中英双语新闻 国演员艾伦·里克曼去世

The British actor Alan Rickman has died of cancer at the age of 69. In movies, he won fame for his role as Severus Snape in the Harry¹ Potter series and before that in films such as Truly Madly Deeply, Love Actually, Die Hard, Sense and Sensibility and Robin² Hood³: Prince of Thieves. Rickman also won praise for his work on stage, in productions such as Les Liaisons⁴ Dangereuses, Private Lives and Cleopatra. There is something to remind us of his inimitable voice and comic timing⁵. Taste of some of Alan Rickman’s work. Well, the American comedian⁶, actor and writer Ruby⁷ Wax knew and worked with Alan Rickman for decades.

Many many years ago, maybe 30, I saw him in Edinburgh and I’d never seen anything like that. And so I was determined⁸. I spent the rest of my life wooing him so he would be my closest friend. And then we lived together. He wasn’t my boyfriend. And no one ever had charisma⁹ like Alan.

So I knew ultimately he had to be famous because there’s been anything like it. And then he was a great comedian. I don’t know if people knew but I would sometimes give him lines and he could deliver far greater than any comedian I’d ever seen. But great actors really can do comedy, but I have never met anybody that could do it like him. Ruby Wax on Alan Rickman who’s died at the age of 69.

A person chief in Russia is accused of taking organized theft to a new high or perhaps a new low. If found guilty, Alexander Protopopov may end up in one of the jails he once oversaw¹⁰.

Russian investigators¹¹ believed that Alexander Protopopov committed highway robbery. Quite literally¹², they’ve accused him of stealing a road.

The road in question was 31 miles long when it was there in a remote part of northern Russia. Protopopov allegedly organized and oversaw the dismantling¹³ of the road and the 7000 reinforced concrete slabs¹⁴ of which it consisted. He then supposedly spent a year selling off the state property for personal profit. Mr. Protopopov is used to life behind bars though not as inmate¹⁵. He is acting¹⁶ deputy chief of the Russian prison service. Investigators suspect he had accomplices¹⁷ .Under investigation¹⁸ too are a regional prison service official and a businessman. If Alexander Protopopov is found guilty of using his official position to misappropriate state property and to snitch those slabs, that could well be the end of the road. 

英国演员艾伦·里克曼因癌症去世，终年69岁。因在《哈利波特》中饰演西弗勒斯·斯内普一角而名声大噪。此前还曾出演电影《一屋一鬼一情人》、《真爱至上》、《虎胆龙威》、《理智与情感》和《罗宾汉：盗贼王子》等。艾伦·里克曼在舞台上的表现也深受欢迎，作品有《危险关系》、《私生活》和《克莉奥帕特拉》等。来听一段音频，再次感受一下他独特的嗓音和抖包袱的节奏。欣赏完艾伦·里克曼的这些作品，我们来听一下曾和他一起工作几十年的美国喜剧演员兼作家茹比·韦克斯怎么说。

很多年以前，大概30年前，我在爱丁堡见到了他，从没见过像他一样的人，所以我做了一个决定。我用余生去追求他，让他成为我最亲密的朋友。然后我们就住在了一起，当然他不是我的男朋友。从来没有一个人像他一样有魅力。

所以我就知道，他最后肯定会出名的，因为他是世间绝无仅有。后来他就成了非常棒的喜剧演员。不晓得其他人知不知道，我有时候会给他一些台词，他演绎得比我见过的所有喜剧演员都好得多。好演员固然会演喜剧，但我从来没见过像他一样做得好的。以上就是茹比·韦克斯对69岁去世的艾伦·里克曼的评价。

俄罗斯一官员被指控创造了团伙盗窃的新高，或者也可以说是新低。如果认定有罪，亚历山大·普罗托波波夫可能会住进自己以前负责管理的一所监狱。

俄罗斯调查者认为亚历山大·普罗托波波夫犯了公路盗窃罪。确切地说，他们指控此人偷走了一条公路。

这条公路总长31英里，位于俄罗斯北部一偏远区域。据称，普罗托波波夫负责组织这条公路的拆除工作，同时监管组成这条公路的7000块钢筋棍凝土板。他可能花了一年时间为一己私利卖掉了这些国有财产。普罗托波波夫对铁窗里的生活非常熟悉，但并不是作为犯人才熟悉。他是俄罗斯监狱系统的代理副官。调查人员怀疑他有同伙。同时接受调查的还有地方监狱系统的一名官员和一个商人。如果亚历山大·普罗托波波夫滥用职权盗取国有财产、偷走混凝土板的罪名成立，那么他也就走到了穷途末路。

1 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。

2 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

3 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

4 liaisons   

n.联络( liaison的名词复数 )；联络人；（尤指一方或双方已婚的）私通；组织单位间的交流与合作

参考例句：

• She embarked on a series of sexual liaisons with society figures. 她开始接二连三地与社会名流有染。 来自辞典例句
• One of Wentworth's favorite movies is Dangerous Liaisons. went最喜欢的电影之一是《危险关系》。 来自互联网

5 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。

6 comedian   

n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员

参考例句：

• The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
• The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。

7 ruby   

n.红宝石，红宝石色

参考例句：

• She is wearing a small ruby earring.她戴着一枚红宝石小耳环。
• On the handle of his sword sat the biggest ruby in the world.他的剑柄上镶有一颗世上最大的红宝石。

8 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

9 charisma   

n.(大众爱戴的)领袖气质，魅力

参考例句：

• He has enormous charisma. He is a giant of a man.他有超凡的个人魅力，是个伟人。
• I don't have the charisma to pull a crowd this size.我没有那么大的魅力，能吸引这么多人。

10 oversaw   

v.监督，监视( oversee的过去式 )

参考例句：

• He will go down as the president who oversaw two historic transitions. 他将作为见证了巴西两次历史性转变的总统，安然引退。 来自互联网
• Dixon oversaw the project as creative director of Design Research Studio. 狄克逊监督项目的创意总监设计研究工作室。 来自互联网

11 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

13 dismantling   

（枪支）分解

参考例句：

• The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。
• The dismantling of a nuclear reprocessing plant caused a leak of radioactivity yesterday. 昨天拆除核后处理工厂引起了放射物泄漏。

14 slabs   

n.厚板，平板，厚片( slab的名词复数 )；厚胶片

参考例句：

• The patio was made of stone slabs. 这天井是用石板铺砌而成的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The slabs of standing stone point roughly toward the invisible notch. 这些矗立的石块，大致指向那个看不见的缺口。 来自辞典例句

15 inmate   

n.被收容者；(房屋等的)居住人；住院人

参考例句：

• I am an inmate of that hospital.我住在那家医院。
• The prisoner is his inmate.那个囚犯和他同住一起。

16 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。

17 accomplices   

从犯，帮凶，同谋( accomplice的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was given away by one of his accomplices. 他被一个同伙出卖了。
• The chief criminals shall be punished without fail, those who are accomplices under duress shall go unpunished and those who perform deeds of merIt'shall be rewarded. 首恶必办， 胁从不问，立功受奖。

18 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。