英语听力精选进阶版 6218
时间：2019-02-21 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力精选进阶版
Hollywood Studio in Crisis 好莱坞制片厂陷入危机
Sam Worthington, the lead actor in the worldwide hit Avatar, is being tipped as the next James Bond.
The bookies' favourite, born in the UK but raised in Australia, has recently achieved phenomenal success with the 3D sci-fi epic 1 Avatar which is the highest-grossing movie ever and recently became the fastest-selling Blu-ray and DVD of all time, in North America.
Speculation 2 over a Bond replacement 3 started after it was revealed that the 23rd 007 movie had been put on hold indefinitely. Producers announced the suspension of the film due to the uncertain future of the movie studio MGM.
Bond producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli 4 said, "Due to the continuing uncertainty 5 surrounding the future development of MGM and the failure to close a sale of the studio, we have suspended development on Bond 23 indefinitely".
Previous hiatuses in production of the iconic movies have resulted in the lead actor being replaced. A six-year gap between the filming of the 1989 film License 6 to Kill and the 1995 film GoldenEye saw Pierce Brosnan take over the role from Timothy Dalton.
The current James Bond, Daniel Craig, took over the role from Brosnan between the production of the 2002 movie Die Another Day and the 2006 film Casino Royale. Work on the new James Bond film started in 2008 and a release was expected in 2011 or 2012.
Despite the speculation of a replacement, Daniel Craig seems eager still to be involved in the film saying he has "every confidence" in the decision and is looking forward to production starting again.
The James Bond franchise 7 is one of the longest-running in film history and Mark Batey of the Film Distributors' Association says they are "the backbone 8 of British Cinema".
He added that not having the film in next year's release schedule "does raise eyebrows 9" but he said he was "very optimistic Bond will be back".
Glossary 词汇表
being tipped as 被认为
bookies' favourite 赌注者的最爱
phenomenal success 非凡成就
epic 电影
highest-grossing 票房之冠
speculation 猜测
put on hold 延期
indefinitely 不确定的，无限期的
close a sale 出售
suspended development 暂停开发
hiatuses 中断
iconic 标志性的
lead actor 男主角
take over the role 接演
every confidence 百分百的把握
franchise 系列
Film Distributors' Association 电影发行商协会
backbone of British Cinema 英国电影的中梁脊柱
does raise eyebrows 肯定会使人惊讶
optimistic 乐观的
- 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。
- 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。
- We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
- They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。
- She grew all the broccoli plants from seed.这些花椰菜都是她用种子培育出来的。
- They think broccoli is only green and cauliflower is only white.他们认为西兰花只有绿色的，而菜花都是白色的。
- Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
- After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。
- The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
- The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。
- Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
- The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。
- The Chinese people have backbone.中国人民有骨气。
- The backbone is an articulate structure.脊椎骨是一种关节相连的结构。