英语听力文摘 English Digest 29、长江七号
时间：2019-01-26 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力文摘 English Digest
Hong Kong comedian 1 Stephen Chow has been a major player in the area's film industry for almost two decades, but it wasn't until 2001's "Shaolin Soccer" followed by 2004's "Kung Fu Hustle 2" that Chow really rocketed to the stratosphere, where he currently presides over Chinese-language cinema like a heavenly king. Those two pictures, which Chow starred in, produced, co-wrote and directed, featured fancy computer-generated effects and Chow in the lead as a loveable loser who gets his moment of glory.
The filmmaker's latest underdog tale, "CJ7," is a combination of drama, science fiction, parody 3 and romance. Chow, wearing rags and long hair streaked 4 with gray, plays Mr. Chow, who lives with his preadolescent son Dicky (Xu Jiao). The two live in a dump that doesn't come with air-conditioning, a TV or even a door. Their only entertainment seems to be competing with each other to see who can kill the most cockroaches 5.
At work, Chow suffers abuse from his coworkers. At school, Dicky is subjected to harassment 6 by his classmates and teachers. Only sexy teacher Miss Yuen (Kitty Zhang) takes an interest in the boy's welfare.
Things change with the arrival of CJ7, an alien the size of a small dog. It possesses magical abilities that are never exactly specified 7, but eventually CJ7 helps Chow and Dicky find a bit of redemption in their squalid lives.
major player 重量级人物
to rocket to the stratosphere 大为走红；声名大噪
to preside (v.) 主宰；主导
fancy (adj.) 华丽的；精緻的
underdog (n.) 居劣势者；失败者
dump (n.) 场地；垃圾场
air-conditioning 冷气；空调
to take an interest in 对…感兴趣；在乎
to specify (v.) 详细陈述；列举
squalid (adj.) 肮髒的；悲惨的
- The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
- The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。
- It seems that he enjoys the hustle and bustle of life in the big city.看起来他似乎很喜欢大城市的热闹繁忙的生活。
- I had to hustle through the crowded street.我不得不挤过拥挤的街道。
- The parody was just a form of teasing.那个拙劣的模仿只是一种揶揄。
- North Korea looks like a grotesque parody of Mao's centrally controlled China,precisely the sort of system that Beijing has left behind.朝鲜看上去像是毛时代中央集权的中国的怪诞模仿，其体制恰恰是北京方面已经抛弃的。
- The children streaked off as fast as they could. 孩子们拔脚飞跑 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- His face was pale and streaked with dirt. 他脸色苍白，脸上有一道道的污痕。 来自辞典例句
- At night, the cockroaches filled the house with their rustlings. 夜里，屋里尽是蟑螂窸窸瑟瑟的声音。 来自辞典例句
- It loves cockroaches, and can keep a house clear of these hated insects. 它们好食蟑螂，可以使住宅免除这些讨厌昆虫的骚扰。 来自百科语句
- She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
- The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。