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　　Film Review:

　　Crouching Tiger，Hidden Dragon

　　Martial arts films① are often enjoyable but they are seldom great art. Now, to everyone's surprise②， Ang Lee, director of a number of excellent films③， has made a martial arts film called CrouchingTiger④， HiddenDragon. The result is a masterpiece⑤.

　　The film belongs to⑥ a type of ⑦ Chinese story called wuxia. These stories tell of⑧ nineteenth­century martial arts masters with unusual⑨ abilities\s\up1(10(10). Wuxia films are popular in⑪ China, and they are now popular in the west too. 　　①martial arts films 功夫片

　　②to one's surprise 令某人吃惊的是

　　③a number of 大量的

　　director of ... films 是Ang Lee的同位语。

　　④called ... 为过去分词短语作定语。

　　⑤masterpiece/'maːstəˌpiːs/n. 杰作

　　⑥belong to 属于

　　⑦a type of 一种

　　⑧tell of 讲述，关于

　　⑨unusual adj.不寻常的；非同一般的

　　⑩ability n．本领，才能；能力

　　⑪be popular in 在......流行 　　

　　影评：《卧虎藏龙》

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　　功夫片通常好看，却难登大雅之堂。令大家惊讶的是，曾经拍了许多优秀影片的导演李安，现在拍了一部名为《卧虎藏龙》的功夫片。结果成了一部经典之作。

　　这部电影属于中国武侠故事的一种。这些故事讲述的是19世纪那些有着非凡才能的功夫大师。武侠电影在中国很受欢迎，现在在西方也很受欢迎。

　　The story takes place in the early 1800s⑫ in China. A man and a woman, Li Mubai(played by Chow Yun­Fat) and Yu Xiulian(played by Michelle Yeoh), both masters of the martial arts, are in love with⑬ each other. But Xiulian had a fiancé⑭ who has died. Because this fiancé was a good friend of Mubai⑮， Mubai feels that he cannot marry⑯ Xiulian. When someone steals⑰ Xiulian's sword, Mubai and Xiulian try to get it back. The action takes place on Peking rooftops⑱， and in places as far away as⑲ the deserts of western China. As in the old wuxia stories, characters⑳leap\s\up1(21(21) through the air every now and then\s\up1(22(22)， with beautiful, graceful\s\up1(23(23) movements, while audiences shout in surprise\s\up1(24(24). 　　⑫in the early 1800s 在19世纪初期

　　⑬be in love with 与......相爱(表示状态)

　　fall in love with 爱上......(表示动作)

　　⑭fiancé/fi'ɒnseI/n．未婚夫

　　⑮because 引导原因状语从句。

　　⑯marry v．嫁，娶

　　⑰steal v．偷，盗　steal ... from ...从......偷盗......

　　⑱rooftop/'ruːfˌtɒp/n．屋顶

　　⑲as far as 像......一样远，远达

　　⑳character/'kærIktə/n．角色；人物

　　\s\up1(21(21)leap/liːp/vi.跳跃；飞跃　leap through the air 在空中跳跃

　　\s\up1(22(22)every now and then 不时，偶尔，有时

　　from time to time 时而，偶尔

　　\s\up1(23(23)graceful/'greIsfl/adj.优美的；优雅的

　　\s\up1(24(24)in surprise 吃惊地