新概念英语第四册10-03

课文讲解

characterizes :刻画,特点

picture:照片 影片 motion picture :电影

inner emptiness: 内在的空洞 emptiness:空洞

What characterizes...(emphasis)= The characteristic of ...(这样比较平白,无特色句)

critical essay

This is compensated for...被弥补 outer 与inner构成对比

进一步说明

usually takes the form of: 经常以什么形式出现 appear in the form of:以这种形式出现

truly: 表示真的 特别的

realism: 现实 grandiose : 浮夸

His works usually take the form of poetry. 他的作品一般以诗歌形式出现.

Nothing is spared :用尽一切 不遗余力的 =no effort is spared

spared :剩下 They spared nothing... (因为侧重在电影而不是人.所以不用they)

to make the setting--表目的 setting:布景 costume: 戏服

costume play : 古装戏

surface details :表面的细节

correct :完美无缺

help to :有助于 mask :掩盖住

emptiness :空洞

essential:(=inner ) 本质的 内在的

characterization : 刻画 描述

box office :票房 票房收入

absurdities: 荒谬的

trivialities:琐事

What characterizes almost all Hollywood pictures is their inner emptiness. This is compensated for by an outer impressiveness. Such impressiveness usually takes the form of truly grandiose realism. Nothing is spared to make the setting, the costumes, all of the surface details correct. These efforts help to mask the essential emptiness of the characterization, and the absurdities and trivialities of the plots...