YR JESSICA, 你看，这两个电影明星被偷拍到一起吃饭逛街。
JESSICA Hmm, interesting. So, are they dating YR 杂志说他们约会，可他俩不承认。我看，这一定又是炒作，因为他们一起拍的电影快上映啦 哎“炒作”美语怎么说啊 JESSICA We call that a “publicity stunt“. Publicity is spelled p-u-b-l-i-c-i-t-y; and stunt, s-t-u-n-t. A publicity stunt. YR Publicity 是“宣传”， stunt 是“特技”，放在一起，a publicity stunt，“为了宣传而使出的绝招”，这就是炒作 JESSICA Right. 炒作是为了票房。I bet that this is a publicity stunt to make the movie a box office hit. YR 哦box office 就是票房。
卖座好，票房高的电影就是 a box office hit. 不过 JESSICA, 我听说这部要上映的片子还真不错，要不咱们也买张票去看看，支持一下他们的 box office JESSICA No, Im not going YR, 现在很多电影都没有宣传的那么好，theyre promoted too excessively YR 你是说好多电影被吹过头了 JESSICA Right. We have a word for that---overhyped, o-v-e-r-h-y-p-e-d. YL overhyped 就是名不副实，吹嘘过头。那我如果说，The movie stars perance in this comedy was overhyped. --这个明星在这部喜剧中的表演被吹过头了。对不对 JESSICA Thats correct. Now lets see what youve learned today YR 第一炒作叫 a publicity stunt; 第二，票房叫 box office; 第三，形容吹嘘过头，可以用 overhyped. 1