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1、英語電影欣賞考試復(fù)習(xí)材料TapescriptsUnit OneE.T. the ExtraterrestrialPart IIMovie ReviewsPassage OneDirections: Listen to the following movie review and then answer the questions.The movie E.T the Extra-Terrestrial made my heart glad. It is filled with innocence, hope, and good cheer. It is also wickedly funny a

2、nd exciting as well. E.T the Extra-Terrestrial is a movie that you can grow up with and grow old with, and it wont let you down. It tells a story about friendship and love. Some people are a little baffled when they hear what it described: Its about a relationship between a little boy and a creature

3、 from outer space that becomes his best friend. It works as science fiction, its sometimes as scary as a monster movie, and at the end, when the lights go up, theres not a dry eye in the house. The movies hero is one particular little boy named Elliott. Hes natural, defiant, easily touched, connivin

4、g, brave and childlike. A lot of those achievements rest on the very peculiar shoulders of the E.T. itself. With its odd little walk, its high-pitched squeals of surprise, its tentative imitations of human speech, and its catlike but definitely alien purring, E.T. becomes one of the most intriguing

5、fictional creatures Ive ever seen on a screen. And one of the ways E.T. communicates is to share its emotions with Elliott. Thats how Elliott knows that the E.T. wants to go home E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a reminder of what movies are for. Most movies are not for any one thing, of course. Some a

6、re to make us think, some to make us feel, some to take us away from our problems, some to help us examine them. What is enchanting about E.T. is that, in some measure, it does all of those things.Passage TwoDirections: Listen to the following movie review and then answer the questions.Almost 50 per

7、cent of Americans, according to recent polls, and millions of people elsewhere in the world believe that UFOs are real. For many it is a deeply held belief. For decades there have been sightings of UFOs by millions and millions of people. It is a mystery that only science can solve, and yet the phen

8、omenon remains largely unexamined. Most of the reporting on this subject by the mainstream media holds those who claim to have seen UFOs up to ridicule. On Feb. 24, Peter Jennings Reporting: UFOs Seeing Is Believing takes a fresh look at the UFO phenomenon. As a journalist, says Jennings, I began th

9、is project with a healthy dose of skepticism and as open a mind as possible. After almost 150 interviews with scientists, investigators and with many of those who claim to have witnessed unidentified flying objects, there are important questions that have not been completely answered and a great dea

10、l not fully explained. Peter Jennings Reporting: UFOs Seeing Is Believing airs Thursday, Feb. 24 from 8-10 p.m. ET on ABC. The program will be broadcast in High Definition. This two-hour primetime special reports on the entire scope of the UFO experience from the first famous sighting by Kenneth Arn

11、old in 1947 to the present day. The program draws on interviews with police officers, pilots, military personnel, scientists and ordinary citizens who give extraordinary accounts of encounters with the unexplained. Also included are the voices of professional skeptics about UFOs, including scientist

12、s who are leading the search for life forms beyond Earth elsewhere in the universe.Unit Two Scent of a womanPart IIMovie ReviewsPassage OneDirections: Listen to the following movie review and then answer the questions.One of the most overall pleasing movies Ive seen, Scent of a Woman wins on all lev

13、els-emotional and intellectual. Of course the primary reason it succeeds is Al Pacino, whose Oscar was well-deserved, needless to say. Chris ODonnell doesnt overplay his part, and in doing so it is realistic and natural. The tango scene, the Ferrari scene, the pseudo-courtroom scene are excellent. P

14、acino is wholly believable, and although at first he seems overly gruff and nasty, we grow to sympathize with him-especially when that twerp Randy insults him cutthroat-style at Thanksgiving. Its obvious that while Slade acts like he doesnt care, his repetitious hoo-ha response makes it obvious he d

15、oes. My favorite line comes during the Ferrari scene (I was laughing so hard when the cop left, failing to realize Slade is blind.) As Slade careens down the street at 70 mph, Charlie yells, Youre going to get us killed! Slade answers, Can you blame me? Im blind! On that note, Pacino succeeds marvel

16、lously in portraying a blind man. We never doubt for a second that he does, in fact, live in total darkness. Yet others, like the cop, probably the spectators in the restaurant in the tango scene, dont realize it. Ironically enough, Slade acts as though he doesnt want to be treated as the proverbial

17、 blind man who needs a cane and a guiding arm. However, in the final scene before his charismatic speech, he emerges with a never-before-seen pair of dark glasses, I wonder, was this to throw them off guard? This movie is a modern classic. Some find it too long, but I enjoyed it every minute and did

18、nt actually notice the two and a half hours has gone by. Its a wonderful film that I will recommend to all. Passage TwoDirections: Listen to the following movie review and then answer the questions.Scent Of A Woman is an extremely different film from those we have ever seen in cinema before. It tell

19、s the story of a town drunk who is blind and also had a great service in the United States. Al Pacino plays the blind man and Chris ODonnell plays the part of Charlie, who is hired to take care of Pacino for a weekend. I found this film humorous in some areas because of the way Pacinos character act

20、s. Al Pacino has never played a character like this before and he executed the part very well! Pacinos eyes are always pointed in the opposite direction he would be looking as if he werent blind, which is brilliant. Scent Of A Womans mood and setting made this film enchanting in a sense. It took pla

21、ce in a white and gray sky Autumn mood during a Thanksgiving weekend. ODonnell attends an Ivy League school and may or may not have witnessed a scheme that involved humiliating a teacher in front of many students. Pacino constructs a list of things he wants to do and at the bottom of the list is kil

22、ling himself. Scent Of A Woman did well at the Academy Awards, FINALLY giving Al Pacino an Oscar. I was very thankful for the Academy awarding Pacino an Oscar, but he should have received one a long time ago for The Godfather, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, Scarface, or Glengarry Glen Ross. Hopefully h

23、e will receive another one later on in his career. However, it did not recognize Chris ODonnell for his fantastic acting in this film, which disappointed me very much. This movie is somewhat emotional as well. I would recommend that you rent this film during Thanksgiving or in the fall. Scent Of A W

24、oman is a very unique, entertaining, wonderful film. Unit ThreeForrest Gump: A Movie of HumanityPart IIMovie ReviewsPassage OneDirections: Listen to the following movie review and then answer the questions.The film Forrest Gump represents the ultimate American dream in a land of opportunity. It is a

25、 history lesson that takes the viewer from Alabama, where Forrest Gump, an improbable modern hero and idiot savant, was born, across America, and back again to the fishing village of Bayou La Batre on the Gulf coast. Governor George Wallace is once again seen standing in the schoolhouse door as he v

26、ows segregation now, segregation forever; Coach Paul BearBryant, the legendary University of Alabama football coach, recognizing how Forrest can run, makes him a Crimson Tide gridiron star. Eventually Forrest comes home again to his sweet home Alabama (represented also in song) and makes a fortune i

27、n a shrimping business. He had promised his best good friend, Bubba, that he would go into business with him when the two boys returned from the war. But Bubba was killed and didnt return, so Gump gives half of the million dollars he makes to his friends family in the small fishing village of Bayou

28、La Batre.Based upon the novel by Winston Groom, Eric Roth transformed the book into a screenplay that grossed over $636 million dollars and also won the Oscar for Best Picture of 1994. The film affirms possibility and hope: no matter how grim things may seem, it is possible, as Gump says, to put the

29、 past behind you and move on. He shows that a gimpy kid in leg braces can become a football hero, win a Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in Vietnam, become a Ping Pong champion, crisscross America from sea to shining sea, and marry his childhood sweetheart, who bears him a son to carry on th

30、e fathers good name.Passage TwoDirections: Listen to the following movie review and then answer the questions.In addition to the Oscar for Best Film, Forrest Gump earned five more Academy Awards. Tom Hanks was voted Best Actor for his masterful portrayal of Gump, and Robert Zemeckis was awarded the

31、Oscar for Best Director. The film also won awards for Film Editing, Best Adapted Screenplay, and for Visual Effects. It is the masterful visual effects that enabled Forrest to shake the hand of President John F. Kennedy, have Lyndon B. Johnson place a Congressional Medal around his neck, meet Richar

32、d Nixon and Ronald Reagan, not to mention John Lennon, Dick Cavett, Bob Hope, Captain Kangaroo, and Chairman Mao. Elvis Presley, the King, even learns to swivel his hips by watching little crippled Forrest dance.Although some critics are not enchanted with the fantastic Gump, the movie affirms the v

33、alues that Americans hold dear. Forrests mother exemplifies the ideals associated with motherhood. Over and over, Forrest repeats: As my Mama always said, and his words reverberate almost as a refrain throughout the movie. Dont ever let anybody tell you theyre better than you, she tells her boy, eve

34、n though he has an IQ of 75. Life, after all, is a box of chocolates. Even if you never know what youre going to get, Forrest Gump gives people hope.Unit FourLegally Blonde: A Movie of Inspiration Part IIMovie ReviewsPassage One Directions: Listen to the first part of the movie review and then answe

35、r the questions.The comedy Legally Blonde, starring an irrepressible Reese Witherspoon, is a new twist on the old adage, Looks arent everything.Elle Woods is a super-blonde, super-rich, super-sorority girl from California. When shes dumped by her Harvard Law School-bound boyfriend Warner because she

36、s too blonde to be considered seriously as wife material: If Im going to be a Senator, I need to marry a Jackie, not a Marilyn. she fights back, after a long cry, nail by manicured nail, first by following Warner to Harvard Law School, abandoning her major in fashion merchandising for something more

37、 substantial, then by proving that just because youre blonde doesnt mean youre a joke.Of course, we know that Elle will meet every challenge that she faces and wind up with both a legal career and Mr. Right even if hes not the original one. But we still root for her all the way because she proves to

38、 be a decent and generous person under all the ridiculous surface frippery. Indeed, Ms. Witherspoon won me over right from the start, during Elles last dinner date with Warner. As he indirectly leads up to his bombshell rejection, her face becomes a symphony of fast-changing expressions denoting agr

39、eement and obedience until she breaks down from the shock of Warners bad news. Its an expertly acted piece of self-parody that never diminishes her attractiveness.The movie, however, is full of good humor. Based on the novel of the same name by Amanda Brown, Legally Blonde is a sassy satire that ret

40、ains a message: believe in yourself and follow your dreams. Besides being funny, its an ode to self-empowerment especially girl power and its target audience of young women everywhere will gobble it up like the latest glossy edition of Cosmopolitan magazine. (Based on the review by Paul Clinton, CNN

41、 Reviewer; Andrew Sarris, New York Observer)(Passage TwoDirections: Listen to the second part of the movie review and then answer the questions.Elle isnt such an unlikely candidate for Harvard Law; she did, however, have a 4.0 average as an undergraduate majoring in fashion merchandising at the fict

42、ional CULA. Moreover, she also has a very impressive background as homecoming queen and sorority president, her signature color is pink, and shes appeared in a Ricky Martin music video. Who could ask for anything more? Shes an emblem of diversity!Naturally, shes accepted. Nothing will stop her now a

43、s she campaigns all over Harvard to win back her man. Call it blonde ambition.Legally Blonde becomes a blonde-out-of-water story as her snobby fellow law students begin taking bets on how long shell last. Meanwhile, she discovers that Warner isnt worth all the effort. Succeeding in law school become

44、s a personal goal, and not merely a means to win back her shallow boy toy. Shes a bubbly blonde with brains. Her points of reference may not be Plato and Socrates, but she proves that knowledge about Clinique, Porsches and lip gloss also can come in handy in a classroom or a courtroom.The supporting

45、 cast is a winning bunch. Selma Blair is excellent as Vivian Kensington, who has snagged Warner and is wearing his grandmothers six-carat Harry Winston diamond engagement ring on her bony finger.Luke Wilson plays Emmett Richmond, a somewhat thankless role as a third-year law student who falls in lov

46、e with the inner woman beneath Elles golden locks.First-time feature film director Robert Luketic is an Australian native who has been dedicated to becoming a film director since the age of 15. This debut project sees him well on his way.Full of clichs and pop culture references, and peppered with t

47、rendy slang, Legally Blonde has its roots deeply planted in the style of another hit teen comedy basically, its Clueless (1995) goes to college. Whatever. Its a formula thats well done with plenty of laughs. (Based on the review by Paul Clinton, CNN Reviewer)(Unit FiveA Beautiful Mind: A Movie of Co

48、uragePart IIMovie ReviewsPassage One Directions: Listen to the following movie review and then answer the questions.A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American biographical film about John Forbes Nash, the Nobel Laureate (Economics) mathematician. The film was directed by Ron Howard and written by Akiva Gol

49、dsman. Director Howard delivers his finest effort with this extraordinary movie, as his deftness in suggesting the subjective experience of the genius, whos later diagnosed with schizophrenia, makes for an inspirational narrative. It was inspired by a bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-nominated 1998 book

50、of the same name by Sylvia Nasar. Screenwriter Akiva Goldsman cannily condenses Nashs story, and the movie manages to dramatize both Nashs mathematical brilliance and his severe psychotic disorder in a compellingly visual manner. The film stars Russell Crowe, along with Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris

51、and Paul Bettany. The movie is a compelling look at one mans genius, his debilitating mental illness, and the fine line between the two.Russell Crowe gets the chance to act his heart out in the movie. Not only does he portray the math genius who won the Nobel Prize in Economics, he portrays such a m

52、ath genius crippled by schizophrenia. And he ages 47 years!The story begins in the early years of Nashs life at Princeton University, where he struggles to think of an original idea, and where in one of the movies most gimmicky and elegant scenes he develops a theory that will revolutionize economic

53、s and mathematics. Nash is eccentric, socially awkward, and extremely competitive. Eventually, he finds the inspiration for his innovative and influential work on game theory. Hes chosen for a post at MIT, which includes crucial code-breaking work for the US government. There, he meets a beautiful a

54、nd brilliant student, Alicia (played by Jennifer Connelly). They marry but their happiness is threatened, as Nash descends into madness when hes diagnosed as schizophrenic, enduring paranoid and delusional episodes while painfully watching the loss and burden his condition brings on his wife and fri

55、ends. Crowe delivers a strong performance, and has real chemistry with Connelly. The two make the story about the power of love believable and moving.The film opened in US cinemas on December 21, 2001. It was well received by critics, and went on to win four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, B

56、est Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actress. It was also nominated for Best Leading Actor, Best Editing, Best Makeup, and Best Score. The film has been criticized for its inaccurate portrayal of some aspects of Nashs life.(/wiki/A_Beautiful_Mind_%28film%2

57、9)Passage TwoDirections: Listen to the following movie review and then answer the questions.Director Ron Howard has created a moving masterpiece, elegantly guiding the audience through John Forbes Nash Juniors life starting with Nash as an intense, introverted youth striving for that perfect original idea and ending with Nash as a passionate, patient elderly man battling against his inner demons.Through Howards skilled hand and via Russell Crowes amazingly understated yet incredibly touching performance, Nashs achievements and flaws are expose