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The Hurt Locker¹ wins at Baftas

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22 February 2010

The British film awards, the Baftas, have just been announced.

The big winner was the film 'The Hurt Locker' which won six awards including Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow.

Reporter:

Rebecca Jones

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Dustin Hoffman:

"The Bafta goes to 'The Hurt Locker'."

And with those words David beat Goliath as the low-budget war film 'The Hurt Locker' triumphed over Avatar, the special effects blockbuster, and the highest grossing movie of all time.

Both films had eight nominations² but it was 'The Hurt Locker', which follows an American bomb disposal unit in Iraq, that won six awards, including Best Film and its director, Kathryn Bigelow, became the first woman to be named Best Director in Bafta's history.

Kathryn Bigelow:

"We are just so deeply honoured and humbled³ to be recognised for putting a bit of a spotlight⁴ on a very, very difficult situation. It means everything to us, it's beyond our wildest imagination, thank you."

The British film 'An Education' had also been nominated for eight awards, but in the end had to settle for just the one. Its star Carey Mulligan was named Best Actress. She had been the favourite to win, but still appeared surprised.

Carey Mulligan:

"I really didn't expect this at all, so I didn't think of anything to say. Thank you so much, Bafta, that's just, thank you so much."

Another Briton, Colin Firth, won Best Actor, for his role in Tom Ford's 'A Single Man' while Christoph Waltz was named Best Supporting Actor for his performance as a Nazi⁵ colonel in 'Inglourious Basterds' and Best Supporting Actress went to Mo'Nique for 'Precious'.

But the night belonged to 'The Hurt Locker'.

Rebecca Jones, BBC Arts Correspondent

1 locker   

n.更衣箱，储物柜，冷藏室，上锁的人

参考例句：

• At the swimming pool I put my clothes in a locker.在游泳池我把衣服锁在小柜里。
• He moved into the locker room and began to slip out of his scrub suit.他走进更衣室把手术服脱下来。

2 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句

3 humbled   

adj. 卑下的，谦逊的，粗陋的 vt. 使 ... 卑下，贬低

参考例句：

• The examination results humbled him. 考试成绩挫了他的傲气。
• I am sure millions of viewers were humbled by this story. 我相信数百万观众看了这个故事后都会感到自己的渺小。

4 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。

5 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。