Popular film Your Name Engraved Herein has won much acclaim since its premiere in late September. The film, starring actors Tseng Jing-hua and Edward Chen, is a bittersweet romance between two high school boys in the late 1980s. It has grossed nearly NT$100 million (about US$3.5 million), becoming the most-watched Taiwanese movie this year, and the best-selling LGBT-themed movie in Taiwan’s history.
The film is nominated for five nods at the upcoming Golden Horse Awards, including Best Original Film Song award, while the theme song, performed by Crowd Lu, has recently gone viral online. To express their appreciation to fans, the cast participated in the 18th “Taiwan LGBT Pride” parade in Taipei on Saturday last week, and showed support to the LGBT community by action.
Meanwhile, director Haruo Sotozaki’s animated film Demon Slayer: Mugen Train smashed the Japanese box office last week by crossing the 10 billion yen (about US$95.9 million) benchmark in just 10 days. The previous record was set by director Hayao Miyazaki’s classic anime Spirited Away, which took 25 days to achieve this in 2001.
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熱門電影《刻在你心底的名字》自九月底上映後好評不斷,該片由演員曾敬驊、陳昊森主演,是一九八○年代末期,兩位高中男生甜蜜又苦澀的愛情故事。目前票房已逼近台幣一億大關(將近三百五十萬美元),是今年最受歡迎國片,並榮登台灣影史最賣座同志主題電影。
該片在即將登場的金馬獎獲五項提名,包括原創電影歌曲獎。由歌手盧廣仲所演唱的主題曲,近日更在網路上爆紅。為表達對粉絲的感謝,演員們於上週六還參加了在台北市所舉行的第十八屆「台灣同志遊行」,用行動力挺同志族群。
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而導演外崎春雄推出的動畫強片《鬼滅之刃無限列車篇》,上週亦打破日本票房,只花了十天即跨越百億日元票房大關(約九千五百多萬美元)。之前紀錄是由導演宮崎駿的經典動畫《神隱少女》所創下,該片於二○○一年花了二十五天才突破百億票房門檻。
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★ Bilingual Story is a fictionalized account. 雙語故事部分內容純屬虛構。 “Any New Year’s resolutions?” he asked. Lena put her coffee down. “Yeah,” she said. “To get in shape.... round is a shape, right?” Mark chuckled. “I support this. Fully achievable. Low risk.” “Thanks,” she smiled and lovingly rubbed her round belly. “I like a resolution I can’t fail.” “Funny thing is, I was thinking about getting round too.” Lena nodded her head in approval, “You could put some meat on those skinny bones of yours.” Mark shook his head, “Not that kind of round. Wheel-of-Life round.” She raised an eyebrow.
詞法—不定詞的誤用 1. 我得記住星期五要把報告寫好。 ˇ I must remember to finish my report by Friday. χ I must remember finishing my report by Friday. 註︰remember 後面跟動名詞或不定詞表示兩種不同的概念,與 forget 相類似。 試比較下列句子: I remember meeting him somewhere.(我記得曾經在某處見過他。) I must remember to meet him at the station at six this evening. (我必須記住今晚六點得去車站接他。) He remembered turning off the light when he left the room. (他記得離開房間時曾先把燈熄了。) Remember to turn off the light when you leave the room. (記住離開房間時要把燈關了。) 2. 他提醒她做好她份內的事。 ˇ He reminded her to do her job. χ He reminded her of doing her job. 註︰remind ... of ... 後面跟動名詞,表示「使人想起做過某事」。若是「提醒某人應做某事」,應用 remind ... to do ...。試比較下列句子: He reminded me of my attending the lecture last Friday. (他讓我想起我上星期五去聽過那次演講。) He
Skating is a popular recreational and competitive activity that involves sliding over surfaces using specially designed footwear. Its origins date back over 1,000 years to Northern Europe, where people first strapped animal bones to their feet to move across frozen lakes and rivers. In the 17th century, the Dutch transformed skating into a leisure activity. They also replaced bone blades with metal, leading to the creation of modern ice skates. Today, ice skating is enjoyed as a global sport and an exciting pastime by people of all ages. Figure skating is one of the best-known and most graceful forms of skating.
對話 Dialogue 清清:最近天氣越來越冷,感覺很容易感冒,要不要一起去吃薑母鴨或是羊肉爐? Qīngqing: Zuìjìn tiānqì yuèláiyuè lěng, gǎnjué hěn róngyì gǎnmào, yào bú yào yìqǐ qù chī jiāngmǔyā huòshì yángròulú? 華華:最近我覺得有點累,想吃薑母鴨,可是又怕一下子吃太補會上火。 Huáhua: Zuìjìn wǒ juéde yǒudiǎn lèi, xiǎng chī jiāngmǔyā, kěshì yòu pà yíxiàzi chī tài bǔ huì shànghuǒ. 清清:那我們去喝香菇雞湯吧,不太容易上火,喝了也會很暖和。 Qīngqing: Nà wǒmen qù hē xiānggū jītāng ba, bú tài róngyì shànghuǒ, hē le yě huì hěn nuǎnhuo. 華華:聽起來不錯!你們家平常冬天都吃什麼進補? Huáhua: Tīng qǐlái búcuò! Nǐmen jiā píngcháng dōngtiān dōu chī shénme jìnbǔ? 清清:我家都煮麻油雞,吃完整個人手腳都會熱起來。我也很久沒喝香菇雞湯了,正好可以去打打牙祭。 Qīngqing: Wǒ jiā dōu zhǔ máyóujī, chī wán zhěnggè rén shǒujiǎo dōu huì rè qǐlái. Wǒ yě hěn jiǔ méi hē xiānggū jītāng le, zhènghǎo kěyǐ qù dǎ dǎ yájì. 華華:可是我最近在減肥,會不會吃得太補,肉又長回來了? Huáhua: Kěshì wǒ zuìjìn zài jiǎnféi, huì bú