簡介
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
When you can’t count on dead things staying dead anymore, what can you count on? That’s what’s so scary about zombie movies. That, and the fact that when the dead rise, they hunger for the flesh of the living.
There are many movies about zombies, from films with just one zombie to films that show a world taken over by the undead. It seems that Jason has seen too many of these movies because he is preparing to defend himself against zombies.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. 學習 - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Jason: Well, I’ve got some supplies saved up. Boards are ready. I’ve got an axe to destroy the staircase. Lots of extra ammo. A machete. Extra tires for my bicycle.
Devan: Are you going to your ex-girlfriend’s house?
Jason: No! I am preparing for the inevitable zombie apocalypse.
Devan: Oh, yes. Have you read the guides to surviving the zombie apocalypse?
Jason: Read it? I live by the Zombie Survival Handbook.
Devan: OK, so what’s your favorite zombie movie of all time?
Jason: Dawn of the Dead, 2004.
Devan: Wow, I haven’t seen that one.
Jason: What’s your favorite?
Devan: Shaun of the Dead.
Jason: Dawn of the Dead 2004 is like…it’s just, it’s not cheesy at all. It’s amazing. The zombies are really scary but it’s also really funny. It’s just an all-around great movie.
Devan: That’s what a great zombie movie needs. It’s got to have the horror aspect. You’ve got to be scared out of your mind, but it’s also got to make you laugh. A good zombie movie has got to make you laugh, no matter how gory and scary it is.
Jason: There’s always the classics, too, like the original Night of the Living Dead.
Devan: So what do you think makes Night of the Living Dead the zombie film that all other zombie films will be compared to?
Jason: I think it seemed really real. They had the fake newscasters in it and they weren’t broadcasting the news of zombies, they were, in fact, giving misinformation, which is what I think will happen in the zombie apocalypse. I think the news media is going to tell us to do a bunch of crazy things. They’re going to think it’s rabies...
Devan: Yeah, it’s probably going to be the last thing people will believe is actually happening.
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討論
Jason lists off the things he has ready for when the dead rise, and Devan jokes that it sounds like he’s going to his ex-girlfriend’s house. They start talking about zombie movies. Jason’s favorite is the remake of Dawn of the Dead, a classic originally made by George Romero. Devan prefers Shaun of the Dead, a British comedy about zombies. She says that even the best zombie movies should make you laugh too.
Of course, no conversation about zombie movies is complete without George Romero’s first zombie movie, 1968’s Night of the Living Dead. Jason says that movie seems real because there are newscasters in it and the information they’re giving is wrong. Devan and Jason agree that when the dead rise, most people won’t know what’s going on.
Many cultures have stories about the living dead. In Chinese movies, zombies jump! What are the walking dead like in your country?
意見
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Egypt |
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Palestinian Territory, Occupied |
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Iran, Islamic Republic Of |
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Turkey |
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United States |
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Japan |
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China |
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Philippines |
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Turkey |
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Portugal |
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Congo |
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Philippines |
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Brazil |
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Honduras |
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Honduras |
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Saudi Arabia |
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India |
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Pakistan |
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Hungary |
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Brazil |
