12部必看的2015圣诞电影

11.《通天大盗》（The Ref）

Denis Leary and Kevin Spacey star in this 1994 comedy. It follows a burglar who breaks into a family's house on Christmas Eve and holds them hostage. The burglar is in for a rude awakening when he discovers all the family does is fight with one another, which drives him crazy.
这部1994年的喜剧电影由丹尼斯·利瑞和凯文·史派西主演。一个窃贼在平安夜闯入一所房子，并将这家人携为人质。窃贼到后来才如梦方醒：这一家子除了跟彼此吵架之外啥也不干，简直要把他逼疯了。

12.《圣诞颂歌》（A Christmas Carol）

In this black and white classic from 1938, the grouchy Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former work partner, who warns him he'll be visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve. The three ghosts go on to convince Scrooge to change his ways and find the Christmas spirit in these adaptation of the Charles Dickens tale.
这是一部1938年上映的经典黑白电影。影片改编自查尔斯·狄更斯的同名小说。故事的主人公叫埃比尼泽·斯克鲁奇，总是闷闷不乐的他某天遇到了一个鬼，这个鬼是他以前的同事。这位同事称，平安夜会有三个鬼来造访他。在三个鬼的影响下，斯克鲁奇最终改变生活方式，找到了圣诞精髓所在。

Vocabulary
hit a snag：遇到意外困难
blind date：相亲
grouchy：不高兴的，不满的

英文来源：每日邮报
译者：张根鸿
审校&编辑：杜娟