《血觀音》遺珠坐蓮
Oscar’s season is here! With only months to go until the 91st Academy Awards, people are already excited to know who will have a chance of winning next year’s awards.
奧斯卡季到囉！距離第91屆奧斯卡金像獎只剩下幾個月，人們已經很興奮想知道誰將有機會贏得明年的獎項了！
go(v.)過去、流逝Academy Awards學院獎、奧斯卡金像獎chance(n.)機會award(n.)獎、獎項
Outside of the United States, one of the awards many directors around the world are already competing for is “Best Foreign Language Film.”
除了美國本土外，全世界許多導演所角逐的獎項之一便是「最佳外語片」。
outside of除了、除…之外director(n.)導演compete(v.)競爭、爭奪
As countries around the world get ready to submit their best movies, many people are beginning to wonder which film will be chosen to represent Taiwan.
由於全世界的國家準備要提出他們的最佳電影，因此很多人開始想知道哪一部電影將被選來代表台灣。
submit(v.)提交、遞呈wonder(v.)想知道、疑惑represent(v.)代表
Top of the pile this year is Huang Hsin-yao’s The Great Buddha+, a dark comedy about a man from the bottom rungs of society.
今年呼聲最高的是黃信堯的大佛普拉斯，它是一部關於社會底層男人的黑色喜劇。
pile(n.)疊、堆Buddha(n.)佛陀、佛像comedy(n.)喜劇、喜劇片rung(n.)等級society(n.)社會
Pickle is a middle-aged night security guard who, together with his friend Belly Button, discover a series of dirty secrets about the wealthy factory owner by accident.
菜脯是一位中年的夜班警衛，他與他的朋友肚財意外地發現了關於有錢的工廠老闆的骯髒秘密。
security(n.)安全、保護guard(n.)看守、守衛discover(v.)發現、找到series(n.)一連串、一系列secret(n.)秘密wealthy(adj.)富有的owner(n.)主人、所有者by accident偶然地、意外地
Critics think that Huang’s hilarious drama will make it to the Oscars because it has already won him plenty of awards in Asia. He received the prize for Best New Director at the 54th Golden Horse Awards, as well as Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
評論家認為黃信堯的滑稽戲劇將會使它進入奧斯卡，因為它已經為黃贏得了許多亞洲的獎項。他贏得了第54屆金馬獎最佳新導演，以及香港電影金像獎最佳兩岸電影。
critic(n.)批評家、評論家hilarious(adj.)滑稽的、引人發笑的plenty(n.)充足、大量mainland(n.)大陸
His biggest competitor will be crime film The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful, which also picked up a handful of prizes.
他的最大競爭者為也贏得了數個獎項的犯罪電影《血觀音》。
competitor(n.)競爭者crime(n.)違法行為、犯罪活動handful(n.)一把(之量)、少數、少量
If Huang becomes Taiwan’s choice, he will face a tough fight in 2019.
如果黃信堯的電影被選擇代表台灣，他於2019年將面臨一場硬戰。
choice(n.)選擇、挑選face(v.)面臨、面對tough(adj.)困難的、棘手的fight(n.)鬥爭
The movies also competing for Best Foreign Language Film include the winner of the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival, Shoplifters, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, and Mexican film Roma, which took home the Golden Lion at this year’s Venice International Film Festival.
也競爭最佳外語片的電影包括坎城影展獲金棕櫚獎由是枝裕和所導演的《小偷家族》，以及今年在威尼斯影展拿下金獅獎的墨西哥電影《羅馬》。
palm(n.)棕櫚樹Cannes(n.)坎城shoplifting(n.)商店行竊、佯裝客戶偷竊、順手牽羊direct(v.)導演、執導