The Cold War Is Hot Again: Films in 2018
① Geopolitical tension in the 20th century inspired many dramas, thrillers and spy films.
② "The Third Man", "The Manchurian Candidate" and "Dr Strangelove" became instant classics.
③ And who could forget Ivan Drago, the hulking antagonist of "Rocky IV", or General Orlov, the fanatical Soviet soldier in "Octopussy"?
④ Although cold-war films petered out after the fall of the Soviet Union, they will make a comeback in 2018 as Russian-American relations deteriorate once more.
⑤ Jennifer Lawrence will play a secret-service seductress in "Red Sparrow"; Ralph Fiennes will direct "The White Crow", the story of ballet star Rudolf Nureyev's defection to the West; Pawel Pawlikowski, the Oscar-winning director of "Ida", will direct a love story set in the tense 1950s; and a new adaptation of John le Carré's "The Spy Who Came in From The Cold" will hit television screens.
⑥ As questions of collusion and Russian influence linger, these fictions may feel all too real.
▍普通單詞和搭配
inspire: vt. 激發(fā) (創(chuàng)作靈感)蜒灰；促使產生
instant classics: 風靡一時 (指一炮而紅的經典之作)
hulking antagonist /?h?lk??/ /an?taɡ(?)n?st/: 身形巨大的反派
protagonist /pr??taɡ(?)n?st/: n. 主角
fanatical Soviet soldier /f??nat?k(?)l/: 狂熱的蘇聯(lián)士兵
peter out /?pi?t?/: 逐漸消失
make a comeback: 復出缚窿；卷土重來
deteriorate /d??t??r??re?t/: vi. 惡化
seductress /s??d?ktr?s/: n. 勾引男人的女子
defection to /d??f?k?n/: 叛逃到 (別的地方)
tense 1950s /t?ns/: 緊張的1950年代
adaptation /ad?p?te??(?)n/: n. 改編作品
hit television screen: 登陸電視屏幕
linger /?l??ɡ?/: vi. 存留看幼；逗留
all too: (表示程度) 太過于
▍背景知識表達
geopolitical tension: 地緣政治緊張局勢
the fall of the Soviet Union: 蘇聯(lián)解體
collusion and Russian /k??l(j)u:?(?)n/：通俄門
▍電影名字
"The Third Man" : 《黑獄亡魂》(1949 英國／美國)
"The Manchurian Candidate": 《滿洲候選人》(1962 美國)
"Dr Strangelove": 《奇愛博士》(1964 美國)
"Rocky IV": 《洛奇4》(1985 美國)
"Octopussy": 《007之八爪女》(1983 英國)
"Red Sparrow": 《紅雀》(2018 美國)
"The White Crow": 《白色烏鴉》(2018 英國)
"Ida": 《伊達的抉擇》(2013 波蘭)
"The Spy Who Came in From The Cold":《柏林諜影》(小說改編劇集)
