
驚奇女士將現身
John and Karen are chatting in the pantry.
約翰和凱倫在茶水間聊天。
pantry(n.)=pantry room茶水間
John: Have you heard of Ms. Marvel?
約翰:你聽過驚奇女士嗎?
hear of聽過have V-pp(現在完成式)hear about聽到(消息)
Karen: Do you mean Captain Marvel?
凱倫:你說驚奇隊長嗎?
mean(v.)意指
John: No, I’m talking about the female superhero characters in the Marvel Comics comic books. Actually, there are four Ms. Marvels. Captain Marvel is just one of them.
約翰:不是,我是說漫威漫畫裡的女英雄角色。其實總共有四位驚奇女士,驚奇隊長是其中一個。
female(adj.)(n.)女性的、女性character(n.)角色、人物actually(adv.)事實上、其實=as a matter of fact
Karen: I see. Why are you bringing this up?
凱倫:原來是這樣,你為什麼提這個?
bring up提及、講到
John: I heard that they are about to start shooting the story of another Ms. Marvel. This time, they’re focusing on the character called Kamala Khan. She will be the first Muslim American superhero in history.
約翰:我聽說驚奇女士的故事要開拍了,這次他們要拍卡瑪拉克汗的故事。她會是史上第一個穆斯林女英雄。
hear(v.)聽說be about to RV即將要shoot(v.)拍攝focus on重點放在history(n.)歷史
Karen: I guess it’s a big deal in Hollywood superhero culture, right?
凱倫:我猜這是好萊塢超級英雄史上的一件大事吧?
guess(v.)猜想a big deal=a huge thing一件大事culture(n.)文化
John: For sure! It shows that superheroes don’t always have to be white men. They can also be women, even women from different races or religions.
約翰:當然!這表示超級英雄不只是白人男性,也有超級女英雄,甚至是來自不同種族或宗教的女英雄。
for sure當然、肯定是show(v.)表示、顯示出white(adj.)白人的race(n.)種族religion(n.)宗教
Karen: Sounds pretty cool! Hope it’ll be in theaters soon!
凱倫:聽起來蠻酷的!真希望可以趕快上映!
sound(v.)聽起來pretty(adv.)頗、相當=really=veryhope(v.)希望in theaters上映