【剧情简介】小男孩卡尔怀揣着对于冒险的热爱偶遇假小子艾丽，相同的爱好最终使两个人成为了一生的爱侣。他们有一个梦想，那就是有朝一日要去南美洲的“仙境瀑布”探险，但直到艾丽去世，这个梦想也未能实现。终于有一天，曾经专卖气球的老人卡尔居然用五颜六色的气球拽着他的房子飞上了天空，他决定要去实现他们未曾实现的梦想。

【电影片段台词】

- Movietown News presents.
- Spotlight on Adventure.
- What you are now witnessing is footage never before seen by civilized humanity,
- a lost world in South America.
- Lurking in the shadow of majestic Paradise Falls,
- it sports plants and animals undiscovered by science.
- Who would dare set foot on this inhospitable summit?
- Why, our subject today,
- Charles Muntz!
- The beloved explorer lands
- his dirigible, the Spirit of Adventure,
- in New Hampshire this week,
- completing a yearlong expedition to the lost world.
- This lighter-than-air craft
- was designed by Muntz himself
- and is longer than 22 prohibition paddy wagons placed end to end.
- And here comes the adventurer now.
- Never apart from his faithful dogs,
- Muntz conceived the craft for canine comfort.
- It's a veritable floating palace in the sky,
- complete with doggy bath and mechanical canine walker.
- And, Jiminy Cricket, do the locals consider Muntz the bee's knees.
- And how!
- Adventure is out there!

【重点词汇讲解】

1. adventure

n. 冒险；冒险精神；投机活动
vt. 冒险；大胆说出
vi. 冒险

例：

I needed some excitement and adventure.
我需要些许的刺激及冒险。

They say the new film is an adventure story.
据说，这部新片子是一部冒险故事片。

s

n. 证人；目击者；证据
vt. 目击；证明；为…作证
vi. 作证人

例：

A reliable witness swore you left Washington with the money.
据一位可靠的证人说，你带着钱从华盛顿潜逃。

The judge instructed the witness that he should tell the whole truth.
法官指令该目击者讲出全部事实真相。

d

n. 心爱的人；亲爱的教友
adj. 心爱的；挚爱的

例：

But that, best beloved, is a subject for a whole different research project.
但是，这又是一个令人热衷的完全不同研究项目的主题。

Our manager at the restaurant where I worked was a much beloved, jovial man.
我工作所在饭店的经理是一位很可爱，有趣的男人。

tion

n. 远征；探险队；迅速

例：

Columbus was the leader of the expedition.
哥伦布是那次探险的领队。

The expedition readied itself during the summer.
探险队在夏季就作好了出发准备。

ul

adj. 忠实的，忠诚的；如实的；准确可靠的

例：

By his side sat his faithful dog.
在他的身旁蹲着他忠实的狗。

Dogs are always faithful to their owners.
狗总是对主人很忠诚。

6.veritable

adj. 真正的，名副其实的

例：

It led to a veritable Oriental Renaissance.
这导致了真正的东方文艺复兴。

We found ourselves in the midst of a veritable fairyland.
我们发现我们在名副其实的仙境中。

the shadow of

在…附近；在……庇护下；在……的阴影下

He lived in the shadow of his famous father.
他在名声显赫的父亲的庇护下生活。

foot on 

踏足于，踏上

As yet , no man has set foot on Mars.
直到目前为止，尚没有人登上火星。

to end

adv. 首尾相连

He travelled France from end to end.
他游遍了法国。

bee's knees

出类拔萃之物

I know Ari. He's the bee's knees.
我认识阿里，他是一个十分杰出的人。