Movie Appreciation You are going to watch the video clip of Gladiator . You’d better learn some phrases from the movie lines. Then try to fill in the blanks of the lines. 【电影简介】 《角斗士》是梦工厂 2000 年出品的史诗式影片。这部电影气势宏伟 , 获得该年度奥斯卡最佳电影及最佳男主角等多项大奖。由罗素 • 克罗饰演的罗马将军马克西姆斯( Maximus )是一位战功赫赫的将军 , 受到恺撒赏识并委以未来罗马执行官的重任。而太子卡曼杜斯为登皇帝宝座不惜弑父篡位、追杀马克西姆斯及其家人马克西姆斯死里逃生 , 竞而成为一名出色的角斗士 , 为嗜血的人们表演一暮幕你死我活的搏杀。他一心复仇 , 终于等到机会 , 在竞技场上与卡曼杜斯进行殊死决斗 ......20 世纪 50-60 年代的史诗巨片时代早已逝去 , 金戈铁马、刀光剑影的故事也已被大多数观众淡忘。导演瑞德利 • 史考特却重拾这一题材 , 将宏伟的古罗马角斗场再现于银幕之上 , 为人们讲述了一个有关勇气与复仇的战争故事。 【重点短语记忆】  nothing to speak of 不值一提  not to speak of 谈不上  generally speaking 一般来说  speak for itself / themselves 不言而喻  speak ill of sb. 说某人坏话 Caesar: Tell me again, Maximus, why are we here Maximus: For the (1). ________ of the empire, Sire Caesar: Ah yes, ah yes I remember. Do you see that map, Maximus? That is the world which I created. For 25 years, I have (2). __________ , spilt blood, (3). __________ the empire. Since I became Caesar, I've known four years without war. Four years of peace in 20! And for what, I brought the (4). __________ , nothing more? Maximus: Caesar, your life... Caesar: Please, don’t call me that. Come, please. Come sit. Let us talk together now, very simply as men. Well, Maximus, talk. Maximus: Five thousand of my men are out there on the (5). _________ mud.Three thousand of them are bloodied and cleaved. Two thousand will never leave this place. I will not believe that they fought and died for nothing Caesar: And what would you believe? Maximus: They fought for you, and for Rome. Caesar: And what is Rome. Maximus? Maximus: I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is (6). ______ and (7). _____ and dark. Rome is the light. Caesar: Yet you've never been there, you have not seen what it has become. I (8). _________ , Maximus! When a man sees his end, he wants to know there was some purpose to his life. How will the world speak my name in years to come? Will I be known as the (9). _________ , the (10). ________ , the tyrant? Or will I be the (11). ______ who gave Rome back her true self? There was once a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it. Any- thing more than a whisper and it would (12). ______ . It was so (13). ______ , and I fear that it will not survive the winter. Maximus, let us whisper now together you and I. You have a son, tell me about your home. Maximus: My house is in the hills above Tiupllo, a very simple place. Pink stones that warm in the sun. A kitchen garden, it smells of herbs in the day, jasmine in the evening. Through the gate is a giant poplar. Figs apples, pears, and soil Marcus black, black as my wife's hair. Grapes on the south slopes, olives on the north. Wild ponies play near my house, they tease my son, he wants to be one of them. Caesar: Remember the last time you were home? Maximus: Two years, 264 days and this morning Caesar: Oh I envy you, Maximus. It's a good home, worth fighting for. There is one more duty that I ask of you before you go home Maximus: What would you have me do, Caesar? Caesar: I want you to become the Protector of Rome after I die. I will ( 14). ______ you to one end alone, to give power back to the people of Rome, and end the ( 15). __________ that has crippled it. 生词注解: Sire [ saiә ] n. 陛下 , 殿下 , 父亲 cleaved [ kli:vd ] adj. 劈开的 , 分开的 herb [ həːb ] n. 草 , 草本植物 ; 香草 , 药草 jasmine [ 'dʒæsmin ] n. 茉莉 , 淡黄色 poplar [ ˈpɔplə ] n. 【植】白杨 ; fig [ fiɡ ] n. 【植】无花果 , 无花果树 pony [ 'pәuni ] n. 矮种马 ; cripple [ 'kripl ] n. 跛者 , 残废 vt. 使跛 , 使成残废 , 削弱