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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 remarkable by the fact that the film’s star Dev Patel had never acted in a movie before.

The Golden Globes are widely seen as indicators 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 nomination "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 Titanic, 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 Knight, accepted a posthumous supporting actor award on behalf of the late Heath Ledger, who starred as the Joker in the film but died of an accidental prescription 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