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《龙纹身的女孩》登陆好莱坞

2012-01-07来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. A Swedish mystery novel that became an international best-seller was made into a movie in Scandinavia two years ago and now Hollywood takes its turn.

make into把…转变为, 使成为
例句:They made the story into a play.
他们把这个故事改编成了戏剧。
take turn轮流
例句:We must take our turn at work.
我们必须轮流做这项工作。

2. Lisbeth Salander is a brooding, almost feral young woman with jet black spiked hair, her pale, slender body decorated with elaborate tattoos and numerous piercings.

decorate with用…装饰…
例句:We decorated our car with ribbon.
我们在汽车上挂满了缎带。

3. Trying to stay out of the spotlight, he takes a job in a remote town, investigating a decades-old unsolved murder in one of Sweden's richest families.

stay out of不参与…;不插手;置身于…之外
例句:His father told him to stay out of trouble.
他父亲叫他避开是非之地。

4. They decide that they are going to do something about it; and you have woven into it this great 'who done it' [mystery].

weave into把…织成…; 把…编撰成…
例句:The author wove three plots into one story.
作者把三个情节编成一个故事。

5. An international star as the latest to play danger-loving secret agent James Bond, Craig says he jumped at the chance to take on the much more ordinary Mikael.

jump at急于接受
例句:They will probably jump at the proposal.
他们可能会立即接受这个建议。
take on承担
例句:He is always ready to take on heavy responsibilities.
他一向乐于挑重担。

6. Obviously, there is another person I play who would deal with it in a different way.

deal with应付, 处理; 对待
例句:There are many difficulties to be dealt with when starting a new business.
开展一项新业务时, 有许多困难需要解决。

7. It's not that I was ever thinking about that, but I wanted to put the reality into this. He gets shot at and he runs away, screaming, like anybody else would.

put into使处于某种状态
例句:The regulations have been put into practice on a trial basis.
这些规定已开始试行。
run away逃跑, 走掉, 逃脱; 离家
例句:The teenager ran away after being punished.
那个少年在受到惩罚后逃走了。

8. his time Lisbeth is played by American actress Rooney Mara who says she tried to keep her portrayal from being influenced by either that version or the image readers of the books may have.

keep from阻止; 免于
例句:Urgent business kept me from attending the meeting.
因有急事我不能去参加会议。

9. Director David Fincher first worked with Mara in his Oscar-nominated film from last year, The Social Network (she was the girlfriend who breaks up with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg at the beginning of the film).

break up (使)破裂
例句:We don't know the reason why they have broken up with each other.
我们不知道他们的关系为何破裂。

10. First and foremost, I was more interested in the people, front and center

first and foremost首要的
例句:He was a singer, but first and foremost a scholar.
他是个歌手, 但他主要是一位学者。