河。
  • If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪,必须极度小心。
3 influential
adj.有影响的,有权势的
  • He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
  • He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。
4 gangster
n.匪徒,歹徒,暴徒
  • The gangster's friends bought off the police witness.那匪徒的朋友买通了警察方面的证人。
  • He is obviously a gangster,but he pretends to be a saint.分明是强盗,却要装圣贤。
5 genre
n.(文学、艺术等的)类型,体裁,风格
  • 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。
6 preservation
n.保护,维护,保存,保留,保持
  • The police are responsible for the preservation of law and order.警察负责维持法律与秩序。
  • The picture is in an excellent state of preservation.这幅画保存得极为完好。
7 spawned
(鱼、蛙等)大量产(卵)( spawn的过去式和过去分词 ); 大量生产
  • The band's album spawned a string of hit singles. 这支乐队的专辑繁衍出一连串走红的单曲唱片。
  • The computer industry has spawned a lot of new companies. 由于电脑工业的发展,许多新公司纷纷成立。
学英语单词
anglaises
antioxidising
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd)
bag of nails
bernsen
blabbish
book of store balance
boxwood calliper rule
broadgates
Cape primrose
cerilla
characteristic coordinates
closed graph
cloudy crystal ball model
communicating arteries
complete abortion
cone-bract
copper(ii) arsenide
cunge
cwhb
czambrano
declamations
DEW radar
dibromophenyl-propionic acid
document searching system
drilling pillar
electrofacing
factory-floor
family Droseraceae
fight dynamics equation
finger cutter
gingle
halewood
half-rod
helgeland
highgloss finish
hyperdeformations
ice shell plating
ignition advance angle
image format
immune-deficient
Indian Ocean Equatorial current
infrahuman
integrated tracking system
inter-club
interim earnings statement
iron stained
jot specification
large guts
local experience
lock-off
log speed
maintenance paint
McBurney's sign
mesocricetuss
metering-out control system
micro alloy technique
multicomputer version
necessary and sufficient condition
non-repeated key
old wine in new bottles
online transaction
pag-
parhelic ring
pentazoles
prime costing
project identification
punctuators
ranunculus chinensis bunge
remote access edition system
resident of fuel
ribose-5-phosphate
ring-oiled sleeve bearing
rolling papers
secondary network
secondary sample
silentio
single supply
siphonaria atrata
solids stress
spitzer-oort hypothesis
stator teeth
stragler
subsp.
tensile stress
the elders
there are no two ways about it
thumb head
thuong
top-roll counterweight balance arrangement
totally isotropic
tree graph
triple doubles
unwarranted proceedings
upswarming
vernier labyrinth gland
vinotherapy
wake surfing
wayto
wittlinger
working capital and reserve fund
Zhllinger-Ellison