Take Away English-Jet Li 李连杰
时间：2019-01-02 作者：英语课 分类：Take Away English
Monks from the real Shaolin Temple show off their skills
Actor Jet Li has hit the headlines this week because he has broken the record for the highest salary earned by a Chinese film star. China’s highest-earning star will receive 100m yuan (£6.5 million) for his latest movie, 'The Warlords (投名状)'.
The film, directed by Peter Chan is a martial 2 arts drama, telling the story of three brothers) who turn against one another over a beautiful woman. It is set in the 1860s, during the Taiping Rebellion. The other two brothers are played by Andy Lau, and Takeshi Kaneshiro.
As a teenager, Jet Li was a Wushu champion, and won many medals for his martial arts. His fame from martial arts led to his film debut 3 in 1982 in 'Shaolin Temple', having acquired the screen name Jet Li as a change from his real name Li Lianjie.
He has an extensive filmography of Chinese and Hong Kong cinema, including the famous series of films 'Once upon a time in China', about the legendary 4 hero Wong Fei Hung.
However, Jet Li has also in the last 10 years become a Hollywood star, in films such as 'Lethal 5 Weapon 4', 'The Kiss of the dragon', 'Romeo must die', 'The One' and 'Hero'.
Next year his film catalogue will increase again, with his next two films both coming out in 2008. One is the second sequel to The Mummy – 'The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'. The other, 'The Forbidden Kingdom' will see Jet Li teaming up with the renowned 6 kung-fu and film star Jackie Chan.
'The Warlords' will be released across Asia on 13th December, and hopefully we’ll see it in Britain next year. Although Jet Li has now sworn off doing any more Wushu epics 7, I'm sure we'll continue to see his work in Chinese and Hollywood films in years to come.
GLOSSARY 词汇表
hit the headlines
成为新闻头条
highest-earning
收入最高的
turn against one another
反目为仇/互为对立的
debut
首场演出
screen name
电影名
legendary
传奇的
sequel
(影片)续集
renowned
享有盛名的
sworn off
谢绝
broken the record
打破纪录
martial arts
武术
rebellion
反叛
acquired
获得
filmography
(某一名演员导演的)全部影片目录
coming out
出版/上映
teaming up with
和…携手合作
released
发行
- The monks lived a very ascetic life. 僧侣过着很清苦的生活。
- He had been trained rigorously by the monks. 他接受过修道士的严格训练。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
- The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。
- 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。
- Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
- Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。
- A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
- She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。
- He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
- She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。