11.《通天大盜》（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.
這部1994年的喜劇電影由丹尼斯·利瑞和凱文·史派西主演。一個竊賊在平安夜闖入一所房子，并將這家人攜為人質(zhì)。竊賊到后來才如夢方醒：這一家子除了跟彼此吵架之外啥也不干，簡直要把他逼瘋了。

12.《圣誕頌歌》（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.
這是一部1938年上映的經(jīng)典黑白電影。影片改編自查爾斯·狄更斯的同名小說。故事的主人公叫埃比尼澤·斯克魯奇，總是悶悶不樂的他某天遇到了一個鬼，這個鬼是他以前的同事。這位同事稱，平安夜會有三個鬼來造訪他。在三個鬼的影響下，斯克魯奇最終改變生活方式，找到了圣誕精髓所在。

Vocabulary
hit a snag：遇到意外困難
blind date：相親
grouchy：不高興的，不滿的

英文來源：每日郵報
譯者：張根鴻
審校&編輯：杜娟