VOA常速英语:'Twilight Breaking Dawn, Pt 1' Features Long-Awaited Vampire Wedding

短语讲解：

1. Fans around the world are queueing up to see the latest film based on author Stephanie Meyers' Twilight novels.

queue up排队等候
例句：You have to queue up at the bus stop.
你在公车站必须排队。
base on使建立在…基础上,立足
The play is based on a novel by Graham Greene.
这个剧是根据格雷厄姆．格林的一本小说改编的。

2. The final book chronicling the romance of teenager Bella and vampire Edward has been split into a pair of films.

split into (使)分成
例句：The river splits into three smaller streams at this point.
这条河在此处分成三条小河。

3. Bella expected Edward to turn her into a vampire so they could share immortality.

turn into (使)变成
例句：The old building was turned into a library.
这座旧房子被改作了图书馆。

4. It's such a far-fetched story and all …but it's really not if you just compare it to somebody who is my age and not in agreement with people that think they are making the wrong decision.

compare to把…比作, 喻为; 与…相比
例句：The writer was compared to Shakespeare.
把这个作家与莎士比亚进行了比较。

5. The romantic triangle in the Twilight saga includes Bella's best friend Jacob, who happens to be a werewolf, the mortal enemy of her beloved.

happen to碰巧
例句：He just happens to be a great artist. 
他恰恰是一位伟大的艺术家。

6. But since the first film in 2008, different directors have taken on each chapter.

take on呈现,穿上
例句：The old factory has taken on a new look.
这家老厂已呈现出一派新面貌。

7. Bill Condon, who helmed the musical Dreamgirls, takes over for Breaking Dawn.

take over接管; 接替
例句：She took over his work after his departure.
他离开以后, 她接替了他的工作。