How To Learn English With Movies (+Movie Vocabulary) · POC English
本视频教你如何通过电影学习英语，掌握描述电影的词汇，包括类型、剧情和演员阵容。适合想提升英语表达和写作能力的学习者。
If you are a movie lover, want to learn how to talk about movies and describe movies in English language,
如果你是一个电影爱好者，想学习如何用英语谈论和描述电影的话，
and how to improve your English language by watching English movies, then this lesson is for you!
如果你想知道如何通过观看英语电影来提高自己的英语水平，那么这节课非常适合你！
Hello!
你好！
my name is Maddy from Piece Of Cake English, and in this lesson we're going to talk about movies.
我的名字是Maddy，来自“Piece Of Cake English”这个教学机构。在这一节课中，我们将讨论电影相关的话题。
First, we will learn how to describe movies in English language.
首先，我们将学习如何用英语来描述电影。
Then we will see if movies can actually help you improve your English language and in what ways,
然后我们就会知道：电影是否真的能够帮助你提高英语水平，以及具体能通过哪些方式来实现这一目标。
and finally, we will see a review of a movie.
最后，我们将看到一部电影的影评。
So, if you want to talk about movies, the first word you need to know is genre, genre.
那么，如果你想谈论电影的话，第一个需要了解的词就是“类型”（genre）。
Now also pay attention to the pronunciation because many students maybe say
现在也要注意发音的问题，因为很多学生可能会把某些单词的发音说错。
but it's actually Genre.
但实际上，这属于“类型”（Genre）的范畴。
Now what is genre?
那么，什么是“类型”（genre）呢？
Genre is basically the style of a movie.
电影类型基本上指的是电影的风格或特点。
We have many different genres.
我们涵盖了多种不同的类型或风格。
For example, we have western movies about the American wild west, we have action movies which are movies with ,you know,
例如，我们有关于美国西部荒野的西部电影，还有动作片——也就是那些充满紧张刺激情节的电影。
uh, action scenes, gunshots ,and you know, car chases.
嗯，动作场景、枪声，还有汽车追逐戏。
There are animated movies such as cartoons.
有一些动画电影，它们属于卡通片的一种。
there are also Sci-Fi movies.
当然也有科幻电影。
Sci-Fi stands for Science-Fiction.
Sci-Fi”是“Science-Fiction”的缩写，意为“科幻小说”或“科幻作品”。
It's my favorite genre!
这是我最喜欢的类型（或流派）！
It's about unrealistic, unreal things ,you know, it's like Marvel movies or you know DC movies
这些内容都是关于一些不切实际、虚构的东西的，就像漫威电影或DC电影里的情节一样。
,These are very imaginary and maybe about the future.
这些内容都非常具有想象力，或许与未来有关。
We also have comedies, if you wanna
如果我们有的话，还有喜剧片可供选择，如果你感兴趣的话。
have fun, if you wanna laugh, if
玩得开心吧；如果你想笑的话……
you wanna have a fun evening you can watch a comedy which is quite funny and then we have drama.
如果你想度过一个愉快的夜晚，可以看一部非常有趣的喜剧；之后我们还可以看一部剧情剧。
Well, drama movies are ,you know, they can make you sad, they can make you feel very emotional,
嗯，剧情片嘛，它们确实会让你感到悲伤，也会让你情绪波动很大。
they may be romantic.
他们或许很浪漫。
These are drama movies.
这些都是剧情片。
So, First thing you need to know if you want to describe a movie is genre.
首先，如果你想对一部电影进行描述，需要了解的是它的类型（即电影所属的类别）。
but what about the second thing?
那么第二件事呢？
it's the plot.
这就是整个故事的核心（或：这就是故事的情节）。
now what is a plot of a movie?
那么，电影的故事情节（即“剧情”）到底是什么呢？
a plot of the movie is actually the series of events that form the story of the movie.
电影的故事情节，实际上就是构成电影故事的一系列事件。
So, if you want to say "I really enjoyed the movie because the story was good", instead of story you should say plot.
因此，如果你想表达“我真的很喜欢这部电影，因为它的剧情很精彩”，那么应该使用“plot”（剧情）这个词，而不是“story”（故事）。
"I really enjoyed it because it had a very good plot", which means a series of events that form the story.
我真的很喜欢这部剧，因为它有一个非常精彩的剧情（即一系列构成故事情节的事件）。
The third word you need to know about a movie is cast.
关于一部电影，你需要了解的第三个关键信息就是它的演员阵容（即“cast”）。
Now, cast is a collective noun meaning all the people, all the actors and actresses who act and perform in a movie.
Cast”是一个集体名词，指的是所有参与电影拍摄的演员（包括男演员和女演员）。
Altogether, they're called the cast of the movie.
总的来说，他们被称为这部电影的演员阵容。
For example ,you can say the movie had a very good cast.
例如，你可以说这部电影的演员阵容非常出色。
It means all the actors and actresses were very very good, so it had a very good cast,
这意味着所有的演员都非常出色，因此这部剧的演员阵容非常强大。
but the plot wasn't really interesting.
不过这个故事情节其实并不有趣。