The Avengers(Action) (2012)

Major Characters

Captain America/Steve Rogers.....................................................................Chris EvansSteve Rogers, a shield-wielding soldier from World War II who gained his powers from a military experiment. He has been frozen in Arctic ice since the 1940s, after he stopped a Nazi off-shoot organization named HYDRA from destroying the Allies with a mystical artifact called the Cosmic Cube.

Iron Man/Tony Stark..........................................................................Robert Downey Jr.Tony Stark, an extravagant billionaire genius who now uses his arms dealing for justice. He created a techno suit while kidnapped by terrorist, which he has further developed and evolved.

Thor......................................................................................................Chris HemsworthHe is the Nordic god of thunder. His home, Asgard, is found in a parallel universe where only those deemed worthy may pass. He uses his magical hammer, Mjolnir, as his main weapon.

The Hulk/Dr. Bruce Banner........................................................................Mark RuffaloA renowned scientist, Dr. Banner became The Hulk when he became exposed to gamma radiation. This causes him to turn into an emerald strongman when he loses his temper.

Hawkeye/Clint Barton..............................................................................Jeremy RennerClint Barton is a government enforcer who works for S.H.I.E.L.D. a.k.a. the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division; A normal man save the fact that he just so happens to be the world's best archer.

Black Widow/Natasha Rovanova.......................................................Scarlett JohanssonThe only woman in The Avengers team, she is a secret agent for S.H.I.E.L.D. who excels at judo and various martial arts. She is an ex-Soviet spy whose espionage tactics have gained her international notoriety.

Nick Fury............................................................................................Samuel L. JacksonHe is the head of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers Initiative.

Agent Maria Hill.....................................................................................Cobie SmuldersShe's a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent with good intentions. She is the commander on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s own flying battleship, the Helicarrier.

Agent Phil Coulson.......................................................................................Clark GreggA S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who, unimpressed by all of the flamboyant superheroes, is the liaison between The Avengers and the various government agencies who control them.

Loki..........................................................................................................Tom HiddlestonHe is Thor's notorious adopted brother and the central antagonist in The Avengers. He views humans as an inferior race and has vowed to take revenge on his brother after the events in the Thor film.

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Plot Summary

S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury arrives at a remote S.H.I.E.L.D. facility during an evacuation. The Tesseract, an energy source of unknown potential, has activated. It opens a portal through space and the exiled Norse god Loki steps through. Loki takes the Tesseract and also takes control of the minds of several S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel, including Agent Clint "Hawkeye" Barton and Dr. Erik Selvig, the main researcher of the Tesseract, to aid him in his escape.

In response to the attack, Fury re-activates the Avengers Initiative. First he pulls Agent Natasha Romanoff, a.k.a. the Black Widow, out of an interrogation. Fury sends her to India to find and recruit Dr. Bruce Banner, a.k.a. the Hulk. At the same time Agent Phil Coulson approaches "Iron Man" Tony Stark and requests that he review Dr. Selvig's research. Fury himself approaches Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America, with an assignment to retrieve the Tesseract from Loki. During his exile, Loki encountered the Chitauri, an alien race seeking to conquer the galaxy. In exchange for the Tesseract, the Chitauri agree to help Loki conquer Earth.

Captain America and Iron Man travel to Germany to capture Loki. Loki quickly surrenders when the two heroes arrive, and he is escorted to a S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier, a high-tech, flying aircraft carrier. However, Thor arrives and attempts to free Loki so he can reason with him on his own, but he gets into a fight with Iron Man and Captain America. Eventually, Loki is taken to the helicarrier and placed in a glass cell designed to hold the Hulk.

Suddenly, Clint Barton “Hawkeye” and Loki's possessed agents attack the helicarrier, disabling one of its engines in flight. While Stark and Rogers attempt to restart the damaged engine, Thor tries to prevent Dr. Banner from turning into the Hulk and destroying the ship from inside. While fighting Agent Romanoff hits Hawkeye over the head, releasing him from the mind control and The Avengers are able to defend the helicarries from the attackers.

Meanwhile, Loki, desperate to win, uses a device built by Dr. Selvig to open a portal to the Chitauri home world over Manhattan, summoning a Chitauri invasion.

The Avengers rally in defense of New York. With help from the reformed Barton, Captain America and Thor evacuate civilians while Dr. Banner transforms into the Hulk and goes after Loki, beating him into submission in Tony Stark's penthouse. Romanoff makes her way, with a little help from the Chitauri, to the device that holds the portal open (conveniently located on the roof of the Stark Building) and hits Dr. Selvig over the head, freeing him of Loki's control. Dr. Selvig then reveals that Loki's staff can be used to close the portal, which The Avengers fight to do, and eventually manage to do it.

After the disaster in New York, Thor escorts Loki and the Tesseract back to Asgard, while Fury notes that the Avengers will go their separate ways until a new world-threatening menace emerges.

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Some Words and Expressions that You May not Know

Tesseract/the Cube – An ancient artifact from Asgard, Thor’s world. Its power is unknown.Wield its power – To use its powerAlly – Someone that fights on the same side as you in a warWorkings – how something worksForce – SoldiersChitauri – An alien raceEnergy surge/spike – when electricity goes up very quicklyTest phase – In a study or research, when scientists try different ideasEvac – Abbreviation for evacuationClear – EmptyFutile – Useless, that there is no point in doing it because you will failPrototype – A product which is being testedShipped out – Sent Spin on – Continue to turnClear out – To make everybody leave and empty the room of every necessary objectMisbehaving – Acting like an angry childAssume – Think, BelievePlug – EnchufePeak – TopHarnessing – To collect and keep in a harness, a type of storageTampering – To manipulate, to alterDoorway – DoorSpear – LanzaBurdened – AgobiadoQuarrel – ProblemGlad tidings – Happy newsStep on – PisarStalling – Diferir, retardarBlow – ExplodeBury – EnterrarCollapsing on itself – Colapsarse sobre siTurned – To change sidesCargo – ParcelsA bagman/A front – Someone used as a decoy (un señuelo)Outdated – Not updated, oldBetray – Traicionar, delatarTurn out to be – Seem to beTank – Tanque

F-22 – A type of jetBlock – A group of buildingsLobby – The entrance hall to a buildingPrecedence – To come firstMoron – Stupid personCompromised – Comprometido, puesto en peligroTo brief – To give a summary..Trusts me about as far as he can throw me – To not trust someoneSickness – EnfermedadFever – FiebreMoaning – GemirGet paid up front – To pay a person before they start workingTo break a streak – Romper una buena rachaWipe out – DestroySwallow – TragarEmit – EmitirTrace – Trazar, rastrearCage – JaulaStand down – Put your guns downCouncilman – A man who is part of a council (consejo)Overabundance – SobreabundanciaDeclaring war – To tell another country that you are its enemyHostile - HostilCovert – SecretHad your fill – That you had enoughGo under – To go into a commaTo be sorely in need of something – To need something urgently (That’s something the world sorely needs.) Bring you up to speed – Ponerte al díaGotten – American version for Past Participle of “get” (Get – got - gotten)Debrief – Dar un parte militarBucks – Colloquial for dollarsOught to - ShouldThe rest is up to you – El resto depende de tiOff the grid – Sacar el edificio de la red eléctrica general.Beacon – A model, example.Self-sustaining – Que se puede mantener sólo

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Public awareness campaign – Campaña de concienciación generalDo press – MarketingLift – Levantar físicamenteTeeming with – Full ofSubtle – SutilLease – Contrato de arrendamientoBunk over – Spend the nightProtocols – Protocolos, contraseñasOverridden - EludidoBreach – Incumplimiento, Infracción, ViolaciónScrapped - AbandonedVolatile – Imprevisible Self-obsessed – Obsesionado con uno mismoNot play well with others – To not work well in a teamReplicate – DuplicateHold the key to unlocking Erskine's original formula – Contener la clave para desbloquear la formula original de Erskine (creador de Captain America)Go his way – Salir como él queríaInput – Aportación, aporteCome to light – Salir a la luz, que el público sabrá la verdadGird themselves – Prepare themselvesMeagre – Weak and insufficientSceptre – Staff (cetro)Cast out – ExiledChildish – InfantilUnveil – DesvelarRealm – ReinoBarren – Desolado, vacíoCrevice – GrietaLong for – Añorar, echar de menos (He will make you long for something sweet as pain.)Stow – Put awayGear – EquipmentBridge – Puente de mando (de una nave, barco, etc.)Face-trace – A computer programme for facial recognitionIt was quite the buzz – Everyone was talking about itSwoon – Faint (Desvanecerse)Trading cards – CromosVintage – De época, clásicoVanish – Disappear

Engage – Turn onYou’re in the wind – You are free to leaveSweeping – Barriendo, comprobandoWirelessly accessible – Accesible por conexión inalámbricaNarrow your field – Reducir tu campo de búsquedaSpectrometers – A machine which detects gamma raysRough out – To outline Tracking algorithm – Algoritmo de búsquedaRule out – DescartarShortage – EscasezIridium – A chemical element (Iridio)Hard to get hold of – Difficult to findTarget – ObjetivoEyeball – Ojeada, vistazoNear mint (condition) – Casi nuevoFoxing – Brown dots that appear on paper when it becomes old (Slight foxing around the edges, but…)Hit – CoincidenciaMatch – CombinaciónCross match – In medical terms, to check a result is correctKneel – ArrodillarseUnspoken truth – La verdad oculta, no expresadaCrave – AnsiarSubjugation – Subyugación, esclavitudLure – AtracciónIn a mad scramble – en una pelea loca (in a mad scramble for power, for identity)Ended up disagreeing – Acabamos en desacuerdoWe're low on time – We don’t have much timeThis guy packs a wallop – He’s very strongSpry – Dinamic, active, restless (You are pretty spry for an older fellow.)Calisthenics – A type of aerobicsCapsicle – A pun (juego de palabas): Captain + Popsicle (helado de hielo)A gaming mood – Feel like playing a gameMuster – RecollectConjure – Bring with magicMourn – Cry because someone died

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Parentage – Heritage, whom your parents are Living in the shade – Vivir eclipsado por alguien (Living in the shade of your greatness)Tossing – ThrowingAbyss - AbismoRecompense – RewardSlights – Ofensas (So you take the world I love as a recompense for your imagined slights?)Slaughter – KillDroves – BandadasIdly fret – Ociosamente te preocupas (while you idly fret)Miss the truth – Don’t understandSuit you ill – Quedarte mal (A throne would suit you ill)Wield – Empuñar, blandirDoth Mother know you wear-eth her drapes? – ¿Sabe vosa madre que llevais sus ropas? (In this scene, Iron Man is making fun of Thor’s way of speaking)This is beyond you, metal man – This is not your concern, Iron ManProve it – Demuéstralo Threaten – AmenazarDrag out – AlargarAstrophysicist – AstrofísicoAdopted – AdoptadoA mean swing – Un buen gancho, golpeRaw – PuroA power source of high-energy density – Una fuente de energía de alta densidadKick-start – ArrancarThermonuclear astrophysics – Astrofísica termonuclearFlying monkeys – Monos con alas (referencia al Mago de Oz)Mainframe – Unidad principalPacked – Meter en la maleta, empaquetarR&D – Research and DevelopmentCandy Land – La tierra de los caramelos (reference to an old American board game for children)Nuts – CrazyJury – Jurado (Jury’s out. = The jury has left.)

Have a lid on it – Have it under controlWeed – MarijuanaNo offence – Sin ofenderCome aboard – Subir a bordoTip-toeing – Ir de puntillasStrut – Walking proudly, like you own the worldBugging – FastidiarJab – Cuando dices algo para fastidiar a alguien (Loky’s jab at Fury about the Cube.)Decryption programme – Programa de desencriptaciónBreak into – Enter to steal Wind up – Make someone angry so he won’t be concentratedSpangly outfit – Traje llamativo, normalmente se refiere a uno con lentejuelasFunky – BadHave the jump on us – Have the advantage, Be ahead of usAcme dynamite kit – A reference to Will E. Coyote and his Acme productsCluster of shrapnel – Un conjunto de metrallaDread – TemerBattling – Batallando, LuchandoTrample – Destroy with their feet, like elephantsRage – FuryPay the price – Sufrieron las consecuencias (…and your people paid the price.)Youth – JuventudCourted – Cortejar (In my youth, I courted war.)His mind is far afield – He’s crazyPrise from – Separar de (There’s no pain that would prise his need from him.)Sneak up – Acercarse sigilosamenteConcoct – InventBalm – Bálsamo (After whatever tortures Fury can concoct, you would appear as a friend, as a balm.)Vow – Jurar, prometerBargain – RegatearRegimes fall every day – Regímenes caen todos los días; Proverbio que significa que el poder obtenido a la fuerza, tarde o temprano, se pierde.

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I got red in my ledger I'd like to wipe it out – Tener una deuda marcada en tu libro de contabilidad que te gustaría saldarDripping – GoteandoGushing – Saliendo a borbotones, a chorrosSplit – Cut in halfMewling – The cry of a baby catUnleash – Soltar, desatarNo muss, no fuss – An idiom which means “without any type of problems”Bat my eyelashes at you – To flirt with youTwitchy – NervousGrudge – RencorLevelled – Completely destroyedOutgunned – That the enemy has more weaponsYou forced our hand – To make someone act to stop your actionsNuclear deterrent – Las armas nucleares como fuerza disuasoria, fuerza disuasiva nuclearNeck-deep – Hasta el cuelloMistrust – DesconfianzaNaïve – InnocentWisecrack – JokeHaul – Cargo, ContentsLet off a little steam – DesahogarseBack off – Step away, leave something aloneTake off – Sacarse (una prenda de ropa)Worth – ValerFootage – Secuencias de videoSacrifice play – In football, when a player attracts the opposing team so another player can scoreRunning – WorkingPatch – FixDrop – FallCoolant system – Sistema de refrigeración Dislodging – Take out, removeDebris – EscombrosRelays – Relevo

Overload – SobrecargaShredded – TrituradoFortress – FortalezaLack – Falta, carencia deRabbited – Salir escopeteado de algún escondite, como un conejoClocking out – Salir del trabajoPull all my chips – At a roulette table, when you bet all your money (I never put all my chips on that number, though.)Riskier – Más arriesgadoAim – PunteríaShrunk down – Become smallerCondition – IllnessFlush him out – Hacerle salir de su esconditeLevel out – StabilizeEye socket – Órbita del ojoHe was out of his league – Estaba fuera de su alcanceFife - FlautínConquer – ConquistarFull-tilt diva – A complete divaPlastered – EnyesadoAppeal to my humanity – Apelar a mi humanidad, suplicar misericordiaGlow stick – Varitas fosforescentes, normalmente utilizadas en conciertos y fiestasMightiest – StrongestGet traction – Pillar tracciónAnger-management issues – Problemas de control de iraPiss off – Really angerAvenge – VengarDrive-through – American for take-away foodKeep me posted – Mantenme al tantoBarrel – Barril Shawarma – An Arab dishLeave of absence – A holidayCowering – Encogido por el miedoWretches - InfelizUnruly – Not disciplined, rebelliousTherefore - So

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