文摘Appearance 外貌Gail： What beautiful blue eyes you have! Nick： Thank you and you have beautiful brown eyes too.G： Brown eyes! No they’re black!N： Have you got a mirror?G： Yes, I’ve got one in my purse.N： Look at your eyes in it. You’ll see that the pupil—that’s the centre of your eyes—is black while the iris is brown. My irises are blue so I have blue eyes. Your irises are brown so you have brown eyes. G： Well, I was always brought up to think I had black eyes!N： In English, if you say you have a black eye it means that someone’s hit you in the face causing your eye to be swollen and discoloured.G： I see.N： Another way you misuse the word black is when someone has been out in the sun for a long time and you say that they are black.G： What’s wrong with that?N： In England we would say that they are brown or tanned. You should do the same too.G： OK in future I’ll try not to use the word black so often!G： 你的蓝眼睛可真好看！N： 谢谢，你棕色的眼睛也很迷人。G： 棕色？不对，是黑色的！N： 你有镜子没有？G： 我钱包里有一个。N： 看你自己的眼睛，中间的瞳孔是黑色的，周围虹膜是棕色的。我的虹膜是蓝色的，所以我有一双蓝眼睛。而你的是棕色的，所以你是棕色的眼睛。G： 我一直以为我的眼睛是黑色的！N： 在英国，要是你跟别人说你有一双黑眼睛，人家会以为你被击中了面部，导致你的眼睛肿胀，变色了。G： 我明白了。.N： 对“black”这个词，你还有一个误用之处。如果一个人在太阳下面晒了很久，你会说他们很“black”。G： 这有什么错吗？N： 在英国，我们用“brown”或者“tanned”来形容皮肤被晒黑了。你也应该这样说。G： 好的，那我以后还是尽量少用“black”这个词吧。Music and Movies 音乐与电影Kate：Which Chinese actress do you like best?Tina：I think I’d have to say Gong Li. Ever since she starred in Red Sorghum and Raise the Red Lantern she’s been China’s number one.K：For over twenty years! I much prefer Zhang Ziyi. I thought she was wonderful in Hero.T：She was I agree but in Memoirs of a Geisha, although her acting was good, I felt she was let down① by her poor English. Who do you think’s going to be the next Gong Li?K：Everyone says it must be Zhang Ziyi.T：Well, I’ve just seen Protégé so I’ve got to say that it’s Zhang Jingchu. And unlike Zhang Ziyi her English is really fluent.K：Yeah English is a must② for Chinese actors now as they all seem to end up in Hollywood.T：That’s where Zhang Jingchu made her latest film Rush Hour 3. It’s due out③ in August.K：I know very little about her. What other films has she been in?T：Her first film was Peacock in 2005 so she’s definitely the rising star of this millennium. All she needs is a male co-star. Wouldn’t it be great to have a Chinese couple rival Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie! Any suggestions?K：I can’t think of anyone Chinese. What about Rain? Now they would make a handsome couple!T：Yeah. A match made in Hollywood heaven!K：Now that would definitely be a blockbuster! And who knows, they may even hit it off④ and then we could see the rise of an Asian film dynasty.T：Yeah. Forget Hollywood. Forget Bollywood. Here comes Chollywood!① let down：丢脸，失望② a must：必不可少的东西③ due out：（电影）按预期上映④ hit it off：合得来，相处融洽K：你最喜欢哪位中国女演员？T：巩俐。自从出演《红高粱》和《大红灯笼高高挂》开始，她就奠定了自己中国女一号的地位。K：而且一直持续了二十多年！不过，我更喜欢章子怡。我觉得她在《英雄》里的表演简直精彩极了！T：没错，我同意。可是在《艺妓回忆录》中，尽管她的表演也十分精彩，但她那糟糕的英语真是令人失望。你觉得谁会成为下一个巩俐？K：肯定是章子怡，大家都这么说。T：我刚刚看了《门徒》，所以我觉得会是张静初。她的英语相当流利，不像章子怡那样。K：没错，对于中国演员来说，他们最终想要闯进好莱坞，英语是必需的。T：张静初最近在好莱坞拍摄了《尖峰时刻3》。8月就会公映。K：我对张静初了解得很少。她还演过什么别的电影吗？T：她的第一部电影是2005年拍摄的《孔雀》，很显然，她是一颗冉冉升起的新星。她需要个男搭档。要是有一对中国搭档可以与布拉德?皮特和安吉丽娜?朱莉相匹敌，那多棒啊！你有什么好的人选吗？ K：我实在想不出有哪个中国男演员适合。Rain怎么样？绝对是一对帅气的组合！T：嗯，这绝对是“好莱坞造好莱坞设”的一对！K：那绝对是一鸣惊人啊！也许他们是绝配，从而让我们看到亚洲电影王朝的兴起呢！T：是啊！到时候，什么好莱坞，什么宝莱坞，统统滚蛋，“华莱坞”时代即将来临了！
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