Weird Butterfly Ceremony

課文：

Santa is not the only one making a list and checking it twice this season. Movie fans are doing the same! At the top of many lists is The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. Jennifer Lawrence again starts in part one of the two-part sequel to 2013’s Catching Fire. In the film, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But the Capitol is angry and wants revenge - on Katniss.

sequel：續集、繼續
revenge：報仇、復仇
in revenge for：為…報仇

Another hero hits the big screen this winter, too. Exodus: Gods and Kings is a retelling of the epic story of Moses. The story follows Moses as he escapes death as a baby. He is adopted by an Egyptian royal family. He then goes against Pharaoh to free the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt.

retell：重述、再講
epic：史詩的
adopt：領養、收養
adoption：（n.）
go against：違背、不利於
Pharaoh：法老
slavery：奴隸、奴役

Unbroken, directed by Angelina Jolie, tells another powerful true story of a hero. Before World War Ⅱ, Louis Zamperini was an Olympic runner. During World War Ⅱ he was taken prisoner by the Japanese and endured a lot.

prisoner：犯人、俘虜
take prison：戰俘（= POW，prisoner of war）
endure：忍受、忍耐、承受
en-：使…
-dure：持久

文法：
hit = to appear or arrive at or in a place（到達）

特別補充：
head to：向著…去（= go to）
the theater：戲劇院
movie theater：電影院（= big screen、cinema）