优才英语秀—Learn English from Movie-In Time-Edice丨李娟

优才英语秀—Learn English from Movie-In Time-Edice丨李娟

2015-02-08    05'55''

主播: 新东方优才计划

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介绍:
A movie ------“In Time”“时间规划局” It is a science fiction story happened in an imaginary future world . time is now currency(货币). People in the movie earn it and spend it. They are genetically engineered to stop aging at 25 and live only one more year unless they can get more time. Actually The rich can live forever, however, for the poor, They have to work and earn extra time to maintain(维持) their lives. Will, a young man dreaming one day he could take his mother out of the slum(贫民区) where the price goes up everyday and a lot of people die because they can’t afford to buy time. He hoped to bring his mother to the rich zone, a much more stable place, no rising price, no robbery, and people live leisurely(悠闲地). However, Will and his mother were facing run out of(用光) time thus he has to work hard and earn a few hours for them to survive. Fortunately, Will was given a century by a stranger who don’t want to live any more. Will stayed at the bus stop for his mother to celebrate her 26years birthday and go to the rich time zone together.However, because of the prizing rising, his mother have no time to get the bus, Will lost his mother even though he got one century just a moment ago. Meanwhile,will was framed(诬陷) by the managers. He was wrongly accused(指责) of killing the rich man and stealing his time. He went to the richest Zone on his own and accidentally(意外地) hijacked(劫持) Sylvia, the daughter of a banker. The two young people fell in love in the process of escape and Sylvia even betrayed(背叛) her father to fight with the whole unfair system. The story has an opening ending that both Will and Sylvia may run out of time and die or they may successfully destroy the system and institution.