国外媒体:《福布斯》名人榜: Lady Gaga进前五

Robert Pattinson, the star of the Twlight film franchise¹, has been named one of the most powerful celebrities² in the world after appearing on the Forbes list for the first time.

The 24-year-old, who plays the vampire³ Edward Cullen in the Twilight⁴ Saga⁵ films, has earned an estimated ￡11 million in the last year alone.

Pattinson has been ranked 50th on the Celebrity⁶ 100 Power List, while his US girlfriend and co-star Kristen Stewart is at 66 with ￡7.95 million.

Lady Gaga is the highest newcomer in the Forbes list, based on earnings⁷ and global exposure, and has surpassed stars like Madonna (number 10) and U2 (seven) to claim fourth place.

She made ￡41 million in the last year, partly due to an 106-date world tour.

Oprah Winfrey reclaimed⁸ the top spot as the most powerful celebrity with ￡208 million after last year's number one Angelina Jolie dropped to 18th position.

Despite turmoil⁹ in his personal life and his professional setbacks, Tiger Woods is at number five with ￡69 million earned during the past year.

James Cameron, director of the Oscar-winning film Avatar, returns to the list - this time in third place - for the first time since 1999, earning ￡139 million.

Simon Cowell is the highest British earner, jumping 14 places to number 11 with ￡53 million, following his last season as a judge on American Idol¹⁰.

Other British celebrities on the list include Daniel Radcliffe at 82 with ￡16.5 million, Kate Moss¹¹ at 91 with ￡5.95 million, and David Beckham at 36 with ￡29.1 million from June 2009 to June 2010.

The top 100 earned ￡3.11 billion collectively during the past year, up from ￡2.7 billion the previous year.

Forbes' Celebrity Power ranking is a measurement of entertainment-related earnings over the past 12 months as well as visibility in print, TV, radio and online.

《福布斯》全球最具影响力名人榜日前出炉，《暮光之城》系列电影男主演罗伯特?帕丁森首次登榜。

24岁的帕丁森在《暮光之城》系列电影中出演吸血鬼爱德华?卡伦一角。据估计，他过去一年的收入达1100万英镑。

在这份《福布斯》“百位名人榜”上，帕丁森名列第50位，他的美国女友兼戏中搭档克里斯汀?斯图尔特以795万英镑的收入位列第66。

（美国当红流行歌手）Lady Gaga位列排行榜第四，她凭借高收入和全球曝光度在新晋上榜的名人中位列第一，一举超过了麦当娜（第10）和U2乐队（排名第7）等老牌明星。

Lady Gaga去年进帐4100万英镑，其中一部分来自于她为期106天的全球巡演。

奥普拉?温芙瑞今年再度登顶，过去一年的收入达2.08亿英镑。去年居排行榜首位的安吉丽娜?朱莉今年下滑至第18位。

尽管私生活混乱不堪，职业生涯也接连受挫，但“老虎”伍兹仍在去年赚得6900万英镑，位居第五。

奥斯卡获奖影片《阿凡达》的导演詹姆斯?卡梅隆以第三名的身份再度登榜，他在过去一年中吸金1.39亿英镑。这是他自1999年以来首次登榜。

不久前卸任《美国偶像》的评委西蒙?考威尔是这份榜单上排名最高的英国人，他以5300万英镑的年收入位居第11，比去年上升了14榜位。

其他上榜的英国籍名人包括丹尼尔?雷德克里夫（排名第82，收入1650万英镑）、凯特?莫丝（排名第91，收入595万英镑）、大卫?贝克汉姆（排名第36，收入2910万英镑）。名人收入统计的起止时间为2009年6月至2010年6月。

在过去的一年中，榜上的100位名人共赚得31.1亿英镑，超过了前一年的27亿英镑。

《福布斯》最具影响力名人榜衡量的是过去一年中名人在娱乐领域的相关收入以及在纸媒、电视、广播和网络上的曝光度。

1 franchise   

n.特许，特权，专营权，特许权

参考例句：

• Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
• The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。

2 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

3 vampire   

n.吸血鬼

参考例句：

• It wasn't a wife waiting there for him but a blood sucking vampire!家里的不是个老婆，而是个吸人血的妖精！
• Children were afraid to go to sleep at night because of the many legends of vampire.由于听过许多有关吸血鬼的传说，孩子们晚上不敢去睡觉。

4 twilight   

n.暮光，黄昏；暮年，晚期，衰落时期

参考例句：

• Twilight merged into darkness.夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中。
• Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth.薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味。

5 saga   

n.(尤指中世纪北欧海盗的)故事，英雄传奇

参考例句：

• The saga of Flight 19 is probably the most repeated story about the Bermuda Triangle.飞行19中队的传说或许是有关百慕大三角最重复的故事。
• The novel depicts the saga of a family.小说描绘了一个家族的传奇故事。

6 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。

7 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

8 reclaimed   

adj.再生的；翻造的；收复的；回收的v.开拓( reclaim的过去式和过去分词 )；要求收回；从废料中回收（有用的材料）；挽救

参考例句：

• Many sufferers have been reclaimed from a dependence on alcohol. 许多嗜酒成癖的受害者已经被挽救过来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They reclaimed him from his evil ways. 他们把他从邪恶中挽救出来。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

9 turmoil   

n.骚乱，混乱，动乱

参考例句：

• His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
• The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。

10 idol   

n.偶像，红人，宠儿

参考例句：

• As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子，他是父母的宠儿。
• Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。

11 moss   

n.苔，藓，地衣

参考例句：

• Moss grows on a rock.苔藓生在石头上。
• He was found asleep on a pillow of leaves and moss.有人看见他枕着树叶和苔藓睡着了。