爆笑英语口语 第59期:和美国人看电影必知(1)
时间：2018-12-26 作者：英语课 分类：爆笑英语口语
英语课
Language Points
“I have a hard time understanding the dialogue without subtitles 1.”
“Although the premise 2 was intriguing 3, the plot was complex and a little hard to follow.”
“The completely implausible twist at the end ruined it.”
“It’s the feel-good movie of the year – I found it very touching 4.”
“My boyfriend thought it was hilarious 5, but I thought they went a little overboard with the potty humor.”
“To be honest, I liked the remake better than the original – the cast was much stronger.”
1 subtitles
n.说明字幕，印在外国影片上的对白翻译字幕，译文对白字幕；小标题，副标题( subtitle的名词复数 )；（电影的）字幕
- subtitles for the deaf and the hard of hearing 为耳聋和听力不佳者打出的字幕
- a Polish film with English subtitles 附有英语字幕的波兰影片
2 premise
n.前提；v.提论，预述
- Let me premise my argument with a bit of history.让我引述一些史实作为我立论的前提。
- We can deduce a conclusion from the premise.我们可以从这个前提推出结论。
3 intriguing
adj.有趣的；迷人的v.搞阴谋诡计(intrigue的现在分词)；激起…的好奇心
- These discoveries raise intriguing questions. 这些发现带来了非常有趣的问题。
- It all sounds very intriguing. 这些听起来都很有趣。 来自《简明英汉词典》