Jessica在北京學漢語，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎么說的詞，就會來請教她。今天是吳瓊要問的：劇透。

　　JESSICA: 吳瓊， I sent you a movie review article yesterday. Have you read it?

　　WQ: 你是說那篇電影的影評，我可不能看！

　　JESSICA: Why not?!

　　WQ: 因為電影我還沒看??！影評上來就警告讀者說：本文有劇透！也就是說，看了文章就知道電影結局了！Jessica, 這令人掃興的“劇透”用美語怎么說呢？

　　JESSICA: It's called a spoiler. Spoiler is spelled s-p-o-i-l-e-r. A spoiler will reveal the ending of the movie to you when you'd rather find it out by yourself。

　　WQ: I see！Spoilers can really ruin the fun of watching a movie!

　　JESSICA: True. That's why people write a warning at the beginning of a review, which says "the following review contains spoilers."

　　WQ: 對！影評應該先警告大家有劇透內容，省得掃觀眾的興！不過話說回來，有些片子編得很濫，只要看了開頭，不用劇透，傻瓜都能猜出結局！

　　JESSICA: I agree. Those movies are no fun to begin with. You only need to avoid spoilers when there are plot twists。

　　WQ: Plot twist? P-l-o-t, plot是故事情節(jié)， t-w-i-s-t, twist，是扭曲，所以plot twist我猜就是出乎意料的情節(jié)，電影里的形勢大逆轉，對不對？

　　JESSICA: Yes! Plot twists are the development that viewers don't expect to happen. Good writers use plot twists to keep viewers interested。

　　WQ: 我就特別喜歡結局出人意料的片子，特別是電視劇，一集結尾留下個懸念，吊胃口！

　　JESSICA: In English, we call that a cliffhanger. It's usually a dilemma or a dangerous situation. So you want to watch the next episode to see how the characters deal with it。

　　WQ: 哦！原來，在結尾時留下的懸念就是cliffhanger! C-l-i-f-f-h-a-n-g-e-r, cliffhanger. 哎呀，我要走了，My favorite show is about to start, and last episode ended on a cliffhanger!

　　JESSICA: Okay, but before you go, tell me what you've learned today!

　　WQ: 第一，劇透是a spoiler； 出乎意料的故事情節(jié)是a plot twist；電影或電視結尾時的懸念是a cliffhanger。