VOA慢速英语21016 托尼奖和奥斯卡奖在有色人种问题上高下立见

Contrast in Color Between Tony and Oscar Awards 托尼奖和奥斯卡奖在有色人种问题上高下立见

Each year, the Tony Awards honor the best actors, entertainers, writers and producers from New York City’s Broadway theaters.

托尼奖每年都会给来自纽约市百老汇剧院的优秀演员、娱乐明星、剧作家和舞台监督颁奖。

James Corden, a white comedian¹, opened the Tony Awards on Sunday night by saying, “think of tonight as the Oscars, but with diversity.”

白人喜剧演员詹姆斯·柯登周日晚上用一句话拉开了托尼奖颁奖典礼的帷幕：“其实今晚跟奥斯卡颁奖典礼差不多，只不过更加多元化了。”

By contrast, Chris Rock, a black comedian, had opened the Oscars show last February by welcoming people to the “white People’s Choice Awards.”

相比之下，黑人喜剧演员克里斯·洛克在二月末举行的奥斯卡奖颁奖典礼的开场白是“这不过是白人的人民选择奖”。

Of the 40 actors nominated on Sunday night at the Tony Awards, 14 were of color. Black actors won four of the major acting² awards.

周日颁发的托尼奖一共提名了40名演员，其中有14人是有色人种。黑人演员获得了四项主要的表演奖项。

Leslie Odom Jr. is a black actor who plays Aaron Burr in Hamilton. He won the best leading actor in a musical award over his cast-mate Lin-Manuel Miranda. Miranda created the musical and played the title role of Alexander Hamilton. Miranda is of Puerto Rican heritage.

黑人演员小莱斯利·欧多姆在《汉密尔顿》中饰演阿伦·伯尔。他力压同行林-曼努尔·米兰达，获得了最佳音乐剧男主角奖。米兰达是音乐剧的作者，饰演片名主角亚历山大·汉密尔顿。米兰达是一名波多黎各裔演员。

Cynthia Erivo, a black actor from Great Britain, won for her role in The Color Purple. African-Americans Daveed Diggs and Renee Elise Goldsberry also won for their performances in Hamilton.

辛西娅·埃里沃是一名英国黑人演员，凭借在《紫色》中的角色获奖。美国黑人演员戴维德·迪格斯和雷尼·埃利斯·戈茨巴里同样凭借他们在《汉密尔顿》中的表现获得了奖项。

One person following the Tony Awards on Twitter compiled photos of four of the black winners with the hashtag #TonysSoInclusive.

一名在推特上关注托尼奖的用户给四名黑人获奖演员的照片打上了标签“不拘一格的托尼奖”。

Last February, the Oscars were criticized for not nominating any black actors for its major awards for the second year in a row. People protested the awards show and the social media hashtag #OscarsSoWhite was trending.

今年二月，奥斯卡奖因主要奖项连续两年没有提名黑人演员而饱受批评。人们对颁奖典礼表示了抗议，并在社交媒体上把#奥斯卡奖是白人的#刷上了热门标签。

While Miranda lost the best leading actor award to a fellow cast member, his musical Hamilton was the big winner of the night.

虽然米兰达将最佳男主角奖项拱手让给了同行，但是他的音乐剧《汉密尔顿》却成了当晚的最大赢家。

Miranda won awards for best new musical, best musical book and best original score. The show won 11 awards on Sunday night, only one short of the record held by The Producers.

米兰达获得了最佳新音乐剧、最佳音乐剧剧本和最佳原创音乐这几个奖项。《汉密尔顿》在周日晚上包揽了11个奖项，只差一个奖项就可以打破《金牌制作人》创下的纪录了。

The musical is about the life of Alexander Hamilton, one of America’s founding fathers. Hamilton was not a president, but he fought in the Revolutionary War, persuaded the states to accept the Constitution, and helped create the country’s national banking³ and economic system.

该音乐剧讲述了美国开国元勋之一——亚历山大·汉密尔顿的生平。汉密尔顿不是总统，但是他参加了独立战争，劝说各州接受宪法，并且帮助创建了美国国家银行和经济系统。

Other well-known actors won awards on Sunday: Frank Langella won for his role in The Father; Jessica Lange won for Long Day’s Journey Into Night; and Jayne Houdyshell, who has been performing for 40 years, won her first Tony for The Humans.

周日还有其他的知名演员获奖：弗兰克·朗格拉凭借自己在《父亲》中的角色获奖；杰西卡·兰格凭《长夜漫漫路迢迢》获奖；从艺40年的杰妮·胡迪歇尔凭借《人类》获得了自己的首个托尼奖。

The Tony Awards also celebrated⁴ a big year for Broadway shows. Hamilton and 38 new productions helped sell a record 13.3 million tickets for live theater in New York City.

托尼奖也庆祝了百老汇戏剧的丰收之年。《汉密尔顿》和其他38部新剧一共为纽约市的现场演出剧场贡献了1330万张票，创下了纪录。

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diversity – n. the state of having people who are different races or who have different cultures in a group or organization

compile – v. to put together (various songs, pieces of writing, facts, etc.) in a publication or collection

protest – v. to show or express strong disagreement with or disapproval⁵ of something

heritage – n. the traditions, achievements, beliefs, etc., that are part of the history of a group or nation — usually singular

argument – n. a statement or series of statements for or against something

score – n. a document showing all the notes of a piece of music

1 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。

2 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。

3 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

4 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

5 disapproval   

n.反对，不赞成

参考例句：

• The teacher made an outward show of disapproval.老师表面上表示不同意。
• They shouted their disapproval.他们喊叫表示反对。