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

Wir sind die Nacht

Starring           Max Riemelt

                            Nina Hoss

                            Anna Fischer

                            Jennifer Ulrich

Story 

The film deals with a young woman who gets bitten by a female vampire and drawn into her world. She falls in love with a young police officer who investigates a murder case involving the vampires.                             

Lines

1. Wenn du wüsstest, dass es auf dieser Welt nur einen einzigen Menschen gibt, der dich glücklich macht,  der für dich bestimmt ist, was würdest du opfern, um ihn zu finden? Wie viele Jahuhunderte würdest du nach ihm suchen? Und wenn du ihn dann gefunden hättest, würdest du ihn je wieder gehen lassen? Würdest du ihn nicht auch mit beiden Armen so fest umklammern, wie du nur kannst, und ihn nie, nie, nie wieder los lassen?

2. Ob ich wohl ein Glas Wasser bekommen könnte? 

    Ich sterbe vor Durst!

3. Wenn man nicht wie die anderen sein will,

     gibt es zwei Möglichkeiten: 

    Du gehst an ihrer Welt zugrunde, 

     oder du schaffst dir deine eigene.  

4. Wenn du willst, dass sie schwimmt, schmeiß sie ins Wasser.

5.  Ich hab Angst, was zu verpassen.

6.  Du bist eine Katastrophe als Lügnerin!

7.  Das ist die schönste Lüge, die ich je gehört habe.

Vocabulary

1. bedauerlich             令人惋惜的

2. Kapuzenpulli          连帽衫

3. dunkle Hose           黑裤子

4. das Mitleid             同情心

5. schüchtern             害羞的

6. schwanger             怀孕的

7. süchtig                   上瘾的