英语听力精选进阶版 6169
时间：2019-02-13 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力精选进阶版
The Year of the Heavyweights 大腕儿云集的一年
The 62nd Cannes Film Festival opened with an animated 1 movie called Up. This light-hearted and popular Disney movie about an elderly global explorer showcases cutting edge animation 2 techniques but it has been viewed as a surprising choice to open the festival.
2009 is being hailed as the year of the heavyweights. With classic filmmakers such as Coppola, Tarantino, Ang Lee and Von Trier showing films, few expected the festival to kick off with an animated movie.
Up may have been chosen in an attempt to show the broad reach and mass appeal of animation. After all, animated movies have proved to be some of the most popular and best selling in recent times.
This year’s festival appears to have a cross-cultural theme. Asia and Europe are well represented with films such as Looking for Eric, a British movie featuring the French football hero Eric Cantona. Other cross-cultural examples include Map of the Sounds of Tokyo which is a Spanish thriller 3 set in Japan, and a movie about a French chef set in Hong Kong called Vengeance 4.
Asia and Europe also dominate the judging panel for the coveted 5 Palme d’Or for best film. Actress Shu Qi will be one of a six-strong jury who decides which of the twenty nominated feature films merits this prestigious 6 award.
Although there has been much speculation 7 and not a lot of agreement on who will win, one thing is for certain.
The media attention that can be gained from participation 8 in the festival provides enough of a draw for the industry heavyweights – not to mention the typical Cannes glitterati.
So, it looks as though the celebrities 9 and media will still be out in force even though many thought the festival would be lower key than usual due to the current economic climate.
GLOSSARY 词汇表
animated 动画的
light-hearted 轻松的
showcases 展示
cutting edge 前沿的，领新的
hailed as 被誉为
heavyweights 重量级人物
broad reach 触及广博
mass appeal 广泛吸引力
cross-cultural 跨文化的
thriller 惊险影片
dominate 主导
judging panel 评选委员会
coveted 令人垂涎的
jury 评委
merits 值得/应受
speculation 揣测
media attention 媒体的关注
glitterati 影视名流
out in force 兴师动众
lower key 比较低调的
- His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
- We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。
- They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
- The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。
- 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。
- He swore vengeance against the men who murdered his father.他发誓要向那些杀害他父亲的人报仇。
- For years he brooded vengeance.多年来他一直在盘算报仇。
- He had long coveted the chance to work with a famous musician. 他一直渴望有机会与著名音乐家一起工作。
- Ther other boys coveted his new bat. 其他的男孩都想得到他的新球棒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
- You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。
- Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
- There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。
- Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
- The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。
- He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
- a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目