英美电影赏析系列马利和我

1、英美电影赏析系列（一）一马利和我赏析英文电影确实不失为英语学习者学习英语的最佳选择，因为电影不仅可以为我们提供语言学习必不可少的真实语境，而且英文电影本身所具有的生动的音频、视频效果及多彩的文化背景更能增加学习效果。然而，笔者在日常教学中发现，同学们虽然爱看英文电影，但往往只是浅尝辄止，甚至一部电影看过后仅仅通过汉语字幕了解大体情节而已，并没有真正深入了解影片中体现出的文化涵义，也没有吸取其中的语言养分。因此，笔者打算撰写一系列英美电影赏析专稿，以便同学们在日后欣赏相关影片时，能够真切体会其中的文化涵义和语言魅力。l aWJtJi hFSTri i in?H UM MHM PC1UU RMt

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