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話題焦點：看電影（討論電影情節）
| Jack and Diane have just come out of the movie theater and are discussing how much they enjoyed watching the movie.Jack 和 Diane 剛從電影院出來，正討論著他們有多喜歡這部電影。 |
Jack: So how did you like it?
Jack：怎麼樣？你喜歡這部電影嗎？
Diane: I thought it was awesome! I really had to hold back the tears.
Diane：我覺得超讚的！我一直忍住淚水。
Jack: Yeah. It was quite emotional at times.
Jack:：是阿。有幾段是還滿令人感動的。
Diane: But at least it had a happy ending.
Diane：不過至少最後是個圓滿的結局。
Jack: It was an unbelievable story. The guy was homeless and he ends up becoming very wealthy and successful.
Jack：這真是個不可思議的故事。那個人本來是個無家可歸的人，結果後來變得這麼有錢又成功。
Diane: I loved Will Smith's performance. I think that he's a wonderful actor.
Diane：我好喜歡威爾史密斯的演出。我覺得他是個很傑出的演員。
Diane: I also like his singing. I have a couple of his CDs in my collection.
Jack:：我同意。他是個多才多藝的藝人。
Diane: I also like his singing. I have a couple of his CDs in my collection.
Diane：我也好喜歡他的歌聲。我有收藏他的幾張CD。
Jack: I enjoy his acting, but I can't stand his singing. I think that he should stick with "the big screen"!
Jack：我是很喜歡看他演戲啦，不過我沒法忍受他的歌聲。我覺得他應該專注在大螢幕上的表演就好。
Diane: Come on! He's got some catchy tunes!
Diane：拜託！他還是有幾首滿好聽的歌啦！
Jack: I guess that we have very different tastes in music.
Jack：我猜我們對音樂的品味應該不太一樣。
Diane: Well, at least we can both agree that he put in an Oscar worthy performance!
Diane：不過至少我們都同意他演出了可以得奧斯卡獎的水準。
Jack: That's for sure! Did you watch the Oscars a couple of nights ago? I don't even know who was nominated this year!
Jack：那當然！你看了前幾天晚上的奧斯卡頒獎典禮了嗎？我甚至不知道今年有誰被提名呢！
重要字詞講解：
1. emotional (adj.) 感情豐富的；感動的
例：It was quite emotional at times.
（有幾段是還滿令人感動的。）
例：Women are born to be more emotional than men are.
（女人天生就比男人更容易受到感動。）
2. multi-talented(adj.) 多才多藝的
例：He is a multi-talented performer.
（他是個多才多藝的藝人。）
例：She has a crush on a multi-talented man.
（她迷戀上了一個多才多藝的男人。）
3. stick(v.) 堅持；維持
例：I think that he should stick with "the big screen"!
（我覺得他應該專注在大螢幕上的表演就好。）
例：Many customers tend to stick with the flavor that they had tasted before.
（許多顧客會堅持他們以前嚐過的口味。）
※ 小叮嚀： "stick" 當作「堅持；維持」某件事的意思解釋時，通常都會搭配介系詞 with。
4. catchy (adj.) 好聽而可朗朗上口的
例：He's got some catchy tunes!
（他還是有幾首滿好聽的歌！）
例：The DJ will play some catchy songs that you used to hear.
（DJ會播放你以前曾聽過的一些好聽的歌。）
5. nominate (v.) 提名
例：I don't even know who was nominated this year!
（我甚至不知道今年有誰被提名呢！）
例：They are curious about who will be nominated as the president candidate for 2008.
（他們好奇誰將會被提名為2008年的總統候選人。）
小試身手
1. I felt so ________ when I saw their pictures and heard those _______ songs played on their wedding.
（當我看到他們的照片和聽到在他們婚禮上播放的動人歌曲時，我覺得好感動。）
2. The ______ producer said that he will still _______ with filmmaking even though he was not ________ as the best producer.
（那位多才多藝的導演說即使他沒有被提名為最佳導演，他仍然會堅持繼續拍電影。）
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1. I felt so emotional when I saw their pictures and heard those catchy songs played on their wedding.
2. The multi-talented producer said that he will still stick with filmmaking even though he was not nominated as the best producer.
相關實用句型解析
1. 某人壓抑 …
sb. hold back …
例：I thought it was awesome! I really had to hold back the tears.
（我覺得超讚的！我一直忍住淚水。）
例：He held back his anger at that time and walked away.
（他那時壓抑住了他的怒氣，且掉頭就走。）
※ 小叮嚀： "hold back" 另有「阻礙」之意。例：She thinks that marriage would hold back her career. 「她認為婚姻會阻礙她的事業。」
2. 某人最終（做 …）
sb. end up ＋ Ving
例：The guy was homeless and he ends up becoming very wealthy and successful.
（那個人本來是個無家可歸的人，結果後來變得這麼有錢又成功。）
例：He had suffered from too much pressure and ended up committing suicide.
（他已承受了太多的壓力，而最後自殺了。）
小試身手
1. 她忍住了她原來打算要說的話，並且深深地嘆了口氣。
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2. 在環遊世界之後，他最後在靠近巴黎的一個小村莊定居了下來。
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1. She held back what she intended to say and just sighed deeply.
2. After traveling around the world, he ended up settling down in a small village near Paris.
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