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Avid watcher of India's travelling cinema

 

avid (adj.) 渴望的；急切的；熱衷的；幹勁十足的

 

e.g. an avid football fan 狂熱的足球球迷

e.g. Jo took an avid interest in the project.  Jo對這個計劃有極大興趣。

 

Award winning photographer Amit Madheshiya began chronicling India's famous travelling cinemas in 2008. That was the time when many single screen theatres were shutting down, giving way to malls and multiplexes.

 

chronicle (v.) 記述，紀錄（大事）；把…載入編年史

 

e.g. The book chronicles the writer's coming to terms with his illness.
這本書記述了作者慢慢學會忍受病痛的過程。

 

Watching these temples of cinema razed to the ground, he began to travel the length and breadth of the country.

 

raze (v.) to the ground 把（城市、建築物等）夷爲平地；徹底摧毀

 

e.g. The town was razed to the ground in the bombing raid - not a building was left standing.

整個城鎮在空襲中被夷爲平地——沒有一座建築物倖存。

 

LENGTH 長度 vs. BREADTH 闊度

 

The length and breadth of = through all parts of (a place) (走遍) 所有地方

e.g. I've traveled the length and breadth of the canyon, but I still haven't found the caves I'm looking for.

我走遍整個峽谷，仍未找到我想找的洞穴。

 

He believes these portraits of audiences - immersed in their movies, will bind readers across the world in a magical experience that only cinema can create.

 

immerse sth. in (v.) 使浸沒（於）

► immersed in = 沉浸於

 

e.g. He immersed himself in the culture of the island. 他完全沉醉於島上的文化。

e.g. The shells should be immersed in boiling water for two minutes.  貝類應在沸水中浸上兩分鐘。

 

bind (v.)

1. 使團結；使聯合 = unite

e.g. The things that bind them together are greater than their differences.

將他們團結在一起的力量勝過他們的分歧。

 

2. 捆綁，捆紮

e.g. The prisoner was bound hand and foot. 那名囚犯手腳被綁。

 

3. 包紮

e.g. He had already bound the child's arm when I arrived.  當我到達時，他已經把孩子的手臂包紮好了。

 

Writing vs. Speaking

 

Writing

For seven decades now, travelling cinemas have been transporting the magic of movies to audiences across rural India.

 

A song for you - "Moving Pictures" by the Cribs

 

Movie: mostly used in the U.S., at movie theatres

Film: also referred to the medium, mostly used in the U.K.

Pictures: the old fashioned way to address a film, i.e. 影畫戲

e.g. I’m going to the pictures. / I’m going to the movies. (colloquial usage)

 

   
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