时间:2019-01-01 作者:英语课 分类:各国名人英文介绍


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Leonardo DiCaprio is a movie heartthrob and award-winning Hollywood actor. He shot to fame for his role in ‘Titanic’ in 1997. He has also starred in many other successful movies. DiCaprio is known for his environmentalist activities. He flies on commercial flights instead of private jets and has an eco-friendly house. He has inspired other celebrities 1 to take up environmental causes.


DiCaprio is an only child and was born in Los Angeles in 1974. He was named after Leonardo da Vinci because his pregnant mother was looking at a da Vinci painting in Italy when her baby first kicked. Leo's actor stepbrother inspired DiCaprio to take up acting 2. He began looking for an agent when he was twelve but was unsuccessful.


DiCaprio started his career making TV commercials. His break came in 1990 when he appeared in several shows. DiCaprio’s big breakthrough came in 1993 when he starred opposite Robert de Niro in ‘The Boy’s Life’. That same year he starred alongside Johnny Depp in ‘What's Eating Gilbert Grape’.  He was 19 and his performance earned him an Academy Award nomination 3.


DiCaprio’s career took off and he became a Hollywood star. His status was elevated to superstar after he acted in ‘Titanic’, which won 11 Oscars. He was the most searched for personality on the Internet and his popularity was dubbed 4 "Leo-mania”. He said later he would “never reach that state of popularity again”. Today, DiCaprio prefers to think of himself as an indie actor.



n.(尤指娱乐界的)名人( celebrity的名词复数 );名流;名声;名誉
  • He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
  • a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
n.提名,任命,提名权
  • John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
  • Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 );把…称为;配音;复制
  • Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
  • Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的? 来自《简明英汉词典》
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alkaline permanaganate oxidation
all outdoors
arteriae hepatica propria
assay-marks
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axis-of-evil
Ban Kui Buri
be suited to local weather
begyrd
Botany Bay
bow diddleys
bubble data
buff strap
C-M
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chettinad
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cio
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conventionally-powered ship
cryoglobulins
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drying centrifuge
electrically programmable ROM
equivalent blends of standard fuels
floating overflow trap
french-kissed
gpld
gum loader
Hastings, Battle of
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heteronymous
horizontal strainer
hulpe
initialese
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interpointing
intulo
isotopic geothermometer
ivory-towerish
joining with swelled tenon
JULIFORMIA
karst zonality
Lilianna
lloyd's agents
loveabler
maintainability function
marimbula
multilayer tropical forest
mythoplasm
natural radioactivity background
NOMSS
not till next time
nymphocaruncular
on entire
on-slip
opentable
ordainest
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orthosilicic acid
oxoacetic acid
pankisi
pig blood
polykaryon
PRNS
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psychrometric rooms
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Renaissance style
running wheel deflation detectors
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smeltable
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spectrum expander
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Spongiocarpella grubovii
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sudden load rejection
taenia caeci
tagaloa
taper slide
Taraxacum lilacinum
third-order pinacoid
TN-762
Torrubia
valve remote control mechanism
varistor
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welcome-back
Wenzhu
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