At the movies 看電影

The script of this programme 本節目臺詞

A cinema: the place for dreams!

Neil: Hello. I’m Neil. In this programme, we're going to talk about movies. What kind of movies do you like, Feifei?

Feifei: I love romcoms, Neil! 我喜歡看 “Romcom 浪漫愛情片”。Romcom 是個名詞，它是由單詞 romantic comedy 組成的一個合成詞。What about you, Neil, what sort of movies do you like the most?

Neil: Well, I can’t resist a ‘whodunnit’. 'Whodunnit' is short for ‘who has done it’. The point of these films is for the audience to try to guess who committed a serious crime – usually murder.

Feifei: Ah, you like detective movies! 單詞 whodunnit 也是個名詞，它是短語 “who has done it” 的縮寫，意思是“兇殺懸疑片”。偵探在推理過程中就會用 “who has done it” 作為線索引子。說到這兒，讓我想起了神探福爾摩斯。

Neil: Yes, ‘romcom’ and ‘whodunnit’ are today’s expressions in Authentic Real English. And ... there’s one more. Now, see if you can guess: (sounding like a robot) Hello. I’m a robot sent from the future to prevent war and destruction!

Feifei: A sci-fi movie! Sci-fi 是 science fiction 的縮寫，就是我們熟知的“科幻片”。I love science fiction too. But sometimes it’s scary!

Neil: (sounding like a robot) Well, there's no need to be scared … I can’t keep doing that… There’s no need to be scared of BBC Learning English because we explain everything to you so clearly. Let's hear some examples of today’s three movie-related expressions.

Examples

• My favourite sci-fi movie is Star Wars. I can’t wait for the next film in the series!

• I’m catching a movie with my friends after work. We’re going to watch the latest romcom.
• Alfred Hitchcock was the master of the whodunnit. Nobody makes better films in that genre than he did!

Feifei: That’s it! 我去買爆米花！

Neil: And I’m going to buy some drinks!

Feifei: Let’s catch a movie! A sci-fi?

Neil: (sounding like a robot) Yes, indeed! We are going to catch a movie… I am a robot who came from the future to catch a movie with you, Feifei…

Feifei: 瞧你這演技，能獲奧斯卡獎了！Let’s go! Bye!

Neil: See you soon.