Useful Expressions:
1.showcase new films 展示新电影
2.award sb. sth./award sth. to sb. 把某物授予/给予/判给某人
3.celebrate different film genres 颂扬不同的电影流派
4.six of the major international film festivals 六个主要的国际电影节
5.be appropriate for sb. to do sth 对…而言适合做…
6.part of sth. ……的一部分
7.contemporary art 当代艺术
8.view…as…把…视为..
9.that is 也就是说
10.be financed by 由某人资助
11.amateur actors 业余演员
12.hate to do sth. 讨厌做某事
13. in defence of 防御、保卫、为….辩护
14.point out 指出
15.feature Hollywood films 以好莱坞电影为特色
16.high-quality films 高清电影
17.regardless of 不理，不顾
18.distinguish between…and…(~ from..) 区别、判别、分清
19.as long as/so long as 只要
20. meet one’s standards 达到某人的标准
21.was hatched back in 1978 早在1978年就筹划了
22. take over接管、接受
23.change the focus to doing sth. 把重心转移到做某事
24.salute sb. 向某人致敬
25.act/perform in a film 在一部电影中担任演员
26.win an award at a film festival 在一个电影节上获奖
27.give awards/an award to sb. 给某人颁奖,给某人奖励
28.take a step backwards后退 take a step散步、溜达 take steps to do采取措施
29. from all around the globe 来自全球、来自全世界
30.make films with large budgets 以很大的预算资金投入制作电影
31.resemble…too much 与……过于相似
32. have a chance of doing sth./to do sth.有可能做某事
33.lose our international angle 失去我们的国际视野
34.don’t favour films from any one country 不偏爱来自任何一国的电影
35.in the minority 占少数
36.bonus award 额外奖
37.have a good reputation worldwide 在世界范围内有良好的声誉
38.put forward a personal opinion 提出一个个人意见
39.tend to do sth. 趋向于做某事
40.pay attention to注意
41.disagree with不一致，不同意
42.avoid doing避免做某事
43.come to be well known 渐渐地出名
44.interfere in someone else’s activity 打断某人，干涉某人的行动
45.of the top rank 一流的，顶级的
46.regardless of 不理，不顾
47.be awarded for doing sth. 因为做某事而获奖
48.keep sth. in the shadows 保持某事在幕后/在阴影中/在后台运作
49.have no difficulty in doing sth. 做某时毫无困难
50.sell admission tickets 卖入场券
51.shoot a film 拍摄一部电影
52.express oneself in English 用英语表达自己
53. refer to提到，参考，涉及，提交
54. be hired to do sth.被雇佣做某事
55. help sb. with sth.帮助某人做某事
56. fall asleep睡着，入睡，长眠
57. have an appointment to meet sb.约见某人
58.in time for 赶得上，及时
59. feel sorry for sth.为…感到遗憾
60. think twice about sth. / doing sth. 三思而行，慎重考虑后再作决定
61. waste time/money on sth.浪费时间/钱在某事上
62. make an agreement制定协议
63.give sb. one’s sincere congratulations 给某人最衷心的祝愿
64.realize one’s dream实现某人的梦想
65. attain success获得成功
66.a second time 再次
67.leave out 省略
68.enter a speech competition 参加一个演讲比赛
69.be still unanswered 还没有回答
70.make money 赚钱
71.have no commercial future 没有商业前途
72.be available for 对……来说是可用的
73. a tense thriller 一部紧张的恐怖片
74.make it clear that 表明
75.include sth. in 把某物包括在里面
76.switch roles 交换角色
77.dream of doing sth.想像，梦想做某事
78. live with sb.在一起生活
79. (be) contrary to sth与…相反
80. rescue sb. from营救，拯救
81.be sensitive to对某事敏感
82.be introduced to 被引入到；被介绍给
83.have contradictory feelings about 对……有矛盾的情感
84.have a battle with 与……作斗争
85.feel dizzy 觉得头晕
86. be dedicated to专心致志于…
87. delete…from…从…删除
88. have a tendency to do sth. 有做某事的趋势
89.give enough thought to 充分考虑到
90.yawn with boredom 厌倦地打哈欠
91.on the contrary 相反的是
Useful Expressions:
1.Joining us in the studio are Isabel from the Cannes Film Festival, …
来到我们节目现场的有来自戛纳电影节的伊莎贝尔罗斯……
Gone are the days when we used foreign oil.
我们使用洋油的日子一去不复返了。
Present at the meeting are some famous artists.
与会的是一些著名的画家。
2.Maria, do tell us a little about the Venice Film Festival.
玛丽娅，一定要告诉我们一些关于威尼斯电影节的情况。
3.I hate to interrupt you, but in defence of the Venice Film Festival, I have to point out that… 我很抱歉打断你，但我得为威尼斯电影节说句话，我必须指出……
4. It was then that Robert Redford took over …
就是那时候罗伯特雷特福德接管……
5. …there is a good chance it will become famous.
它获奖就有了很大的机会。
6.People tend to present their personal opinion as if it were a collective group’s opinion.
人们总是陈述自己个人的观点仿佛它是一个集体的观点。
7.While there is no restriction on foreign entries, those that win are in the minority.
虽然没有限制外国电影的进入，但外国电影获奖的只是少数。
8.Whether you think the Academy Awards are a film festival or not, everyone agrees that the Oscar is the best-known award a contemporary film can receive.
无论学院奖是否是一个电影节,每个人都同意奥斯卡奖是当代电影所能获得的最高奖项。
9.It felt like the camera was in the sky.
感觉起来就好象照相机在空中。
10.I think this is more to highlight the advanced special effects than to help the film’s plot.
在我看来，这是为了更加突出电影高超的特效，而不是有助于表现电影的情节。
11.As long as the film’s quality meets our standards, we include it.
只要电影的质量达到标准，都能参加评选。
12．Considering the history of our festival, we feel it is important to favour films from any one country.
考虑到我们电影节的历史，我们觉得不偏向任何国家的电影是非常重要的。
13．It was the festival that he took over in 1981.
他在1981年接管的就是这个电影节。
14．It was not until nine that I got up.
就是直到九点我才起床。
15.Who was it that told him what had happened?
到底是谁告诉他所发生的事？