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HOST:

Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC1 in VOA Special English.

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I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week, we tell about the movies, actors and music nominated for Academy Awards.

The eightieth Academy Awards ceremony takes place Sunday at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, California. Hundreds of millions of people in the United States and around the world will watch the show on television. It is the most exciting event of the year for people who make movies and for people who love to watch them. Barbara Klein has more. 

BARBARA KLEIN:

 
Getting ready for the 80th Academy Awards 
On Sunday, actors, directors, writers, producers and others will gather in Hollywood, California, the center of the American film industry. They will receive Academy Awards for the best acting2, directing, writing, editing, music and other work on movies released last year.

The winners will receive an award called an Oscar. This statue is shaped like a man. It is made of several metals covered with gold. The Oscar is only about thirty-four centimeters tall. It weighs less than four kilograms. But the award is extremely valuable for the people who receive it. People who win an Oscar become much more famous. They often get offers to work in the best movies. They can also earn much more money.

Five movies are competing for Best Picture of the year. Two tragic3 and violent movies 
 
were nominated for eight Academy Awards.  "No Country for Old Men" is about a man who finds two million dollars after several people are killed in an illegal drug deal.  A killer4 chases him across Texas to get the money back. The movie is based on the book by Cormac McCarthy.

"There Will Be Blood" is about a man who becomes successful exploring for oil in the early nineteen hundreds. He is opposed by a young religious worker in a small town in California. The movie is based on the book "Oil!" by Upton Sinclair.

Two other movies earned seven nominations6 each, including Best Picture.  "Atonement" is about what happens after a young girl accuses her sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.  It takes place in England during World War Two.  "Atonement" is based on the book by British writer Ian McEwan.  "Michael Clayton" is about a lawyer dealing7 with personal and professional crises. His law firm is trying to settle a case against an agricultural chemical company.

 
 
The fifth Best Picture nominee8 is "Juno." It is about a smart and funny teenager who becomes pregnant and finds a husband and wife to adopt her baby.

WIFE: “Your parents are probably wondering where you are.‿

JUNO: “Mmm, nah. I mean I’m already pregnant so what other kind of shenanigans could I get into?‿/P>

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Ten actors and actresses were nominated for Academy Awards for their performances in leading roles. Faith Lapidus tells us about them.

FAITH LAPIDUS:

 
Daniel Day-Lewis 
Daniel Day-Lewis was nominated for Best Actor for playing the oilman in "There Will Be Blood."  George Clooney for playing the lawyer in "Michael Clayton."  Johnny Depp is the lead character in the musical "Sweeney Todd: The Demon9 Barber of Fleet Street."  Tommy Lee Jones plays a man searching for the truth about his son who returns from the war in Iraq in the movie "In the Valley of Elah." And Viggo Mortensen plays a Russian criminal in London in "Eastern Promises."

These five women were nominated for Best Actress:  Twenty-year-old Ellen Page for 
Cate Blanchett
playing the pregnant teenager named "Juno."  Julie Christie for her role as a woman with Alzheimer's disease in "Away From Her." Laura Linney for her role as a woman dealing with her aging and sick father in “The Savages10.‿Marion Cotillard portrays11 the great French singer Edith Piaf in "La Vie en Rose."  And Cate Blanchett for her role as the British queen in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age."  Blanchett was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress for playing a very different real person, Bob Dylan, in "I'm Not There."

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HOST:

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents the Oscars each year. Almost six thousand people who work in the movie industry belong to the Academy. They nominate candidates for Academy Awards from their own professions.  For example, actors nominate actors. Directors nominate directors. Designers nominate designers. All Academy members vote to choose the final winners. More than twenty Academy Awards will be presented Sunday night.

The people who wrote the best screenplays and did the best film and sound editing will receive awards. So will the people who designed the best costumes, makeup12 and special effects. The composers who wrote the best song and music from a movie will also be honored.

Mario Ritter plays some of the music nominated for an Oscar.

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MARIO RITTER:

 
Marketa Irglova and Glen Hansard
That was “Falling Slowly,‿a Best Song nominee from the movie “Once.‿nbsp; Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova wrote the song, perform it and star in the movie. “Once‿is a musical about an Irish man and a Czech woman who meet and make music on the streets of Dublin.

The movie “Enchanted13‿makes gentle fun of fairy tales about princesses and true love.  Amy Adams plays a cartoon princess, Giselle, who becomes a real princess in New York City.  Her loving, joyful14 spirit incites15 the same feelings in the people she meets.

Three songs from "Enchanted" were nominated for Best Song.  Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz wrote the songs. Here Giselle sings “That’s How You Know.‿

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The final nominated song is from the movie “August Rush.‿nbsp; Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas wrote “Raise It Up.‿nbsp;

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The Best Musical Score Oscar is for the instrumental music made for a film.  James Newton Howard is nominated for the film “Michael Clayton.‿nbsp; It is his seventh Academy Award nomination5.

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Dario Marianelli wrote the nominated score for the movie   “Atonement.‿nbsp; Here is one mysterious sounding melody.

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The music from the children’s animated16 film "Ratatouille," by Michael Giacchino, was also nominated for Best Musical Score.  And composer Marco Beltrami was honored for his music for the western ‿:10 to Yuma.‿nbsp;

We leave you now with music from the final nominated score from “The Kite Runner‿by composer Alberto Iglesias.  The movie is about the relationship of two children in Afghanistan.

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HOST:

I'm Doug Johnson.  I hope you enjoyed our program today.

The show was written by Shelley Gollust and Caty Weaver17, who was also our producer.Join us again next week for AMERICAN MOSAIC, VOA’s radio magazine in Special English.

 


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1 mosaic CEExS     
n./adj.镶嵌细工的,镶嵌工艺品的,嵌花式的
参考例句:
  • The sky this morning is a mosaic of blue and white.今天早上的天空是幅蓝白相间的画面。
  • The image mosaic is a troublesome work.图象镶嵌是个麻烦的工作。
2 acting czRzoc     
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 tragic inaw2     
adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的
参考例句:
  • The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
  • Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。
4 killer rpLziK     
n.杀人者,杀人犯,杀手,屠杀者
参考例句:
  • Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
  • The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。
5 nomination BHMxw     
n.提名,任命,提名权
参考例句:
  • John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
  • Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
6 nominations b4802078efbd3da66d5889789cd2e9ca     
n.提名,任命( nomination的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句
7 dealing NvjzWP     
n.经商方法,待人态度
参考例句:
  • This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
  • His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
8 nominee FHLxv     
n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者
参考例句:
  • His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
  • Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
9 demon Wmdyj     
n.魔鬼,恶魔
参考例句:
  • The demon of greed ruined the miser's happiness.贪得无厌的恶习毁掉了那个守财奴的幸福。
  • He has been possessed by the demon of disease for years.他多年来病魔缠身。
10 savages 2ea43ddb53dad99ea1c80de05d21d1e5     
未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • There're some savages living in the forest. 森林里居住着一些野人。
  • That's an island inhabited by savages. 那是一个野蛮人居住的岛屿。
11 portrays e91d23abfcd9e0ee71757456ac840010     
v.画像( portray的第三人称单数 );描述;描绘;描画
参考例句:
  • The museum collection vividly portrays the heritage of 200 years of canals. 博物馆的藏品让运河200 年的历史再现眼前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The film portrays Gandhi as a kind of superman. 这部电影把甘地描绘成一个超人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
12 makeup 4AXxO     
n.组织;性格;化装品
参考例句:
  • Those who failed the exam take a makeup exam.这次考试不及格的人必须参加补考。
  • Do you think her beauty could makeup for her stupidity?你认为她的美丽能弥补她的愚蠢吗?
13 enchanted enchanted     
adj. 被施魔法的,陶醉的,入迷的 动词enchant的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • She was enchanted by the flowers you sent her. 她非常喜欢你送给她的花。
  • He was enchanted by the idea. 他为这个主意而欣喜若狂。
14 joyful N3Fx0     
adj.欢乐的,令人欢欣的
参考例句:
  • She was joyful of her good result of the scientific experiments.她为自己的科学实验取得好成果而高兴。
  • They were singing and dancing to celebrate this joyful occasion.他们唱着、跳着庆祝这令人欢乐的时刻。
15 incites 68eca287329b28545dbd9d6a3cf30705     
刺激,激励,煽动( incite的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • In all countries any person who incites others to insurrection is guilty of treason. 在任何国家里,煽动他人谋反者,都属犯叛国罪。
  • The success of the handicapped man incites us to pursue our dreams. 这位残疾人的成功激励我们追求自己的梦想。
16 animated Cz7zMa     
adj.生气勃勃的,活跃的,愉快的
参考例句:
  • His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
  • We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。
17 weaver LgWwd     
n.织布工;编织者
参考例句:
  • She was a fast weaver and the cloth was very good.她织布织得很快,而且布的质量很好。
  • The eager weaver did not notice my confusion.热心的纺织工人没有注意到我的狼狈相。

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