时间:2018-12-29 作者:英语课 分类:英语名人堂


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朱莉娅·罗伯茨(Julia Roberts),1967年10月28日出生于美国乔治亚州,美国影视演员。
1986年,她在电影《血红》中出演生平第一个角色。1990年,朱莉娅·罗伯茨凭借《风月俏佳人》走红,2001年以《永不妥协》获得第73届奥斯卡最佳女主角奖。2004年,朱莉娅·罗伯茨拍完《十二罗汉》淡出影坛。2007,她获得第22届美国实验电影学会的终身成就奖。2015年1月,朱莉娅·罗伯茨购得纪录片《小蝙蝠侠出击》的改编权,担任制片人及加盟演出[1]  。2017年主演家庭剧情片《奇迹》[2]  。
 

Julia Roberts (born 1967) is a glamorous 1 American movie star. She shot to fame in the early 1990s after starring in the romantic comedy ‘Pretty Woman’. She won an Oscar for best actress in 2001 for her role in ‘Erin Brockovich’. She is one of the highest-paid actresses in the world. In 2007, she was estimated to be worth $140 million.
 
Roberts was born in Atlanta. Her father was a vacuum cleaner salesman and her mother was a secretary. They were both one-time actors. Julia wanted to follow her parents into acting 2. After graduating from high school, she headed to New York to pursue a career in acting. She signed with a modeling agency and enrolled 3 in acting classes.
 
Roberts made her film debut 4 in a role opposite her brother. She had just two words to say. Her television appearances include a sketch 5 with Elmo on Sesame Street. Roberts’ big break came with her performance in the film ‘Mystic Pizza’ in 1988. She caught the attention of Hollywood. The following year she starred in ‘Steel Magnolias’ and received her first Oscar nomination 6.
 
Her role in ‘Pretty Woman’ in 1990 earned her worldwide acclaim 7 and movie offers came pouring in. She was hot property in Hollywood and starred in many blockbusters. Her films have earned box office receipts of over US$2 billion, making her the most profitable female actor ever. She is also the first actress to appear on the front cover of ‘Vogue’.


1 glamorous
adj.富有魅力的;美丽动人的;令人向往的
  • The south coast is less glamorous but full of clean and attractive hotels.南海岸魅力稍逊,但却有很多干净漂亮的宾馆。
  • It is hard work and not a glamorous job as portrayed by the media.这是份苦差,并非像媒体描绘的那般令人向往。
2 acting
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。
3 enrolled
adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 );登记,招收,使入伍(或入会、入学等),参加,成为成员;记入名册;卷起,包起
  • They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起,他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 debut
n.首次演出,初次露面
  • 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。
5 sketch
n.草图;梗概;素描;v.素描;概述
  • My sister often goes into the country to sketch. 我姐姐常到乡间去写生。
  • I will send you a slight sketch of the house.我将给你寄去房屋的草图。
6 nomination
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。
7 acclaim
v.向…欢呼,公认;n.欢呼,喝彩,称赞
  • He was welcomed with great acclaim.他受到十分热烈的欢迎。
  • His achievements earned him the acclaim of the scientific community.他的成就赢得了科学界的赞誉。
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abeqithymia
Abies firma
access system
alternate host parasites
analysis of agricultural data
azo dyeing
backup-archive client
barnette
Burgaly
center-work
chickenarian
churn of wave
cleaner strainer
cleanhandedly
come pat to
coolant-gas-carrying auxiliary system
copy order
crackerbreads
crossapol b.
cut and fill balance
Daddy Warbucks
Dakshina Kannada
Dettingen an der Erms
Didelphidae
dual liquid applicator
dyestuffs
eleutherol
epineural canal
ERL-080
evictors
fasting pen
Fery cell
flocculent suspension
flow audit procedure
four hand
frances elizabeth caroline willards
friendish
graphic user world
greenthumb
Greetland
Grodzisk
hemachates
hermann ludwig ferdinand von helmholtzs
impanating
import and export merchant
inductance type displacement transducer
lamp socket antenna
Leptinotarsa
line of trend
livid brown
lounsbery
Mantoux reversion
maximum cruising rating
mean engine operating time between failures
mokopuna
monthly settlement report
ninety-day wonders
non-basic activity
noncorrect
None so deaf as those who won't hear.
odo(u)r specialist cell
Ooststellingwerf
optical fiber phase conductor
otto robert frisches
palm-presser
paraffin oil
pig liver
pissing contest
plumeries
polychloroprene foam
progressive rotation
quinochrome
R.F.T. typing
recent amnesia
reinforcing girder
retinal epilepsy
S tectonite
Saxifraga tigrina
selling process
serial analysis
shifting executory interest
sock something away
socked
sogier
Sophora brachygyna
squirrel cage mill
stangl
statistical invariance
steel tube armour
superstimuli
survey boat
three-shear ram
time-varying gradient
traquair
tricyclohexyltin hydroxide
Turkifies
vertigo
vesperae
Wagner's operation
waterproofing plaster coat
WVV