英语名人堂：普丽缇·泽塔

普丽缇·泽塔（英文名：Preity Zinta），女，1975年1月31日出生于西姆拉，印度宝莱坞演员、制片人。

因出演《印度超人前传》、《爱无国界》、《再生缘》等影片而获得极高声誉，曾被印度人票选为“最想娶回家当妻子”的女演员。

 

Preity Zinta is one of India’s most celebrated¹ actresses. She has appeared in both Bollywood and English-language movies. In addition to acting², she is a writer, stage performer and philanthropist. She is also a businesswoman and co-owns a top Indian cricket team. She is well-known for speaking her mind in public, often when it is dangerous to do so.

 

Zinta was born in 1975. The death of her Indian Army father was a major turning point in her life. She said she had to mature quickly. She remembers being a tomboy as a child. She loved English, especially Shakespeare, and graduated with an English degree. This was followed by a second degree in criminal psychology³. Armed with these two degrees, she became a model.

 

In 1997, Zinta bumped into film-maker Shekhar Kapur, who instantly decided⁴ she had to be an actress. Her first leading role was in the action movie ‘Soldier’ in 1998, for which she won the Filmfare Best Female Debut⁵ Award. The ‘India Today’ newspaper said Zinta represented a new breed of Indian actors. Her screen success continues, as do the positive reviews from critics.

 

Zinta has been successful in all areas of her life. She has written for the BBC’s South Asia website about life as a female Indian. Her stage performances include a show in London’s Hyde Park in front of 100,000 spectators. She is also very strong-willed. She spoke⁶ out in court against the Indian Mafia and received an award for her bravery.

1 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。

2 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。

3 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。

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 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。

6 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。