时间:2019-01-01 作者:英语课 分类:各国名人英文介绍


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Maria Callas was an American-born Greek opera singer, often regarded as the greatest ever soprano. She combined a wonderfully versatile 1 voice with a natural ability for drama. She made opera popular with millions of people and her recordings 2 are studied by budding opera singers today. Callas’ own life has been rich enough to be the subject of an opera.


Callas was born in New York and raised in Greece. Her mother recognized Maria’s singing talents early on. Callas said: "I was made to sing when I was only five, and I hated it." In 1937, a singing tutor in Athens described her voice as being “an amazing phenomenon” that should “shine with all its brilliance”. She studied and sang for ten hours a day.


Callas made her professional debut 3 in Athens in 1942. A critic stated Callas was "an extremely dynamic artist possessing the rarest dramatic and musical gifts". Callas’ career took off in 1946 when she went to Italy. She got increasingly rave 4 reviews. One famous soprano said Callas “opened a new door for…all the singers in the world”. She got the nickname ‘Divina’, the divine one.


In 1965, Callas ended her stage career in London’s Royal Opera House. She was adored by opera enthusiasts 5 worldwide. A famous conductor spoke 6 of her amazing talent: "If the public could understand, as we do, how deeply and utterly 7 musical Callas is, they would be stunned 8." Callas spent her final years living in isolation 9 in Paris.



adj.通用的,万用的;多才多艺的,多方面的
  • A versatile person is often good at a number of different things.多才多艺的人通常擅长许多种不同的事情。
  • He had been one of the game's most versatile athletes.他是这项运动中技术最全面的运动员之一。
n.记录( recording的名词复数 );录音;录像;唱片
  • a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
  • old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐
n.首次演出,初次露面
  • That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里,他初次在百老汇登台,扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
  • The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。
vi.胡言乱语;热衷谈论;n.热情赞扬
  • The drunkard began to rave again.这酒鬼又开始胡言乱语了。
  • Now I understand why readers rave about this book.我现明白读者为何对这本书赞不绝口了。
n.热心人,热衷者( enthusiast的名词复数 )
  • A group of enthusiasts have undertaken the reconstruction of a steam locomotive. 一群火车迷已担负起重造蒸汽机车的任务。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane restored. 一群热心人计划修复这架飞机。 来自新概念英语第二册
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
adv.完全地,绝对地
  • Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民,把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
  • I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。
n.隔离,孤立,分解,分离
  • The millionaire lived in complete isolation from the outside world.这位富翁过着与世隔绝的生活。
  • He retired and lived in relative isolation.他退休后,生活比较孤寂。
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acoustic trauma
actuarial valuation
amnesic shellfish poison (asp)
arvanitis
blowing my top
boiardo
brain-derived neurotropic factor
breezier
british commonwealth education
burnin'
bush typhus
caboclos
Castropignano
celaglausin
Chilpancingo
chronergy
chrysergonic acid
copy from
coreomyces italicus
dense phosphate crown
dianes
discount window
drywallers
emissions-cutting
empoweree
exercise-book
eye-grabber
first computer inquiry
first print
galindoes
genus heteromeless
growling
halfwidth
Hessian functional
heterocellular ray
Hinduizes
idempotently
image parallel processing
inclined ball mill
intersystem
isarithmic network
Jaumave
Koschagyl
Kågeröd
La Leona
laminas
lay a carpet
leading questions
line of storm
Lohiniva
look at sb with hate
lucrative employment
lyate
madial wall
morality of aspiration
morning exercise
MWNT
non-plural
Nova Cygni
numerical classification
overall sampling
paparizov
parent-subsidiary relationship
parlest
past its sell-by date
pcr-sscp
permanent display
phantasmal
political will
polyester resins
polyP bacteria
pork production
premalignant fibroepithelial tumor
probainognathids
product liability law
pseudovacuole
pumps the brakes
rain imprint
recurrent dislocation
right-handed helix
sanden
sapele mahogany
saveanu
Senecio graciliflorus
sequalae
Seysses
silversmith
simple diplopia
Southern Tai
specific fuel consumptions
splenography
stationary portion
tamoxifen citrate
thermai
ultimate shear
Vairocana
vidicon uniformity
viscosity improver
voist
wambugu
weight percent concentration
word chain operation