85th Oscar Awards ceremony begins at Dolby Theatre

 　　LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- The 85th Academy Awards ceremony begins Sunday evening at the Dolby Theatre.

　　It is the first Oscar big night after the theater changed the name from Kodak Theater to Dolby Theater last year.

　　Some 282 features were eligible¹ for Best Picture this year and the number of members voted secretly for the awards was 5,856, according to the Academy.

　　It is estimated that people from more than 225 countries and regions will watch the telecast of the ceremony while the U.S. audience will reach 39.2 million.

　　Among the favorites, Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy's "Lincoln" is in the lead with 12 nominations². But Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney's "Argo," a CIA thriller³, is a strong competitor to win the night's top prize.

1 eligible   

adj.有条件被选中的；(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的

参考例句：

• He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
• Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。

2 nominations   

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

3 thriller   

n.惊险片，恐怖片

参考例句：

• He began by writing a thriller.That book sold a million copies.他是写惊险小说起家的。那本书卖了一百万册。
• I always take a thriller to read on the train.我乘火车时，总带一本惊险小说看。