时间:2019-01-01 作者:英语课 分类:各国名人英文介绍


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Nicole Kidman is a highly successful Academy Award-winning actress. In 2006, she was made a Companion of the Order of Australia for her contributions to charity, health care and film. This is Australia’s highest civilian 1 honour. Kidman is a Goodwill 2 Ambassador for UNICEF and in 2004, was honoured as a "Citizen of the World" by the UN.


Kidman was born in Hawaii in 1967. Her family returned to Australia permanently 3 when she was four years old. She grew up and went to school in Sydney. After high school, she studied at several Sydney theatres to realize her ambitions to become an actress. Throughout the 1980s she appeared in music videos and TV dramas, including the popular Bangkok Hilton in 1989.


Her breakthrough came in 1990 when she starred opposite Tom Cruise in ‘Days of Thunder’. She was now one of Hollywood’s top stars and landed the lead in many blockbuster movies. She won an Oscar for Best Actress in 2002 for her role in ‘Hours’. Also in 2002, Kidman starred on stage in London and New York in the play ‘The Blue Room’. She got rave 4 reviews.


Kidman’s private life has rarely been out of the headlines. She fell in love with and married Tom Cruise in 1990. For a decade they were Hollywood’s hottest romance, until their divorce just after their tenth wedding anniversary. She married country singer Keith Urvan in 2006. The couple have mansions 5 in Australia and the USA. She holds passports for both countries.



adj.平民的,民用的,民众的
  • There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
  • He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
n.善意,亲善,信誉,声誉
  • His heart is full of goodwill to all men.他心里对所有人都充满着爱心。
  • We paid £10,000 for the shop,and £2000 for its goodwill.我们用一万英镑买下了这家商店,两千英镑买下了它的信誉。
adv.永恒地,永久地,固定不变地
  • The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
  • The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。
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.宅第,公馆,大厦( mansion的名词复数 )
  • Fifth Avenue was boarded up where the rich had deserted their mansions. 第五大道上的富翁们已经出去避暑,空出的宅第都已锁好了门窗,钉上了木板。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • Oh, the mansions, the lights, the perfume, the loaded boudoirs and tables! 啊,那些高楼大厦、华灯、香水、藏金收银的闺房还有摆满山珍海味的餐桌! 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
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