PETS－2语法讲解(104

The score was fantastic.
　　对话
　　Zara: I haven't enjoyed a movie so much in years.
　　Abigail: Yes, it really was something special.
　　Zara: It had a great story and the acting was absolutely fantastic.
　　Abigail: The score was fantastic too. It really added to the action.
　　Zara: Yes it was really good music and it had such a haunting theme.
　　Abigail: If they bring it out on CD, I'll be the first to buy it.
　　扎拉：我很多年没有看过这么好看的电影了。
　　阿比盖尔：不错，这部电影的确与众不同。
　　扎拉：电影故事好，演出精采绝伦。
　　阿比盖尔：配乐也好得很，使剧情更为生色。
　　扎拉：没错，乐曲十分动听，主旋律萦绕人心。
　　阿比盖尔：假如电影制成光盘，我会率先购买。
　　阿比盖尔称赞刚看过的一部电影：The score was fantastic. It really adds to the action。Add to 是动词词组(phrasal verb)，指‘增加’，例如：The apple tree adds to the beauty of the garden（那株苹果树令花园更加美丽）。反义词是detract from，即‘减低’，常用来说减低事情的价值、乐趣等，例如：The weeds detract from the beauty of the garden（野草多少会令花园失色）。假如电影配乐甚劣，影响剧情，你也可以说：The score really detracts from the action.留意action这里不是指动作片(action movie)刀光剑影枪林弹雨之类动作，而是指故事或电影的情节，例如：(1) The action of the movie/story was set in Chicago （电影/故事的情节以芝加哥作背景）。(2) I must say the action of the movie is somewhat hard to follow（我认为那部电影的情节不大容易明白）。Score除了解作‘得分’或‘分数’，还可指电影、戏剧的‘配乐’。例如：(1) Who composed/wrote the score for this movie? （这部电影的配乐由谁撰写？）(2) The score makes frequent use of the African drum（配乐经常使用非洲鼓）。电影配乐一般都有主旋律或主题曲，这叫做theme、theme song、theme music或theme tune。 Theme本意是‘主题’，例如: The theme of his speech was the wastefulness of modern society（他演讲的主题，是现代社会的浪费现象）。 I found myself humming the theme from that movie即‘我发觉自己在哼那部电影的主题曲’