“What is your name?”
“Bond, James Bond.”
It’s been the best known English conversation 101 worldwide ever since Sean Connery uttered the name of the agent 007 in Dr. No more than four decades ago. The same line was repeated in the trailers of the later sequels, no matter who played 007.
Watching movie trailers is fun, as a lot of them were surprisingly well made. In two minutes or less, the movie makers artfully rearranged the scenes in quick succession, while the voice-over or the dotted dialogues tell barely enough of story to stir your curiosity. Trailers may not be the best source for an elaborated English, but they are wonderful materials for non-native speakers to pick up the rhythm of spoken English.
Among several websites that host the movie trailers, the best and sleekest one has a simple name.
July 3, 2009 at 10:35 pm
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