每日英語看我的Unit10：The Giver 賜予者

Marni，你看了《賜予者》的新預告片嗎?

Marni: The movie based on the book by Lois Lowry? Actually, you know what, I have seen it. I was surprised with some of the actors in it. They’re pretty big names.

Lois Lowry小說改編的電影嗎?我看過。我很驚訝里面有一些非常大牌的演員。

Lily: Yeah, like Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep. You know what? All of the kids…I always imagined them being around 10 or 11.

比如杰夫·布里吉斯和梅麗爾·斯特里普。你知道么，那些小孩。我一直覺得他們在只有10幾歲。

Marni: Yeah!

是的。

Lily: They all were 19 years old. They all were almost adults, and it was kind of odd for a children’s book.

在電影里他們都有19歲了，幾乎是大人了。這種改編對于一部兒童書來說有點奇怪。

Marni: That is kind of odd. I remember that as well, and I’m just wondering if Hollywood’s trying to capture some of the success of The Hunger Games and tap into more of a YA audience versus younger kids.

的確有點奇怪，我也記得。我懷疑好萊塢想要延續(xù)《饑餓游戲》的成功，吸引更多青少年和兒童觀眾群體。

Lily: Yeah. That’s what it seems like. And actually, a lot of the special effects and stuff, like even the hovercraft and a bunch of the random technical stuff, looked very similar.

就是這樣的。里面的很多特效，甚至氣墊船和一些技術的東西都看起來很相似。

Marni: Right.

是的。

Lily: It was kind of odd.

這有點奇怪。

Marni: It did. Yeah. That’s a shame.

嗯，有點可惜。

Lily: I would still see it. I liked the book, and I thought it had a lot to say. And I hope the movie does it justice, I guess, because everybody, every kid, reads it just about.

我還是想看這部電影。我喜歡這本書，里面內容很豐富。我希望電影能達到預期效果。因為好像每個小孩都看了這本書。

Marni: It’s true. I’ll definitely go see it with you, and we can critique it.

的確如此，我肯定會和你一起去看，然后評價它。

Lily: OK. Perfect.

很好。