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Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump, an individual with an IQ of 75, let the world know what sincerity and persistence are through his unique life experience. Forrest Gump's life truth is silly and close to wisdom. Forrest Gump's films bring us not only spiritual shock and shock, but also thinking about how to make an ideal cttizen for the modern world, a perfect idiot and his wonderful script language. We only do a simple analysis here to provide dinner for readers.

Example 1:

Mrs. Gump: Forrest, I told you not to disturb this beautiful young man.

Elvis Presley: No, that's all right, madam. I just showed him some guitar skills.

This is a short conversation between Elvis Presley and Forrest Gump's mother. Maybe you will remember Forrest Gump's ridiculous dance in this scene. In fact, this is the iconic action of Elvis Presley's future fame. Bold language is a daily English vocabulary that foreigners often use in real life. This phrase means basic and introductory. Using this type of movie phrase can make our expression more vivid, true and energetic.

For example, let me show you how to play the piano.

Example 2:

Jenny: Run, Forrest! Run!

Forrest Gump: Now, in the past, I ran to where I was going. I never thought it would take me anywhere.

The bold part above is what Forrest Gump said after discovering his running ability. It means that I never think that running will exhaust anything. This structure is often used by foreigners, but it may be rare for China learners.

Don't do it again, it won't take you anywhere, believe me! Trust me, it's no use.

Mary firmly believes in dieting to lose weight, but I don't think it will have any effect as long as she sits there for hours.

Mary firmly believes in dieting and losing weight, but I don't think it's useful as long as she sits all day without exercising.

Example 3:

Boyfriend: What the hell is going on? Who's that?

Jenny: Sorry, Billy.

Billy: Stay away from me.

Jenny: Don't go.

Billy, wait a minute. He doesn't know anything better. Forrest. Why are you doing this?

The biggest feature of film language is truth. In the above example, Jenny was abandoned by her boyfriend because Forrest Gump hit her boyfriend. She tried to explain that he knew nothing. He is an idiot. At first glance, this expression seems nothing special. But this is not simple. It is not easy to understand its implied meaning. However, once you understand it, it is not difficult to use it flexibly.

In movies, such simple and easy-to-learn idioms can be seen everywhere.

The Graduate

Unlike Forrest Gump, The Graduate reflects the situation of American society from another angle. The hero of this film is a promising young man named Ben Jin Ming. He was born in a prominent family and was young, but he lost his direction in life after graduation, which triggered a love story. This film reveals the confusion and confusion brought by American society at that time, especially to the younger generation. The language of the film is concise and very practical. It is worth watching and emulating by language learners. Let's feel it together.

Example 1:

Ben: I'll drive Mrs Robinson home. She wanted me to take her home, so I took her home.

Mr. Robinson: Great. I appreciate it.

Ben: She's upstairs. She asked me to wait here for you to come home.

Mr Robinson: You are guarding this ancient castle, aren't you?

There are many cultural expressions in movie english, which fully embodies the vitality of language and is one of the important reasons why we should learn authentic English through movies. In the above example, Mr. Robinson praised Ben for being a gentleman and used an expression that we are not familiar with. Literally, however, we seem to have returned to the Middle Ages and saw a vigil outside the knight's castle to show our loyalty to her, which reminds us of the Chinese expression of "flower protector". In this case, you certainly know how to use this phrase wisely.

Example 2:

Mrs Robinson: I'm going to tell Elaine everything to keep her away from you.

Ben: I don't believe you.

Mrs Robinson: Then you'd better start trusting me.

Ben: I just don't believe you would do that.

Mrs Robinson: Try it.

In this example, we can feel the importance of mood to oral expression. Mrs Robinson threatened to tell his daughter about his affair with her. Ben didn't believe it, so Mrs. Robinson said in a threatening tone, you try!

We see that the seemingly simple "Try it" has chilling power. In fact, this is the role played by the movie scene. You can observe and hear many important spoken language materials that you haven't noticed before through visual effects.

The visual effect and sound material of the film will be of great help to improve everyone's comprehensive language ability. We can feel the vividness and authenticity of movie english language. Don't hesitate to go to the movies, listen to movies and talk about movies according to our method.