ESL Podcast 781 – Filming a TV Show or Movie

Martin: Okay, quiet on the set! What are the extras doing over there? They’re not in this scene.

Stephanie: Sorry, I’ll get them off the set. Is this the lighting you wanted for this scene? If not, I can tell the lighting crew.

Martin: The lighting is fine, but this staging is all wrong. And can somebody turn off those sound effects? We’re not using them in this scene.

Stephanie: I’ll get right on that.

Martin: Where is the cast?

Stephanie: They’re on break because they thought we wouldn’t resume shooting until two o'clock.

Martin: That’s great! I have no cast, the sets are all wrong, I have extras milling around where they shouldn’t be, and where is my script?

Stephanie: It’s right here on your chair. Are you sure you don’t want to call it a day and start again in the morning?

Martin: I wish I had that luxury. Time is money and we’re already way over budget. I’ll be lucky if I still have the shirt on my back when this production is over!

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Set

(舞臺)布景; (電影)攝影場

Extras

臨時演員

Staging

臨時臺架

Get right on that

立即改正

Resume

1. 重新開始, 繼續[+v-ing]

   They proposed that he should resume his job as farmhand.

   他們建議他應重新做農夫的工作。

2. 恢復; 重返; 重新佔用

   Those standing may now resume their seats.

   諸位站著的現在可以重新坐下了。

3. 收回, 取回

   They won the battle and resumed lost territory.

   他們打勝了這一仗並收復了失地。

milling around

磨時間

to call it a day

結束工作，到此為止

luxury

1. 奢侈, 奢華[U]

   They live in luxury. 他們生活奢華。

2. 奢侈品[C]

   A refrigerator was then a luxury. 那時候冰箱是種奢侈品。

3. 享受; 樂趣[U][C]

   She enjoyed the luxury of doing good. 她以行善為樂事。

the shirt on my back

Shirt = all money

有錢剩

1. the shirt off (one's) back

The maximum one is able to give or lose