英语名人堂：史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格

史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格（Steven Allan Spielberg）1946年12月18日生于美国俄亥俄州的辛辛那提市，犹太人血统，电影导演、编剧和电影制作人。[1] 

史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格的第一部电影是在亚利桑那州斯考茨德尔的一家旅馆中拍摄的。13岁时，斯皮尔伯格拍摄了一部战争电影《无处容身》在“峡谷影展”中获奖。1971年，斯皮尔伯格导演了他的第一部电视片《决斗》。1975年拍摄了电影《大白鲨》，1982年的电影《E.T.》 使史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格首次获得当年的奥斯卡最佳导演奖提名。1993年史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格执导的《侏罗纪公园》上映。同年凭借电影《辛德勒的名单》获得奥斯卡最佳影片、 最佳导演等多项大奖；1999年再次凭借电影 《拯救大兵瑞恩》获得第71届奥斯卡最佳导演等多项大奖，2009年获得第66届美国电影电视金球奖终身成就奖[1]  。2013年《时代》杂志将他列入世纪百大最重要的人物的一员[2]  。

 

Steven Spielberg is a prolific¹ and super-successful American film director and producer. He has won three Best Movie Oscars, among hundreds of other awards. His movies have made nearly $8 billion, the highest for any filmmaker in history. ‘Time’ magazine listed him as one of the 100 greatest people of the 20th Century. ‘Life’ named him the most influential² person of his generation.

 

Spielberg was born in Ohio in 1946. He was interested in movies when he was very young. At 12, he made a 9-minute film to earn his Boy Scout³ photography badge. Aged⁴ 13, he won a prize for a 40-minute war movie. When he was 16, Spielberg filmed a 2-hour science fiction epic⁵. He set his sights on Hollywood.

 

Spielberg failed to get into film school because of his high school grades. He was undeterred and went directly to Universal Studios, where he got a position as an intern⁶. In 1968, he made a short film that caught the attention of Universal’s vice⁷ president. Spielberg became Hollywood’s youngest ever director. He spent seven years making TV movies.

 

Spielberg’s first major movie was the shark horror film ‘Jaws’. It was a sensational⁸ hit and made Spielberg a household name. He has since made many blockbusters that have become a part of world culture, including Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones and E.T. Spielberg has also dealt with serious issues such as slavery, the Holocaust⁹ and terrorism. He has also ventured into video game production.

1 prolific   

adj.丰富的，大量的；多产的，富有创造力的

参考例句：

• She is a prolific writer of novels and short stories.她是一位多产的作家，写了很多小说和短篇故事。
• The last few pages of the document are prolific of mistakes.这个文件的最后几页错误很多。

2 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

3 scout   

n.童子军，侦察员；v.侦察，搜索

参考例句：

• He was mistaken for an enemy scout and badly wounded.他被误认为是敌人的侦察兵，受了重伤。
• The scout made a stealthy approach to the enemy position.侦察兵偷偷地靠近敌军阵地。

4 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

5 epic   

n.史诗，叙事诗；adj.史诗般的，壮丽的

参考例句：

• I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗，而写了这个小故事。
• They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。

6 intern   

v.拘禁，软禁；n.实习生

参考例句：

• I worked as an intern in that firm last summer.去年夏天我在那家商行实习。
• The intern bandaged the cut as the nurse looked on.这位实习生在护士的照看下给病人包扎伤口。

7 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

8 sensational   

adj.使人感动的，非常好的，轰动的，耸人听闻的

参考例句：

• Papers of this kind are full of sensational news reports.这类报纸满是耸人听闻的新闻报道。
• Their performance was sensational.他们的演出妙极了。

9 holocaust   

n.大破坏；大屠杀

参考例句：

• The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
• Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。