《给阿嬷的情书》你觉得怎么样？
LearnAndRecord约 12 分钟🤔️小作业：
1. What is the primary purpose of the first paragraph in the article?
A. To compare the film's budget with Hollywood standards.
B. To highlight the film's unexpected success despite its limitations.
C. To criticize the film's lack of commercial appeal.
D. To introduce the film's plot and setting.
无注释原文：
Chinese tourists flock to Teochew sites after indie film becomes surprise hit
From: SCMP
Made for roughly the price of a single scene in a Hollywood blockbuster and filmed entirely in a southern Chinese dialect, the drama Dear You does not have the hallmarks of a box office hit.
But the independent film has unexpectedly become a sensation in China, receiving stellar reviews and sparking a wave of tourism to the small corner of southern Guangdong province where it is largely set.
Produced on a shoestring budget of just 10 million yuan (US$1.5 million), Dear You has already grossed more than 200 million yuan in China since its release on May 3. It is projected to eventually take about 800 million yuan – a record for a dialect film in the country – and is set to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival on May 15.
The film appears to have struck a chord in China – where young people are increasingly captivated by regional culture – by exploring the history of Chaoshan, a cluster of coastal districts in eastern Guangdong known for its distinct cuisine, teahouses and rich diaspora heritage.
From the 1800s, generations of Chaoshan people – also known as Teochew – left their homes in this historically poor corner of China to seek their fortunes across Southeast Asia and beyond – in Penang, Singapore and the United States. Famous for their clan-based culture, they formed tight-knit communities wherever they settled.
Dear You spans Chaoshan and Thailand, following a grandson's search for his family history by tracing letters sent home decades ago. As he pieces together his grandfather's story, the film explores the wider history of the great “South Seas”, or Nanyang, migration of the 1800s, when millions of economic migrants fled southern China.
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含注释全文：
Chinese tourists flock to Teochew sites after indie film becomes surprise hit
From: SCMP
Made for roughly the price of a single scene in a Hollywood blockbuster and filmed entirely in a southern Chinese dialect, the drama Dear You does not have the hallmarks of a box office hit.
《给阿嬷的情书》这部剧情片的制作成本大约只够拍好莱坞大片里的一个场景，且全片采用中国南方方言拍摄，乍看之下并不具备票房大片的特征。
blockbuster
blockbuster /ˈblɒkˌbʌs.tər/ 表示“轰动；巨型炸弹；一鸣惊人的事物；轰动一时的书籍/电影”，英文解释为“a book or film that is very good or successful informal”如：the latest Hollywood blockbuster 好莱坞最新大片。此前在《流浪地球》（The Wandering Earth）一文中的标题就为：The Wandering Earth is China's biggest sci-fi blockbuster.
🎬电影《创：战纪》（Tron: Legacy）中的台词提到：I would like you to meet, our next blockbuster. 我很乐意向大家呈现我们的巨作。
dialect
dialect /ˈdaɪ.ə.lekt/ 表示“方言，土语，地方话”，英文解释为“a form of a language that people speak in a particular part of a country, containing some different words and grammar, etc.”如：a regional dialect 地区方言。
hallmark
hallmark /ˈhɔːl.mɑːk/ 表示“特征，特点”，英文解释为“a typical characteristic or feature of a person or thing”举个🌰：Simplicity is a hallmark of this design. 简洁是该设计的一个特点。
📍《经济学人》（The Economist）一篇讲述联合利华老板的文章中提到：In the past the hallmark of a good boss was a strategic mind. 以前，一个好老板的标志是战略思维。
box office
1）表示“售票处；票房”，英文解释为“the place at a theatre, cinema/movie theater, etc. where the tickets are sold”举个🌰：The movie has been a huge box-office success (= many people have been to see it). 那部电影十分卖座。
2）表示“（电影或演员的）受欢迎，卖座”，英文解释为“a measure of how popular and financially successful a film or actor is”举个🌰：Her last movie was a surprise box-office hit. 她上一部电影出人意料地叫座。
hit
hit /hɪt/ 表示“（唱片、电影或戏剧的）成功；很受欢迎的人（或事物）”，英文解释为“If a CD, film, or play is a hit, it is very popular and successful.”举个🌰：The song became a massive hit in 2026. 这首歌在2026年取得了巨大成功。
But the independent film has unexpectedly become a sensation in China, receiving stellar reviews and sparking a wave of tourism to the small corner of southern Guangdong province where it is largely set.
然而，这部独立电影却意外在中国走红，不仅好评如潮，还掀起了一波旅游热潮，人们纷纷涌向广东省南部那个电影主要取景地。
sensation
sensation /senˈseɪ.ʃən/ 1）表示“轰动；哗然；引起轰动的人（或事物）”，英文解释为“very great surprise, excitement, or interest among a lot of people; the person or the thing that causes this surprise”举个🌰：The band became a sensation overnight. 一夜之间，这支乐队名声大振。
📍此前，戳爷Troye Sivan被传已分手数月？文中出现过，pop sensation可以理解为“流行巨星”，“流行天王”。还有，63岁中国爷爷成油管网红文中标题就是Master carpenter's ancient Chinese skills are a YouTube sensation.
2）作可数名词，还可以表示“感觉；知觉”，英文解释为“a feeling that you get when sth affects your body”如：a tingling/burning sensation 刺痛/烧灼的感觉。
3）作不可数名词，可以表示“感觉能力；知觉能力”，英文解释为“the ability to feel through your sense of touch”举个🌰：She seemed to have lost all sensation in her arms. 她的两条胳膊好像完全失去知觉了。
🎬电影《困在爱中》（Stuck in Love）中的台词提到：I was overcome by the oddest sensation. 我像是被一种怪异的冲动（感觉）驱使着。
📍词根“-sens-”来自拉丁语“sensare”，表示“感觉”。近义词：phenomenon（现象），同根词：sensitive（敏感的），常用短语：cause a sensation（引起轰动）
stellar
stellar /ˈstelə(r)/ 表示“杰出的；优秀的；精彩的”，英文解释为“A stellar person or thing is considered to be very good.”举个🌰：The French companies are registering stellar profits. 法国各家公司都获利丰厚。
spark
spark /spɑːk/ 表示“引发”，英文解释为“If one thing sparks another, the first thing causes the second thing to start happening.”举个🌰：My teacher organized a unit on computer science that really sparked my interest. 我的老师编排了一个关于计算机科学的单元，它真正激发了我的兴趣。
此前，《后浪》和「青年」文中标题中就用到：Bilibili's May 4th Youth Day video sparks discussion on social media 引发热议。 类似的还有：
📍stir表示“激发，激起（强烈的感情）；引起（强烈的反应）”，英文解释为“to make someone have a strong feeling or reaction”举个🌰：The poem succeeds in stirring the imagination. 这首诗能够激发起想象力。
📍provoke也表示“激起，引起”，英文解释为“to cause a reaction or feeling, especially a sudden one”，如：provoke debate/discussion 激起辩论/讨论。
📍spur 鼓动；激励；鞭策；刺激；鼓舞”，英文解释为“If one thing spurs you to do another, it encourages you to do it.”举个🌰：It's the money that spurs these fishermen to risk a long ocean journey in their flimsy boats. 是金钱驱使这些渔民驾驶单薄的小船冒险出海远航。
🎬电影《龙之心3：巫师的诅咒》（Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse）中的台词提到：To spur the clans to war. 激励部族发起战争。
📍trigger表示“发动；引起；触发”，英文解释为“to make sth happen suddenly”举个🌰：Nuts can trigger off a violent allergic reaction. 坚果可以引起严重的过敏反应。
Produced on a shoestring budget of just 10 million yuan (US$1.5 million), Dear You has already grossed more than 200 million yuan in China since its release on May 3. It is projected to eventually take about 800 million yuan – a record for a dialect film in the country – and is set to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival on May 15.
《给阿嬷的情书》的制作预算极为紧张，仅有1000万元人民币（150万美元），但自5月3日上映以来，在中国已斩获超过2亿元人民币的票房。预计最终票房将达到约8亿元人民币——创下国内方言电影的纪录——并且该片将于5月15日在戛纳电影节展映。
shoestring
shoestring /ˈʃuː.strɪŋ/ 表示“鞋带”，在这里是比喻用法，意思是极少的预算、微薄的资金。用“鞋带”来比喻资金，是因为早期美国俚语中，街头小贩会用一根绳子（像鞋带一样细）来串起零碎的小商品叫卖，或者指一个人穷得只剩下一根鞋带。后来引申为“非常少的钱”。
on a shoestring budget就是指用很少的钱、勉强维持的预算来做某事。
gross
gross /ɡrəʊs/ 可以作名词，也可以作动词，表示“总收入为，总共赚得，获得…毛利”，英文解释为“to earn a particular amount of money before tax is paid or costs are taken away”举个🌰：The film has grossed over $200 million this year. 这部电影今年总收入超过了两亿美元。
作形容词，表示“极其令人厌恶的，令人恶心的，令人不快的”，英文解释为“extremely unpleasant”
🎬电影《皮克斯的故事》（The Pixar Story）中的台词提到：making it the new highest grossing animated film in history. 成为历史上最卖座的动画电影
The film appears to have struck a chord in China – where young people are increasingly captivated by regional culture – by exploring the history of Chaoshan, a cluster of coastal districts in eastern Guangdong known for its distinct cuisine, teahouses and rich diaspora heritage.
这部电影似乎触动了中国观众的内心——如今中国的年轻人越来越迷恋地域文化——该片深入探索了潮汕（Chaoshan）历史。潮汕位于广东东部沿海，以独特的美食、茶馆和丰富的侨乡文化而闻名。
strike a chord
strike/touch a chord (with sb) 表示“引起同情（或共鸣）”，英文解释为“to say or do sth that makes people feel sympathy or enthusiasm”举个🌰：The speaker had obviously struck a chord with his audience. 讲演者显然已引起了听众的共鸣。
🎬电影《天地无限》（Open Range）中的台词提到：Well, maybe my own words struck a chord. 可能我自己的话产生了共鸣。
captivate
captivate /ˈkæp.tɪ.veɪt/ 表示“使着迷；迷住；吸引”，英文解释为“to hold the attention of someone by being extremely interesting, exciting, pleasant, or attractive”举个🌰：With her beauty and charm, she captivated film audiences everywhere. 她的美貌和魅力迷倒了各地的电影观众。
cluster
cluster /ˈklʌs.tər/ 作动词，表示“群集，丛生；聚集”，英文解释为“be ore come into a cluster or close group; congregate”举个🌰：The children clustered together in the corner of the room. 孩子们聚集在房间的角落里。
作名词，1）表示“（人或动物的）群，团，组”，英文解释为“a group of people, animals or things close together”如：a cluster of spectators 一群旁观者；
2）表示“（同类物丛生或聚集的）簇，团，束，串”，英文解释为“a group of things of the same type that grow or appear close together”
diaspora
diaspora /daɪˈæs.pər.ə/ 表示“（一国人口向其他国家的）流散，大移居”，英文解释为“the spreading of people from one original country to other countries”
heritage
heritage /ˈher.ɪ.tɪdʒ/ 表示“遗产（指流传下来的具有历史意义的传统、语言、建筑等）”，英文解释为“features belonging to the culture of a particular society, such as traditions, languages, or buildings, that were created in the past and still have historical importance”
From the 1800s, generations of Chaoshan people – also known as Teochew – left their homes in this historically poor corner of China to seek their fortunes across Southeast Asia and beyond – in Penang, Singapore and the United States. Famous for their clan-based culture, they formed tight-knit communities wherever they settled.
从19世纪开始，一代又一代的潮汕人（Teochew）离开这片历史上贫困的故土，前往东南亚乃至更远的地方——槟城、新加坡和美国——寻求财富。他们以宗族文化著称，无论在哪里定居，都会形成紧密团结的社区。
clan
clan /klæn/ 1）表示“（尤指苏格兰的）宗族，氏族”，英文解释为“a group of families, especially in Scotland, who originally came from the same family and have the same name”
2）表示“家族，氏族；（享有共同利益的）群体，集团”，英文解释为“a large family, or a group of people who share the same interest”举个🌰：Is/Are the whole clan coming to visit you for Christmas? 你那一大帮亲戚圣诞节都要来看望你吗？
tight-knit
close/tight-knit = closely/tightly knit 表示“紧密相连”，英文解释为“closely connected”如：a very close-knit family 关系紧密的家庭，a tightly knit community 紧密团结的团体。
Dear You spans Chaoshan and Thailand, following a grandson's search for his family history by tracing letters sent home decades ago. As he pieces together his grandfather's story, the film explores the wider history of the great “South Seas”, or Nanyang, migration of the 1800s, when millions of economic migrants fled southern China.
《给阿嬷的情书》的故事跨越潮汕和泰国，讲述了一个孙子通过追溯几十年前寄回家的信件，来寻找家族历史的故事。当他逐渐拼凑出祖父的人生经历时，电影也展现了19世纪“下南洋”（Nanyang）大迁徙的宏大历史——当时数百万经济移民背井离乡，从中国南方远赴海外。
piece together
piece sth together表示“拼合；凑集”，英文解释为“to create something by joining the separate parts of it together or by joining different things together”举个🌰：The ancient skull has been pieced together from fragments. 这个古人类头骨是由头骨碎片拼合起来的。
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