【英语趣味课堂】印度尼西亚的电影-Indonesian Movie
时间：2018-12-29 作者：英语课 分类：英语趣味课堂
英语课
Daniel: Hey, Vella, how are you?
Vella: I'm good. How are you?
Daniel: I'm well thanks. Just wanted to ask you what's your favorite movie?
Vella: OK, I have one all-time Indonesian favorite movie.
Daniel: Uh, uh.
Vella: And it's called Lima Juanita, Lima Kintai, Lima Macharita.
Daniel: What's, what's the name of it in English?
Vella: In English the translation would be Five Women, Five Love and Five Stories.
Daniel: Uh, uh. What is it about?
Vella: OK, it's basically 1 about five women with different love stories and one of them, her parents died when she was really young.
Daniel: OK.
Vella: She couldn't get a better job so she ended up being a prostitute.
Daniel: That's really sad.
Vella: Yeah, it is and the second one, she, her husband had an affair with her best friend and the third one, she couldn't get a boyfriend all her life. You know, she was really struggling to find the right guy.
Daniel: Uh, uh.
Vella: And I think she was really busy trying, you know, to find the guy that fulfills 2 all her steroes, that she ends up, you know, not finding 3 anyone.
Daniel: Hm, hm.
Vella: And the fourth one, she got married only for eleven months and one day before the anniversary 4 her husband died in a car accident.
Daniel: Oh.
Vella: Yeah, it was a really sad movie but, you know, you learned 5 a lot from it.
Daniel: Yeah, it sounds really, really sad and really depressing 6.
Vella: It is. I cried actually watching it. You know, as a girl I learned a lot from it and, you know, it opened my eyes to, you know, society and how women are, you know, treated and how they experience, you know, love stories.
Daniel: OK. So how did the movie help Indonesian people to the movie? How is, did they like it, did they thought it was like only sad or did everyone thought like, I don't know, we can learn from this?
Vella: Well, I've read this website. They have, you know, many comments on the movie and I think most of the watchers were, you know, female 7 audiences and a lot of them really related 8 well to the movie and they really took it as, you know, a positive.
Daniel: OK. And so it's, all the stories are quite related to Indonesian kind of reality?
Vella: Yeah, pretty much.
Daniel: But, so how's the relation between like Indonesian movie industry and Hollywood movie industry? Which one is bigger?
Vella: Well, I think people in Indonesia are more attracted to Hollywood movie just because they have, you know, better story lines and I think a lot of us are really into, you know, Hollywood actresses and actors.
Daniel: Hm, hm.
Vella: So, you know, they are more interested in watching Hollywood movies.
Daniel: OK.
Vella: Than Indonesian.
Daniel: OK. But the Indonesian industry is still...
Vella: Is still really big, yeah.
Daniel: Really big, OK. OK, thanks.
重点词汇：
Learn Vocabulary from the lesson
all-time favorite
I have one all-time favorite Indonesian movie.
Your 'all-time favorite' of something has been your favorite for as long as you can remember. Notice the following:
What is your all-time favorite place you have visited?
This is my all-time favorite restaurant.
prostitute
She couldn't get a better job, so she ended up being a prostitute.
A 'prostitute' is a man or woman who gets paid for sexual 9 actions. Prostitution is illegal in many countries. Notice the following:
Part of what our volunteer organization does is try to provide education to prostitutes, so they can have a new career.
Many prostitutes hang out in this part of town at night.
depressing
The movie sounds really sad and depressing.
Something 'depressing' is really, really sad. Notice the following:
Can we change the subject? Talking about all of this sad stuff 10 is really depressing.
That is one of the most depressing movies I have ever scene.
related to
Female audiences related really well to the movie.
Here, 'relate to' means that the female audience can understand how the characters in the movie are feeling, because they have had similar situations in their lives. Notice the following:
Mostly women work at that company, because they relate better to the clients 11.
It is hard for me to relate to you right now, because I have never been in a similar situation.
really into
I think a lot of us are really into Hollywood actors and actresses.
If you are 'really into' something, you like it a lot and are interested in it. Notice the following:
She has always been really into cooking.
He has gotten really into exercise during the past year.
Vella: I'm good. How are you?
Daniel: I'm well thanks. Just wanted to ask you what's your favorite movie?
Vella: OK, I have one all-time Indonesian favorite movie.
Daniel: Uh, uh.
Vella: And it's called Lima Juanita, Lima Kintai, Lima Macharita.
Daniel: What's, what's the name of it in English?
Vella: In English the translation would be Five Women, Five Love and Five Stories.
Daniel: Uh, uh. What is it about?
Vella: OK, it's basically 1 about five women with different love stories and one of them, her parents died when she was really young.
Daniel: OK.
Vella: She couldn't get a better job so she ended up being a prostitute.
Daniel: That's really sad.
Vella: Yeah, it is and the second one, she, her husband had an affair with her best friend and the third one, she couldn't get a boyfriend all her life. You know, she was really struggling to find the right guy.
Daniel: Uh, uh.
Vella: And I think she was really busy trying, you know, to find the guy that fulfills 2 all her steroes, that she ends up, you know, not finding 3 anyone.
Daniel: Hm, hm.
Vella: And the fourth one, she got married only for eleven months and one day before the anniversary 4 her husband died in a car accident.
Daniel: Oh.
Vella: Yeah, it was a really sad movie but, you know, you learned 5 a lot from it.
Daniel: Yeah, it sounds really, really sad and really depressing 6.
Vella: It is. I cried actually watching it. You know, as a girl I learned a lot from it and, you know, it opened my eyes to, you know, society and how women are, you know, treated and how they experience, you know, love stories.
Daniel: OK. So how did the movie help Indonesian people to the movie? How is, did they like it, did they thought it was like only sad or did everyone thought like, I don't know, we can learn from this?
Vella: Well, I've read this website. They have, you know, many comments on the movie and I think most of the watchers were, you know, female 7 audiences and a lot of them really related 8 well to the movie and they really took it as, you know, a positive.
Daniel: OK. And so it's, all the stories are quite related to Indonesian kind of reality?
Vella: Yeah, pretty much.
Daniel: But, so how's the relation between like Indonesian movie industry and Hollywood movie industry? Which one is bigger?
Vella: Well, I think people in Indonesia are more attracted to Hollywood movie just because they have, you know, better story lines and I think a lot of us are really into, you know, Hollywood actresses and actors.
Daniel: Hm, hm.
Vella: So, you know, they are more interested in watching Hollywood movies.
Daniel: OK.
Vella: Than Indonesian.
Daniel: OK. But the Indonesian industry is still...
Vella: Is still really big, yeah.
Daniel: Really big, OK. OK, thanks.
重点词汇：
Learn Vocabulary from the lesson
all-time favorite
I have one all-time favorite Indonesian movie.
Your 'all-time favorite' of something has been your favorite for as long as you can remember. Notice the following:
What is your all-time favorite place you have visited?
This is my all-time favorite restaurant.
prostitute
She couldn't get a better job, so she ended up being a prostitute.
A 'prostitute' is a man or woman who gets paid for sexual 9 actions. Prostitution is illegal in many countries. Notice the following:
Part of what our volunteer organization does is try to provide education to prostitutes, so they can have a new career.
Many prostitutes hang out in this part of town at night.
depressing
The movie sounds really sad and depressing.
Something 'depressing' is really, really sad. Notice the following:
Can we change the subject? Talking about all of this sad stuff 10 is really depressing.
That is one of the most depressing movies I have ever scene.
related to
Female audiences related really well to the movie.
Here, 'relate to' means that the female audience can understand how the characters in the movie are feeling, because they have had similar situations in their lives. Notice the following:
Mostly women work at that company, because they relate better to the clients 11.
It is hard for me to relate to you right now, because I have never been in a similar situation.
really into
I think a lot of us are really into Hollywood actors and actresses.
If you are 'really into' something, you like it a lot and are interested in it. Notice the following:
She has always been really into cooking.
He has gotten really into exercise during the past year.
1 basically
adv.基本上，从根本上说
- His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
- Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。
2 fulfills
v.履行（诺言等）( fulfill的第三人称单数 )；执行（命令等）；达到（目的）；使结束
- He always fulfills his promises. 他总是履行自己的诺言。 来自辞典例句
- His own work amply fulfills this robust claim. 他自己的作品在很大程度上实现了这一正确主张。 来自辞典例句
3 finding
n.发现，发现物；调查的结果
- The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
- That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。
4 anniversary
n.周年(纪念日)
- They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。
- Today is my parents'30th wedding anniversary.今天是我父母结婚30周年纪念日。
5 learned
adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词
- He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
- In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。
6 depressing
a.令人沮丧的；令人忧愁的
- Laundromat is really depressing. 自助洗衣店真闷。
- The retrospect was depressing. 回想起来令人沮丧。
7 female
adj.雌的，女(性)的；n.雌性的动物，女子
- We only employ female workers.我们只雇用女工。
- The animal in the picture was a female elephant.照片上的动物是头母象。
8 related
adj.有关系的，有关联的，叙述的，讲述的
- I am not related to him in any way.我和他无任何关系。
- We spent days going through all related reference material.我们花了好多天功夫查阅所有有关的参考资料。
9 sexual
adj.性的，两性的，性别的
- He was a person of gross sexual appetites.他是个性欲旺盛的人。
- It is socially irresponsible to refuse young people advice on sexual matters.拒绝向年轻人提供性方面的建议是对社会不负责任。