英語口語大贏家Topic41:大牌明星Superstars
星期六的晚上，阿美的好朋友古奇想約阿美一起去看電影。她們在報紙上看到了《幸福終點站》的預報，並對該片及該片的演員和導演展開了討論。
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Gucci: Hey, May. How about getting together for a movie tonight?
May: Sure. What's playing?
Gucci: Well, Let me check the newspaper. What about The Terminal?
May: Wow, it stars Catherine Zeta-Jones, my favorite actress.
Gucci: Well, birds of a feather flock together. I like her too. She was in a lot of dramas.
May: She is so beautiful and elegant. And she is famous for her fine acting.
Gucci: What's more, she doesn't have scandals. And she likes to take part in the charitable activities.
May: Who is the director?
Gucci: Steven Spielberg. Another superstar.
May: Yes, a legend, also. I still remember, his movies, Jurassic Park and Schindler's List got him nine Oscar awards in 1994.
Gucci: Can you introduce the story of The Terminal briefly?
May: It tells a romantic and humorous love story.
Gucci: This is really exciting movie. Lets go to this one.
May: Oh, It's 5:45. It's on 6:30. We'd better go right away. Or there will be no seats for us.
聽看學古奇：嗨，阿美。今晚一起去看電影吧。
阿美：好啊。現在在上映什麼電影？
古奇：呃，讓我看看報紙。《幸福終點站》怎麼樣？
阿美：哦，這是我最喜歡的女演員凱瑟琳.澤塔.瓊斯主演的。
古奇：呵呵，果然是物以類聚，人以羣分啊。我也很喜歡她。她出演過許多文藝片。
阿美：她是如此的美麗優雅。並且她以其精湛的演技著稱。
古奇：還有呢,她也沒有緋聞。並且她喜歡參加慈善活動。
阿美：（這部電影的）導演是誰呢？
古奇：史蒂芬?斯皮爾伯格。另一位超級明星。
阿美：是啊，也是個傳奇人物呢。我還記得，他的電影《侏羅紀公園》和《辛德勒的名單》在1994年爲他贏得了9項奧斯卡獎。
古奇：能簡單給我講講《幸福終點站》這部電影是講什麼的嗎？
阿美：它講訴了一個浪漫而詼諧地愛情故事。
古奇：真是部激動人心的電影。我們一起去看吧。
阿美：哦，現在已經五點四十五了。電影六點半開演。我們最好馬上走，否則就沒位子了。
經典背誦 RecitationGucci: Hi, I am Gucci, May's best friend. I like the actress in The Terminal. She is beautiful and elegant. What's more, she has no scandals. And she likes to take part in the charitable activities. The director of The Terminal is another superstar. It's a really exciting movie.
生詞小結drama n. 戲劇
elegant adj. 高貴的，優雅的
scandal n. 緋聞
charitable adj. 慈善的
activity n. 活動
director n. 導演
legend n. 傳奇，傳奇人物
romantic adj. 浪漫的
humorous adj. 詼諧的，幽默地
註釋The Terminal《幸福終點站》。美國愛情喜劇片。2005年首映。
It stars Catherine Zeta-Jones 該片有凱瑟琳.澤塔.瓊斯主演。star 有“以……”爲主演之意。
Birds of a feather flock together.物以類聚，人以羣分。
Jurassic Park《侏羅紀公園》
Schindler's List 《辛德勒名單》
語音小結 Pronunciation破擦音2組
1. /tr/ 和 /dr/ trouble actress drop drama
發音小貼士：/tr/先做好發/r/的姿勢，然後舌尖上翹貼在上齒齦後部，發出短促的/t/後立即發/r/。
/tr/是清輔音，聲帶不振動。
/dr/是濁輔音，聲帶振動。
對比練習 /tr/和/dr/ train and drain tree and dream track and drunk true and draw
2. /ts/ 和/dz/ seats awards birds beds
發音小貼士：舌端先貼住齒齦，堵住氣流，然後舌端略爲下降，氣流隨之流出口腔而發音。
/ts/是清輔音，聲帶不振動。
/dz/是濁輔音，聲帶振動。
對比練習 /ts/和/dz/ seats and seeds bats and beds carts and cards rates and raids
