美国英语听力80篇3 Lesson50

[00:04.96]Marilyn did not stop struggling.
[00:09.01]She next won a small part in a movie called"Love Happy."
[00:13.58]It was a comedy starring the famous Marx brothers.
[00:17.58]Critics said it was not one of their better efforts.
[00:21.97]Marilyn,though,earned praise for simply taking a short walk in the movie.
[00:28.03]The movie called for her to say,"Some men are following me."
[00:33.46]Grouch Marx answered that he did not understand why.
[00:38.03]As he said that, he watched Marilyn walk her famous walk.
[00:42.81]His eyes opened very wide.
[00:45.90]That short scene in the movie made many people in Hollywood¹ talk about Marilyn Monroe.
[00:53.42]Marilyn got her first major chance when director² John Houston invited her to act in a movie called "The Asphalt Jungle".
[01:03.56]Houston said her performance as a criminal's girlfriend was good.
[01:09.46]It gained Marilyn her dream of a long,term agreement with 20th Century Fox,
[01:16.83]the company that had dismissed³ her earlier.
[01:19.80]Now its officials gave her a part in "All about Eve".
[01:24.38]The movie, released⁴ in 1950, was about...a movie star.
[01:31.12]She played a golden-haired woman who did not have much intelligence--a dumb⁵ blonde.
[01:39.11]In 1952, Marilyn again appeared as a dumb blonde in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes".
[01:48.49]This performance at last won her widespread⁶ fame.
[01:53.66]Marilyn Monroe was now a lead actress, a star.
[01:59.43]Huge successes now followed. Between 1953 and 1959 she appeared in lead parts in many popular movies,
[02:10.53]"How to Marry a Millionaire⁷",
[02:12.70]"The Seven-year Itch⁸", "Bus Stop",
[02:16.25]"Some Like It Hot".
[02:18.00]Her part in "Some Like It Hot" showed that she  as very good at making people laugh.
[02:24.09]Marilyn's picture appeared on the front cover of many magazines and the front pages of many newspapers.
[02:32.56]She began to earn more money.
[02:35.43]Life should have been good.
[02:37.81]But Marilyn was not happy.
[02:40.16]She was being asked to repeat her part as a dumb blonde in movie after movie.
[02:46.79]She wanted to be accepted as a good actress.
[02:50.40]She went to the actors' studio⁹ school in New York City with many serious actors.
[02:57.66]She thought she could change the way people thought of her.
[03:01.73]But she did not succeed, People thought of Marilyn Mon,roe as "That blonde bombshell,'.
[03:10.30]Few people thought of her as a serious actress, She also failed in her attempts at marriage.
[03:18.61]She admitted that she got married the first time only to escape from being forced to live in a group home for children without parents,
[03:28.56]In 1954 she married again. Her husband was the famous New York Yankee baseball player, Joe Di Magi.
[03:39.95]They were together for only a few months.
[03:43.16]Later, she tried again.
[03:45.80]She married Arthur Miller¹⁰, a famous writer of plays.
[03:50.43]That marriage ended unhappily in 1961, after five years.
[03:57.90]Marilyn returned to Hollywood.
[04:00.25]But things were different now.
[04:02.52]Friends said she was drinking too much alcohol¹¹.
[04:06.05]They said she was taking too many drugs she seemed to always be in trouble with the movie company.
[04:14.56]She had gained too much weight.
[04:17.10]Or, she had, not learned¹² what she was to say in the movie.
[04:21.25]Or she had arrived late for the filming.
[04:24.52]By 1962, Marilyn's problems were threatening her work in the movies.
[04:31.44]She was to appear in the 20th Century Fox movie called "Something's Got to Give".
[04:38.05]She lost weight for her part.
[04:40.48]She tried to arrive on time for the filming.
[04:44.08]She reportedly knew her part.
[04:47.35]However, she became sick several times and missed work.
[04:52.75]Fox company officials dismissed her.
[04:56.46]On August 4,1962, Marilyn Monroe died alone in her home.
[05:04.64]She was thirty-six years old.
[05:07.46]Reports said taking too many drugs killed her.
[05:12.22]But people who knew her said failed marriages,and the failure of her latest movie also led to her death.
[05:21.12]Many people said Marilyn Monroe never escaped her past

1 Hollywood   

n.好莱坞；美国电影业

参考例句：

• She dreamed of becoming a Hollywood screen goddess.她梦想成为好莱坞的银幕女神。
• The film has a Hollywood happy ending.那部电影有一个好莱坞式的美满结局。

2 director   

n.主管，导演；主任；理事；董事；处长

参考例句：

• The director has taken the visitors off to his office.经理把客人带到他办公室去了。
• The new director is easy to get along with.新来的主任很好处。

3 dismissed   

v.解雇( dismiss的过去式和过去分词 )；（使击球员或球队）退场；使退去；驳回

参考例句：

• Vegetarians are no longer dismissed as cranks. 素食者不再被视为有怪癖的人。
• He was dismissed for incompetence. 他因不称职而被解雇。

4 released   

v.释放( release的过去式和过去分词 )；放开；发布；发行

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him. 事后才说他们本不应该释放他，这倒容易。

5 dumb   

adj.哑的；不会说话的；笨的；愚蠢的

参考例句：

• She is very kind to the dumb children.她对哑童非常好。
• It was dumb of you to say that.你说这种话太愚蠢了。

6 widespread   

adj.广布的，普及的，流传宽广的

参考例句：

• Plastic is in widespread use.塑料已被广泛地使用。
• English is a widespread language.英语是一种很普及的语言。

7 millionaire   

n.百万富翁，大富豪

参考例句：

• The millionaire put up a lot of money for the church.这位百万富翁为教会捐了许多钱。
• She wants to marry a millionaire.她想嫁给一位有钱人。

8 itch   

n.痒，渴望，疥癣；vi.发痒，渴望

参考例句：

• Shylock has an itch for money.夏洛克渴望发财。
• He had an itch on his back.他背部发痒。

9 studio   

n.摄影棚（场）；演播室；画室；工作室

参考例句：

• They are building a modern studio.他们正在修建一座现代化的摄影室。
• He had to spend long hours in the recording studio.他不得不花很长的时间在录音室里。

10 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

11 alcohol   

n.酒精，乙醇；含酒精的饮料

参考例句：

• The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors.法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。
• The alcohol is industrial.这些酒精是供工业用的。

12 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。