The Great Gasby

Director          Baz Luhrmann


Starring         Leonardo DiCaprio
                          Tobey Maguire
                          Carey Mulligan
                          Elizabeth Debicki

Story             

It follows the life and times of millionaire Jay Gatsby and his neighbor Nick, who recounts his encounter with Gatsby at the height of the Roaring Twenties. Disgusted with both the city and its people, Nick leaves New York. He takes a final walk through Gatsby's deserted mansion. Back in the sanatorium, he finishes his memoir and titles it "Gatsby", then re-titles it, "The Great Gatsby".

Lines


1. The more in tune with the times we were, the more we drank.

2. With these hot-headed types in here, I rely on you.

3. We are different.  I am. They are. She is. We're all different from you. You see, we were born different. It's in our blood and nothing that you do or say or steal or dream up can ever change that.

Vocabulary

grotesque               奇形怪状的，怪异的

scumbag                人渣，混蛋

kaleidoscopic        万花筒的

columnist              专栏作家

old sport               伙计

tantalizing            诱人的，撩人的

montenegro                     黑山共和国

valor extraordinary       非凡的勇士

earl                                   伯爵

pompadour            彭八杜发型

dirt poor                极贫困的， 极贫穷的

bootlegger            走私者

craps table            骰子桌

foxtrot                   狐步舞

scamper                奔跑

dashing                  风度翩翩的，自信的，时髦的

illustrious family  名门

spree                      狂欢

kike                         犹太人（offensive）

racket                     喧哗 诈骗

Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod – Gloomy Sunday

Starring  Erika Marozsán

Story

Budapest in the thirties. The restaurant owner László hires the pianist András to play in his restaurant. Both men fall in love with the beautiful waitress Ilona who inspires András to his only composition. His song of Gloomy Sunday is, at first, loved and then feared, for its melancholic melody triggers off a chain of suicides. András, László and Ilona form a tenuous though touching personal and professional relationship in which both men share the love of the beautiful Ilona. After a few years, Nazi Germany captures Budapest and Hans returns. He is now an SS officer and responsible for organizing the transport of Budapest's Jews to the concentration camps.

Lines & Plots

1.  Trauriger Sonntag, dein Abend ist nicht mehr weit. 

     Mit schwarzen Schatten teile ich  meine Einsamkeit.

2.  Schliess ich die Augen dann seh ich Sie hundertfach

     Ich kann nicht schlafen und Sie werden nie mehr wach.

3.  Ich seh Gestalten ziehen im Zigarettenrauch.

     Lasst mich nicht hier, sagt den Englen ich komme auch.

     Trauriger Sonntag.

4.  Einsame Sonntage hab ich zuviel verbracht.

     Heut mach ich mich auf den Weg  in die lange Nacht.

5. Bald brennen Krezen und Rauch macht die Augen feucht.

    Weint odch nicht Freunde, denn endlich fuehl ich mich leicht.

6. Der letzte Atemzug bringt mich fuer immer heim.

    Im Reich der Schatten da werde ich geborgen sein.

    Trauriger Sonntag.

Taipei Exchanges

Starring  Gwei Lun-mei                   
                   Zaizai Lin

Story

Doris always wanted to have her own coffee-house. With the help of her sister, Joise, she opened "Doris's Cafe". However, there are few customers for the coffee house and the coffee house becomes cluttered with many useless gifts brought by friends and former colleges. Later, when customers start to ask about purchasing some of the items, Joise suggested a bartering system for the store.

Plots

Monday, Cheesecake

Tuesday  Tiramisu

Wednesday Eclair

Thursday Brownie

Friday crème brulee

Saturday Chiffon

Daily jam

Sherlock Holmes

Director     Guy Ritchie

Starring     Robert Downey Jr.
                      Jude Law
                      Rachel McAdams 

Story       

In 1890, London detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner and flatmate Dr. John Watson race to prevent the ritual murder of a woman by Lord Henry Blackwood, who has killed five other young women similarly. They stop the murder before Inspector Lestrade and the police arrive to arrest Blackwood.

Three months later, Holmes' eccentric behavior again annoys Watson. While he enjoys their adventures together, Watson looks forward to marrying Mary Morstan and leaving 221B Baker Street. Meanwhile, Blackwood has been sentenced to death and requests to see Holmes, where he warns of three more unstoppable deaths that will cause great changes to the world. Blackwood is subsequently hanged and pronounced dead by Watson. Three days later, Holmes is visited by Irene Adler, a professional thief and his former adversary, who asks him to find a missing man named Luke Reordan. After her departure, Holmes follows her as she meets with her secret employer, hidden in the shadows of a carriage. The concealed man states that Reordan is the key to Blackwood's plans. Holmes only learns that the man is a professor and that he intimidates Adler.

Lines

1. You must widen your gaze.  I am concerned you underestimate the gravity of coming events. 

2. Beneath your mask of logic, I sense a fragility.

3. Let's not dwell on the past, shall we?

4. it's a huge mistake to theorize before one has data. Inevitably one begins to twist facts to suit theories... instead of theories to suit facts.

5. Clean up and make yourself presentable.

Vocabulary 

1. pièce de résistance  主菜,好戏

2. Brittany sage           布列塔尼鼠尾草

3. toffee apple              焦糖苹果

4. candy floss               棉花糖

5. maple syrup            枫糖 枫蜜   

6. Barley sugar            麦芽糖

7. lace doilies               蕾丝布垫、桌垫

8. lucky heather         幸运石楠花

9. stout                      （烈性）黑啤酒

Das Leben der Anderen

Director   Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Starring
Ulrich Mühe
Martina Gedeck

Story
Im Ost-Berlin des Jahres 1984 wird der Stasi-Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler (Kürzel HGW XX/7) damit beauftragt, gegen den Theaterschriftsteller Georg Dreyman in einem „Operativen Vorgang“ belastendes Material zu sammeln. Der als „Staatsschriftsteller“ gefeierte Dramatiker kommt Wiesler verdächtig vor. Wiesler verwanzt mit einem Trupp der Stasi die Wohnung, in der Dreyman und Sieland leben, und richtet auf dem Dachboden des Hauses eine Abhörstation ein.

Lines

1. Bitte lassen sie mich schlafen.

2. Es kommt nicht nur auf gute Noten an im Leben.

3. Der ist sauberer als sauber.

 

4. Dann schneidet man sich ins eigene Fleisch.

5. Der Dichter ist der Ingenieur der Seele.

6. Versetzen Sie sich doch für einen Moment in seine Lage. 

7. Die Zeit vergeht so schnell.  

8. An jedem Tag im blauen Mondseptember, still, unter einem jungen Pflaumenbaum. Da hielt ich sie, die Stille bleiche Liebe, in meinem Arm wie einen holden Traum. Und über uns im schönen Sommerhimmel war eine Wolke, die ich lange sah. Sie war sehr weiß und ungeheuer oben und als ich aufsah, war sie nimmer da.

9. Viele Menschen lieben Sie, weil Sie sind wie Sie sind.

Vocabulary
1. aus einer Laune
2. schreien                    叫喊

3. toben                        暴怒

4. Wort für Wort

5. Schriftsteller           小说家

6. Regisseur                 导演

7. s, Geheimnis            秘密

8. Hoch stapler            骗子

9. r, Geschmack          品味

10. die Spitze des Eisberges 冰山一角

Dangerous Liaisons

Original Writer   Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

Starring                  Jang Dong-gun
                                   Cecilia Cheung
                                   Zhang Ziyi

Story

Shanghai, September 1931:  Hudong Bank chairwoman Mo Jieyu, an old friend of wealthy businessman & serial seducer Xie Yifan, asks him to rob Beibei, the 16-year-old fiancee of tycoon Jin Zhihuan, of her virginity. Jieyu wants revenge on Jin, for publicly dumping her in favor of a schoolgirl. Yifan turns down Jieyu's request, partly because he has another quarry in his sights—the quiet and retiring Fenyu, his uncle's granddaughter. Sensing an opportunity for some sport, Jieyu makes Yifan a wager: if he can seduce Fenyu without falling in love, she will finally agree to sleep with him; if he fails, he will sign over a valuable piece of land to her.  Mission finally accomplished, Yifan refocuses on seducing Fenyu, but finds himself in deeper emotional waters than he's ever experienced.

Lines

1.  A gentleman should have some sense of restraint.

2. This is her little jewel.

3. He'll be the laughingstock of Shanghai.         

4. He needs a taste of his own medicine.

5. I've got quite a reputation in Shanghai.

6. A poker face is the key to survival.

Vocabulary

1. barnacle                            缠着不放的人

2. make a scene                   出丑，大闹一场

3. Call to Arms                     《呐喊》 

4. final curtain                     谢幕

5. Soochow Creek               松江口  

6. wonton soup                    馄饨 

7. rickshaw puller               黄包车夫

8. fall into someone's clutches

9. Cezanne                           塞尚

Coraline

Original Writer   Neil Gaiman
Starring                  Teri Hatcher
                                   Dakota Fanning

Story

Coraline Jones and her parents move into an old house that has been divided into flats. During a rainy day she discovers a locked door in a downstairs room. In its place is a long passageway, which leads to a flat identical to her own, inhabited by her Other Mother and Other Father, who are replicas of her real parents. They have button eyes and exaggerated features.  

Lines

1. If you fell to the bottom & looked up, you'd see a sky full of stars in the middle of the day.

2. Rain makes mud. Mud makes a mess.

3. Zip it. 

4. Do svidaniya! 

5. Cats have far superior senses than humans.

6. Even the proudest spirit can be broken with love. 

7. Oh, my twitchy-witchy girl, I think you are so nice, I give you bowls of porridge and I give you bowls or ice cream, I give you lots of kisses, and I give you lots of hugs, but I never give you sandwiches with bugs in.  

Vocabulary

1. dowser                       探矿者

2. feral                            野生的（喂养后逃脱的）

3. gravy                       （调味）肉汁

4. corn on the cob         烤玉米

5. rash                            皮疹

6. beet                            甜菜

7. snapdragon               金鱼草

8. vermillion                 朱砂红 

9. chartreuse                荨麻酒绿

10. hush & shush         嘘