英语听力精选进阶版 6152

Tears of an English Rose 英国玫瑰的眼泪

British performers and filmmakers have triumphed at the annual Golden Globe awards in Los Angeles, winning in a number of categories including best film drama for the movie Slumdog Millionaire.

English director Danny Boyle’s heart-warming, rags-to-riches tale Slumdog Millionaire took four awards in total, an achievement made all the more remarkable¹ by the fact that the film’s star Dev Patel had never acted in a movie before.

The Golden Globes are widely seen as indicators² of possible Academy Award success, and Patel is now hoping the film will be nominated for an Oscar.

Speaking to the BBC, he said that an Oscar nomination³ "would be so exciting".

"Just to be part of the buzz is so cool. It's such a nice feeling to be part of the buzz," he added.

Awards ceremonies are always emotional occasions, and English actress Kate Winslet didn’t disappoint, bursting into tears as she received awards for best actress in the film Revolutionary Road and best supporting actress for her role in The Reader.

Winslet paid tribute to her Revolutionary Road co-star Leonardo DiCaprio, with whom she appeared in the film Titanic⁴, describing him as "spectacular" and telling him she loved him with all her heart.

British director Christopher Nolan, who directed the Batman film The Dark Knight⁵, accepted a posthumous⁶ supporting actor award on behalf of the late Heath Ledger⁷, who starred as the Joker in the film but died of an accidental prescription⁸ drug overdose before it was released.

Nolan told the audience that Ledger would be "eternally missed but never forgotten", adding that everyone who accepted the award in Ledger’s name did so with "an awful mixture of sadness but incredible pride".

GLOSSARY 词汇表

triumphed 获胜

Golden Globe awards 金球奖

drama 剧本

heart-warming 暖人心房的

rags-to-riches 贫穷到富裕

indicators 指示，显示

Academy Award 学院奖（奥斯卡金像奖的原名）

nominated 提名

Oscar 奥斯卡

buzz 某个充满活力的地方 

emotional occasions 容易激起情感的场合

bursting into tears 突然哭了起来

role 角色

paid tribute 向（谁）致以敬意

spectacular 非常杰出

posthumous 死后的

on behalf of 代表…

late 已故的

prescription drug overdose 服用处方药过量

eternally missed 永远怀念的

1 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

2 indicators   

（仪器上显示温度、压力、耗油量等的）指针( indicator的名词复数 )； 指示物； （车辆上的）转弯指示灯； 指示信号

参考例句：

• The economic indicators are better than expected. 经济指标比预期的好。
• It is still difficult to develop indicators for many concepts used in social science. 为社会科学领域的许多概念确立一个指标仍然很难。

3 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

4 titanic   

adj.巨人的，庞大的，强大的

参考例句：

• We have been making titanic effort to achieve our purpose.我们一直在作极大的努力，以达到我们的目的。
• The island was created by titanic powers and they are still at work today.台湾岛是由一个至今仍然在运作的巨大力量塑造出来的。

5 knight   

n.骑士，武士；爵士

参考例句：

• He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
• A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。

6 posthumous   

adj.遗腹的；父亡后出生的；死后的，身后的

参考例句：

• He received a posthumous award for bravery.他表现勇敢，死后受到了嘉奖。
• The legendary actor received a posthumous achievement award.这位传奇男星在过世后获得终身成就奖的肯定。

7 ledger   

n.总帐，分类帐；帐簿

参考例句：

• The young man bowed his head and bent over his ledger again.那个年轻人点头应诺，然后又埋头写起分类帐。
• She is a real accountant who even keeps a detailed household ledger.她不愧是搞财务的，家庭分类账记得清楚详细。

8 prescription   

n.处方，开药；指示，规定

参考例句：

• The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
• The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。