What's on This Summer? (3)

Maleficent is a new version of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale. It is told from the viewpoint of Maleficent, the evil fairy who put Princess Aurora into her deep sleep.

How to Train Your Dragon 2 continues the adventures of the heroic Viking Hiccup and his faithful flying dragon, Toothless. The two discover a secret ice cave that is home to wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider.

Jersey Boys tells the story of the popular American singing group The Four Seasons. They overcame tremendous challenges, became successful and performed together for more than 40 years.

Planes: Fire and Rescue, the sequel to last year's Planes, follows Dusty the crop duster air racer. He joins a fire and rescue team led by a helicopter named Blade Ranger. They help fight a huge wildfire.

Helen Mirren stars as a famous chef in The Hundred Foot Journey. She begins mentoring an Indian boy whose family operates a rival restaurant in her neighborhood.

Don's miss the action and laughs in your neighborhood theater this summer.


Editor's Summary
Today we find out about five more movies, several of which I am sure you will say to yourself, "I have to see this one."
I know most of us have heard of Sleeping Beauty.
Well, this fairy tale tells it from the point of view of the evil fairy.
Interesting.
And we have the sequel to How to Train Your Dragon.
Our Viking hero Hiccup, along with Toothless the flying dragon, find a secret ice cave.
And, what do they find in there?
And, we also heard about the American singing group The Four Seasons.
Find out what challenges they went through to become so popular.
And, don't miss the sequel to Planes: Fire and Rescue.
Dusty and the helicopter, Blade Ranger, help fight a huge wildfire together.
In The Hundred Foot Journey, we see Helen Mirren as a famous chef who mentors an Indian boy, who just happens to be a member of the family that runs a rival restaurant in her area.
You know there really is something for everyone no matter what your taste in movies is.


Info Cloud
Teaching Topic: Mentor
mentor 導師, 生命中的老師, 良師益友
to mentor 教導, 輔導
protégé 接受輔導的人 (這個字源字法文)


Grammar Gym
They help fight a huge wildfire.
help fight
- They help to fight a huge wildfire
help + verb [ help後面不加 to ]
- The new plan can help to make things better.
- The new plan can help make things better.
- The music helps to create a romantic feeling in the restaurant.
- The music helps create a romantic feeling in the restaurant.
- The secretary helped to finish this assignment.
- The secretary helped finish this assignment.


Language Lab
heroic adj. 英雄的, 英勇的
extremely brave or determined, and admired by many people [= courageous]:
- The firefighter's heroic deed was reported on tonight's TV news.
- The heroic security guard tackled the robber and saved the hostage.

tremendous  adj. 極大的, 驚人的, 可怕的
very big, fast, powerful etc:
- The tight schedule put the cameramen under tremendous pressure.
- The production house invested a tremendous amount of time and money in this movie.

helicopter n.
a type of aircraft with large metal blades on top which turn around very quickly to make it fly
- The patient was rushed to the hospital by helicopter.
- Rescue helicopters were hovering over the mountain area trying to locate the missing climber.

chef n.
a skilled cook, especially the main cook in a hotel or restaurant:
- Ricky finally became the head chef after three years of being a junior chef.
cook n.
someone who prepares and cooks food as their job
- My husband is a wonderful cook.


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