Perry Moore, Narnia films producer, dies at 39

    BEIJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhuanet)--Perry Moore, the executive producer of the fantasy movie series for children “The Chronicles of Narnia”, died at the age of 39, according to media reports Monday.
    Moore was found unconscious（无意识的） in the bathroom of his Manhattan home by his life partner at about 9:30 a.m. last Thursday, and died later in hospital, sources quoted in media reports said.
    The police said that the exact cause of Moore’s unexpected death would be determined¹ by a medical examiner, though sources said that it might be due to an overdose of OxyContin. Suspicion（怀疑,猜疑） of a crime has been excluded by the police.
    Moore helped produce three of the seven Narnia movies, which, based on the novels by C.S. Lewis, grossed over 1.5 billion dollars.
    He wrote a book about the production of the first Narnia movie “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” It was once on the paperback² best-seller list of the New York Times.
    Moore was also the author of “Hero”, a novle about a gay superhero, which won a Lambda Literary Award as the best novel for young gay and lesbian adults in 2008.
    Moore, who was a gay himself, said his purpose of writing this novel was to counterbalance the deep-rooted negative image of gays, saying he had a "borderline-crazy belief in the power of literature to change the universe".
    Moreover, Moore co-directed “Lake City”, starring Sissy Spacek and Rebecca Romijn, in 2008.
    BEIJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhuanet)--Perry Moore, the executive producer of the fantasy movie series for children “The Chronicles of Narnia”, died at the age of 39, according to media reports Monday.
    Moore was found unconscious in the bathroom of his Manhattan home by his life partner at about 9:30 a.m. last Thursday, and died later in hospital, sources quoted in media reports said.
    The police said that the exact cause of Moore’s unexpected death would be determined by a medical examiner, though sources said that it might be due to an overdose of OxyContin. Suspicion of a crime has been excluded by the police.
    Moore helped produce three of the seven Narnia movies, which, based on the novels by C.S. Lewis, grossed over 1.5 billion dollars.
    He wrote a book about the production of the first Narnia movie “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” It was once on the paperback best-seller list of the New York Times.
    Moore was also the author of “Hero”, a novle about a gay superhero, which won a Lambda Literary Award as the best novel for young gay and lesbian adults in 2008.
    Moore, who was a gay himself, said his purpose of writing this novel was to counterbalance the deep-rooted negative image of gays, saying he had a "borderline-crazy belief in the power of literature to change the universe".
    Moreover, Moore co-directed “Lake City”, starring Sissy Spacek and Rebecca Romijn, in 2008.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

2 paperback   

n.平装本，简装本

参考例句：

• A paperback edition is now available at bookshops.平装本现在在书店可以买到。
• Many books that are out of print are reissued in paperback form.许多绝版的书籍又以平装本形式重新出现。