看电影学英语PPT-Nearing the end game

throttle /ˈθrɒtl; NAmE ˈθrɑ:tl​/
[VN] to attack or kill sb by squeezing their throat in order to stop them from breathing 使窒息；掐 死；勒死 SYN strangle
He throttled the guard with his bare hands. 他徒手掐死了卫兵。 PHR V ˌthrottle (sth) 'back/ 'down/ 'up 调节油门；减╱加速 n. a device that controls the amount of fuel that goes into the engine of a vehicle, for example the ACCELERATOR in a car 节流阀；节流杆；风门；风门杆
almost or very nearly, so that any slight difference is not important 几乎；差不多；事实上；实际上
• Just why sequels are so successful is no myster y either. They meet intense audience demand. Nothing whets filmgoers' appetites like what the industry calls “preawareness”. Informed anticipation is part of the fun, and provides a ready topic of conversation.
• Never before have film sequels been so many and so varied.
sequel /ˈsi:kwəl/ noun ~ (to sth)
a book, film/ movie, play, etc. that continues the story of an earlier one （书、电 影、戏剧等的）续篇，续集 a sequel to the hit movie 'Sister Act' 轰动一时的影片《修女也疯狂》的续集 —compare prequel n. 前传
whet /wet/ verb (-tt-) [VN]
to increase your desire for or interest in sth 刺激…的欲望；增强…的兴趣 The book will whet your appetite for more of her work. 你看了这本书就会更想多读她的著作。
juggernaut /ˈdʒʌgənɔ:t; NAmE -gərn-​/ noun
(formal) a large and powerful force or institution that cannot be controlled 不可抗拒的强 大力量；无法控制的强大机构 the juggernaut of industrialization 不可抗拒的工业化趋势 a bureaucratic juggernaut 庞大的官僚机构
scale /skeɪl/ noun 规模
on a large/grand scale
property /ˈprɒpəti; NAmE ˈprɑ:pərti​/ noun 财产，所有权
intellectual property (IP) 知识产权，著作权
virtually /ˈvɜ:tʃuəli; NAmE ˈvɜ:rtʃ-​/ adv.
revenue /ˈrevənju:; NAmE -nu:​/ noun [U] (also revenues [pl.])
the money that a government receives from taxes or that an organization, etc. receives from its business 财政收入；税收收入；收益 national / enterprise revenue
SYN eceipts
gross /grəʊs; NAmE groʊs​/ verb
[VN] to earn a particular amount of money before tax has been taken off it 总收入为；总共赚得 It is one of the biggest grossing movies of all time. 这是票房收入创历史之最的影片之一。 adj. 总共的 adv. 总共 n. (pl.) 一罗（144个）
pre·awareness n. 预先意识 anticipation n. 预期 in anticipation of
• Inevitably, the sequels juggernaut is throttling fresh ideas, the lifeblood of any creative activity. It may be offering the movies a short-term fix by imperilling their long-term health.
Never 引起的倒装
• The industry's eagerness to recycle is not hard to explain. Revenue is a big factor. Of the all-time top 10 grossing films, six are now sequels. More important than the scale of these earnings is their reliability. Nobody knows whether an untried property will succeed, but the success of a sequel is virtually guranteed.