Summary
The movie I chose for this week is Bolt. It is a story about a dog.
I want to make all the "it" into "he" or "she", because they could talk like human in this movie, or the whole article would become too confused to understand.
The main character of this movie is a dog. His name is Bolt. He is a movie star with superpower. Penny is its owner, and she is just a teenager. She loves Bolt, and Bolt loves her. Penny is also a super movie star. Penny and Bolt act together in the series of movie and they defeat bad guys together. However, Bolt didn't know it didn't have superpower. He didn't know that is movie, and everything about the bad guys, danger, or Green-Eyed Man were fake. Penny's agent and the director commanded that they couldn't let Bolt go outside from the film studio. Because they wanted to let Bolt think everything was real so that he would playact perfectly.
Bolt has never left the film studio to the outside. One day, in the plot of their movie, Penny was abducted by bad guys, and then they just stopped filming here on that day. Bolt was brought back to the car in the film studio which he used to lived in. However, all Bolt wanted to do was to save his owner Penny. On the other hand, Penny was asking her agent to let her take Bolt home on weekends because it has never played or run like a normal dog. But the agent cruelly refused her.
Next day, there were two stupid cats coming to Boit. They opened the window of the car which Bolt lived in. And then Bolt quickly jumped out of the window and ran away. He wanted to find and saved Penny. He ran into the city, and found his superpower was useless. Bolt felt so strange, but he didn't know why.
He didn't know why he couldn't use his superpower.
He met a stray female cat and her name is Mitten. Bolt thought she was the bad cat being with Green-Eyed Man in the movie, so she must know where Penny was. Bolt tied Mittens to be with him and threatened her to tell him the place where Penny was abducted.
Bolt and Mittens accidentally rode into a truck, and they arrived a campground. Bolt still didn't believe why his superpower didn't work, and Mittens just thought he was nuts.
In the campground, Bolt was hungry. Bolt's stomach just kept rumbling, but he didn't know that was because he was hungry. In the film studio, Bolt was a superdog, so he didn't have the problem of being hungry. He even didn't know why he felt pain which the feeling he had never had before when he was a superstar. Mittens help him to understand what happened and help him to get food for both of them. After having the meal, they met a hamster. He ran out of his house because he was the big fan of Bolt - the movie star. His name was Rhino.
Bolt told him that he was going to save his person Penny and Mittens was the bad cat being with Green-Eyed Man and she could lead the way. Rhino was so happy to hear that and he decided to follow Bolt immediately. Bolt decided to got a car for transportation. Rhino thought a really bad idea to get on the train. Bolt really thought he was a superdog with superpower, so he thought the plan was ok to him. They tried to jump onto the top of the train from the bridge. Mittens didn't have choice but to be with him because she was tied together with Bolt. This bad idea made all three of them fall on the ground from the train again.
Bolt was trying his superbark to Mittens, but it were just dog's barks. All of the sudden, Bolt and Mittens were caught by police officers because somebody called them that there were stray animals. In the police truck, Bolt just kept trying his superpower to get out and also save Mittens. Then it was Rhino who opened the door for Bolt. He saved him from the truck, but Mittens was still in the truck. On the ground, Bolt was really upset about himself. He finally understood that he was not a super hero. He didn't have any superpower. He realized that all his life was just a lie. All he believed was not real. There was no superdog, and no Green-Eyed Man. However, Rhino cheered him up. They started their journey to save their friend Mitten. They sneaked into a car and then they arrived a police station where many stray animals were kept in.
Bolt was so sad about himself.
They sneaked into the police station. Rhino distracted the guard's attention and then Bolt went to save Mittens. Mittens was so touched that Bolt came to her. They three escape from there together.
Bolt went to save Mittens.
They three continued their journey to find Penny who was Bolt's owner. They three successfully sneaked into a train moving toward their destination. During their journey, they three became good friends. Because Bolt had never gone out to play like a normal dog, Mittens taught him "how to be a dog". She told Bolt what things would dogs do for fun. What they eat, and how they live their life. Their journey lasted for about three days.
One day morning, Mittens made a "house" made of cardboard boxes for her and Bolt. However, Bolt told her that he still wanted to go back to New York. He wouldn't stay there with them. Mittens was so angry and upset. She told him that everything he believed in were not real. How does he still want to come back? She said they (human being) don't love him for real. They were just acting! They were actors! Humans are just pretending to like him. And one day they would abandon him without any words someday. That was Mittens' life. She was abandoned by her owner. They left her wondering what bad she did, and why this happened. Bolt told Mittens that Penny was not kind of person. She loves him, so he still decided to go back to find his owner. Bolt left Mittens and Rhino and went to New York city alone.
In the mornign, Mittens told Rhino that Bolt had already left them. She said he didn't need them anymore. However, Rhino said he was going to find Bolt because they were friends. No matter he wanted him do this or not, he was going to find him. Then Mittens and Rhino decided started their journey to New York in order to find Bolt. On the other hand, when Bolt came back to the film studio, she saw Penny was calling another dog, which looked like Bolt, and hugging it. Bolt was so sad seeing this. However, Mittens was on the other side seeing this scene. She saw the truth that Penny and that dog she hugged were just acting the movie. What Bolt saw was not real.
They decided to go to New York city to find their friend Bolt.
Bolt ran away from the film studio wandering on the road. He felt sorrow that his owner didn't love him anymore. He felt so heartbroken that what Mittens said was right. Humans would one day abandon their pets. Mittens went to find Bolt and told him the truth. She told him that he should come back because Penny really loves him. Mittens said that she saw Penny was heartbroken missing him.
All of a sudden, the film studio was on fire! Everybody had already successfully escaped from the fire spot except Penny! When Bolt heard that something was happening, he rushed back into the burning film studio immediately. He found Penny in the building. They had a big hug. Penny was so happy that she could see Bolt again, and told him that she missed him so much. However, the fire was too strong. Penny ended up losing consciousness. She told Bolt to go out because there was a small vent in front of them. Instead of running, Bolt chose to stay with Penny there.
Suddenly, Bolt heard something from the vent. He found that those voices were coming from the outside. He tried his best to bark toward the vent. He used his superbark. And he ultimately passed out, too. On the other hand, the firefighters outside the building heard the barks from the vent. Then they knew that there's still somebody inside the building. The firefighters finally found Penny and Bolt. Penny's agent was such an idoit that he came into the ambulance and said that he had already planned the next movie she was going to star. Penny's mother was really angry that she said her Penny quited the job.
In the end of the movie, Bolt, Mittens, and Rhino all became the pets in Penny's house. That is the end of the story.
Vocabulary& Phrase
1. slobbery 潮濕的, 過分動情的 Adj.
2. irk 使厭倦, 使苦惱 V.
3. zoom 衝
4. canine 犬的 N.
5. hoop 環狀物, 箍, 鐵環, 戒指 N.
6. wardrobe 衣櫥, 全部衣服(個人的), 全部戲服(演員的) N.
7. unwind 捲開, 解開 V.
8. hairball 毛團(貓等動物因舔自身的毛而在胃或腸內逐漸積成的) N.
9. fiendish 殘忍的, 惡魔似的 Adj.
10. gig 魚叉, 排鉤 N.
11. clutch 抓住, 奪取 N./ V.
12. revolt 反叛, 起義, 造反, 反感 V./ N.
13. loathsome 令人討厭的 Adj.
14. cliffhanger 扣人心弦的比賽, 扣人心弦, 高潮迭起, 緊張懸疑(電視, 故事, 連續劇, 小說)
15. junket 凝乳食品, 野餐, 宴會 N.
16. formality 拘泥形式, 禮節, 拘謹 N.
17. pheasant 雉, 野雞 N.
18. mug 杯子 N.
19. gross 總的, 毛的, 顯著的, 十足的, 嚴重的, 惡劣的, 粗俗的, 下流的, 臃腫的, 粗大的, 茂密的, 繁盛的, 粗略的, 令人噁心的, 令人討厭的 Adj. / 總量 N./ 獲得....的總量 V.
20. padlock 掛鎖 N.
21. preen 用喙理毛, 精心打扮自己 V.
22. interstate 州與州之間的 Adj. / 州際公路 N.
23. pooch 雜種狗 N.
24. unleash 解開...的皮帶, 解開...的束縛, 宣洩情緒 V.
25. discombobulate 使混亂, 破壞, 打壞計畫 V.
26. tilt 使傾斜 V.
27. apparition 幽靈, 幻影, 特異景象 N.
28. hamster 倉鼠 N.
29. wolverine 狼獾, 貂熊 N.
30. vigilant 警戒的 Adj.
31. evade 躲避 V.
32. gander 雄鵝, 一眼, 一瞥, 笨蛋, 傻瓜 N.
33. vermin 害蟲, 寄生蟲 N.
34. flyover 定點飛行, 天橋 N.
35. trajectory 軌道, 彈道 N.
36. liquefy 使液化 V.
37. infiltrate 滲入, 滲透 (液體, 思想) V.
38. toddler 學步的小孩, 蹣跚行走者 N.
39. nullify 使無效, 廢棄, 取消 V.
40. giblet 雞, 鴨的內臟(常用複數) N.
41. golly 天呀
Quotes& Good Sayings
(When Bolt was upset that he was not a super hero and disappointed at himself, Rhino said something very positive to ecourage him.)
Rhino: You! You can, Bolt, because all over this planet, there are animals who feel like they can’t. Like a little hamster who once spent his days in an RV park, dreaming of the day when he, too, would save a little girl from danger and be told, “You did it. You did it, Rhino. You saved the day.” They need a hero, Bolt. Someone who, no matter what the odds, will do what’s right. They need a hero to tell them that sometimes the impossible can become possible if you’re awesome!
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(Mittens was telling Bolt that human would always abandon their pets someday.)
Mittens: How about that, Bolt? She’s an actress. She’s just pretending.
Bolt: Not Penny.
Mittens: There is no Penny. She’s fake.
Bolt: No, you’re wrong. She loves me.
Mittens: No, no, Bolt. That’s what they do, okay? They act like they love you. They act like they’ll be there forever, and then one day they’ll pack up all their stuff and move away and take their love with them, and leave their declawed cat behind to fend for herself! They leave her wondering what she did wrong.
Reflection
Actually, I really think this dog was so poor. He was deceived that he was a superdog with superpower and his owner was really in danger everyday. The humans are so wicked. They let a dog really think the one he loves was in danger everyday.That was so bad! He was deprived of the life being a normal dog. He had never gone out to play like a dog. I was so disappointed about human for him. Furthermore, there was an important issue being mentioned - stray animals. Mittens was abandoned by her owners. They used to take care of her, and love her. But one day they just left. They had never come back for Mittens, left her wondering what wrong did she did and why. In the reality, this kind of situation really happens everyday in our society. Many people like to abandon their pet, and make them stray animals on the road. I hate human being doing this. For us, it might just a pet, but for them, we are their whole world. After watching this movie, it reminded me of valuing this issue.
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