英语名人堂：帕丽斯·惠特妮·希尔顿

 帕丽斯·希尔顿（Paris Hilton），1981年2月17日出生于美国纽约，美国模特、演员、歌手、作家、商人，希尔顿集团继承人，有着挪威、德国、爱尔兰、意大利四国血统的混血儿。[1] 

2000年，19岁的帕丽斯·希尔顿签进唐纳德·川普的模特儿公司T Management[2]  。2002年帕丽斯·希尔顿参演电影《九条命》；2003年，帕丽斯·希尔顿参与福斯广播公司的电视实境秀《简单生活》；2005年出演电影《恐怖蜡像馆》。2013年帕丽斯·希尔顿参演电影《珠光宝气》。

 

Paris Whitney Hilton has packed in many different careers in her short life. She has been, or is, a model, actress, writer, singer, and businesswoman. She is also a celebrity¹ socialite and daughter of the Hilton Hotel family. Hilton has also spent time in prison for driving violations². Reports are she will appear in the book of Guinness World Records as the world's "Most Overrated Celebrity".

 

Hilton was born with a silver spoon in her mouth in New York City in 1981. She grew up moving between exclusive homes in the States and France. She attended elite³ schools but wasn’t so strong academically. She was expelled from one school for violating its rules. She did not go to university but decided⁴ to be famous instead.

 

When she was 19, Paris signed with a leading modelling agency. She was immediately very successful. She appeared in numerous high-profile advertising⁵ campaigns for some of the world’s top brands. She also developed a reputation for being New York’s top “party girl”. She used her fame to launch her own perfumes, which are all best sellers.

 

Hilton branched out into acting⁶ and has appeared in several movies and TV shows. Her biggest role was as a co-star in the reality series ‘The Simple Life’. In 2004, she founded Heiress Records and released her debut⁷ album, which sold poorly. Hilton has also written two best-selling books. Her plans are to continue promoting herself to become even more famous.

1 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

2 violations   

违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸

参考例句：

• This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
• These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。

3 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

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 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。