Holiday must-see movies

紧挨着圣诞, 元旦、春节又匆匆临近. 这大把的假日光阴有许多事不能不做, 其中就有一批您绝对不能错过的新出炉的电影. 看完我们的介绍, 想必各位就能锁定目标了吧.		Brokeback Mountain 断臂山
			Why must see? Festival audiences have given this multiple-hankie drama some of the year's best Oscar buzz. Story: Two cowhands (Jake Gyllenhaal, right, and Heath Ledger, left) meet in 1963 Wyoming and carry on a decades-long affair, through many ordeals and tragedies.
		Release date: December 9 Director: Ang Lee 李安 Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal 杰克·吉伦希尔, Heath Ledger 希斯·莱杰
Munich 慕尼黑惨案		Rumor Has It 流言蜚语
	Why must see? A Steven Spielberg movie is always an event, and this one, an Oscar contender before the first frame was shot, marks the screenwriting debut of Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner. Story: Israeli agents are ordered to hunt down and kill the Palestinian terrorists behind the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. But they soon question the ajustice of their mission.		Why must see? Jennifer Aniston + romantic comedy × novel twist on a beloved film? Sounds like a winner. Story: An aimless young woman (Aniston), unsure if she really wants to marry her fiancé, discovers to her horror that her own family may have been the inspiration for the story of the scandalous affair recounted in the The Graduate.
Release date: December 23 Director: Steven Spielberg 史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格 Starring: Eric Bana 艾瑞克·巴纳		Release date: December 25 Director: Rob Reiner 罗伯·雷恩 Starring: Jennifer Aniston 詹尼弗·安妮丝顿, Kevin Costner 凯文·科斯特纳
Memoirs of a Geisha 艺伎回忆录		Fun With Dick and Jane 新抢钱夫妇
	Why must see? This looks like the most sumptuous costume drama in years, starring three of the world's greatest movie actresses and directed by Rob Marshall, who did the impossible in translating Chicago to the screen. Story: Think of it as a Cinderella story: a poor girl (House of Flying Daggers' Ziyi Zhang) is transformed into a celebrated geisha by a fairy-godmother type.		Why must see? Jim Carrey, in pure funny mode, is always welcome, and light-comedian extraordinaire Téa Leoni should be able to keep up with him just fine. Story: Yuppie couple Carrey and Leoni (pictured), ruined by the financial collapse of an Enron-like company, turn to armed robbery to maintain their cushy lifestyle.
Release date: December 23 Director: Rob Marshall 罗伯·马歇尔 Starring: Ziyi Zhang 章子怡, Michelle Yeoh 杨紫琼		Release date: December 21 Director: Dean Parisot 迪恩·帕里索特 Starring: Jim Carrey 金·凯瑞, Téa Leoni 蒂娅·丽奥尼
King Kong 金刚		The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 纳尼亚传奇
	Why must see? The film that Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson has waited all his life to make is, without a doubt, this season's 8 zillion-pound gorilla. Story: You know the story: ape meets girl (Naomi Watts, in the Fay Wray role of Ann Darrow); girl brings ape back to the big city; ape dies falling off the Empire State Building.		Why must see? This could be the beginning of the next great fantasy franchise after The Lord of the Rings. Story: Four English siblings, taking refuge in a country house during World War II, pass through a magical armoire into the fantasy world of Narnia.
Release date: December 14 Director: Peter Jackson 皮特·杰克森 Starring: Naomi Watts 纳奥米·华兹		Release date: December 9 Director: Andrew Adamson 安德鲁·亚当森 Starring: Tilda Swinton 蒂尔达·斯维顿, James McAvoy 詹姆斯·麦卡沃伊

 

 

Entertainment Gossip
娱乐"星"闻

Mariah Carey ties with Elvis for singles record
玛丽亚·凯瑞平"猫王"纪录
Mariah Carey's "Don't Forget About Us" rose to the top of Billboard's Hot 100 chart, putting her in a tie with Elvis Presley for second place among artists with the most No. 1 singles in the rock era.



Osama's niece in racy photo shoot
拉丹侄女大胆出位
Osama bin Laden's niece says she has nothing in common with the al-Qaida leader and simply wants acceptance by Americans, in an interview with GQ magazine in which she appears scantily clad. "Everyone relates me to that man, and I have nothing to do with him," she said.

Pay-per-view pirates slice up China's ″Promise″
《无极》遭遇无情盗版
Now pirates are attacking the most expensive movie ever made in China. A television channel in northern China's Inner Mongolia has been airing "The Promise,《无极》" the latest and biggest film by director Chen Kaige, as a 16-part series - and charging viewers two yuan ($0.25) per show, the Beijing Times reported last Friday.

Court: Chesney, Zellweger never married
齐薇格婚姻竟然无效
Marriage? What marriage? Renee Zellweger's four-month marriage to Kenny Chesney never existed - at least in the eyes of the law. According to the court papers, Zellweger and Chesney "are declared to be single persons."

 

 

Piano Solo Concert by Lang Lang 朗朗钢琴独奏音乐会
Time: 7: 30 pm, December 29, 2005
时间: 12月29日晚7: 30
Venue: Xiamen People's Conference Hall
地点: 厦门人民会堂
New Year Concert 新年音乐会
Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra
演出单位: 厦门爱乐乐团
Time: 7:30 pm, December 30, 2005
时间: 12月30日晚7: 30
Venue: Xiamen People's Conference Hall
地点: 厦门人民会堂


Vocabulary
multiple-hankie 赚人眼泪的
massacre 屠杀
scandalous 丑闻的
sumptuous 华丽的
cushy 轻松愉快
armoire 大衣橱