196. Scarlet斯嘉丽 scarcely-screen
There was a young theater student who was barely scraping by working as a waitress in restaurants. She had applied for many scholarships but was denied every time. She had great hopes of becoming a great actress playing on the big screen, but at the time she could scarcely make a living, she had to scratch and scrape for every scrap of food that she had. She was like a scavenger. She also had scholarly ambitions, but her hopes were scattered by failure after failure. She had scoured the papers for auditions day after day and scrambled to go to every audition. Eventually, she developed a scheme of finding out the schedules of talent scouts who were scouring for talented actresses, hoping to score with one of them.
She went to one of those auditions, and it was a stage production of Gone with the Wind. She was auditioning for the part of Scarlet. She was asked to play a summer scene in which there was scorching heat. Standing back stage, she wasn’t scared. She had studied the script and realized the scope of her role. She had prepared her parasol and fan as the script designated. The scenery was lush, as expected for summer. When the actor who played Ashley entered the stage, he was a gentleman and carried the scent of a scholar. The actors acted so well, especially the young woman, and the stage was so scenic that the talent scout felt he had a real scoop in getting this actress. Finally, the talent scout invited the young theater student to be an actress in an upcoming Hollywood movie.
scarcely adv.几乎不,简直没有
scare vt.惊吓,使受惊
scarlet adj.猩红的,鲜红的n.人名,好名
scatter vt.使分散,扩散
scavenger n.食腐动物
scene n.地点,现场,场面
scenery n.风景,景色
scenic adj.风景如画的
scent n.气味,香味
schedule n. 时间表,计划表vt.预定,安排
scheme n.方案,阴谋
scholar n.学者
scholarly adj.学者气质的,学术的
scholarship n.奖学金
scoop vt.铲取,舀出n.铲子
scope n.范围,界限
scorch v.烤焦,烧焦
score n.乐谱,得分,比分,评价
scour vt.冲刷,擦掉,搜寻
scout n.侦察,侦察员vt.巡逻
scramble vt.搅乱,使混杂vi.匆忙
scrap n.废料,残余物vt.废弃,扔弃
scrape n.刮,擦,擦痕vi.刮掉,擦掉,勉强活下去
scratch vt.搔,抓,擦n.划痕
screen n.屏幕vt.甄别,审查 |