关于莱昂纳多•迪卡普里奥不得不说的40件事

 　　1) Leonardo DiCaprio’s first film role was in Critters 3, and not as Toby Wolf in This Boy’s Life.

　　1）莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥的第一个角色是在《外星通缉者3》里，不是在《男孩的生活》里的托比·伍尔夫。

　　2) Robert De Niro allegedly hand-picked DiCaprio from hundreds of boys for the part in This Boy’s Life.

　　2）据说罗伯特·德尼罗从百十来个男孩中钦点了迪卡普里奥来扮演《男孩的生活》里的那个角色。

　　3) DiCaprio’s exquisite¹ man bun made an appearance at the United Nations climate change summit in September 2014.

　　3）迪卡普里奥精致的发髻出现在了2014年9月的联合国气候变化峰会上。

　　4) A Time journalist once dubbed² DiCaprio boring, for the actor’s ability to reel off the names of 20 endangered species from memory.

　　4）一位《时代周刊》的记者曾戏称迪卡普里奥很无聊，因为这位男演员能一口气说出20个濒危物种。

　　5) His passion for climate-change activism burns so hot that, as of today, his official website is 80% environmental concern and 20% Wolf of Wall Street.

　　5）他对于气候变化活动的热情火热燃烧，现在，他的官方主页上有80%的内容是对环境的关注，而只有20%是关于《华尔街之狼》的。

　　6) He’s never done drugs, and had to speak to a drug expert to prepare for Wolf of Wall Street.

　　6）他从未沾染毒品，所以准备拍摄《华尔街之狼》时必须要找毒品方面的专家进行咨询。

　　7) He and Jonah Hill also reportedly watched this YouTube video of “the drunkest man in the world” for inspiration.

　　7）据说他和乔纳·希尔为了找到灵感，还看了YouTube上的录像《世界上醉得最厉害的人》。

　　8) As a child, he briefly³ attended experimental and progressive school the University Elementary School (now called UCLA Lab School).

　　8）孩童时期，他曾短暂就读大学附属的实验进步小学（就是现在的加州大学洛杉矶分校实验小学）。

　　9) His time at the school, away from the public school system and his gritty neighbourhood, made him want to retreat into acting⁴ as a teen.

　　9）在这所学校就读期间，远离公立学校系统和糟糕的邻居，使十来岁的他想要退而从影。

　　10) His mother named him Leonardo because she was pregnant and looking at a Da Vinci painting in a museum when he first kicked.

　　10）他的母亲之所以为他起名“莱昂纳多”，是因为母亲怀着他的时候，在看一幅达·芬奇的画时他第一次踢了母亲的肚子。

　　11) His mother’s name was Irmelin Indenbirken, and she was born in Germany.

　　11）他的母亲名为艾梅林·茵丹伯尔根，出生在德国。

　　12) His father, George DiCaprio, is half-Bavarian and half-Italian.

　　12）他的父亲乔治·迪卡普里奥是巴伐利亚和意大利混血。

　　13) DiCaprio first received an Academy award nomination⁵ in 1993 for his role as Arnie Grape in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.

　　13）迪卡普里奥在1993年因在影片《不一样的天空》中扮演的阿尼·葛利普一角而首次获得奥斯卡奖提名。

　　14) In the 21 years since, he’s yet to win an Oscar. He’s been beaten five times.

　　14）自那以后的21年间，他仍未获得奥斯卡奖。他总共被击败了5次。

　　15) Who are we kidding, you knew that already. But did you know that Sharon Stone reportedly footed his entire salary, for 1995’s The Quick and the Dead, because she wanted him in the movie that badly? It flopped⁶.

　　15）才没有开玩笑，这是你们已经知道的。不过，你们知不知道的，据说1995年，莎朗·斯通为了让迪卡普里奥参演电影《致命的快感》，自掏腰包支付他的片酬？后来票房大失败。

　　16) In total, DiCaprio has been nominated for eight Screen Actors Guild⁷ awards, three Baftas and two Saturn⁸ awards – and won absolutely none of them. Our hearts bleed for you, Leo.

　　16）迪卡普里奥曾被提名美国演员工会奖8次、英国电影和电视艺术学院奖3次以及土星奖2次，但最终一次也没有得奖。莱奥，我们的心为你滴血。

　　17) In his early 20s partying heyday⁹, Leo’s entourage was known as the Pussy¹⁰ Posse (help).

　　17）在20岁出头的派对狂欢全盛期，莱昂的一群同伴被称为“（消音）帮”（噢救命）。

　　18) At one point, magician David Blaine, actor Tobey Maguire and writer/director Harmony Korine were all part of said posse.

　　18）那时，魔术师大卫·布莱恩、演员托比·马奎尔和作家兼导演哈莫尼·科林都是这个帮的成员。

　　19) Photographer Patrick McMullan snapped Blaine, DiCaprio and actor Lukas Haas (another posse member) in a rare candid¹¹ shot in 1995, before DiCaprio’s career skyrocketed.

　　19）摄影师帕特里克·麦克马伦1995年拍摄的照片捕捉到了布莱恩、迪卡普里奥和演员卢卡斯·哈斯（也是帮里的一员），那是在迪卡普里奥事业一飞冲天之前。

　　20) As a 10-year-old girl, I watched Titanic¹² four times in the cinema (three times in English and once in French because the English screening was full) in its opening month.

　　20）作为一个十岁的小女孩，在《泰坦尼克号》上映的那个月，我在电影院看了四遍（三遍英语版的，一遍法语版的因为英语版的放映厅已经满员了）。

　　21) In fact, apparently¹³ 7% of teenage girls in America had watched Titanic twice within the first five weeks of its release.

　　21）事实上，《泰坦尼克号》上映的前五周，美国十来岁的小姑娘中有7%的人看过两遍。

　　22) DiCaprio was chased through the Louvre by a gaggle of teen girls in 1998. He probably should have sorted a Blue Ivy¹⁴ Carter-style shutdown.

　　22）1998年，迪卡普里奥在卢浮宫被一群滋儿哇乱叫的十来岁的小姑娘追着跑，他大概应该学学布露·艾薇·卡特。

　　23) According to Mark Bego’s book Leonardo DiCaprio: Romantic Hero (not, in fact, a working title), DiCaprio drew a swastika on his head in class as a child, in a Charles Manson imitation.

　　23）根据马克·贝格写的书《莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥：浪漫英雄》（其实并不是个靠谱的标题），迪卡普里奥还是个孩子的时候，在教室里，模仿查尔斯·曼森，在自己的额头上画了一个卍字符。

　　24) DiCaprio was famously cheap in his club-hopping days, and known for not tipping in bars.

　　24）迪卡普里奥混迹夜店的那些年里是出了名的廉价，在酒吧里也不收小费。

　　25) He’s apparently the highest-grossing actor to have never acted in a sequel.

　　25）他显然是从未出演续集的最卖座男演员。

　　26) There is erotic fan fiction about DiCaprio as the Other Man.

　　26）有一部关于迪卡普里奥的十八禁同人小说叫做《另一个男人》。

　　27) There is fan fiction about DiCaprio finally winning an Oscar but only having until the end of that day to live.

　　27）还有一部关于迪卡普里奥的同人小说，情节是迪卡普里奥终于在生命的最后一天获得了奥斯卡奖。

　　28) There is romantic fan fiction about DiCaprio building tree houses from scratch to avoid the paparazzi.

　　28）还有一部关于迪卡普里奥的浪漫同人小说，讲述了迪卡普里奥为躲避狗仔队从头开始建造了一间树屋。

　　29) DiCaprio met the real Frank Abagnale, Jr – the con-man character he played in 2002’s Catch Me If You Can – while working on the film.

　　29）迪卡普里奥在2002年拍摄电影《逍遥法外》时见到了真正的小弗兰克·阿巴格纳尔，也就是他在所扮演角色的原型人物。

　　30) DiCaprio was so drawn¹⁵ by Abagnale’s charm that he invited him to his home.

　　30）迪卡普里奥深受阿巴格纳尔吸引，程度之深以至于邀请了阿巴格纳尔去他家。

　　31) In a 2013 Hollywood Reporter profile, Mark Wahlberg revealed that he and DiCaprio initially¹⁶ hated each other when cast in 1995’s Basketball Diaries.

　　31）2013年，马克·沃尔伯格向《好莱坞报道》透露，在1995年出演《边缘日记》时，他和迪卡普里奥起初互相看不顺眼。

　　32) Apparently it only took one scene for Wahlberg and DiCaprio to see eye to eye: “So I come in and I do the audition¹⁷ and I kind of look at him and he kind of looks at me, and then we do a scene, and they’re like, ‘Hmm, this fucking dude’s pretty good, right?’” Wahlberg told the Hollywood Reporter. Fair enough.

　　32）很显然，仅仅一幕就让沃尔伯格和迪卡普里奥看顺眼了：“我走进去，参加试演，然后我就那么看着他，他也那么看着我，然后我们试演了一幕，然后就互相都觉得‘嗯，这家伙相当不错啊，不适嘛？’”沃尔伯格如是告诉《好莱坞报道》。足够了。

　　33) Author Grace Catalano published not one, but two books about DiCaprio before he’d hit 25.

　　33）作家格蕾丝·卡特雷诺在迪卡普里奥25岁以前就发表了不是一本、而是两本关于他的书。

　　34) DiCaprio helped win once-girlfriend Bijou Philips her role in James Toback’s 1999 film Black and White.

　　34）迪卡普里奥帮助曾经的女友碧祖·菲利斯在詹姆斯·托贝克1999年的电影《黑与白》中得到了一个角色。

　　35) DiCaprio first appeared on screen aged¹⁸ five in children’s TV show Romper Room, but was fired for being too disruptive.

　　35）迪卡普里奥五岁时首次亮相儿童电视节目《跳跳房》，但由于过于任性捣蛋而被炒鱿鱼。

　　36) He was originally cast as genius codebreaker Alan Turing in The Imitation Game, but passed over for Benedict Cumberbatch.

　　36）他原本在《模仿游戏》中扮演天才密码破译家艾伦·图灵，但却与这个角色失之交臂，最后该角色由本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇扮演。

　　37) Though DiCaprio expressed interest in Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge¹⁹, his self-described atrocious singing voice blew his chances of a lead role.

　　37）虽然迪卡普里奥表示对巴兹·鲁赫曼的电影《红磨坊》很有兴趣，但是他“自诩”的凶残嗓音害他丢掉了男主角。

　　38) He turned down the part of Max Dennison in horror comedy Hocus Pocus, even though it came with the offer of “more money than [he] ever dreamed of”.

　　38）他拒绝了惊悚喜剧片《女巫也疯狂》里的麦克斯·丹尼森一角，尽管这个角色给他“比做梦还多的片酬”。

　　39) DiCaprio smokes e-cigarettes.

　　39）迪卡普里奥抽电子香烟。

　　40) Finally, DiCaprio celebrated²⁰ his birthday last year with a charity bash: rapper Kanye West performed, a PR company shot shaky Instagram video footage of the evening and DiCaprio raised $3m for his environmental foundation. Well, he’s only got to top that this year – no biggie.

　　40）最后，迪卡普里奥去年庆生时举办了一场慈善盛会——说唱歌手坎耶·维斯特出演，公关公司拍摄了画面摇晃的晚会视频放在了Instagram上，迪卡普里奥为他的环保基金筹集了300万美元。今年刚超过了那个数，没什么好大惊小怪的。

1 exquisite   

adj.精美的；敏锐的；剧烈的，感觉强烈的

参考例句：

• I was admiring the exquisite workmanship in the mosaic.我当时正在欣赏镶嵌画的精致做工。
• I still remember the exquisite pleasure I experienced in Bali.我依然记得在巴厘岛所经历的那种剧烈的快感。

2 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

4 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• 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。

5 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• 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。

6 flopped   

v.（指书、戏剧等）彻底失败( flop的过去式和过去分词 )；（因疲惫而）猛然坐下；（笨拙地、不由自主地或松弛地）移动或落下；砸锅

参考例句：

• Exhausted, he flopped down into a chair. 他筋疲力尽，一屁股坐到椅子上。
• It was a surprise to us when his play flopped. 他那出戏一败涂地，出乎我们的预料。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 guild   

n.行会，同业公会，协会

参考例句：

• He used to be a member of the Writers' Guild of America.他曾是美国作家协会的一员。
• You had better incorporate the firm into your guild.你最好把这个公司并入你的行业协会。

8 Saturn   

n.农神，土星

参考例句：

• Astronomers used to ask why only Saturn has rings.天文学家们过去一直感到奇怪，为什么只有土星有光环。
• These comparisons suggested that Saturn is made of lighter materials.这些比较告诉我们，土星由较轻的物质构成。

9 heyday   

n.全盛时期，青春期

参考例句：

• The 19th century was the heyday of steam railways.19世纪是蒸汽机车鼎盛的时代。
• She was a great singer in her heyday.她在自己的黄金时代是个了不起的歌唱家。

10 pussy   

n.(儿语)小猫，猫咪

参考例句：

• Why can't they leave my pussy alone?为什么他们就不能离我小猫咪远一点？
• The baby was playing with his pussy.孩子正和他的猫嬉戏。

11 candid   

adj.公正的，正直的；坦率的

参考例句：

• I cannot but hope the candid reader will give some allowance for it.我只有希望公正的读者多少包涵一些。
• He is quite candid with his friends.他对朋友相当坦诚。

12 titanic   

adj.巨人的，庞大的，强大的

参考例句：

• We have been making titanic effort to achieve our purpose.我们一直在作极大的努力，以达到我们的目的。
• The island was created by titanic powers and they are still at work today.台湾岛是由一个至今仍然在运作的巨大力量塑造出来的。

13 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

14 ivy   

n.常青藤，常春藤

参考例句：

• Her wedding bouquet consisted of roses and ivy.她的婚礼花篮包括玫瑰和长春藤。
• The wall is covered all over with ivy.墙上爬满了常春藤。

15 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

16 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

17 audition   

n.(对志愿艺人等的)面试(指试读、试唱等)

参考例句：

• I'm going to the audition but I don't expect I'll get a part.我去试音，可并不指望会给我个角色演出。
• At first,they said he was too young,but later they called him for an audition.起初，他们说他太小，但后来他们叫他去试听。

18 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

19 rouge   

n.胭脂，口红唇膏；v.(在…上)擦口红

参考例句：

• Women put rouge on their cheeks to make their faces pretty.女人往面颊上涂胭脂，使脸更漂亮。
• She didn't need any powder or lip rouge to make her pretty.她天生漂亮，不需要任何脂粉唇膏打扮自己。

20 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。