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2000 years ago, China's Dragon Emperor conquered half the world. Now he is returning to finish the job.

-Look at this, Alex.
-Watch out!
-We found it, Professor. It’s the tomb of the Dragon Emperor and his army.
-This is incredible!

Two thousand years ago, China’s Dragon Emperor conquered half the world. Now, he is returning to finish the job.

-Here we go again.
-Woah!

From Universal Pictures...

-We’re gonna do this my way. I put down more mummies in my time than you.
-You put down one mummy, dad.
-Yeah! Same mummy, twice!

From the producers of "The Mummy" and "The Mummy Returns"...

-How exactly are we supposed to fend them off?
- When the Emperor built the Great Wall, he buried his enemies underneath it. I will call them to battle once again.
-So these are the good undead guys, right?

This summer...

-I'd tell you to fasten your seatbelts, but I was too cheap to buy any.
-Why am I laughing?

...beyond death...

-I...really hate...mummies!

...beyond imagination...

-Does this guy ever run out of tricks?

...lies an adventure that will live for all eternity.

-Rick!
-Time to go.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

WATCH OUT!= Be careful!

TOMB= Grave, the place were a dead person is buried. It is pronounced /tu:m/.

CONQUER= To take control of a territory by the use of force (usually through a war).

HERE WE GO AGAIN! (coll.)= Now we have the same situation again!.

GONNA (coll.)= Going to

TO PUT DOWN= To kill

IN MY TIME= When I was young.

TO FEND THEM OFF= To keep them away; to stop them from attacking us.

BURIED= The past tense of the verb to BURY (pronounced /berɪd/), which means to put a person under the earth when they die.

UNDEAD= Dead people who are not dead (=living dead, like zombies). UN- is a negative prefix.

GUYS (coll. AmE)= Men

FASTEN YOUR SEATBELT= Secure yourself to the car seat by using the seatbelt (a strap).

I WAS TOO CHEAP TO BUY A SEATBELT= I’m getting very little money for my services (I’m very cheap), so I can’t spend money on buying seatbelts= There are no seatbelts in the car.

MUMMY= The dead body of a human or animal that has been embalmed and prepared for burial, as according to the practices of the ancient Egyptians (embalmed and wrapped in cloth bands).

BEYOND= Further than. "Beyond imagination" means something so extraordinary that you can’t imagine it.

TO RUN OUT OF SOMETHING= To use something till you have no more of it:
- Sorry, I ran out of red wine. Would you like some white wine instead?
- If you go to the supermarket buy tomatoes, I ran out of them yesterday

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