Holiday Movies (1)

Head to a theater near you for action and adventure!

Santa is not the only one making a list and checking it twice this season. Movie fans are doing the same! At the top of many lists is The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. Jennifer Lawrence again stars in part one of the two-part sequel to 2013’s Catching Fire. In the film, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But the Capitol is angry and wants revenge – on Katniss.

Another hero hits the big screen this winter, too. Exodus: Gods and Kings is a retelling of the epic story of Moses. The story follows Moses as he escapes death as a baby. He is adopted by an Egyptian royal family. He then goes against Pharaoh to free the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt.

Unbroken, directed by Angelina Jolie, tells another powerful true story of a hero. Before World War II, Louis Zamperini was an Olympic runner. During World War II he was taken prisoner by the Japanese and endured a lot.


Info Cloud
Teaching Topic: Two Different Theaters 是看戲還是看電影？
theater 是電影院還是戲劇院
the theater 有加定冠詞 指的是戲劇院
- I'm going to the theater. 我要去戲劇院
movie theater 電影院, 但movie常常會被省略
your local theater 你家附近的電影院
cinema 美式用法另一種電影院說法
movie tickets 電影票
theater tickets 戲劇院的票

Grammar Gym
Another hero hits the big screen this winter, too.
hit:
- The car hit the bus.
hit: to appear or arrive at or in a place
big screen: movie theaters
- The writer's newest book will hit major bookstores before Christmas.
- If you continue down this road, you will hit Main Street.

Language Lab
adventure n.
an exciting experience in which dangerous or unusual things happen:
- The movie is about an adventure to a wonderland.
willingness to try new things, take risks etc:
- Sean is bored with his calm and normal life. He craves adventure.

revenge n.
[uncountable] something you do in order to punish someone who has harmed or offended you
- The victim wants revenge for the damage done by the hit-and-run driver.
in revenge for something
- The attacker did this in revenge for the damage these people did to his family.

adopt v.
to take someone else's child into your home and legally become its parent
- After a thorough discussion, the couple decided to adopt this African boy.
- Henry didn't know that he was adopted until he was 20.
adoption n.
the act or process of adopting a child:
- The process of adoption is incredibly complicated.

endure v.
to be in a difficult or painful situation for a long time without complaining:
- The patient endured a long and difficult cycle of chemotherapy.
chemotherapy n.
the use of drugs to control and try to cure cancer
- The girl endured a lot of hurt and pain from her parents.


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