时间:2019-01-16 作者:英语课 分类:2017年NPR美国国家公共电台1月


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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: 


Debbie Reynolds died this week at the age of 84, just after suffering maybe the greatest pain a mother can have - the death of her daughter, Carrie Fisher, who was 60. We spoke 1 with Ms. Reynolds in 2013 about her memoir 2 of more than 60 years in showbiz, her tabloid 3 marriages, too. She became a star in "Singin In The Rain" in 1952, and it sounded like a tough shoot for a talented teenager under the old studio system.


(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST)


DEBBIE REYNOLDS: Gene 4 Kelly is the choreographer 5 as well as the star. And he was a great dancer, so everything was hard. And I had to learn all of that in six months, and I'd never danced before. So I had to keep up with the boys. But I did it, God was with me, and I learned a great deal from Mr. Kelly.


SIMON: Fred Astaire helped you out, too.


REYNOLDS: Fred Astaire was the sweetest man. And I was crying under the piano on one of my breaks because my feet were killing 6 me, and my back was like it was broken. After all, I was only 17. And Fred Astaire came by, and he reached down, he said, now, who is that? And I said, oh, it's Debbie. And he said, what are you crying about, what are you sniffling about? So I said, well, this is too hard. I think I should quit. He said, you never quit, and dancing is hard, and there is no easy way. If you want to be good, you have to suffer through it. And he invited me in to watch him rehearse. Nobody got to watch him dance, and he let me watch him until he was just red in the face. Then it showed me, even the greats find it hard to be really excellent. But you have to keep striving.


SIMON: She sure did. Debbie Reynolds in 2013. This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon.


(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "TAMMY")


REYNOLDS: (Singing) I hear the cottonwoods whispering above, Tammy, Tammy, Tammy's in love.



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。
n.[pl.]回忆录,自传;记事录
  • He has just published a memoir in honour of his captain.他刚刚出了一本传记来纪念他的队长。
  • In her memoir,the actress wrote about the bittersweet memories of her first love.在那个女演员的自传中,她写到了自己苦乐掺半的初恋。
adj.轰动性的,庸俗的;n.小报,文摘
  • He launched into a verbal assault on tabloid journalism.他口头对小报新闻进行了抨击。
  • He believes that the tabloid press has behaved disgracefully.他认为小报媒体的行为不太光彩。
n.遗传因子,基因
  • A single gene may have many effects.单一基因可能具有很多种效应。
  • The targeting of gene therapy has been paid close attention.其中基因治疗的靶向性是值得密切关注的问题之一。
n.编舞者
  • She is a leading professional belly dancer, choreographer, and teacher. 她既是杰出的专业肚皮舞演员,也是舞蹈设计者和老师。 来自辞典例句
  • It'stands aside, my choreographer of grace, and blesses each finger and toe. 它站在一旁,我优雅的舞蹈指导,并祝福每个指尖与脚尖。 来自互联网
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
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ad-lib,adlib
anti-pilling finishing
average filter
back anchor
Baldegg
barguelonne (la barguelonne riviere)
base hardware
Brunnerville
Campanula crenulata
cant-dog
class larvaceas
code-crackers
cognition
collective self-defense
copha
cracking of crude oil
dead-load lever
derrer
diffuse-field response of microphone
diffusion index
diseases of extrapyramidal system and movement disorder
double patenting
eustatic rejuvenation
female population
flea-lice
formulated products
Forrest County
forward looking infrared system
full-heartedly
geometric stiffness matrix
glucose content
gonatopsis octopedatus
guide pile
Haemaphysalis leporis-paiustris
hammer throws
harks back to
heating process
high-beta torus
hot-air ageing
hydraulic refractory
hypothalamic regulating factor
impulsive impedance
kumagai
lazyloads
lead-alloy-sheathed cable
left - luggage office
level country
licence and quota system
linear selection switch
lipoatrophy
maize gluten feed
make up for possible shortages with surpluses
malpesh
marvel at
mastogloia inaequalis
mawworm
Mbingo
minimum angle of shade
Mohr's stress circle
mujina
multispecification source map
negative cognition
nepheline(eleolite)porphyry
nervus ciliaris brevis
Newhaven
Nomuka
non-self-maintained gas conduction
over classification
overplucks
pay band
Polypogon monspeliensis
prerequiring
progressings
progressive stall
radio shunting signal
ray-surface
redown
reengineered
Royal Highness
sexual glands
Shingle style
ship's power plant
shred residue
sialyloligosaccharide
signal cabin
siliconix
slow down
spark plug cooler
St Abb's
subbase
substandard rim
supersweet
tare correction
thigh boots
tigerflower
toune
tunneluminescence
uniform debenture
wanks
warm-front thunderstorm