适合练习托福听力电影1
遇见你之前 Me Before You
Louisa Clark是一个年轻又活泼的小镇女孩,不久前突然被咖啡馆解雇(1. being laid off from a café),家境不好,学历不高的她,无奈之下只好接下一份需要细心与专业技巧的工作:成为一名四肢瘫痪病人的全职看护(2.caregiver)。到了病人家中,她才发现看护对象是一名因车祸导致全身瘫痪的(3.completely paralyzed) 年轻人Will Traynor。威尔年轻英俊,博学富有,过去热爱旅行冒险,却因一场车祸(a motorcycle accident)而一蹶不振,变得自暴自弃又愤世嫉俗;生性乐观的小露向他展示生命的美好。为了让威尔重新展开笑颜,小露使出浑身解数,两人都得到宝贵的的意外收获,重新找到人生与心灵的归属。
词汇详解:
1. lay sb↔ˈoff to stop employing sb because there is not enough work for them to do 解雇
2. paralysed verb[often passive]~ sb to make sb unable to feel or move all or part of their body 使瘫痪
The accident left himparalysed from the waist down.
那场事故使他腰部以下瘫痪。
3. caregiver nouna person whotakes care of a sick or old person at home 家庭护理员
适合练习托福听力电影2
王牌特工:特工学院 Kingsman:The Secret Service
Harry Hart 是英国秘密特工组织(1. & 2. an elite secret spy organization) Kingsman 中的一员,某次行动中,他的战友不幸牺牲,哈里将一枚徽章和一个电话号码交给了战友年幼的小儿子"Eggsy" Unwin ,叮嘱他将来如果遇到了什么麻烦可以拨打这个号码,然而,这样的机会只能使用一次。
一晃眼十七年过去,破碎的家庭让Eggsy成长为了一个整日无所事事的小混混,某日,因为违反交通规则而遭到逮捕Eggsy使用了手中珍贵的号码,赶来的哈里在Eggsy玩世不恭的外表之下发现了他善良的本质和极高的天赋,于是,哈里决定将Eggsy培养成为新一代Kingsman,他们需要共同面对的是强大而又邪恶的亿万富翁Valentine。
词汇详解:
1. elite a group of people in a society, etc. whoare powerful and have a lot of influence, because they are rich, intelligent,etc. 社会精英
a member of the ruling/intellectual elite上层统治集团成员
In these countries, only the elite can afford an education for theirchildren. 在这些国家,只有上层人士才供得起子女上学。
2. spy
a person who tries to get secret information about another country,organization or person, especially sb who is employed by a government or thepolice间谍
He was denounced as a foreign spy.有人告发他是外国间谍。
适合练习托福听力电影3
火星救援 The Martian
载人航天宇宙飞船a mannedspaceship宇航员 Mark Watney成功抵达火星,谁知一场破坏力极其巨大的风暴a fierce storm向宇航员们Astronauts袭来,阿瑞斯3号被迫中断任务,紧急返航。撤离途中,宇航员Mark 被飞船上吹落的零件击中,由于生还希望渺茫,队友们crewmates只得匆匆返航,并向世人宣告他已牺牲的事实。出乎意料的是,马克以极低的概率活了下来survived。他躲进驻火星的航天基地疗伤。下一次火星任务要等到四年后,而基地内的补给supplies仅够他维持31天。短暂的绝望后,Mark决定利用有限的食物,在这颗空无一人的星球上种植作物,寻找一线生机。与此同时,地球方面也很快发现Mark生还的事实,他们想尽办法部署营救计划rescue mission。
词汇详解:
1. survive[transitive] to continue to live or exist despite a dangerous event or time 幸存
The companymanaged to survive the crisis. 公司设法渡过难关。
Few buildingssurvived the war intact. 战争之后没几座完好的建筑了
2. supplythe things suchas food, medicines, fuel, etc. that are needed by a group of people, forexample an army or expedition 补给
Our supplieswere running out.我们的补给快用完了。
a transport plane carrying food and medical supplies for refugees 一架为难民运动食物和医疗用品的运输机。
3. rescuenoun[uncountable] the act of saving sb/sth from a dangerous or difficult situation;the fact of being saved 营救
We had given uphope of rescue. 我们那时已经放弃了营救的希望。
a mountain rescue team 登山救援队
an occasion when sb/sth is saved from a dangerous or difficult situation 营救行动
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