美国国家公共电台 NPR--Beloved star of stage and screen, Angela Lansbury, has died at 96

Beloved star of stage and screen, Angela Lansbury, has died at 96

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Angela Lansbury, well known for her portray² of crime novelist Jessica Fletcher in the TV series Murder, She Wrote, died Tuesday. She also had a distinguished³ career in movies and on Broadway.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

Now we remember a beloved star of stage and screen, Angela Lansbury. Her family announced her death yesterday. She was 96.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

Lansbury's career spanned over seven decades. Moviegoers first saw her in 1944's "Gaslight," when Lansbury was just a teenager.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "GASLIGHT")

CHARLES BOYER: (As Gregory Anton) And whom are you going to the music hall with?

ANGELA LANSBURY: (As Nancy Oliver) Gentleman friend, sir.

BOYER: (As Gregory Anton) Oh. Now, you know, Nancy, don't you, that gentleman friends are sometimes inclined to take liberties with young ladies?

LANSBURY: (As Nancy Oliver) Oh, no, sir - not with me. I can take care of myself when I want to.

MART?NEZ: She got her first of three Oscar nominations⁴ for that role.

FADEL: Now, Lansbury was often cast as women much older than she actually was. She reflected on this with Fresh Air's Terry Gross in 2000.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)

LANSBURY: I hated it. I mean, I didn't enjoy it. And I fought it, and I tried hard. I would go to the studio heads and say, look, don't make me play this part. But they would sort of say, well, if you will play that part this week, we'll let you do such and so next week kind of attitude. So I would end up doing it. And it all added to my training, really.

MART?NEZ: That training served her well, from her celebrated⁵ role as a Communist spy in 1962's "The Manchurian Candidate" to her Broadway work, which included playing the cold-blooded Mrs. Lovett in "Sweeney Todd."

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THE WORST PIES IN LONDON")

LANSBURY: (As Mrs. Lovett, singing) Wait. What's your rush? What's your hurry? You gave me such a fright, I thought you was a ghost.

FADEL: Her most iconic role began in the 1980s in a CBS mystery drama, "Murder, She Wrote."

(SOUNDBITE OF JOHN ADDISON'S "MURDER, SHE WROTE")

FADEL: The series ran for 12 seasons and made Lansbury a household name. She told Terry Gross that playing Jessica Fletcher, the mystery novelist who solved a murder every week, embodied⁶ all she wanted in a female role.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)

LANSBURY: She was valiant⁷ and liberal and athletic⁸ and all kinds of good stuff that women are of a certain age and are not given credit for.

MART?NEZ: And now Angela Lansbury's credits speak for themselves.

(SOUNDBITE OF DAVID AMRAM'S "THEME FROM THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE")

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 portray   

v.描写，描述；画(人物、景象等)

参考例句：

• It is difficult to portray feelings in words.感情很难用言语来描写。
• Can you portray the best and worst aspects of this job?您能描述一下这份工作最好与最坏的方面吗？

3 distinguished   

adj.卓越的，杰出的，著名的

参考例句：

• Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses.大象以其长长的鼻子显示出与其他动物的不同。
• A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests.宴会是为了向贵宾们致敬而举行的。

4 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

5 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。

6 embodied   

v.表现( embody的过去式和过去分词 )；象征；包括；包含

参考例句：

• a politician who embodied the hopes of black youth 代表黑人青年希望的政治家
• The heroic deeds of him embodied the glorious tradition of the troops. 他的英雄事迹体现了军队的光荣传统。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 valiant   

adj.勇敢的，英勇的；n.勇士，勇敢的人

参考例句：

• He had the fame of being very valiant.他的勇敢是出名的。
• Despite valiant efforts by the finance minister,inflation rose to 36%.尽管财政部部长采取了一系列果决措施，通货膨胀率还是涨到了36%。

8 athletic   

adj.擅长运动的，强健的；活跃的，体格健壮的

参考例句：

• This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
• He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。