2016年美漫超级英雄电影大撕逼,美国队长3:内战

 

Movie Superheroes Divided in 'Captain America: Civil War' 2016年美漫超级英雄电影大撕逼,美国队长3:内战

Disney Studios has broken another earnings¹ record and “Captain America” helped make it happen.

The latest in the movie series, “Captain America: Civil War,” opened nationwide in the United States on May 6. On May 7, ticket sales for the film pushed Disney over the $1 billion mark for 2016 in the United States.

It was 128 days into 2016. Disney broke the record set last year by Universal Studios. It sold its first billion dollars’ worth of tickets in 165 days.

Universal’s sales came from new films in popular movie series like Jurassic Park, Fast and Furious and Despicable Me.

This year, two other Disney movies, “The Jungle Book” and “Zootopia,” have earned more than $500 million between them. The critics have mostly praised them.

Reviews are also mostly favorable for “Captain America: Civil War.” The Avengers superhero group finds itself divided in this latest film. The crime fighters are working to stop a terrorist operation in Nigeria. But they mistakenly kill civilians² in their effort. The United Nations decides to order measures to more closely supervise the crime fighters.

That issue leads to a dispute among the superheroes.

Captain America, played by Chris Evans, is on the side of independence from the U.N. His friend, Iron Man Tony Stork³, disagrees.

Chris Evans explains the importance of the plot device.

“It’s not enemy vs. hero, villain⁴ vs. hero. It’s friends. It’s family. This is sometimes the most dramatic conflict — when it’s people that have a history and care about each other."

The movie raises timely questions: Who polices the police? What is the right amount of governmental supervision⁵ over those who fight the war against terror? Who should order military intervention⁶?

The filmmakers have put superheroes into a real human situation.

Joe Russo is a co-director of "Captain America: Civil War.”

"It’s very complicated and hard to decide who’s right and who’s wrong.”

Actor Robert Downey Jr. again returns to the series to play Tony Stark⁷. Also back are actors Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow; and Don Cheadle as Lieutenant⁸ James Rhodes, the War Machine.

Words in This Story

superhero - n. a fictional⁹ character who has amazing powers (such as the ability to fly)?

plot - n. a series of events that form the story in a novel, movie, etc.?

villain ?- n. a character in a story, movie, etc., who does bad things?

dramatic - adj. greatly affecting people's emotions?

1 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

2 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

3 stork   

n.鹳

参考例句：

• A Fox invited a long-beaked Stork to have dinner with him.狐狸请长嘴鹳同他一起吃饭。
• He is very glad that his wife's going to get a visit from the stork.他为她的妻子将获得参观鹳鸟的机会感到非常高兴。

4 villain   

n.反派演员，反面人物；恶棍；问题的起因

参考例句：

• He was cast as the villain in the play.他在戏里扮演反面角色。
• The man who played the villain acted very well.扮演恶棍的那个男演员演得很好。

5 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

6 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

7 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。

8 lieutenant   

n.陆军中尉，海军上尉；代理官员，副职官员

参考例句：

• He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
• He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。

9 fictional   

adj.小说的，虚构的

参考例句：

• The names of the shops are entirely fictional.那些商店的名字完全是虚构的。
• The two authors represent the opposite poles of fictional genius.这两位作者代表了天才小说家两个极端。