【英语时差8，16】充满冒险的“尼莫岛”

 Walden Media's latest, "Nim's Island," has a terrific premise¹ from the book by Wendy Orr. Abigail Breslin stars as Nim, a smart, independent 11-year-old who lives with her microbiologist dad, Jack² (Gerard Butler) on an uncharted South Pacific island. As she explains in an opening monologue³, she has a life most kids would envy: no school, a bevy⁴ of tame animal friends and a whole island to herself.

Then Jack is caught in a storm and lost at sea. For help, Nim turns to her favorite author, Alex Rover, an Indiana Jones type whose books about his rough-and-tumble adventures are international bestsellers. But Nim is unaware⁵ that the real Alex is Alexandra Rover (Jodie Foster), an agoraphobic, fussy⁶ San Francisco fiction writer. Nim's e-mail pleas for rescue set off a crisis for Alexandra, who feels obligated to help.

"Nim's Island" is a fun story, particularly in its playful, creative sense of the relationship between fiction and reality. When Nim reads the latest Alex Rover book, her room falls away, and her inner Alex Rover (Butler) fights his fiendish enemies next to her bed.

Nim's island is presented as a lush fantasy wonderland, shot in gorgeous, loving detail. Flawless CGI and forays into animation⁷ keep things visually lively, and Nim's enviable life is likely to hook kids into the story early and keep them entranced.

1 premise   

n.前提；v.提论，预述

参考例句：

• Let me premise my argument with a bit of history.让我引述一些史实作为我立论的前提。
• We can deduce a conclusion from the premise.我们可以从这个前提推出结论。

2 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

3 monologue   

n.长篇大论，（戏剧等中的）独白

参考例句：

• The comedian gave a long monologue of jokes.喜剧演员讲了一长段由笑话组成的独白。
• He went into a long monologue.他一个人滔滔不绝地讲话。

4 bevy   

n.一群

参考例句：

• A bevy of bathing beauties appeared on the beach.沙滩上出现了一群游泳的美女。
• Look,there comes a bevy of ladies.看，一群女人来了。

5 unaware   

a.不知道的，未意识到的

参考例句：

• They were unaware that war was near. 他们不知道战争即将爆发。
• I was unaware of the man's presence. 我没有察觉到那人在场。

6 fussy   

adj.为琐事担忧的，过分装饰的，爱挑剔的

参考例句：

• He is fussy about the way his food's cooked.他过分计较食物的烹调。
• The little girl dislikes her fussy parents.小女孩讨厌她那过分操心的父母。

7 animation   

n.活泼，兴奋，卡通片／动画片的制作

参考例句：

• They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
• The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。