1-derail 脱轨，出轨 ，打乱（原定计划）

2-inaugural 开幕的，就职的，成立的

3-a handful of times 少数几次

The Cannes Film Festival has been derailed a handful of times since the inaugural edition was postponed because of World War II.

4-iteration 迭代，重复

The 73rd iteration, scheduled to start May.12, is no more.

5-anoint 指定，颁发

6-coveted 梦寐以求的

Instead, in June, the Festival will releases a list of movies that had been chosen for this year, anointing them with the coveted Cannes label.

7-effectively 实际上

8-down the line 在将来

So, Cannes is effectively canceled, with organizers hoping to regroup somewhere down the line.

9-palais 宫殿，舞厅

10-pantheon 名人，名流

11-auteur （艺术表现力很强的）导演

There are few sights more touching to me than watching a first-timer walking up the Palais steps to their gala screening, walking the same path as Palme winners and patheon auteur.

12-serendipitous 有意外收获的

You can't get that kind of excitement on a streaming platform, or the serendipitous sense of discovery that ripples from Cannes into the larger movie world.

13-stitch 缝补，缝合

The question is whether it can be stitched back in.