1、Module 4The magic of film,Language points,1.On their arrival in their limousines，the stars walk along a red carpet surrounded by crowds，while photographers take photos and journalists shout questions at them 明星們乘坐豪華轎車抵達后，在人群的簇擁下沿紅地毯款款而行，攝影師們咔咔拍照，記者們大聲向他們提出一個又一個問題。,2.Each year，Academy members vote fo

2、r the best films of the previous year 每年學院成員們投票選出上年度的最佳影片。 vote for 投票選舉,3A scriptwriter called Francis Marion once described the figure as “a perfect symbol 0f the film business：a powerful athletic body holding a shining sword，with half of his head cut off, the part which holds his brain” 一個叫弗朗西斯馬里

3、恩的劇作家曾經把(奧斯卡)金像描繪為“電影產業(yè)的絕妙象征：一個健壯有力的身軀，持一柄閃光的利劍，裝著大腦的半個腦袋被砍掉了”。 cut off 砍掉；切下。另外請注意句中cut是過去分詞。,4.It is often believed that the award is because the film producers have spent huge amounts of money on publicity，in order to influence Academy members to vote for their film 人們普遍認為獲獎的原因是電影制片人花巨資進行宣傳并盡最大努力

4、來影響學院成員們?yōu)槠溆捌镀薄?5When 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。 當我們回顧那些年度公認的最好影片時，它們并不總是獲得大獎的影片。 look back overon回顧；回憶,6Comedies，no matter how good they are，rarely win the important prizes 喜劇，無論如何優(yōu)秀，都很少奪得重要獎

5、項。,7Audiences tend to like big，expensive films that are superficially interesting but have no real depth 觀眾們傾向于喜歡那些耗資甚巨的片子，這些影片表面上有趣但實際上沒有什么深度。 tend to do易于；往往會做,8. An actor may be given an Oscar，not because of his or her performance in a particular film, but because people think it is time he or sh

6、e got an award 一個演員獲得奧斯卡獎，并非因為其在某一電影中的表演，而可能是因為人們認為他或她拿獎的時候到了。 It is time sbdid sth到了某人該做某事的時候了。請注意這里用動詞的過去式did。,9Each drawing is slightly different，with the result that when the drawings are played back rapidly，one after another，there seems to be movement in the drawings 每幅圖都稍有不同，這樣當這些圖被一張接一張快速播放時，

7、它們似乎就動起來了。,10It was a great success and led to the creation of other cartoon characters such as Donald Duck and Bugs Bunny 影片非常成功并且導致了一些其他卡通形象的創(chuàng)造，如唐老鴨和兔八哥。,11The Disney Film Company continued Walt Disneys work for many decadesbut although cartoons remained popular, it was not until 1995 that animati

8、on became truly exciting again 在以后的幾十年里，迪斯尼電影公司繼續(xù)經營著沃爾特迪斯尼的事業(yè)，盡管卡通影片一直流行，但是直到1995年動畫片才真正重新火爆起來。,強調not until 1995；it was not until l 995 that animation became truly exciting again=animation didnt become truly exciting again until 1995,12The result was a much greater realismthe creatures in Toy Story

9、were astonishingly lifelike 結果更加栩栩如生玩具總動員里的人物形象驚人地逼真。,13We lied to them。We cheated them out of their lands 我們對他們撒了謊。我們把土地從他們手中騙出來。,14And by any interpretation of history，however twisted，we did not do right 不管我們如何曲解歷史，我們都做得不對。,15For them，we do not have to restore these people，we do not have to live up to sonic agreements，because it is given to ns by virtue of our power to attack the rights of others，to take th