电影分类：
1.
comedy
: a film intended to make
people laugh
喜剧
例：
Monroe appeared in a number of comedies.
（梦露出演了很多喜剧。）
2.
romantic comedy
: a film about two
people who are in love, which is intended to make the people who watch it feel
happy
爱情喜剧
备注：在英式英语中非正式场合还可简写为
''romcom''
。
例：
'Notting Hill' is a romantic comedy
starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant.
（《诺丁山》是由茱莉亚·罗伯茨和休·格兰特主演的爱情喜剧。）
3.
thriller
: an exciting film,
especially about murder or serious crimes
惊悚片
例：
'The Birds' is a classic Hitchcock thriller.
（《群鸟》是典型的希区柯克式惊悚片。）
4.
film noir
: a film that shows
strong feelings of fear or evil and whose characters are often immoral
黑色电影
例：
'The Big Sleep' is a classic Hollywood film
noir.
（《夜长梦多》是典型的好莱坞黑色电影。）
5.
action film/movie
: a film that
has lots of fighting, explosions etc.
动作片
例：
Stallone's latest action movie
（史泰龙的最新动作片）
6.
horror film/movie
: a frightening
film about ghosts, murders etc.
恐怖片
例：
She loves watching old horror movies.
（她喜欢看过去拍的恐怖片。）
7.
western
: a film with cowboys in
it
美国西部片
例：
John Wayne is famous for making westerns.
（约翰·韦恩拍的西部片脍炙人口。）
8.
science fiction film/movie
: a
film about imaginary events in the future or in outer space
备注：在非正式场合可以简称为
''sci-fi
film/movie''
。
例：
'2001' is probably the most famous sci-fi
movie ever made.
（《
2001
》可能是有史以来最有名的科幻电影了。）
9.
gangster film/movie
: a film about
violent criminals
警匪片
10.
silent film/movie
: an old film
without any sound
默片
例：
The 1920s were the golden age of silent
movies.
（
20
世纪
20
年代是默片的黄金时期。）
11.
an independent film/movie
: a film
made by a small film company
独立电影
12.
animated film/movie/cartoon
: a
film with characters that are drawn or made using a computer
动画片
例：
One of his first animated films was 'Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs'.
（他的第一部动画片是《白雪公主和七个小矮人》。）
13.
anime
: a type of Japanese
animated film, which often has a science fiction story
日本动漫
例：
Miyazaki's anime film 'Spirited Away'
became an international success.
（宫崎骏的《千与千寻》在各国都大受好评。）
an anime character
（动漫人物）
14.
CGI
: the use of computers to
create characters and images in a film
电脑成像
备注：
''CGI''
是
''computer-generated imagery''
的缩写。
例：
The film uses CGI.
（这部电影是用电脑制作的。）
Disney's latest CGI movie
（最新的迪士尼动画电影）
15.
short
: a short film, usually
shown before a longer movie in the cinema
短片
例：
an animated short
（动画短片）
16.
trailer
: a series of short scenes
from a film or program, shown in order to advertise it in a cinema, on
television etc.
电影预告片
例：
We had to sit through all the trailers.
（我们得看完所有预告片，才能看电影。）
17.
documentary
: a film that gives
detailed information and facts about a particular subject
纪录片
例：
a documentary on the rain forest
（有关雨林的纪录片）
18.
feature film
: a film made to be
shown in cinemas
故事片
例：
The book was later made into a full-length
feature film starring Sean Penn.
（之后，这本书全部被翻拍成一部故事片，由西恩·潘主演。）
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第二部分
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