THE WALKING DEAD

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vampire (n) 吸血鬼 mania (n) 狂熱 dominate (v) 控制支配 culture (n) 文化 streak (n) 一系列 zombie (n) 殭屍 backlash (n) 強烈反擊 gothic (adj) 歌德式的 seduction (n) 誘惑 mindless (adj) 盲目愚蠢的 repulsive (adj) 令人厭惡的 clumsy (adj) 笨拙的 let alone：更別提 socialize (v) 交際 prey (n) 獵物 stagger (v) 搖搖晃晃蹣跚而行 = lurch (v) corpse (n)　屍體 insatiable (adj)　貪得無厭 craving (ｎ)　渴望 flesh (n) 人肉 provide (v) 提供 drama (n) 戲劇(性) interaction (n) 互動 conflict (n) 衝突 survivor (n) 倖存者；生還者 apocalypse (n) 啟示錄；世界末日

vivid (adj) 生動鮮明的 revival (n) 復活；再流行 in addition to N：除…以外 well-choreographed 精心設計的 carnage (n) 大屠殺 gruesome (adj) 陰森可怕的 gore (n) 血；血塊 tackle (v) 處理 moral (n) 道德 bankruptcy (n) 破產 induce (v) 引發 coma (n) 昏迷 scavenge (v) 搜尋 abandon (v) 遺棄 join hands with N ：聯手… before long ：很快地 fend off ：擋開；避開 formidable (adj) 可怕的；難纏的 horde (n) 一大群 compete (v) 競爭 struggle (v) 奮力；掙扎 at all costs ：不計一切代價 definitely (adv) 絕對地 recommend (v) 推薦 marathon (n) 馬拉松

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Vampire mania has dominated popular culture in a nonstop streak from “Twilight” to “The Vampire Diaries” for the past few years. Now zombies are making a comeback as a backlash against all the gothic, romantic vampire stories. Unlike vampires who are skilled in the arts of love and seduction, zombies are mindless, clumsy and repulsive. They don’t talk, let alone socialize with their prey. These lurching corpses just swarm the land and have an insatiable craving for human flesh. What provides the drama is the interaction and conflict among survivors in a zombie apocalypse.

AMC’s hit TV series “The Walking Dead” is one of the most vivid examples of the revival. In addition to well-choreographed carnage and gruesome slasher-film gore, The Walking Dead is a serious drama tackling moral bankruptcy in the human race.

It begins with Deputy Sheriff Rick Grimes, who wakes up from a gun-shot induced coma to find zombies scavenging across the abandoned town. Staggering home, he finds his wife and son have vanished. He then heads for Atlanta to search for his family. Eventually he finds them and joins hands with other survivors in a camp outside of the town. Before long, he learns that he has to not only fend off the formidable zombie hordes but compete with other survivors who struggle to survive at all costs.

I enjoy “The Walking Dead” a lot and definitely recommend you check it out. You can pick up the Season 1 DVD and have a marathon before Season 3 begins.

Q：The primary purpose of this article is to ______.  
A. explain why the vampire fad has worn out its welcome
B. suggest possible causes of the zombie apocalypse.
C. point out the zombie revival and common themes in zombie dramas.
D. illustrate the differences between zombies and vampires.

閱讀解答：C

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