学习重点:1 电影相关词汇 2 特色表达
1 Nollywood 诺莱坞,指的是尼日利亚的电影业,据称为全球第二大电影产业,年产影片总量约2500部。
2 sharpen (sth) up: to perform better, to improve the performance of sth 提高,改善
3 主题:诺莱坞与新冠
1 相关词汇:片种 romance 爱情片, family saga家族传奇, tales of derring-do 冒险片
film hub 电影基地 cinema tickets 电影票 royalties 版税 viewers 观众
2 lap sth up: enjoy sth very much 深受喜爱
造句:Disney cartoons are lapped by by millions of children worldwide.
3 blossom into sth: to develop and become stronger 发展
造句:China's video game industry has blossomed into a mighty national asset.
1 电影相关:premier (动词)首映,be adpated for the screen 改编成电影,搬上大银幕, international festival 国际电影节
2 posh: expensive,comfortable and of high quality 可以理解为 高大上
搭配 a posh restaurant/ hotel/ film festival
3 team up with sb 与……组队,与……协作
4 a string of 一连串
5 小词的妙用:based (设在某地的)如 the Beijing-based company
branded 品牌的 如 Walmart branded merchandise
1 相关词汇:producer 制片人,filming schedule 摄制计划,production 制作, cut her crew in half 减掉一半人员
2 lament:to express sadness and regret about sth 失望痛惜
3 into: to a (frequently far advanced) point in (a period of time) 从前一段时间延长到后面一段时间之中
如 They talked far into the night.
文中指的是 既定的拍摄周期是六周,她才拍了两周就赶上隔离
4 jump : to increase suddenly by a large amount 突然大幅激增
如 House prices have jumped dramatically. JUMP在剑桥英语词典中的解释及翻译
1 相关词汇:production lot (a film studio and the land around it) ,artist 演职人员,film critic 影评人,film studios 电影公司,distribution 发行
2 nudge: push sb/ sth gently 轻推
3 put sth into place 付诸实施
4 a dearth /dɝːθ/ of: an amount of sth that is too small, a lack 不足,缺乏
1 相关词汇:a national umbrella organisation 全国性的伞状组织,a good(=more than) two dozen associations协会 and guilds同业公会,actor演员,comedians 喜剧演员(注意两者竟然可以并列,在英文中comedian并非actor的子项,例如Actor And Comedian Jerry Stiller Dies At 92 : NPR )
2 for one thing:used to introduce a reason for sth一方面的原因是
1 相关词汇:Hausa-language cinema 豪萨语影片, sub-sections 分项
2 in someone's corner: give someone support, to be on someone's side 支持某人
3 rub off on sb 因接触而影响到某人,感染到某人