影片對白  For the latest rock band to die in our town. Lord, hear our prayer.

 

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The Simpsons Movie & Green Day

The Simpsons Movie

is a 2007 animated comedy film based on the animated television series The Simpsons and directed by David Silverman.

The Simpson family first appeared in 1988 in small animated vignettes on The Tracey Ullman Show. Creator Matt Groening and producer James L. Brooks turned the idea into a full half-hour show, which premiered on the Fox network in December of 1989. The Simpsons was a hit from the start and has remained one of the most popular television shows in history (as well as the longest-running prime-time cartoon). The show's weekly cornucopia of guest stars has included the likes of Ringo Starr, Christina Ricci and Stephen Hawking, among many others. Simpson family members include father Homer, a beer-loving safety inspector from the local nuclear power plant; Marge, the sensible mom with a blue beehive hairstyle; Bart, the mischievous fourth-grader whose pride in being an "underachiever" was, at first, controversial; Lisa, the second-grader whose achievements and smarts go largely unnoticed; and Maggie, the speechless, pacifier-loving infant.

在影片開始的部分，在Springfield 表演的樂隊是在現(xiàn)實中存在的，叫做 Green Day。Green Day is an American rock band formed in 1988. The band consists of three core members: Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar, lead vocals), Mike Dirnt (bass) and Tré Cool (drums).

Green Day was originally part of the punk rock scene at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, California. Its early releases for independent label Lookout! Records earned them a grassroots fanbase, some of whom felt alienated when the band signed to a major label. Nevertheless, its major label debut Dookie became a breakout success in 1994 and eventually sold over 10 million copies in the U.S. alone. As a result, Green Day was widely credited, along with fellow California punk bands The Offspring and Rancid, with reviving mainstream interest in and popularizing punk rock in the United States. Green Day's three follow-up albums, Insomniac, Nimrod and Warning did not achieve the massive success of Dookie, but they were still successful, reaching double platinum, double platinum and gold status respectively. Its 2004 rock opera American Idiot reignited the band's popularity with a younger generation, selling 5 million copies in the U.S.

The band has sold over 60 million records worldwide, including 22 million in the United States alone. They also have three Grammy Awards, Best Alternative Album for Dookie, Best Rock Album for American Idiot, and Record of the Year for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams."

They are currently working on their new studio album estimated to be released in 2008.

考考你

將下面的句子譯成英語。

1. 原因有許多，在這里，我只概述其中三個。

2. 你也許認為足球比板球有看頭，不過，很抱歉，本人不敢茍同。

《美麗心靈的永恒陽光》精講之六 考考你 參考答案

1. 到聚會上露一下臉你就可以走了。

Just show your face at the party and then you can leave.

2. 他們讓我立刻就唱。

They asked me to sing right off the bat.

 

影片對白  For the latest rock band to die in our town. Lord, hear our prayer.

 

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