“续集前传”用英语怎么说?
·1. 续集:sequel·
sequel /'siːkwəl/ 名词,表示a book, film, play etc that continues the story of an earlier one, usually written or made by the same person,书籍、电影等作品后续出版、发布的续集,延续已有的故事情节,或者发展出一些支线。
最先发布的电影是the original (movie),一部电影可以有a sequel,或者some sequels。
常用结构:
a sequel to + sth/作品名称
例:The new movie is a sequel to the first one. It picks up where the original left off.
这部新电影是第一部的续集,延续第一部的情节。pick up表示to start again, leave off表示to stop,to pick up where sb. left off表示从某人中断/停下的地方重新开始往下讲。
例:Five years later, she published a sequel to the original novel.
五年后,她出版了原著小说的续集。
例:The sequel did even better at the box office than the original.
续集的票房甚至比原作更好。box office名词短语,最开始表示the place in a theatre, cinema etc where tickets are sold,剧院电影院卖票的地方,售票处,衍生出比喻义,指电影的票房。
例:The original is a classic, but the sequels aren't as good.
原片很经典,但续集就没那么好了。
·2. 前传:prequel·
prequel /'priːkwəl/ 名词,表示a book, film etc that tells you what happened before the story told in a previous popular book or film,“前传”。
prequel这个单词是pre+sequel拼起来产生的,前传prequel和续集sequel一样,它们电影上映的时间都比the original晚,但是前传中的故事发生时间比the original早。
常用结构:
a prequel to + sth/作品名称
例:The Wandering Earth 2 is the prequel to the 2019 film The Wandering Earth.
《流浪地球2》是2019年电影《流浪地球》的前传。
例:This prequel is set 20 years before the events of the original.
这部前传的背景设定在原作事件发生的 20 年前。
例:The prequel gave fans a deeper understanding of the villain's motivations.
前传让影迷们更深入地了解反派的动机。motivation /ˌməʊtɪ'veɪʃn/ 名词,表示the reason why somebody does something or behaves in a particular way,某人做某事的原因和动机。
例:This film is a prequel to last year's hit movie, exploring the main character's childhood and how he became a hero.
这部电影是去年一部热门电影的前传,深入挖掘主角的童年故事以及他如何成为英雄。
·3. 第几部电影·
常见说法是用序数词:
the first, second, third, fourth ... movie
或者电影名称加基数词:
Harry Potter 1, Harry Potter 2, ...
例:Have you seen Ne Zha 2? I like the first movie, but the second one is even better.
你去看《哪吒2》吗?我喜欢第一部,不过第二部甚至更精彩。
例:The fourth movie in the series felt unnecessary.
这系列电影的第四部感觉没必要拍。
例:The kids were arguing about whether the second Harry Potter movie was as good as the first one.
孩子们在争论《哈利·波特》第二部有没有第一部好看。
例:The third The Lord of the Rings movie is my favourite of the trilogy.
《魔戒》三部曲中我最喜欢第三部。trilogy /'trɪlədʒi/ 名词,指三本成一系列的书,三部成一系列的电影,三部曲。
