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看电影学英语 考研屋 www.kaoyanwu.com 提供各大机构考研、公务员、四六级辅导视频课程 Study English by Viewing Original American Films.(一) Words & Phrases from the film POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE Synopsis: Based on actress Carrie Fisher’s best-selling autobiographical novel， POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE is a wickedly witty expose of life in the Hollywood fast lane. In a brilliant comic performance， MerylStreep stars as Suzanne Vale， a wisecracking， vulnerable actress determined to jump start her failing career. As her aging movie star mother， Shirley MacLaine offers the definitive portrait of Hollywood’s gutsy glamour queens in scenes spiked with razoredged humor and searing honesty. Dennis Quaid， Rob Reiner and an all-star cast offer a bird’s-eye view of Hollywood’s has-beens and wanna-bes. Funny and uncompromising， POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE dishes the Tinseltown dirt with style and wit， serving up a delicious behind-the-scenes comedy that no film lover can resisit.(from the rear of DVD case) [Slangs]: 1. the edge ， n by 1980s Perilous territory; a risky situation: Living closer to the edge somehow makes you more than just a pampered Hollywood pretty boy – New York Times危险境 地，处于一种危险状态。 or track)， 1960s A pace and quality of life emphasizing quick success 2. fast lane ( against strong competition， along with the trappings of wealth and style: …amazing woman， lives on a fast lane –Village Voice/ Jean Piaget… started academic life on a fast track – Time/ … certainly influenced the 1960s expression “life in the fast lane” – City in Slang一种强调迅速成 功而反对激烈竞争的生活节奏和质量。 3. jump-start， v by 1980s To start a car by attaching cables to the battery from a car that runs; start anything that resists going: …they finally jump-start that poor dumb animal/ Mubarak Tries to Jump Start Stalled Mideast Peace Talks/助推起动。 4. Tinseltown， n by 1975 Hollywood; the Los Angeles – Hollywood movie and TV area and culture:… if he couldn’t nab a ride to Tinseltown in an hour’s time/ It sometimes seems that the whole society has spiritually decampe 考研屋www.kaoyanwu.com :提供各大机构考研、公务员、四六级辅导视频课程 专业提供提供各大机构考研、公务员、四六级辅导视频课