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【总第61期】

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catch (v.) 抓住
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Don't let me catch you missing school!
不要被我抓到你旷课!
 
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Can I take a rain check?

你能改天再请我吗?

 
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A Strange Telephone Call x9R中国英语学习网

A Chicago family was having dinner when the phone rung. The maid answered and said, "It sure is!" and hung up. The same thing happened five minutes later.
" What's going on?" asked the father.
"Some crackpot, " explained the maid, "keeps calling to say, "It's long distance from New York."




中文:

奇怪的电话

芝加哥的一家人正在吃晚饭时,电话响了。女仆去接电话并说道,“当然是。”就挂掉了。 五分钟后同样的事情发生了。
“怎么回事?”父亲问道。
“一个疯子,”女仆解释说,“他总是坚持说‘从纽约到这非常远(这是纽约的长途)’。”
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A chateau and church crown fertile fields in the Cote-d'Or, a 30-mile (48-kilometer) strip of land in Bourgogne (Burgundy), France. The Cote-d'Or produces some of France's most venerated wines.

一座城堡和教堂似乎为科多尔肥沃的土地戴上了一顶桂冠,这里是法国东部勃艮第省的一个长达30英里(48公里)的条形土地。科多尔出产有一些全法最受崇敬的葡萄酒。
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Scooby-Doo Unleashed[「“史酷比2”来了]x9R中国英语学习网

When "Scooby-Doo," the live-action adaptation of the 1970s cartoon, was released in 2002, it became a huge blockbuster, so it's no surprise to see a sequel so soon. "Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed" reunites the human and computer-generated cast that made the first one such a hit.

In "Monsters Unleashed," things pick up pretty much where the first one left off. Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and the ravenous Great Dane Scooby-Doo have become celebrities in Coolsville, their native town. As the movie opens, the Coolsonian Museum is throwing them a party to celebrate the opening of an exhibit of the ghosts their outfit, Mystery Inc., has busted.

The party can't last, however, and before it's over Scooby and the gang are once again fighting the same ghosts they thought they'd vanquished forever. They try to find the evil genius responsible for resurrecting the ghosts, and along the way learn some valuable lessons about being themselves.

The human cast has done an uncanny job of inhabiting their cartoon characters, especially Matthew Lillard, who plays Shaggy. He is a gifted actor, and here he sounds exactly like the original character. The other actors are attractive and likable.

As for the rest of "Scooby-Doo 2," fans of the first film will get precisely what they're expecting: some computerized ghosts, a 1970s look, some quick references to the original cartoon and one or two clever jokes.

 
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如果看过福克斯电视网制播的Orange County(《橘郡男孩),您一定不会忘记Julie Cooper婚礼上那首格调舒缓、却又流洩着异域风情的Maybe I'm amazed(《也许,我震惊》)。

在某个慵懒的清晨、当第一束阳光射进窗子,您可以懒懒地躺在床上,伴同一屋斑驳疏影,让Jem散散的音符悄悄洒落……淡淡的忧郁温暖彻骨,神秘的弦乐轻柔曼妙。

如果说保罗·麦卡特尼的《也许,我震惊是一曲开诚布公的爱情宣言,Jem的《也许,我震惊》则是一本掩藏于心的爱情日记;麦卡特尼的宣言是要唱给世界,Jem的日记则是留给自己;麦卡特尼的爱外显、奔放,Jem的爱透骨、柔和;麦卡特尼的呐喊属于野外,属于喧嚣的酒吧;Jem的唱游则应留给满屋的宁静和独语的心灵……

 

歌词:

Maybe I'm amazed By Jem

Maybe i'm amazed at the way you love me all the time
Maybe i'm afraid of the way I love you

Maybe i'm amazed at the way you pulled me out of time
And hung me on a line
Maybe i'm amazed at the way I really need you

Maybe i'm a girl and maybe i'm a lonely girl
Who's in the middle of something
That she doesn't really understand

Maybe i'm a girl and maybe you're the only man
Who could ever help me
Baby won't you help me understand

Maybe i'm a girl and maybe i'm a lonely girl
Who's in the middle of something
That she doesn't really understand

Maybe i'm a girl and maybe you're the only man
Who could ever help me
Baby won't you help me understand

Maybe i'm amazed at the way you're with me all the time
Maybe i'm afraid of the way I leave you

Maybe i'm amazed at the way you help me sing my song?
Help me when i'm wrong?
Maybe i'm amazed at the way I really need you

歌手简介:

喜欢Dido吗?如果您喜欢Dido,也一定会喜欢Jem,她们的音乐确实有点象。不过,她不是Dido 2,她是Jem,虽然还未大红大紫,但Jem蜚声全球是迟早的事。人们都说,听Jem的歌就像掉进了潘朵拉的魔法盒,在她半梦半醒的吟唱里,唤醒您的是沉睡已久的听觉和心灵。与Jem同时代的歌手们都喜欢“玩”音乐,但只有Jem可以把原音、重金属、摇滚、爵士和弦乐调质成一杯性感迷人的“鸡尾酒”,她的音乐“玩”得让人舒服。

这位“唱游精灵”因电影《偷情》广告主题曲Come on closer(《靠近点》)一曲成名,Q杂志称她为“情境生活女王”,而能和她的音乐联系在一起的电影、电视和广告实在不胜枚举。Jem首张专辑Finally Woken(《如梦初醒》)中的开场曲They(《谁》) ,被收进蔡依林Motorola最新广告曲《乐园》。曲子辗转取自“巴哈F小调前奏曲”,层次分明、动感十足,搭上孩童合音,结合古典及电子乐,创造出了一串简洁的宜人音符。

Maybe I'm amazed(《也许,我震惊》)为美国热门电视剧Orange County(《橘郡男孩》,又名《玩酷时代》)插曲,曲子翻唱了甲壳虫乐队Paul McCartney(保罗·麦卡特尼)创作于1970年的同名摇滚单曲Maybe I'm amazed(《也许,我震惊》) ,虽为翻唱,但Jem与麦卡特尼的风格完全迥异,是对原创的一次全新演绎。 Jem生于英国威尔士,13岁开始创作演唱自己的作品。大学毕业后,主修法律专业的Jem开始进入音乐界,但当时她把主要心思放在了俱乐部及音乐节的宣传工作上,成了DJ经纪人。1999年,Jem抛下正在起步的事业,准备灌制唱片。她第一次与著名电子乐制作人Guy Sigsworth合作的Nothing fails(《不再失去》)被麦当娜看中,选入了她2003年的American life(《梦醒美国》)专辑里。

2003年,Jem首张专辑Finally Woken(《如梦初醒》)被“纽约时报”、“今日美国”等全球30大传媒推荐。该专辑占据英国榜排行第6名名,时间长达30周,并创下了全英点播亚军曲They(《谁》)与冠军曲Just a ride(《放轻松》)两首热门单曲。

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