U.S. legendary actor Tony Curtis dies
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Legendary 1 Hollywood actor Tony Curtis died on Wednesday night. He was 85.
The veteran star, who was best known for his role in "Some Like It Hot," died of cardiac arrest（心搏停止） at his Las Vegas home, the Los Angeles Times reported.
As one of Hollywood's most durable（耐用品） actors, Curtis, who was born Bernard Schwartz and a son of Hungarian Jewish immigrants, made appearances in more than 100 films and was nominated for the best actor Academy Award for his role in "The Defiant 2 Ones," a 1958 convict escape film in which he acted opposite Sidney Poitier.
Curtis was best remembered for his role in "Some Like It Hot," Billy Wilder's classic 1959 comedy in which he and Jack 3 Lemmon played small-time jazz musicians who fled after witnessing Saint Valentine's Day massacre 4 in Chicago and fell in love with a vocalist played by British broadcaster Channel 4 in 2002.
Curtis also appeared at 60 feature and TV films, as well as numerous television sitcoms 5, dramatic series or as a talk-show guest. He has a star on the famed Hollywood Walk of Fame.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)
- 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。
- With a last defiant gesture,they sang a revolutionary song as they were led away to prison.他们被带走投入监狱时，仍以最后的反抗姿态唱起了一支革命歌曲。
- He assumed a defiant attitude toward his employer.他对雇主采取挑衅的态度。
- I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
- He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
- There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
- If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！