美国国家公共电台 NPR Legendary Voice Actor Alan Bleviss Dies At 76

 

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:

Now we're going to remember a man who set a standard for movie trailers and commercials. His name was Alan Bleviss.

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ALAN BLEVISS: "Sex, Lies And Videotape."

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A. BLEVISS: "Scarface" - for one brief moment, the world was his.

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A. BLEVISS: Bad time, good time - "Ragtime¹."

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST:

His voice was in big demand starting in the 1970s and '80s.

GARY HOCHBERG: When casting directors or copywriters would call, they would say, I want a voice like Alan Bleviss.

MCEVERS: Gary Hochberg is a former talent agent who booked Alan Bleviss for ads, including this very lucrative² gig.

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A. BLEVISS: Aleve - all-day strong all day long.

SHAPIRO: He was born in Alberta, Canada, in 1941 the son of a successful businessman. When Alan Bleviss went to college, he lied to his father, saying he was studying law. He was actually acting³, and his father never forgave him.

MCEVERS: After school, he moved to the U.S. to New York City. That's where he got his first paid voiceover job. It was for Canada Dry ginger⁴ ale. More commercials followed, and eventually he was voicing Hollywood movie trailers. His kids loved it.

SARAH BLEVISS: I always thought he had this really beautiful, strong, commanding voice.

MCEVERS: That's his daughter Sarah Bleviss. Her sister, Lisa, says they always got a kick out of hearing his work.

LISA BLEVISS: When I was a young child, I frequently would be sitting in the movie theaters with friends, and we would hear a movie trailer. It would come on, and I would whisper to my friends, that's my dad.

SHAPIRO: When he reached the height of his career in the late-'80s, he began to suffer from a nerve disorder⁵ which temporarily paralyzed him and left him without a voice. His daughters say therapy with a former Israeli drill sergeant⁶ helped him regain⁷ his voice.

MCEVERS: That's who he was, they say - a strong guy that matched his strong voice. Alan Bleviss died on December 30 from cancer. He was 76.

1 ragtime   

n.拉格泰姆音乐

参考例句：

• The most popular music back then was called ragtime.那时最流行的音乐叫拉格泰姆音乐。
• African-American piano player Scott Joplin wrote many ragtime songs.非裔美国钢琴家ScottJoplin写了许多拉格泰姆歌曲。

2 lucrative   

adj.赚钱的，可获利的

参考例句：

• He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业。
• It was not a lucrative profession.那是一个没有多少油水的职业。

3 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。

4 ginger   

n.姜，精力，淡赤黄色；adj.淡赤黄色的；vt.使活泼，使有生气

参考例句：

• There is no ginger in the young man.这个年轻人没有精神。
• Ginger shall be hot in the mouth.生姜吃到嘴里总是辣的。

5 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

6 sergeant   

n.警官，中士

参考例句：

• His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
• How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？

7 regain   

vt.重新获得，收复，恢复

参考例句：

• He is making a bid to regain his World No.1 ranking.他正为重登世界排名第一位而努力。
• The government is desperate to regain credibility with the public.政府急于重新获取公众的信任。