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词汇：

movie extra群众演员 chase / t_eis /v．追捕

shoot /_u:t/ vt．拍摄 action / _æk_ n / n．(导演指令）开拍

commission / k _mi_ n / n．佣金

注释：

1．Extras don t normally speak any lines, but they help make the scenes look real.：虽然群众演员通常没有台词，但他们的存在使整个场景更加逼真。

2．You could be on the set for hours，sometimes waiting outdoors in very hot or cold weather.：在拍摄现场，你可能一演就是几个小时，有时还要一直待在很热或很冷的环境中。on the set：在拍摄现场。

3．Most of them have flexible schedules, which allow them to be available.：这些人中大部分都是时间比较灵活的人，这样他们就能腾出时间来演戏。

练习：

1．What is true about movie extras?

A) Only agents get them jobs in movies.

B) They often have to wait around on movie sets and do nothing.

C) It s a good way to get a real acting job.

D) They can have drinks in a restaurant.

2．What might surprise movie extras the first time they do the job?

A) It can take hours to do a scene that is only a few minutes long in the movie.

B) They always do the same scene many times.

C) The actors are interested in talking to them.

D) The action moves very quickly.

3．Why do most people work as movie extras?

A) They like meeting famous movie stars.

B) They think they will become famous.

C) They want to be on a movie set.

D) They will get real acting jobs.

4．What are the job requirements for being a movie extra?

A) You have to have a part-time job.

B) You must be attractive.

C) You must be willing to repeat a scene many times.

D) You must start working very early.

5．It can be inferred from the passage that .

A) being a movie extra can be boring

B) movie extras need acting experience

C) movie extras can play larger parts

D) movie actors are quite different from actors

答案与题解：

1．B 本文的第三段详细叙述了群众演员的主要工作要求是在拍摄现场等，不用做事，所以答案为B；第一段中描述了群众演员的工作；他们是演员的陪衬，不用讲话。虽然提到他们是在餐馆里，但并没有提是否可以喝饮料，所以D可以排除；A中的only —词太笼统，所以A不对；从第四段可以看出，从群众演员到演员的转型是相当困难的，所以