Sean Connery

Sean Connery

 

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BECOMING 007

Connery’s acting¹ career really began to take off in 1959, after several years in British TV and films. Twentieth Century Fox Studios offered him a contract, and Connery made several films in Hollywood. When the contract was up, he was cast as the lead in a spy movie called Dr. No—and Bond, James Bond, was born.

 

“We all knew this guy had something,” Producer Harry² Saltzman would recall. “We signed him without a screen test. We all agreed, he was 007.”

 

TIME FOR A FAMILY

Connery married Australian actress Diane Cilento in November 1962 while he was filming his second Bond film. After their honeymoon³, the actor returned to the States for a flood of publicity⁴. He thrived on the attention.

 

In 1973, 10 years after their son Jason was born, Connery and Cilento divorced. In 1975, Connery married French-Moroccan artist Micheline Roquebrune.

 

By this time Connery had made a total of six Bond pictures, and fans were in a frenzy⁵. Once, he caught a photographer snapping a photo of him in the restroom. Connery now shrunk from the spotlight⁶. He retreated from Hollywood, moving his family into mansions⁷ in England and Spain. It was more than a decade before he reluctantly agreed to reprise his Bond role one last time, in 1983’s Never Say Never Again.

 

After Bond, Connery continued to work regularly, finally winning an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1987’s The Untouchables. Even today, he and his career show no signs of slowing down. The Rock, Entrapment⁸ and Finding Forrester are just a few of his more recent hits.

 

“Everything I’ve done has had to be accomplished… with my own sweat,” Connery has said. “But if people hadn’t liked what I was doing, I’d probably be delivering milk today— and I never forget that.”

 

Vocabulary Focus

take off (v phr) to suddenly start to be successful or popular

frenzy (n) [5frenzi] uncontrolled and excited behavior or emotion, sometimes violent

reprise (v) [ri5praiz] to repeat something or part of something, especially a piece of music or an action

 

Specialized⁹ Terms

screen test (n phr) 试镜 a filmed audition¹⁰ designed to test the ability of a performer

Oscar (n) 奥斯卡金像奖 a prize given annually¹¹ by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to winners of its awards for excellence¹² in film production and performance (also called Academy Award); the statue which is the symbol of this award

 

肖恩·康纳利

 

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成为007

在英国拍摄电视节目和电影几年后，康纳利的演艺生涯于1959年开始真正起飞。那时，20世纪福克斯电影公司提供他一份合约，而康纳利在好莱坞演了几部片子。当合约到期时，他雀屏中选，在一部间谍片“第七号情报员”——于是邦德，詹姆士·邦德就诞生了。

“我们都知道这家伙有真材实料，”制片哈利·萨兹曼回忆说。“我们没经过试镜就签下他了。我们都同意，他就是007。”

 

建立家庭

康纳利在1962年11月与澳洲女星黛安·西兰杜结婚，当时他正在拍摄他的第二部邦德电影。蜜月后他回到美国，名气蜂拥而来。因为备受注目，他的演艺事业如日中天。

1973年，他们的儿子杰森出生10年后，康纳和西兰杜离婚了。1975年，康纳利与法裔摩洛哥籍艺术家蜜雪琳·罗库布兰结婚。

此时，康纳利已拍了6部邦德影片，影迷们对他十分狂热。他有一次逮到一名摄影师偷拍他在洗手间的照片。现在康纳利从镁光灯下退缩了。他退出好莱坞，把家搬到英国和西班牙的宅邸。十多年后他才勉强同意再度扮演最后一次的邦德角色，那就是1983年的“巡弋飞弹"。

演完邦德之后，康纳利继续他的演艺生涯。1987年的《铁面无私》终于为他赢得一座奥斯卡最佳男配角金像奖。即使至今日，他本人和他的事业都未放慢脚步。《绝地任务》、《将计就计》和《心灵访客》都是他近年来几部卖座的影片。

“我做的每件事都必须是我自己努力完成的，”康纳利曾说过。“要不是大众喜欢我的表现，我今天可能会在送牛奶——而我永远也不会忘记这点。”

 

 

 

1 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。

2 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

3 honeymoon   

n.蜜月（假期）；vi.度蜜月

参考例句：

• While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
• The happy pair are leaving for their honeymoon.这幸福的一对就要去度蜜月了。

4 publicity   

n.众所周知，闻名；宣传，广告

参考例句：

• The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
• He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事，只当它是一种宣传手法。

5 frenzy   

n.疯狂，狂热，极度的激动

参考例句：

• He was able to work the young students up into a frenzy.他能激起青年学生的狂热。
• They were singing in a frenzy of joy.他们欣喜若狂地高声歌唱。

6 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

7 mansions   

n.宅第，公馆，大厦( mansion的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Fifth Avenue was boarded up where the rich had deserted their mansions. 第五大道上的富翁们已经出去避暑，空出的宅第都已锁好了门窗，钉上了木板。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Oh, the mansions, the lights, the perfume, the loaded boudoirs and tables! 啊，那些高楼大厦、华灯、香水、藏金收银的闺房还有摆满山珍海味的餐桌！ 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

8 entrapment   

n.（非法）诱捕，诱人犯罪；诱使犯罪

参考例句：

• The most common structural targets associated with oil entrapment are anticlines and faults. 与储油圈闭有关的最一般的构造目标是背斜和断层。 来自辞典例句
• The purely mechanical effect of glandular trichome exudates is the entrapment and immobilization of small arthropods. 具腺毛状体分泌物的纯机械作用是诱捕和粘住小的昆虫。 来自辞典例句

9 specialized   

adj.专门的，专业化的

参考例句：

• There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations.联合国有许多专门机构。
• These tools are very specialized.这些是专用工具。

10 audition   

n.(对志愿艺人等的)面试(指试读、试唱等)

参考例句：

• I'm going to the audition but I don't expect I'll get a part.我去试音，可并不指望会给我个角色演出。
• At first,they said he was too young,but later they called him for an audition.起初，他们说他太小，但后来他们叫他去试听。

11 annually   

adv.一年一次，每年

参考例句：

• Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
• They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。

12 excellence   

n.优秀，杰出，(pl.)优点，美德

参考例句：

• His art has reached a high degree of excellence.他的艺术已达到炉火纯青的地步。
• My performance is far below excellence.我的表演离优秀还差得远呢。