Ben Affleck's “The Town”tops N American box office

    BEIJING, Sept. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Ben Affleck's latest work “The Town” took No. 1 this weekend at the North American box office with 23.8 million U.S. dollars, media reported Monday.
    The story, about a corner of Boston that produces more bank robbers per capita than any neighborhood（邻居）, has received very positive reviews, scoring recommendations from 93 percent of the nation's reviewers（评审员,评论员）, according to RottenTomatoes.com.
    “Easy A”, the comedy starring Emma Stone and Gossip Girl’s Penn Badgleya, was second, with about 18.2 million in sales.
    In third place with 12.6 million was Universal Pictures’ “Devil” featuring a crew of strangers trapped in an elevator as creepy stuff goes down in the confined space.
    The animated¹ "Alpha and Omega", which also opened this weekend, came in fifth place with 9.2 million after "Resident Evil: Afterlife" (10.1 million).(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

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adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的

参考例句：

• His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
• We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。