VOA慢速英语:A Crowd of Superheroes at the Movie Theater

短语讲解：

1. And this week on our program, we take a look at some of the offerings.

take a look at看一看
例句：Can I take a look at the house?
我可以看看房子吗？

2. Kevin Bacon plays Sebastian Shaw in "X-Men: First Class" -- one of a crowd of movies based on comic book heroes.

base on使建立在…基础上,立足
例句：We must base ourselves on the interests of the people.
我们一定要从人民的利益出发。

3. The first one came out eleven years ago.

come out出版; 发表
例句：That year they came out with another article.
那一年他们又发表了一篇文章。

4. It contains science-fiction violence and also language that may be inappropriate for children under the age of thirteen.

be inappropriate for对…不适宜，不合适
例句：Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.
某些内容可能不适合于13岁以下的儿童。

5. They leave Judy and her brother in the care of Aunt Opal, played by Heather Graham.

in the care of在…的照料下
例句：We left the baby in the care of our neighbour.
我们把孩子交给邻居照看。

6. Another children's book made into a movie is "Mr. Popper's Penguins."

make into把…转变为, 使成为
例句：They made the story into a play.
他们把这个故事改编成了戏剧。

7. The Help" is a drama that takes place in the state of Mississippi in the American South of the nineteen sixties.

take place发生; 举行
例句：The threatening strike did not take place after all.
可能来临的罢工终究没有发生。

8. Steven Spielberg can relate to "Super 8."

relate to将…与…联系起来, 使与…相结合
例句：It is difficult to relate his argument to the facts.
很难把他的论证同事实联系起来。

9. In a sense, not only can kids today make their own movies, they've got distribution.

in a sense在某种意义上, 在一定程度上
例句：You are right in a sense, but you don't know all the facts.
在某种意义上你是对的, 但你不了解全部事实。

10. We had to lug a projector, we had to plug it in to somebody's wall, put up a screen and show it to someone patient enough to sit there for five minutes and watch. J. J. began his career the same way.

plug in插上电源的插头
例句：The girl let her mother plug in the TV set.
女孩叫母亲插上电视机的插头。

11. He compares the film to older movies like "E.T." and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" -- both directed by Steven Spielberg. J. J. Abrams says the films are about more than the science fiction storyline.

compare to与…相比
例句：The writer was compared to Shakespeare.
把这个作家与莎士比亚进行了比较。

12. They are all about suburban American ordinary people going through something that was hyper-real.

go through遭受, 经受, 经历
例句：When he was a child, he went through one hardship after another.
孩提时代, 他经历了一个又一个的艰难困苦。

13. So, looking forward to it.

look forward to期望, 盼望
例句：We look forward to seeing you again.
我们期待着与你再次相见。

14. It has me in tears right now.

in tears流着泪
例句：His face was bathed in tears.
他泪流满面。