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黄忠雪

2018年暑期檔电影，沈腾的新作《西虹市首富》于7月27日上映。仅上映三天，票房就达到8.9亿。该电影戳中你的笑点了吗？

Last weekend， “Hello Mr. Billionaire” opened to an astonishing $131 million in Chinese box-offices.

Made by Mahua FunAge， a well-loved comedy troupe （剧团）， it continued the typical comedy type of this company. This movie is a take on Americas “Brewsters Millions”， which was once put on the Broadway stage in 1906.

Shen Teng， a most famous and audience-appealing comedian in China， played Wang Duoyu， a goalkeeper of an amateur football team who finds spending 1 billion yuan in one month to be a painful experience. Its a challenge from his late uncle—if he spends the money fast， without resorting to philanthropy （慈善）， drugs， damaging the money or wasting the money in buying fixed assets （资产）， hell go on to inherit a large amount of money—30 billion yuan.

Wang Duoyu uses the money to live a rich life. He invests some ridiculous projects in order to lose money. However， something beyond his imagination， all the projects earn him times of profits.

This story has greatly satisfied the daydream we all have—if one day I had a huge amount of money， how would I spend it？

Like other Mahua-produced movies， “Hel-lo，Mr. Billionaire” not only earns a good marketing feedback from the box-office， but also

arouses the controversy of the value of this movie. Some disapprove of the show-off consu-

mption （炫耀性消费）.

In 1978 China opened up its economy to allow private enterprise and foreign investment， and last year research from Thomas Piketty， a French economist， found that as China？蒺s GDP has been on the way to catching up with

America？蒺s， so too has its inequality.

No wonder this comedy about an accidental billionaire hits some raw nerves.

1.Which aspect about the movie is not mentioned according to the text ？

A.The plot. B.The actor.

C.The critics. D.The music.

2.What is peoples attitude towards the movie？ How do you like the movie？

Ⅱ. Difficult sentence

Last weekend， “Hello Mr. Billionaire” opened to an astonishing $131 million in Chinese box-offices.上周，《西虹市首富》首映创下惊人的一亿三千一百万票房。

【点石成金】本句的句式结构为open to

a（n） + adj. + 数字+ in box offices，意为“开局的、首周末票房”。

句式仿写

那部电影首周末票房交出了满意的答卷，赚了一千万美元。

Ⅰ. Important vocabulary in the text

Words

1.box-office n.票房

2.comedy n.喜剧

3.amateur adj.业余的

4.inherit v.继承（金钱、财产等）

5.controversy n.（公开的）争论

6.enterprise n.企业；公司

7.inequality n.不平等

Phrases

1.resort to 诉诸；依靠

2.disapprove of 不赞成

3.hit some raw nerves 触及一些人的痛处

Ⅱ.Complete the following sentences in correct forms with the words and phrases given above.

1.We held a discussion about whether scientists should do scientific experiments on animals. Many people it.

2.Its my position that gentlemen should reason thing out rather than force.

3.This morning， the businessman made a speech about poverty， which .

4.With the economy developing fast， people are more and more concerned about social .

5.The decision to cancel the holiday has aroused great .