John Cleese: For 40 years, one movie hero has been 1) carrying out more death 2) defying feats than any other. His name - Coyote, 3) Wile E. Coyote. But close behind him comes the man who made it acce

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V.S. Naipaul’s Banquet Speech after His Award Your majesties, your royal Highnesses, honoured 1)laureates, ladies and gentlemen: One of the things that happen to people who get the Nobel Prize, is t

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Lebanons first Oscar-nominated movie and a Chilean picture with a transgender actor are among five finalists for best foreign language film at the 2018 Academy Awards. The winner will receive an Academy Award, also called an Oscar. The 90th Academy A

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Water is a necessary resource for the health and survival of living things. But the availability of fresh water is decreasing for much of the worlds population. The United Nations estimates that about 3.6 billion people currently live in areas that f

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A newly received award A: Philip, I was really glad to hear about your award. Congratulations! B: Thanks, Denise. Actually, I was really surprised. I mean, there were a lot of qualified people out there. A: Sure. But the work you did was really excep

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By Ray McDonald Washington 11 February 2008 While the Recording Academy looked back a half-century of Grammy winners, new honorees at Sunday night's ceremony included a rap innovator and a troubled British vocalist who obtained a visa too late to ent

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Chinese composer wins top int'l musical award MOSCOW, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese composer and conductor Tan Dun received here on Saturday top musical award named after Russian musician Dmitri Shostakovich. Tan, as one of the most iconic contemporary

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Film maker Forman to receive lifetime achievement award

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Sinopec boss wins Petroleum Executive of the Year award LONDON, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese oil giant Sinopec's boss Fu Chengyu has been awarded the title of the Petroleum Executive of the Year in London on Monday evening by the world leading energy

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今天我们要学的词是award。 Award, 做为动词,有授予的意思。 U.S. Billionaire Donald Trump was awarded an honorary degree by Robert Gordon University, 美国亿万富翁唐纳德.特朗普被罗伯特.戈登大学授予荣誉学位。

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LOS ANGELES, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Award-winning actor and producer Danny DeVito will receive the Critics' Choice Television Icon Award when the award is presented early next week, the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) announced on Th

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LOS ANGELES, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Veteran Academy Award winning-actor Morgan Freeman was honored with the American Film Institute (AFI) Life Achievement Award on Thursday, capping a career which saw the actor garnering an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a Sc

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LOS ANGELES, April 6 (Xinhua) -- The number of award categories(种类) will be reduced from 109 to 78 for next year's Grammy Awards, a move intended to streamline the ceremony, it was announced on Wednesday. The reduction will not affect top categor

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Former Real star says Ronaldo is upset at missing out on UEFA award RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Former Real Madrid and Brazil star Roberto Carlos believes Cristiano Ronaldo is upset due to his failure to win last week's UEFA best player in Eu

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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Ang Lee won the Best Director Oscar for his adventure film Life of Pi at Sunday night's 85th Academy Awards Ceremony. He beat Michael Haneke for Amour, Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild, Steven Spielberg fo

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今天我们要学的词是 award-winning。Award-winning 意思是获奖的。He is an award-winning author. 他是个获奖作家。 Award-winning artist Paul Emsley created the first official portrait of Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge. 获

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RIO DE JANEIRO, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Jamaican star sprinter Usain Bolt was named Sportsman of the Year for the third time at the Laureus Sports Awards here on Monday, while Britain's heptathlete Jessica Ennis was chosen as the Sportswoman of the Year

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Britain's Olympic boxing champion Adams wins writers' award LONDON, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Olympic champion Nicola Adams became the first female boxer to win an award from the Boxing Writers' Club of Britain, it was announced here on Tuesday. The 29-yea

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- American Olympic champions Allyson Felix and Ashton Eaton were named as the winners of the 2012 Jesse Owens Award on Monday for their outstanding performance in the year 2012. Felix enjoyed a successful journey in Lond

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Among the honors to be bestowed at the Cannes Film Festival, let's not overlook the technical skills that make movies possible. This year, Chinese director Gao Xixi is among jurors for the festival's Vulcan Award. Let's hear from him now. Gong Li at

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