艾伦•佩姬"坏女孩"成长史

 Let’s do a game first. Now try to find the actor who has played in the films below. The first film is X-men, second is Juno and the last movie is Inception¹. Have you found her out? Yes, she is Ellen Page. And this year, she is still on the way to give her wonderful performance.

 

Ellen was born in Canada. Well, like many stars, she made up her mind to become an actor at an early age, and then she went to the local drama school to improve herself, after that she got so many chances to perform in TV series and won lots of awards in this field.

 

Well in 2005, she competed among 300 girls for the leading role in thriller² Hard Candy. The story told that a small girl, by her own way, revenged on the murderers who killed her friend. The film caused a rather heated debate. But Ellen gained praise for "one of the most complex, disturbing and haunting performances of the year".

 

If we say that Hardy³ Candy takes young Ellen out of Canada, then we have to say her later film Juno serves to strengthen her influence in the world, especially in Hollywood. Juno presents a story about pregnancy⁴ among adolescents. The theme is no doubt a controversial one but again her skilled performance led her all the way to the nomination⁵ of Academy Awards.

 

“I love acting⁶ for the simple reason that I could be anyone. So if I failed to shape the role, it was a shame.” Ellen expressed so. In the preparation for Juno, she chatted with pregnant young girls and imitated their walking ways. Thus when she began the film, everyone was surprised for she were exactly pregnant Juno.

 

Unlike so many American sweeties, Ellen is absolutely an unordinary actress. She never agrees with Hollywood’s way and insists only films can send the messages. With such an opinion, she tried so many films with controversies⁷ and is sometimes misunderstood by other as a bad girl. But she smiles” I don’t care whether you like me or not, I only hope you could think about the topics deeper.”

 

This is Ellen, but for no reason, people just admire her independence, her frankness and her extraordinary ways.

 

1 inception   

n.开端，开始，取得学位

参考例句：

• The programme has been successful since its inception.这个方案自开始实施以来一直卓有成效。
• Julia's worked for that company from its inception.自从那家公司开办以来，朱莉娅一直在那儿工作。

2 thriller   

n.惊险片，恐怖片

参考例句：

• He began by writing a thriller.That book sold a million copies.他是写惊险小说起家的。那本书卖了一百万册。
• I always take a thriller to read on the train.我乘火车时，总带一本惊险小说看。

3 hardy   

adj.勇敢的，果断的，吃苦的；耐寒的

参考例句：

• The kind of plant is a hardy annual.这种植物是耐寒的一年生植物。
• He is a hardy person.他是一个能吃苦耐劳的人。

4 pregnancy   

n.怀孕，怀孕期

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
• Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。

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 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。

7 controversies   

争论

参考例句：

• We offer no comment on these controversies here. 对于这些争议，我们在这里不作任何评论。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史
• The controversies surrounding population growth are unlikely to subside soon. 围绕着人口增长问题的争论看来不会很快平息。 来自辞典例句