十部適合練英語(yǔ)英式發(fā)音的電影精選(3)

　　5. The Holiday 戀愛(ài)假期

　　Amanda Woods (Cameron Diaz) with her best friend Miles (Jack Black) owns a company that produces movie trailers. She handles editing while he provides incidental score, and scenes concerning her are occasionally accompanied by narration in the voice of Hal Douglas. Amanda is an extreme workaholic. Iris Simpkins (Kate Winslet) is a society column editor for The Daily Telegraph in London. Both women are suffering from heartache: While Amanda discovers that her live-in boyfriend (Edward Burns) has cheated on her, due to their lackluster relationship, Iris learns that Jasper Bloom (Rufus Sewell), the object of Iris' unrequited love, is engaged after he announces it at the office Christmas party. Seeking an escape, Iris posts an ad for her "quaint cottage in Surrey" on a home-swap website, which Amanda eagerly accepts...

　　愛(ài)麗斯(凱特·溫斯萊特 Kate Winslet飾)住在英國(guó)倫敦的鄉(xiāng)村，而阿曼達(dá)(卡梅隆·迪亞茲 Cameron Diaz飾)則是洛杉磯的美國(guó)麗人。她們?cè)谔炷系乇钡膬啥耍瑓s遇上了同樣的問(wèn)題：在感情上遭受了挫敗，令生活灰暗無(wú)光。二人在網(wǎng)上聊天，商議在圣誕節(jié)到來(lái)之前，到對(duì)方的環(huán)境去生活，交互雙方的住所作為度假場(chǎng)地。于是，一場(chǎng)令人興奮的旅行開(kāi)始了。愛(ài)麗斯來(lái)到美國(guó)大都市，阿曼達(dá)則乘班機(jī)前往極具英倫情調(diào)的英國(guó)鄉(xiāng)村。除了新鮮的生活環(huán)境，當(dāng)?shù)啬猩镊攘Ω屗齻冣Р患胺馈?/p>

　　6. Oliver Twist 霧都孤兒

　　Young orphan Oliver Twist is forcibly brought to a workhouse on his ninth birthday. He and the other resident children are treated poorly and given very little food. Facing starvation, the boys select Oliver (through a lottery) to ask for more food at the next meal, which he tentatively does. This results in Oliver being chastised, and the workhouse officials, who are wealthy, well-fed, hypocritical men, decide to get rid of him. After nearly being sold as an apprentice to a cruel chimney sweep, Oliver is sent to Mr. Sowerberry, a coffin-maker, whose wife and senior apprentice take an instant dislike to the newcomer. After more poor treatment, Oliver snaps and attacks Noah, the snotty older apprentice, for having insulted his mother. Knowing his life with the Sowerberrys will only get worse, Oliver escapes on foot...

　　本片根據(jù)英國(guó)作家狄更斯1838年的名著《霧都孤兒》改編。孤兒奧利弗(巴尼·克拉克 Barney Clark 飾)由教會(huì)撫養(yǎng)長(zhǎng)大，9歲時(shí)被送去童工廠揀填絮，后被賣給棺材鋪當(dāng)學(xué)徒，屢受欺侮。奧利弗從棺材鋪逃跑，步行七十英里到達(dá)倫敦，遇見(jiàn)小偷“機(jī)靈鬼”(哈利 ·伊登 Harry Eden 飾)，并被收入猶太老頭費(fèi)金(本·金斯利 Ben Kinsley 飾)的盜竊團(tuán)伙。奧利弗第一次出徒便被誣陷偷竊布朗羅先生(愛(ài)德華·哈德威克 Edward Hardwicke飾)的絲帕，并被打昏在地。被好心的布朗羅先生帶回家收養(yǎng)，卻在替布朗羅先生跑差途中被費(fèi)金的同僚比爾(杰米·福爾曼 Jamie Foreman飾)抓獲。比爾逼迫奧利弗協(xié)助他與同伙托比(馬克·斯特朗 Mark Strong 飾)入夜行竊布朗羅先生家。小奧利弗不從，眼看命在旦夕……