时间:2018-12-19 作者:英语课 分类:Entertainment


英语课
Callum:  Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is entertainment. Well, it's that time of yearagain – movie awards time. In January there were the Golden Globes, on Februaryth11  it's the BAFTAs, the British film awards and on February 25 the most famousof all awards shows, the Oscars, the more common name of the Academy ofMotion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards.
  thThe nominations 1 for the 79  Oscars were announced last week. The nominations –the films that have been chosen to have a chance of winning. Every year manyfilms are released but not all of them have a chance of winning an Oscar. A fewfilms in different categories are nominated 2 or chosen and on Oscar night thewinners are revealed.
  Compared to the award ceremony the announcement of the nominations is a verylow-key event. Low-key. It doesn't have a lot of glamour 3. Listen to BBC presenterSimon Mayo and film critic Mark Kermode discussing the announcements. Listenout for this information; the announcement is being made in Los Angeles, but whattime is it there when they are made? What time are the Oscar nominationsannounced?
  Simon and MarkThe nominations will be revealed at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre. Mark this always strikes me asa very strange event because it's very very early, in the morning in Los Angeles, it's a very veryimportant set of nominations and it's usually read out to a hall with about six people in itI know because what happens is obviously the nominations are broadcast around the world, andalso they only announce the key nominations, you have to get the full list handed to you. It is very very important but it is 5.30 in the morning and in the Sam Goldwyn Theatre you have a bunch ofjournalists sort of wiping the sleep out of their eyes, frantically 4 trying to write down thenominations.
  Callum:  The nominations were announced very early in the morning, very very early in fact.
  Just after 5.30 in the morning. What else is unusual about such an importantannouncement is that there are not many people there. Simon Mayo says it is readout to a hall with about six people in. There are certainly more people there thanthat, but it's not a big audience. Mark Kermode talks about a bunch of journalists,a bunch. A bunch is an informal word for a small group of people, a bunch.
  Listen again to Simon and Mark talking about the announcement of the Oscarnominations. Simon and MarkThe nominations will be revealed at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre. Mark this always strikes me asa very strange event because it's very very early, in the morning in Los Angeles, it's a very veryimportant set of nominations and it's usually read out to a hall with about six people in itI know because what happens is obviously the nominations are broadcast around the world, andalso they only announce the key nominations, you have to get the full list handed to you. It is veryvery important but it is 5.30 in the morning and in the Sam Goldwyn Theatre you have a bunch ofjournalists sort of wiping the sleep out of their eyes, frantically trying to write down thenominations.
  Callum:  The nominations were announced very early in the morning, very very early in fact.
  Just after 5.30 in the morning. What else is unusual about such an importantannouncement is that there are not many people there. Simon Mayo says it is readout to a hall with about six people in. There are certainly more people there thanthat, but it's not a big audience. Mark Kermode talks about a bunch of journalists,a bunch. A bunch is an informal word for a small group of people, a bunch.
  Listen again to Simon and Mark talking about the announcement of the Oscarnominations.
  Simon and MarkThe nominations will be revealed at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre. Mark this always strikes me asa very strange event because it's very very early, in the morning in Los Angeles, it's a very veryimportant set of nominations and it's usually read out to a hall with about six people in itI know because what happens is obviously the nominations are broadcast around the world, andalso they only announce the key nominations, you have to get the full list handed to you. It is veryvery important but it is 5.30 in the morning and in the Sam Goldwyn Theatre you have a bunch ofjournalists sort of wiping the sleep out of their eyes, frantically trying to write down thenominations.
  Callum:  Well, the nominations were announced and it was a good day for the British. ThreeBritish performers were nominated in the Best Actress category as well asnominations for Best Film, best director and many others. David Willis was in LosAngeles for the BBC and he commented on the nominations, what does he thinkabout the competition this year, does he think the winners will be easy to predict?
  And what does he think will be said about the number of British nominations?
  David WillisI think they're going to be saying, the Brits are finally coming, we've heard it before but threegood nominations in the best actress category, that's fantastic. And I think we'll see a lot ofattention paid to the film The Queen which has got I think four, I counted four top nominations.
  That's obviously a front-running film this year. So all in all it looks like being an extremelyinteresting year, a very tight race.
  Callum:  David thinks it's an interesting year and he says it'll be a very tight race, a tightrace. This means it'll be very close competition for the awards. One film whichwill get a lot of attention he says is 'The Queen', a film about Queen Elizabeth. Hesays this film is a front-running film, a front-runner. This expression comes fromhorse racing 5. Imagine a horse race and during the race a horse is running at thefront, leading, this is a front-runner. It might not win, but it is getting a lot ofattention and is a favourite.
  The film the Queen received quite a few nominations and as well as the othernominations for British performers, directors, writers and technicians he thinkspeople will the thinking The Brits are coming! The British are invading the Oscars!
  Listen again.
  David WillisI think they're going to be saying, the Brits are finally coming, we've heard it before but threegood nominations in the best actress category, that's fantastic. And I think we'll see a lot ofattention paid to the film The Queen which has got I think four, I counted four top nominations.
  That's obviously a front-running film this year. So all in all it looks like being an extremely interesting year, a very tight race.
  Callum:  So will the Brits leave the ceremony clutching 6 the golden statuettes? We'll have tothwait until February 25  to find out.
  That's all from this edition of Entertainment

1 nominations
n.提名,任命( nomination的名词复数 )
  • Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句
2 nominated
n.魔力,魅力;vt.迷住
  • Foreign travel has lost its glamour for her.到国外旅行对她已失去吸引力了。
  • The moonlight cast a glamour over the scene.月光给景色增添了魅力。
3 frantically
ad.发狂地, 发疯地
  • He dashed frantically across the road. 他疯狂地跑过马路。
  • She bid frantically for the old chair. 她发狂地喊出高价要买那把古老的椅子。
4 racing
n.竞赛,赛马;adj.竞赛用的,赛马用的
  • I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
  • The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。
5 clutching
抓住,紧紧抓住( clutch的现在分词 ); (因害怕或痛苦)突然抓住
  • He was clutching the magazine lovingly with both hands. 他紧紧地捏着杂志,好像害怕琴会把它抢去似的。 来自汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)
  • Children clutching empty bowls form a line. 紧紧抓着空碗的孩子们排成一队。
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approximate true elongation percentage
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cold atmospheric leaching
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Mututu
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ternity
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way to go
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