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《雨果》奥斯卡提名集中在电影魅力

2012-02-14来源:VOA
短语讲解:
1. Hugo is an orphan who lives in the shadows of a busy Paris train station, continuing the work his father taught him: keeping the many clocks running on time.

on time按时, 准时
例句:The alarm clock awoke me on time.
闹钟按时把我闹醒了。

2. Another orphan, Isabelle, holds the key - literally - to Hugo's automaton, and it leads them on an adventure into the world of the great French film pioneer George Melies.

lead on劝诱, 使误信, 哄骗
例句:Salesmen do their best to lead people on to buy things they don't need.
推销员竭其所能诱使人们去买那些他们不需要的东西。

3. "Hugo is an orphan and he has had to grow up far faster than anyone his age should have to. I found it quite hard to relate to him because of all the hardships in his life," Butterfield explained.

grow up长大, 成熟
例句:Tom wants to be a coach when he grows up.
汤姆长大后想当教练。
relate to涉及, 关系到…; 同…有…关系
例句:The unemployment figures are not necessarily related to the rise in prices.
失业的数目同物价的上涨并没有必然的联系。

4. In Hugo, Oscar winner Ben Kingsley plays George Melies, the pioneer known as the "father of narrative filmmaking."

known as被认为是,被称为; 以…而闻名
例句:He is known as a musician.
他是位闻的音乐家。

5. I think the core value of its magic is its fearlessness in putting wounded characters on the screen.

put on穿上, 戴上; 把…放在…上
例句:Put the plates gently on the table, they are very delicate.
把碟子轻轻放在桌上, 这些碟子非常易碎。

6. It is not sugar-coated and the healer is the youngest person on the screen who pulls all of these threads together.

pull together (使)齐心协力
例句:We must pull together for mutual interest.
我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。