M：You like movies?

你喜歡看電影嗎?

J：Yeah, I think it's the best way to relax.

是啊，我覺(jué)得看電影是最好的放松方式。

M：What type do you like the best?

那你喜歡什么類(lèi)型的電影呢?

J：Really it depends on my mood. When I am sad or depressed, I like comedies. If I'm feeling good, I'll watch almost anything.

這個(gè)可要看我的心情。郁悶難過(guò)的時(shí)候，我喜歡看看喜劇片，不過(guò)要是心情好的話(huà)，什么電影我都可以看。

M：I see. I generally like movies to help calm me down. I think a sign of a good movie is the ability to bring you into the story as if you were part of it.

這樣啊.一般來(lái)說(shuō)，我喜歡能讓我冷靜下來(lái)的影片。我覺(jué)得好電影的一個(gè)標(biāo)志就是它能帶你走進(jìn)故事，讓你覺(jué)得你就是故事中的一個(gè)角色。

J：Yeah, unfortunately, nowadays directors are oflen more interested in making money than making a good film.

是的。不過(guò)很可惜，比起拍好片子，現(xiàn)在的導(dǎo)演往往對(duì)掙錢(qián)更有興趣。

M：True. The movie industry is becoming more and more commercial. You see a lot of expensive movies with little artistic value. I generally think those made in the fourties are of higher quality on the average than movies today. You can name a lot of classics from that decade.

確實(shí)如此。電影業(yè)越來(lái)越商業(yè)化。有很多電影，花費(fèi)了巨額的投資，藝術(shù)價(jià)值卻不高。總的來(lái)說(shuō)，我覺(jué)得四十年代的影片平均質(zhì)量比當(dāng)前的要高，那個(gè)年代有很多片子都非常經(jīng)典。

J：Yeah, many of my all-time-favorites were made in the forties. They've already stood the test of time and will stay with us for a long time.

是的，我有很多最喜歡的電影都是在那個(gè)年代拍攝的。它們已經(jīng)經(jīng)歷了時(shí)間的考驗(yàn)，肯定還會(huì)長(zhǎng)時(shí)間流行下去的。

M：I'm totally with you on that.

我完全同意你的看法。