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Celebrities¹ Reunited 名星重归于好

Jude Law, star of Sherlock Holmes, has gone public with his reconciled romance with British actress Sienna Miller², despite cheating allegations and a very public break up in 2005.

The pair were photographed together on the red carpet at a charity gala in New York.

The gala at an art museum, is known as one of New York's biggest social events of the year, with many A-list stars in attendance, including Oscar winner Renee Zellweger, Rolling Stone Mick Jagger and Harry³ Potter star Emma Watson.

Before meeting Sienna, Jude had previously⁴ been married to actress and designer Sadie Frost. The couple had three children together but divorced in 2003.

Jude first met Sienna on the set of the film Alfie, and following a whirlwind romance, the couple got in engaged at the end of 2004.

The couple were always a firm favourite amongst the British tabloid⁵ media and were never far from the media spotlight⁶ throughout their relationship.

However the British pair split up in 2005 following allegations that Jude had an affair with his children's nanny.

Since the A-list couple split, both have been involved in high-profile relationships. Sienna has been linked to Hollywood actor Balthazar Getty, while Jude Law had a child with American model, Samantha Burke.

Rumours⁷ of a reunion started late last year when both Jude and Sienna were performing on Broadway at the same time.

Speculation⁸ of the pair rekindling⁹ their romance, started to heat up when photographers spotted¹⁰ them in the Caribbean over Christmas, and again in London in February.

For many months, both stars have refused to comment on the status of their relationship and there have been rumours of the couple getting engaged again.

However with this very public appearance, it seems Jude and Sienna have decided¹¹ that now is the right time to show everyone that their relationship is back on track.

Glossary 词汇表

reconciled 和解 

cheating allegations （有关）欺骗的指控 

public break up 公开破裂 

charity gala 慈善募捐（晚宴） 

A-list 一流明星 

attendance 出席 

whirlwind romance 闪电式恋爱 

firm favourite 可靠的/十足的受宠者 

British tabloid media 英国通俗媒体 

media spotlight 媒体聚光灯 

high-profile relationships 高调的伴侣关系 

linked 同…有关联 

rumours 传闻 

reunion 团聚 

speculation 揣测 

rekindling 重新点燃 

to heat up 炒作 

refused to comment 拒绝评论 

status 身份 

back on track （返回轨道上）重归于好

1 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

2 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。

3 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。

4 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

5 tabloid   

adj.轰动性的，庸俗的；n.小报，文摘

参考例句：

• He launched into a verbal assault on tabloid journalism.他口头对小报新闻进行了抨击。
• He believes that the tabloid press has behaved disgracefully.他认为小报媒体的行为不太光彩。

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 rumours   

n.传闻( rumour的名词复数 )；风闻；谣言；谣传

参考例句：

• The rumours were completely baseless. 那些谣传毫无根据。
• Rumours of job losses were later confirmed. 裁员的传言后来得到了证实。

8 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

9 rekindling   

v.使再燃( rekindle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• There might be a rekindling of the kind of nationalistic fervour of yesteryear. 过去的国家主义狂热可能再次被点燃。 来自互联网
• Bryant and O'Neal on the floor at the same time, rekindling memories both good and bad. 科比和奥尼尔在地板上在同一时间，死灰复燃的回忆有好有坏。 来自互联网

10 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

11 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。