History-making Oscar winner Day-Lewis delights alma mater

 　　LONDON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- British actor Daniel Day-Lewis made film history Monday by winning the Best Actor Oscar for the third time, a feat¹ hailed by his former primary school in London as "fantastic."

　　Day-Lewis won a third Best Actor honor for the title part in "Lincoln" to go with his first Oscar in 1990 for his role in "My Left Foot" and his win in 2008 for "There Will Be Blood."

　　"I think it's amazing; it's so good he has got three Oscars, I shall mention it tomorrow to the children," said Sherington Primary School head teacher Diane Atkinson.

　　Atkinson said she thought Day-Lewis's achievement would be an inspiration to current pupils at the 106-year-old school.

　　"We are quite an arty, creative school and we do lots of music and art," she told Xinhua.

　　Day-Lewis was a pupil at Sherington in the Charlton district of southeast London from 1964 to 1968.

　　He is the son of late British poet laureate (a title granted by the monarch² for a leading poet) Cecil Day-Lewis, who died in 1972.

　　Daniel's triumph at the Oscars was foreshadowed by his winning the Best Actor award at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) a fortnight earlier.

　　Speaking at the Bafta Awards in central London, Day-Lewis revealed some of the impulses that drew him to the part.

　　Steven Spielberg had approached Day-Lewis several times before he agreed to play the lead role in "Lincoln."

　　The London-born actor, who also holds Irish citizenship³, said that at first he only did not feel a need to perform the part of Lincoln, but felt quite strongly that it would be a wonderful part for somebody else to do.

　　"In the passage of time that changed, but it took a long time. I don't know why," he said.

　　"At least a large part of it is a need in you to express something of yourself through the life of another human being and that you recognize some kind of communion between your experiences, even if it is only distant."

　　The film is a well-funded historical blockbuster which has pleased public and critics. It garnered⁴ a leading 12 nominations⁵ at this year's Oscars, including nods for Best Film, Best Director, and for Best Actor, but ended with only two awards which also included the Best Production Design.

1 feat   

n.功绩；武艺，技艺；adj.灵巧的，漂亮的，合适的

参考例句：

• Man's first landing on the moon was a feat of great daring.人类首次登月是一个勇敢的壮举。
• He received a medal for his heroic feat.他因其英雄业绩而获得一枚勋章。

2 monarch   

n.帝王，君主，最高统治者

参考例句：

• The monarch's role is purely ceremonial.君主纯粹是个礼仪职位。
• I think myself happier now than the greatest monarch upon earth.我觉得这个时候比世界上什么帝王都快乐。

3 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

4 garnered   

v.收集并（通常）贮藏（某物），取得，获得( garner的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Mr. Smith gradually garnered a national reputation as a financial expert. 史密斯先生逐渐赢得全国金融专家的声誉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He has garnered extensive support for his proposals. 他的提议得到了广泛的支持。 来自辞典例句

5 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 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