美国国家公共电台 NPR--Oscar-winning actor William Hurt has died at age 71

Oscar-winning actor William Hurt has died at age 71

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Hurt is best known for his roles in Body Heat, Children of a Lesser² God and Broadcast News. Hurt won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Kiss of the Spider Woman.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Oscar-winning actor William Hurt has died. He's best known for his roles in "Body Heat," "Children Of A Lesser God" and "Broadcast News." Hurt won the Academy Award for best actor for the film "Kiss Of The Spider Woman."

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN")

WILLIAM HURT: (As Luis Molina) What's wrong with being like a woman? Why do only women get to be sensitive? Why not a man? If more men acted like women, there wouldn't be so much violence.

MARTIN: More recently, William Hurt appeared in several Marvel³ films as General Thaddeus Ross. In a 2010 interview on Fresh Air, Hurt talked about what he has learned of acting⁴ over time.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)

HURT: There's a standard, and the standard was something I arrived an understanding about after I'd been looking for it for 15 years of study. The standard is six weeks of rehearsal⁵, 42 days to hatch a character the way, you know, nine months to hatch a kid. I don't know why it's true, but it is true for me, and anything less is - results in a premature⁶ character.

MARTIN: Hurt's former co-star and partner Marlee Matlin penned a 2009 memoir⁷ and in it detailed⁸ physical and emotional abuse during their relationship. Hurt later issued an apology, saying, quote, "my own recollection is that we both apologized and both did a great deal to heal our lives." Hurt was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2018. The family did not share the cause of death but said he died peacefully of natural causes and among his family. William Hurt was 71 years old.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 lesser   

adj.次要的，较小的；adv.较小地，较少地

参考例句：

• Kept some of the lesser players out.不让那些次要的球员参加联赛。
• She has also been affected,but to a lesser degree.她也受到波及，但程度较轻。

3 marvel   

vi.(at)惊叹vt.感到惊异；n.令人惊异的事

参考例句：

• The robot is a marvel of modern engineering.机器人是现代工程技术的奇迹。
• The operation was a marvel of medical skill.这次手术是医术上的一个奇迹。

4 acting   

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。

5 rehearsal   

n.排练，排演；练习

参考例句：

• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
• You can sharpen your skills with rehearsal.排练可以让技巧更加纯熟。

6 premature   

adj.比预期时间早的；不成熟的，仓促的

参考例句：

• It is yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue.预言这次对话可能有什么结果为时尚早。
• The premature baby is doing well.那个早产的婴儿很健康。

7 memoir   

n.[pl.]回忆录，自传；记事录

参考例句：

• He has just published a memoir in honour of his captain.他刚刚出了一本传记来纪念他的队长。
• In her memoir,the actress wrote about the bittersweet memories of her first love.在那个女演员的自传中，她写到了自己苦乐掺半的初恋。

8 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。