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你喜歡看好萊塢大片嗎？你知道除了這些大片以外還有一些非常優(yōu)秀的小眾電影嗎？你知道這些小眾電影的生存面臨什么困難嗎？超級英雄電影和小眾電影可以共存嗎？讓我們一起來看看吧。

In Dizzy Pursuit， a young couple receives unwanted visits from family members while trying to cast their independent feature film. The film highlights the difficulties of small- scale independent production for comic effect， but for many of those watching at the Raindance Film Festival in London， or who are attending the 75th Venice International Film Festival this weekend， the joke will be painfully felt. Film-making without the backing of a big Hollywood studio is an uncompetitive （無競爭力的） struggle.

Figures released last week showed how profitable the cinema business has been recently. A series of carefully timed blockbusters， including Mamma Mia！， resulted in a 94% increase in last weekends takings （票房收入） at British cinemas compared with last year. And this sort of improvement has been evident all summer. The same trend has been seen across the US and Canada， where 2018 has set a record of $11.6 billion in box-office takings.

So the space between two apparently separate film economies， running side by side， has never gaped （張開） so wide： One half has delivered a series of comic-book heroes and popular remakes to commercial success； the other has provided fresh and more thoughtful films for the critics and the arthouse.

As Vanessa Redgrave said last week， funding heavily flooded in favour of the comic-book films while serious independent film-makers must battle to find investors.

Joe Russo， the co-director of this years profitable Avengers： Infinity War， has earned interests in comic-book blockbusters， but he said the idea that cinema is lowering its standards is nonsense. As a leading director who once had his own big break at the Slamdance festival， he is also prepared to take his responsibilities. He and his brother have produced Dizzy Pursuit after spotting the director Jay Alvarezs work at Slamdance， just as the director Steven Soderbergh first spotted the Russos in 1997.

Another analyst Charles Gant also is unpersuaded （不被說服的） by the idea that the industry has split and that only blockbuster films will survive. “The award season tells you a different story. The difference is that those great films that win praise are now rarely being fully financed by one studio as they once were，” he said.

1.Whats the major difficulty that the arthouse films face？

A.The existence of the superheroes.

B.A shortage of funding.

C.A lack of excellent directors.

D.Being neglected by the film festivals.

2.According to the article， who has a different opinion from Joe Russo？

A.Jay Alvarez. B.Charles Gant.

C.Vanessa Redgrave. D.Steven Soderbergh.

Ⅱ. Difficult sentence

1.In Dizzy Pursuit， a young couple receives unwanted visits from family members while trying to cast their independent feature film.

翻譯：

【點石成金】本句中while引導時間狀語從句，表示“當……時”。

2.As Vanessa Redgrave said last week， funding heavily flooded in favour of the comic-book films while serious independent film-makers must battle to find investors.

翻譯：

【點石成金】本句中while引導并列句，表示對比轉折。as在句中表示“正如，如同”。

3.As a leading director who once had his own big break at the Slamdance festival， he is also prepared to take his responsbilities.

翻譯：

【點石成金】as在本句中表示“作為”。who引導定語從句，修飾先行詞a leading director。

Ⅰ.Important vocabulary in the text

Words

1.cast v.為（戲劇、角色）選派演員

2.highlight v.突出；強調

3.struggle n.&v.奮斗；努力

4.profitable adj.有利潤的；有益的

5.trend n.趨勢；傾向；動向

6.thoughtful adj.深思熟慮的；體貼的；關心別人的

7.interest n.利益；好處

8.survive v.生存；存活；幸免于難

Phrases

1.wipe out 全部摧毀；徹底消滅

2.compare with 與……相比

3.side by side 并行不悖；相安無事；并肩地

4.provide sth for sb 給某人提供某物

5.in favour of 支持；贊成

6.be prepared to do sth 準備好做某事

Ⅱ.Complete the following sentences in correct forms with the words and phrases given above.

1.We have been using both systems， ， for two years.

2.We have concerns about whether the government will be able to practical social services poorer families.

3.Their lead was by four goals in ten minutes.

4.Everyone in the class voted the dancing party.

5.I lend you the money if you promise to pay it back.

6.Statistics show that there has been a 20% reduction in burglary last year.

主題應用·語庫構建

Ⅰ.熱詞積累

電影類話題詞組：

film industry 電影行業(yè)

romantic film 愛情電影

adventure film 驚險影片

thriller 驚悚片

martial arts film 武術片

comedy 喜劇

soap opera 肥皂劇

sports programme 體育節(jié)目

chat show 訪談節(jié)目

quiz show 智力競賽節(jié)目

masterpiece 杰作

blockbuster（尤指）非常成功的書（或電影）

cast 演員陣容

main characters 主角

be directed by 由……執(zhí)導

be played by 由……扮演

play a part 扮演角色

be set in 以……為背景

be hugely successful 取得巨大成功的

Ⅱ.話題美句

電影評價類美句：

1.The film belonged to a type of Chinese story called Wuxia. （外研社必修2）

這部電影屬于一種被稱之為武俠的中國故事。

2.Films like this rarely reach the cinema. Go and see Crouching Tiger， Hidden Dragon. It will make your heart leap with excitement at its beauty. （外研社必修2）

很少有機會在影院看到這樣的電影?？烊タ础杜P虎藏龍》吧。它能給你帶來心跳加速的美的享受。

3.The acting is great and the Kung Fu combats and the special effects are among the best ever produced anywhere.（外研社必修2）

表演出色而且功夫動作和特效在已有的任何地方拍攝制作的電影中都是最好的。

4.It is a moving and beautiful film which is worth seeing on a big screen rather than on DVD. Zhang Yimou？蒺s film is a true masterpiece. （外研社必修2）

這是一部值得去電影院在大銀幕上觀賞的電影，而不僅僅是看DVD。張藝謀的電影是真正的杰作。

5.Saving Private Ryan is an unforgettable anti-war film and also a story of courage and sacrifice. Spielberg has made a lot of good films， but he has never made one with such a strong message. And the message is simple—We want peace； we don？蒺 t want war. （外研社選修6）

《拯救大兵瑞恩》是一部令人難忘的反戰(zhàn)電影，也是充滿勇氣和犧牲的故事。斯皮爾伯格已經拍了很多好電影，但他從來沒有拍過一部傳遞這么強烈主旨的電影。主旨很簡單——我們想要和平，我們不想要戰(zhàn)爭。

6.But word spread around New York， the audiences grew bigger and bigger， and soon the opera was an extraordinary hit. （外研社選修6）

但是消息在紐約流傳開，觀眾越來越多，很快這部歌劇就異常火熱。

7.When we look back over what are generally agreed to be the best films of each year， these are not always the films that win the big awards. （外研社選修10）

當我們回顧時發(fā)現(xiàn)，通常被認為是年度最佳的那些影片并不總是贏得大獎。

8.Audiences tend to like big， expensive films that are superficially interesting but have no real depth. （外研社選修10）

觀眾傾向于喜歡表面上有趣但沒有真正深度的昂貴的大片。

電影人物與情節(jié)描寫類：

1.The story takes place in the early 1800s in China. （外研社必修2）

故事發(fā)生在 19 世紀初期的中國。

2.As in the old Wuxia stories， characters leap through the air every now and then， with beautiful， graceful movements， while audiences shout in surprise.（外研社必修2）

正如在古代武俠故事中一樣，影片中的人物們不時在空中跳躍并做出許多優(yōu)美的動作，同時觀眾看到這些時都發(fā)出驚叫。

3.Brave， good and strong， Xiulian is the character we care about most. （外研社必修2）

我們最關注秀蓮這個角色，她勇敢、善良、堅強。

4.Beautiful Zhang Ziyi plays the part of Yu Jiaolong， a young woman who is not as good as she seems. （外研社必修2）

美麗的章子怡扮演玉嬌龍，一個并不像外表看起來那樣善良的年輕女子。

5.But one cannot forget the wonderful Chow Yun-Fat， who is as good with a sword as he is with a gun. （外研社必修2）

但是誰也不會忘記周潤發(fā)，他真是很了不起，使劍和使槍一樣厲害。