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‘DRIVE MY CAR’ WINS BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE「ドライブ・マイ・カー」 アカデミー賞で快挙

2022年04月20日 | 爺英語

Now, on to Hollywood, where the Japanese film “Drive My Car” has picked up the Oscar for best international feature film.
The Hamaguchi Ryusuke-directed film is based on a short story by author Murakami Haruki.再生解説
It's about a stage director grappling with the death of his wife, and his interaction with a woman assigned to be his driver.
The film already has an impressive trophy collection. It won for best screenplay at last year's Cannes Film Festival and a Golden Globe for best picture in the non-English language category.
This year's best picture award went to “CODA.” The film also won for best supporting actor and best adapted screenplay.

 feature film  長編映画 
 grapple with (難題など)~に立ち向かう、~に取り組む  
 trophy collection  集めること、収集(物)  
 adapted  適応する、脚色する、改作する  

Daily Vocabulary(2022/04/20)

2022年04月20日 | Daily Vocabulary

28536.reek of(悪臭を放つ / ~の臭いがする)
He's just hungover. He went overboard last night. He reeks of alcohol. 
28537.palm reader(手相占い師)British English someone who claims they can tell what will happen to a person by looking at the lines on the palm of their hand SYN palm‧ist  
You are a palm reader
28538.stuff(物事)
To be honest、I don’t belive in this kind of stuff.
28539.take out a loan(ローンを組む)
Yes, but I took out a loan
28540.give in(降参する)
If they think they make me give in to their demands, they were wrong.