Batman

Batman

第一次看蝙蝠侠。蝙蝠侠，蜘蛛侠和超人都不外乎是英雄、美女加恶人。不过顶喜欢蝙蝠侠的车。 Cool！
cut a deal
to make a business deal
A French company has reportedly cut a deal to produce software for government agencies.

vigilante: noun someone who illegally punishes criminals and tries to prevent crime, usually because they think the police are not doing this effectively

Batman is a vigilante.

rat somebody out
if someone rats you out, they are disloyal to you, especially by telling someone in authority about something wrong that you have done
You can't rat out your teammates.

We've been ratted out.

keep a/the lid on something
to control a situation very carefully, especially so that it does not cause problems
keeping the lid on inflation Kline keeps a very tight lid on his private life.

trade up phrasal verb
to replace something you own with something better, or buy a better type of thing than before
trade up to/from
It also encourages existing home owners to trade up to larger accommodation.

belfry:a tower for a bell, especially on a church

enema: a liquid that is put into someone's rectum to make their bowels empty 灌肠剂

round up: gather people together: to gather people or animals together in one place

cut: SHARE OF SOMETHING[usually singular] someone's share of something, especially money
cut of
She was determined to claim her cut of the winnings.

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Encarta 电影简介
Batman (motion picture), movie about a millionaire who fights crime disguised as a bat, based on Bob Kane’s comic books and released in 1989. The film, which is set in gloomy, crime-ridden Gotham City, won an Academy Award for art direction. The city calls off a major celebration because of a crime wave led by the Joker (played by Jack Nicholson), a maniac who derives pleasure from hurting others. Michael Keaton plays Bruce Wayne, the millionaire who falls in love with journalist Vicki Vale (Kim Basinger). Keaton also plays Wayne’s crime-fighting alter ego, Batman, who ousts the Joker, making the city safe once again.

Director

Tim Burton

Cast

Michael Keaton (Batman, Bruce Wayne)
Jack Nicholson (Joker, Jack Napier)
Kim Basinger (Vicki Vale)
Robert Wuhl (Alexander Knox)
Pat Hingle (Police Commissioner Gordon)
Billy Dee Williams (District Attorney Harvey Dent)
Michael Gough (Alfred)
Jack Palance (Carl Grissom)
Jerry Hall (Alicia)
Lee Wallace (Mayor)
Tracey Walter (Bob the Goon)

Awards

Academy Award for Art Direction (1989): Anton Furst, Peter Young

Quote

Reporter Alexander Knox (to police lieutenant): “Lieutenant, is there a six-foot bat in Gotham City? And if so, is he on the police payroll? And if so, what’s he pulling down after taxes?”

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