美语情景对话 第431期:Movie Plans 电影计划

Todd: Hey, Akane, I was thinking, why don't we get everyone together tonight and rent a movie.

托德：嗨，茜，我在想，我们今晚为什么不把大家集合起来，一起租电影看呢？

Akane: Sounds like a good idea.

茜：听起来是个不错的主意。

Todd: So, I'll run down to the video store. I was thinking, because Star Wars is coming out, why don't we get the previous Star Wars, Episode II, and watch that.

托德：我会去音像店。我在想，《星球大战》即将上映，我们为什么不回顾之前的《星球大战》电影呢，看第二部怎么样？

Akane: Oh, man. I really don't want to watch that again.

茜：哦，伙计。我真的不想再看一遍了。

Todd: What! Come on it's Star Wars.

托德：什么？别这样，这可是《星球大战》啊。

Akane: Well, I watched Episode II before and I really didn't like it.

茜：嗯，我以前看过第二部，我真的不喜欢那部电影。

Todd: Really!

托德：真的吗？

Akane: Yeah!

茜：是啊！

Todd: Oh, I thought it was great. I mean I know the critics were really rough, but it had great action, cool characters.

托德：哦，可是我认为那部电影很棒。我是说，我知道对那部电影的批评很多，可是里面的动作戏很棒，而且人物也很酷。

Akane: Well, actually, I thought it was very commercial.

茜：嗯，实际上我认为那部电影商业元素太重。

Todd: Oh, really!

托德：哦，真的吗？

Akane: Yeah, and the whole thing was really mushy, and there were also some annoying characters.

茜：是啊，而且整部电影过去肉麻，还有一些让人讨厌的角色。

Todd: Yeah, well, maybe, but, I just like all Star Wars, it doesn't matter, it doesn't have to be perfect. As long as there's storm troopers, and light sabers, I'm happy.

托德：可能吧，不过我喜欢所有的《星球大战》电影，所以没关系，它不用太完美。只要有暴风突击队，我就很高兴了。

Akane: OK, so you're a big Star Wars fan.

茜：好，所以你是《星球大战》电影的狂热粉丝。

Todd: Huge. But that's OK. I'll get that movie another time. Um, how about you suggest a movie. What would you like to see?

托德：狂热粉丝。不过没关系。我下次再租那部电影好了。嗯，你来推荐部电影怎么样？你想看什么电影？

Akane: Um, I really like romantic comedies, especially Meg Ryan movies.

茜：嗯，我非常喜欢浪漫喜剧，尤其是梅格·瑞恩演的电影。

Todd: Oh, no!

托德：哦不！

Akane: Yeah!

茜：是啊！

Todd: I can't stand her.

托德：我可不喜欢她。

Akane: What! What's wrong with her?

茜：什么？她怎么了？

Todd: She's terrible. Every movie she has the perfect life, and she has, she looks so cute, but she can't find love. It's like, come on, people like that have a perfect job and look cute and beautiful like Meg Ryan do not have trouble finding love.

托德：她太糟糕了。她在每部电影里都有完美的生活，她看上去很可爱，可是她找不到爱情。就像，人们希望像梅格·瑞恩这样拥有完美的工作、长相甜美漂亮的人不会在寻找爱情方面遇到麻烦。

Akane: But she's so cute and funny to watch. I just really enjoy watching her.

茜：但是她很可爱，而且很有趣。我非常喜欢看她出演的电影。

Todd: I don't know. I just can't do it. You know though, I liked Meg Ryan in that movie she's made about, she went to the Gulf War, or whatever, and she was a helicopter pilot.

托德：我不知道。我就是不喜欢。你知道，虽然我喜欢她出演的那部电影，在电影中她出演了一名直升飞机飞行员，参加了海湾战争。

Akane: Oh, yeah, yeah! I remember that one. I forget what it was called though.

茜：哦，对！我记得那部电影。不过我忘了电影的名字了。

Todd: Yeah, yeah, she was OK in that but she wasn't that cutesy romance.

托德：嗯，她在那部电影里还不错，不过那并不是那种娇媚的浪漫角色。

Akane: That's true. She was a different character than usual.

茜：没错。她在那部电影中出演了与之前不同的角色。

Todd: Yeah, so we can't see a Meg Ryan movie, and we can't see Star Wars, so what else?

托德：对，所以我们不能看梅格·瑞恩演的电影，我们也不能看《星球大战》，那还有什么电影呢？

Akane: Ah, I don't know. What about a comedy that will make us really laugh.

茜：我也不知道了。我们看部能让我们发笑的喜剧电影怎么样？

Todd: OK, um, let's see. We could see Shrek.

托德：好，嗯，我想想。我们可以看《怪物史莱克》。

Akane: Oh, I love Shrek.

茜：哦，我喜欢《怪物史莱克》。

Todd: Ok, yeah, yeah, yeah. Actually, I haven't seen Shrek 2. Have you seen Shrek 2?

托德：好，好的，很好。实际上，我没看过《怪物史莱克2》。你看过吗？

Akane: Ah, no, I haven't actually.

茜：没有，我也没看过。

Todd: Perfect. Shrek 2.

托德：太好了。我们就看《怪物史莱克2》。

Akane: Great! We'll get that.

茜：太棒了！我们去租那部电影。

Todd: OK. I'll run down and pick it up.

托德：好的。我会去音像店租来的。

Akane: Thanks.

茜：谢谢。

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