2009年7月10日 星期五

screen (PICTURE), screening

YouTube to Screen Short Films
Google's YouTube plans to launch an area on the video-sharing site for independent filmmakers to show their work and generate revenue for the films' producers.


Banned East German film receives long-awaited premiere

A film banned by the former East Germany has finally been given its first
public screening. The black-and-white comedy from 1965 was considered too
controversial by authorities at the time.

The DW-WORLD Article
http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=ew18s3I44va89pI5



screen (PICTURE) Show phonetics
noun [C]
1 a flat surface in a cinema or on a television or a computer system on which pictures or words are shown:
Our television has a 19-inch screen.
Coming to your screens (= cinemas) shortly, the amazing adventures of 'Robin Hood'.
Her ambition is to write for the screen (= for television and films).
Write the letter on the computer, then you can make changes easily on screen.


2 the small screen television:
He's made several films for the small screen.

3 the big screen cinema:
So this is your first appearance on the big screen?

screen Show phonetics
verb [T]
to show or broadcast a film or television programme:
The programme was not screened on British television.

screening Show phonetics
noun [C]
a showing:
There will be three screenings of the film - at 3, 5 and 7 p.m.
screening
n.
  1. screenings (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Refuse, such as waste coal, separated by a screen.
  2. The mesh material used to make door or window screens.
  3. A presentation of a movie.
  4. A systematic examination or assessment, done especially to detect an unwanted substance or attribute.

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