希斯莱杰小传: When a young, hunky 20 year old heart-throb Heath Ledger first came to the attention of the public in 1999, it was all too easy to tag him as a "pretty boy" and an actor of not much depth没有什么深度的演员. He has spent the past five years trying desperately to sway this image away(shake off摆脱这种形象), but this has indeed been a double-edged sword. As the story goes, in junior high it was compulsory to do one of two electives, either cooking or drama, and as Heath could honestly not see himself in a cooking class, he tried his hand at drama. Heath was talented, there was no denying that. However, the rest of the class did not acknowledge his talent, possibly out of jealousy. When he was 17, he and a friend, decided to pack up, leave school, take a car and rough it to Sydney. However, upon arriving in Sydney with a purported 69 cents to his name, Heath tried everything to get a break. His first real acting job came in a low budget movie called Blackrock (1997), a largely unimpressive cliché; a teen angst film about one boy's struggle when he learns his best mate raped a girl. The only thing of notice唯一值得注意的是 in his role is you get to see him get his lights punched out (punch someone's lights out 打的眼冒金星 Sl. to knock someone out with a fist. to hit someone hard again and again He wouldn't shut up so I punched his lights out. You had better stop that, or I will punch your lights out! Do you want me to punch your lights out?). Heath accepted a role as a gay cyclist because he felt to really stand out as an actor one had to accept unique roles that stood out from the bunch. It got him small notice, but unfortunately the show was quickly axed, which led him to look for other roles. A very brief role, this did nothing other than give him a small paycheck, but nothing to advance his career. After that, it seemed Heath was being typecast as a teen hunk, which he did not like, so he accepted a role in a very serious war drama The Patriot (2000). What followed was a stark inconsistency of roles, Ledger accepting virtually every single character role, anything to avoid being typecast. Some met with praise, like his short role in Monster's Ball (2001), but his version of Ned Kelly (2003) was an absolute flop, which led distributors hesitant to even release it outside Australia.
Saturday, 3 December 2011
home/house minding; staying power; impound; comic relief; jaded; melodrama; learn the ropes
英语用法: 1. 男子在地铁找人签名为追回女友. Here's where we start to lose the plot搞不清楚. Present送给, 呈给 this unknown girl with
this monstrous, be-scrawled胡写乱画的 photograph, which will be interpreted as a
good thing被理解为好事? 2. The boy was sentenced on November 25 to two months' imprisonment but
after discounting (减去, 抵消 To deduct or subtract from a cost or price. ) his time already in custody, he was left another eight
days to serve. 3. Gaming aside, Flash video is a night-and-day difference(白天晚上的差别, 天差地的差别) with the Transformer Prime's quad-core CPU. Paradoxical
as it may sound不管听上去多不靠谱( paradoxical seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true; "it is paradoxical that standing is more tiring than walking".), a quad-core processor actually runs at a lower
frequency and uses less power than a dual-core equivalent. 4. 小男孩被一个bikie([ˈbaiki] n. slang a member of a motorcycle gang. )碾死: "It's
an accident unless proven otherwise. We think it's a terrible accident.
Slow down, especially in built up 建成的 ( build-up I. The act or process of amassing or increasing: a military buildup; a buildup of tension during the strike. II. The result of building up: a pipe clogged by rust buildup. ) areas. It's not worth children's
lives." Mum Robyn Tingey urged motorists to take care so others didn't have to experience pain like her family was going through. "It says 50 for a reason. It's the most obvious reason to slow down," she said. 5. home minding = house minding = home sitting 是比如你外出渡假, 需要照顾家里的小动物之类的事情. she-devil 有时指猫 n. A woman regarded as cruel or malicious. 6. With no new movies opening, this weekend looks to be one of the lowest-grossing for the box office this year. No real competitors also means Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 is still tops for the third weekend in a row. It's cumulative earnings so far already pushing up against a quarter of a billion. The Muppets' relatively strong opening last weekend doesn't seem to have too much staying power ( have no staying power 缺乏持久力 to lack endurance; not to be able to last. Sally
can swim fast for a short distance, but she has no staying power. That
horse can start fairly fast, but it has no staying power. ) as their gross is down 77 percent, although an uptick closer to Christmas may not be all that surprising. Hugo (in 3D) and Arthur Christmas (animated) round out the top four( round something out 结束, 收尾 to complete something, or enhance something. The visit to the ancient temple was the perfect thing to round out our vacation. It's a good article but I would have rounded it out with a paragraph about repairing the damage from the earthquake. ), suggesting that the median ( ['mi:diən] ) viewer age right now must be somewhere around twelve. 7. A man, 60, has had his Formula 1 Ferrari impounded没收 for 28 days after being clocked speeding at more than double the legal limit last night in Adelaide. The $100,000 car is not a candidate for crushing under anti-hoon laws on a first offence. The laws relating to confiscation of vehicles for offences such as street racing, time trials and burnouts were strengthened in 2002. Further laws introduced in July 2008 provided for the confiscation of vehicles for repeat offenders再犯 involved with drunk driving, driving while suspended or driving with illegal modifications. Offenders can lose their vehicle for 48 hours for the first repeat offence, up to three months for a second repeat offence, or permanently for a third repeat offence. On 11 August 2008, a number of confiscated vehicles were auctioned by the government, The remainder were crushed压碎 and sold as scrap metal卖废铁.
The Ides of March影评: 1. A few poll numbers are rattled off( rattle off something 随口说出 to say something quickly. She rattled something off in French that I didn't understand. Usage notes: often used when someone gives a list of facts or other related information from memory: Walter could rattle off the statistics of players from the 1920s. ), but it's mostly about
what is going to happen to our heroes (or anti-heroes) and what are they
going to do in response. 2. The problem is, he's 30. He's at the in-between不尴不尬的年龄 age( in-between intermediate. He's at the in-between stage, neither a child nor an adult. Adolescence is an awkward, in-between age. conservatives, radicals, and in-betweens中间派. ), where he's half young-college-student-ready-to-take-over-the-world and half experienced-cynic. Those are two very combative halves and when they come at odds within him(发生冲突, 达不成一致), the character takes some shocking and drastic turns. 3. The few references提及, 提到 to actual political gaffes( [gæf] n. a social blunder, esp a tactless remark. ) are obvious and just done for comic relief(Comic relief 缓解紧张气氛, 博的一笑 is the inclusion of a humorous character, scene or witty
dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension.). 4. If Morris can gain Ohio's delegates, he's pretty much assured to get the Democratic nomination, and in the film it's noted that the Republicans have a weak field有自己的短板 themselves (at best). All of this means, of course, that as Ohio goes, so goes the presidency, so there's plenty riding on (ride on something to depend on the result of something else Who could have predicted that the result of a presidential election would ride on a court's decision? ) this one primary. 5. He is the prototypical 典型的 idealistic理想主义的 aide; doing the right thing will win out over all, he believes. He's not completely naive to backdoor politics(= back alley politics. 幕后政治, 黑幕政治. ), but his organization, his analysis, his acumen (['ækju,men] 敏锐, 聪敏 the ability to judge well; keen discernment; insight), and his spirit are what endear Morris to him. 7. Somewhere along the line(某一个时候 at some point during a period or an activity I don't know what went wrong with our relationship but somewhere along the line we stopped loving each other.), Steven reaches a breaking point, a place at which loyalty isn't the most important thing on his plate. This point comes as a result of two pretty bad decisions, one that he knows is a bad idea right away and another that seems a little more innocent – but then Steven has underestimated how petty ( ['peti] I. trivial; trifling; inessential petty details. II. of a narrow-minded, mean, or small-natured disposition or character. petty spite恶意. III. minor or subordinate in rank. petty officialdom ), parochial ( [pə'rəukiəl] narrow in outlook or scope; provincial. 狭隘的, 眼界狭小的 ), and vindictive those in the business can be. It's all about one's level of paranoia ([,pærə'nɔiə] 莫名其妙的恐惧, intense fear or suspicion, esp when unfounded. a form of schizophrenia characterized by a slowly progressive deterioration of the personality, involving delusions and often hallucinations. ). You have to have some in order (I. complete and correct Make sure the legal documents are signed and in order. It looks like everything is in order. II. right for the occasion Now that you're a college graduate, I think congratulations are in order! A speech seemed to be in order, but I wasn't sure what I should say. III. properly arranged. (*Typically: get something ~; have something ~; put something ~.) Please get your desk in order. I wish you would put things in order! ) to foresee problems, but too much of it will hollow out ( hollow something out 掏空 to make the inside of something hollow. Martha hollowed the book out and put her money inside. She hollowed out a book. ) your soul in a jiffy. 8. Each one seems to steal scenes抢镜, even ones they share. Even Evan Rachel Wood, as a new intern in Morris' camp, turns in a splendid performance. 9. It is a political melodrama(The term melodrama refers to a dramatic work that exaggerates plot and characters in order to appeal to the emotions.), It's highly cynical, with its points driven home ( drive/hammer something home to say something very clearly and with a lot of force, often repeating it several times, so that you are sure that people understand it She used charts and statistics to drive home her message that we need to economize. The teacher repeated the point three times just to drive it home. I hope this really drives the importance of safety home to you. ) by a terrific cast, and yet it manages not to be heavy handed or preachy. Indeed, there aren't really any strictly good or bad guys in this movie. 10. Only 20, she is just learning the ropes ( learn the ropes to understand how to do a particular job or activity It'll take some time for the new receptionist to learn the ropes. Usage notes: sometimes used in the forms know the ropes (to understand how something is done) and show someone the ropes or teach someone the ropes (to teach someone how something is done): You'd better find someone to show you the ropes if you're going to fix the car yourself.). One day, she makes a pass at Stephen and he responds positively. But, he makes it clear to her that politics is his passion and, especially, Mike Morris, his idol. Also, amazingly, Tom has been courting Stephen to "switch sides" while a respected, determined journalist, Ida (Marisa Tomei) is eager for any and all campaign stories.
希斯莱杰小传: When a young, hunky 20 year old heart-throb Heath Ledger first came to the attention of the public in 1999, it was all too easy to tag him as a "pretty boy" and an actor of not much depth没有什么深度的演员. He has spent the past five years trying desperately to sway this image away(shake off摆脱这种形象), but this has indeed been a double-edged sword. As the story goes, in junior high it was compulsory to do one of two electives, either cooking or drama, and as Heath could honestly not see himself in a cooking class, he tried his hand at drama. Heath was talented, there was no denying that. However, the rest of the class did not acknowledge his talent, possibly out of jealousy. When he was 17, he and a friend, decided to pack up, leave school, take a car and rough it to Sydney. However, upon arriving in Sydney with a purported 69 cents to his name, Heath tried everything to get a break. His first real acting job came in a low budget movie called Blackrock (1997), a largely unimpressive cliché; a teen angst film about one boy's struggle when he learns his best mate raped a girl. The only thing of notice唯一值得注意的是 in his role is you get to see him get his lights punched out (punch someone's lights out 打的眼冒金星 Sl. to knock someone out with a fist. to hit someone hard again and again He wouldn't shut up so I punched his lights out. You had better stop that, or I will punch your lights out! Do you want me to punch your lights out?). Heath accepted a role as a gay cyclist because he felt to really stand out as an actor one had to accept unique roles that stood out from the bunch. It got him small notice, but unfortunately the show was quickly axed, which led him to look for other roles. A very brief role, this did nothing other than give him a small paycheck, but nothing to advance his career. After that, it seemed Heath was being typecast as a teen hunk, which he did not like, so he accepted a role in a very serious war drama The Patriot (2000). What followed was a stark inconsistency of roles, Ledger accepting virtually every single character role, anything to avoid being typecast. Some met with praise, like his short role in Monster's Ball (2001), but his version of Ned Kelly (2003) was an absolute flop, which led distributors hesitant to even release it outside Australia.
希斯莱杰小传: When a young, hunky 20 year old heart-throb Heath Ledger first came to the attention of the public in 1999, it was all too easy to tag him as a "pretty boy" and an actor of not much depth没有什么深度的演员. He has spent the past five years trying desperately to sway this image away(shake off摆脱这种形象), but this has indeed been a double-edged sword. As the story goes, in junior high it was compulsory to do one of two electives, either cooking or drama, and as Heath could honestly not see himself in a cooking class, he tried his hand at drama. Heath was talented, there was no denying that. However, the rest of the class did not acknowledge his talent, possibly out of jealousy. When he was 17, he and a friend, decided to pack up, leave school, take a car and rough it to Sydney. However, upon arriving in Sydney with a purported 69 cents to his name, Heath tried everything to get a break. His first real acting job came in a low budget movie called Blackrock (1997), a largely unimpressive cliché; a teen angst film about one boy's struggle when he learns his best mate raped a girl. The only thing of notice唯一值得注意的是 in his role is you get to see him get his lights punched out (punch someone's lights out 打的眼冒金星 Sl. to knock someone out with a fist. to hit someone hard again and again He wouldn't shut up so I punched his lights out. You had better stop that, or I will punch your lights out! Do you want me to punch your lights out?). Heath accepted a role as a gay cyclist because he felt to really stand out as an actor one had to accept unique roles that stood out from the bunch. It got him small notice, but unfortunately the show was quickly axed, which led him to look for other roles. A very brief role, this did nothing other than give him a small paycheck, but nothing to advance his career. After that, it seemed Heath was being typecast as a teen hunk, which he did not like, so he accepted a role in a very serious war drama The Patriot (2000). What followed was a stark inconsistency of roles, Ledger accepting virtually every single character role, anything to avoid being typecast. Some met with praise, like his short role in Monster's Ball (2001), but his version of Ned Kelly (2003) was an absolute flop, which led distributors hesitant to even release it outside Australia.
