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你喜欢看好莱坞大片吗？你知道除了这些大片以外还有一些非常优秀的小众电影吗？你知道这些小众电影的生存面临什么困难吗？超级英雄电影和小众电影可以共存吗？让我们一起来看看吧。

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 （無竞争力的） 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 （张开） 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 （不被说服的） 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.

翻译：

【点石成金】本句中while引导时间状语从句，表示“当……时”。

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.

翻译：

【点石成金】本句中while引导并列句，表示对比转折。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.

翻译：

【点石成金】as在本句中表示“作为”。who引导定语从句，修饰先行词a leading director。

Ⅰ.Important vocabulary in the text

Words

1.cast v.为（戏剧、角色）选派演员

2.highlight v.突出；强调

3.struggle n.&v.奋斗；努力

4.profitable adj.有利润的；有益的

5.trend n.趋势；倾向；动向

6.thoughtful adj.深思熟虑的；体贴的；关心别人的

7.interest n.利益；好处

8.survive v.生存；存活；幸免于难

Phrases

1.wipe out 全部摧毁；彻底消灭

2.compare with 与……相比

3.side by side 并行不悖；相安无事；并肩地

4.provide sth for sb 给某人提供某物

5.in favour of 支持；赞成

6.be prepared to do sth 准备好做某事

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.

主题应用·语库构建

Ⅰ.热词积累

电影类话题词组：

film industry 电影行业

romantic film 爱情电影

adventure film 惊险影片

thriller 惊悚片

martial arts film 武术片

comedy 喜剧

soap opera 肥皂剧

sports programme 体育节目

chat show 访谈节目

quiz show 智力竞赛节目

masterpiece 杰作

blockbuster（尤指）非常成功的书（或电影）

cast 演员阵容

main characters 主角

be directed by 由……执导

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.话题美句

电影评价类美句：

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

这部电影属于一种被称之为武侠的中国故事。

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）

很少有机会在影院看到这样的电影。快去看《卧虎藏龙》吧。它能给你带来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）

表演出色而且功夫动作和特效在已有的任何地方拍摄制作的电影中都是最好的。

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）

这是一部值得去电影院在大银幕上观赏的电影，而不仅仅是看DVD。张艺谋的电影是真正的杰作。

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》是一部令人难忘的反战电影，也是充满勇气和牺牲的故事。斯皮尔伯格已经拍了很多好电影，但他从来没有拍过一部传递这么强烈主旨的电影。主旨很简单——我们想要和平，我们不想要战争。

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

但是消息在纽约流传开，观众越来越多，很快这部歌剧就异常火热。

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. （外研社选修10）

当我们回顾时发现，通常被认为是年度最佳的那些影片并不总是赢得大奖。

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

观众倾向于喜欢表面上有趣但没有真正深度的昂贵的大片。

电影人物与情节描写类：

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

故事发生在 19 世纪初期的中国。

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）

正如在古代武侠故事中一样，影片中的人物们不时在空中跳跃并做出许多优美的动作，同时观众看到这些时都发出惊叫。

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

我们最关注秀莲这个角色，她勇敢、善良、坚强。

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）

美丽的章子怡扮演玉娇龙，一个并不像外表看起来那样善良的年轻女子。

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）

但是谁也不会忘记周润发，他真是很了不起，使剑和使枪一样厉害。