英語口語對話《正宗影迷》

雖然你也是一位愛看電影的人，但是你真的是一位正宗的影迷嗎?我們來看看下面的英語口語裏的這位正宗影迷是什麼樣的'吧。

steve:: what's your favorite movie of all time?

michelle: that's a good question? i don't know. maybe "forrrest gump"(《阿甘正傳》).

steve: why "forrest gump"?

michelle: because i love tom hanks, and i thought it had a lot of clever tie-ins(聯繫，關聯); it was like a photo album of the country during the last 30 years..

steve: that was a good show. okay. here's a little bit of movie trivia(小問題) for you: what movie is the top-grossing (票房收入最高的;毛利最高的)film of all time?

michelle: oh, that's easy. "jurassic park(〈侏羅紀公園〉)". it's the only film that has grossed over a billion dollars in history.

steve: that's true. but when a film's gross is adjusted for inflation, the highest-grossing film is "gone with the wind". okay, what director has 7 of the top 40 highest-grossing films of all time?

michelle: a piece of cake. steven spielberg. give me something that's challenging.

steve: okay. who said "go ahead, make my day!"?

michelle: clint eastwood.

steve: all right. what was dustin hoffman's debut movie(第一部電影)?

michelle: "the graduate".

steve: what year did it come out?

michelle: i don't know. 1970?

steve: wrong. 1968.

michelle: okay. give me another question.

steve: okay. what actress has the most nominations for an academy award?

michelle: i have no idea.

steve: katharine hepburn. she was nominated 12 times and won 3 times.

michelle: okay, my turn. first of all. what's your favorite scary (恐怖的)movie?

steve: it's gotta be "psycho"(《精神變態者》). i love that shower scene.

michelle: i hate the choppy (不連貫的)music that they play during that scene.

steve: that's what makes it so memorable.

michelle: okay. who directed "tootsie"(《寶貝兒》?

steve: easy. sidney pollack. incidentally, he also acted in it as well.

michelle: all right. what was the most popular robert redford and paul newman film?

steve: "the sting"〈刺〉.

michelle: you're pretty good. try this one. what's the top-grossing animated cartoon of all time?

steve: i know it's a disney. is it "bambi"〈小鹿班比〉?

michelle: not quite. it was "snow and the seven dwarfs". here's your last question; what year was the first in-flight movie (空中電影;在飛機上放映的電影〉?

steve: 1955?

michelle: wrong. 1926. the movie "the lost world" was shown on imperial airways from london to paris on april 16, 1926.

steve: the first in-flight movie was 70 years ago? that blows me away.(這真使我感到驚訝萬分。) i guess i'm not such a great movie buff after all.

michelle: that's okay. i still love you.