【英语时差8,16】高中校园的最后「血战」
时间：2018-12-18 作者：英语课 分类：英语第3级听力-English Level 3
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"Blood," directed by Chris Nahon and starring Korean actress Gianna Jun, is an expansion of the 48-minute animated 1 film of the same name. In the movie, Saya (Gianna Jun), a 400-year-old half-human half-vampire, cooperates with a secretive organization to hunt down other bloodsuckers. Her archenemy and final target is Onigen, the leader of the demons 2. Saya's latest mission brings her to a high school on the U.S. army base in Tokyo. Here she meets her first real friend in a long time, Alice, who is the daughter of the base's General. Saya's dilemma 4 of killing 5, often brutally 6, her bloodthirsty half's kind in order to save her other half is the center of the story. The movie adds depth to the original anime, a gore 7 sword-slashing thriller 8, by challenging the traditional views of vampires 9 and humans, good and evil. Its message is strictly 10 anti-war: The act of killing diminishes humanity, even if it is done for a "just" cause. Gianna Jun puts on a brave show in her Hollywood debut 11. However, she falls short of delivering the complexity 12 of a 400-year-old who spends most of her life killing things. Of course, part of the challenge is her admitted difficulty with acting 13 in English. If Jun intends to continue her career in the International market, she must try to tackle the language problem.
animated film 动画片
secretive (adj.) 秘密的；神秘的
to hunt down 猎杀；追殺
demon 3 (n.) 魔鬼；恶鬼
dilemma (n.) 困境；进退两难
gore (n.) 血腥；血
to diminish (v.) 縮減；削弱
to fall short 不及；未達
complexity (n.) 复杂性；错综复杂的事物
to tackle (v.) 著手处理或解決
animated film 动画片
secretive (adj.) 秘密的；神秘的
to hunt down 猎杀；追殺
demon 3 (n.) 魔鬼；恶鬼
dilemma (n.) 困境；进退两难
gore (n.) 血腥；血
to diminish (v.) 縮減；削弱
to fall short 不及；未達
complexity (n.) 复杂性；错综复杂的事物
to tackle (v.) 著手处理或解決
1 animated
adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的
- His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
- We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。
2 demons
n.恶人( demon的名词复数 )；恶魔；精力过人的人；邪念
- demons torturing the sinners in Hell 地狱里折磨罪人的魔鬼
- He is plagued by demons which go back to his traumatic childhood. 他为心魔所困扰，那可追溯至他饱受创伤的童年。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 demon
n.魔鬼，恶魔
- The demon of greed ruined the miser's happiness.贪得无厌的恶习毁掉了那个守财奴的幸福。
- He has been possessed by the demon of disease for years.他多年来病魔缠身。
4 dilemma
n.困境，进退两难的局面
- I am on the horns of a dilemma about the matter.这件事使我进退两难。
- He was thrown into a dilemma.他陷入困境。
5 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
6 brutally
adv.残忍地，野蛮地，冷酷无情地
- The uprising was brutally put down.起义被残酷地镇压下去了。
- A pro-democracy uprising was brutally suppressed.一场争取民主的起义被残酷镇压了。
7 gore
n.凝血，血污；v.（动物）用角撞伤，用牙刺破；缝以补裆；顶
- The fox lay dying in a pool of gore.狐狸倒在血泊中奄奄一息。
- Carruthers had been gored by a rhinoceros.卡拉瑟斯被犀牛顶伤了。
8 thriller
n.惊险片，恐怖片
- He began by writing a thriller.That book sold a million copies.他是写惊险小说起家的。那本书卖了一百万册。
- I always take a thriller to read on the train.我乘火车时，总带一本惊险小说看。
9 vampires
n.吸血鬼( vampire的名词复数 )；吸血蝠；高利贷者；（舞台上的）活板门
- The most effective weapon against the vampires is avampire itself. 对付吸血鬼最有效的武器就是吸血鬼自己。 来自电影对白
- If vampires existed, don`t you think we would`ve found them by now? 如果真有吸血鬼，那我们怎么还没有找到他们呢？ 来自电影对白
10 strictly
adv.严厉地，严格地；严密地
- His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
- The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。
11 debut
n.首次演出，初次露面
- That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
- The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。
12 complexity
n.复杂(性)，复杂的事物
- Only now did he understand the full complexity of the problem.直到现在他才明白这一问题的全部复杂性。
- The complexity of the road map puzzled me.错综复杂的公路图把我搞糊涂了。