Why is Pixar so brilliant at death?
(打开流利说,看到这个题目就兴奋呀!!!)
- be good at -> be brilliant at
- There comes a time... 是 there be结构的拓展,当there 和 come go occur follow等动态词连用的时候,可以描述某事的发生或某人某物的到达
there followed an uncomfortable silence. 紧接着是一阵让人不太舒服的沉默 - the days shorten, the shadows lengthen...
- contemplate: v. 考虑 思考
- the guy in the clock with the retro lawn equipment :死神的描述
- latest adj. 最新的
- mortality = death n 必死性
- protagonist n.只部分性别的主角 支持者 拥护者
- sth of one's life 表示sth对某人来说很重要
gig of his life 极为重要的演奏会 love of one's life 一生挚爱 - lurk v.暗藏 潜伏 埋伏 Danger lurks around every corner. 危险无处不在
- redundant adj 多余的 不需要的
- hew v.砍 劈 hew to the line 遵照某种标准 hew close to sb's line
- To die would be an awfully big adventure. 死亡是一场超级大冒险
- obsolescence n.淘汰 废弃
- be suffused with 充满了....
- nostalgia n.怀旧 念旧
- wholesome adj.健康的 有益身心的
- and the like 等等同类的人 sb's like 像某某一样的人
I don't want you to spend time with the likes of him. - conjure up 变魔术般地创造出来
20.frontier n.前沿 尖端 边境 push back the frontiers - amuse-bouche n.开胃小吃 餐前小吃
- article of faith 坚定的信念 article n.条文条款