偶像励志英语演讲 47:让父母为你骄傲(7)

　　Empathy is at the heart of the actor's art. And in high school, another form of acting¹ took hold of me. I wanted to learn how to be appealing. So I studied the character I imagined I wanted to be that of the generically² pretty high school girl and I researched her deeply, that is to say shallowly, in Vogue³, in Seventeen, and in Mademoiselle Magazines. I tried to imitate her hair, her lipstick⁴, her lashes⁵, the clothes of the lithesome, beautiful and generically appealing high school girls that I saw in those pages. I ate an apple a day, period. I peroxided my hair, ironed it straight. I demanded brand name clothes, my mother shut me down on that one. But I did. I worked harder on this characterization really than anyone I think I've ever done since. I worked on my giggle⁶. I lightened it. Because I like it when it went, kind of "ehuh" and the end "eheeh", "ehaeaahaha". Because I thought it sounded child-like, and cute. This was all about appealing to boys and at the same time being accepted by the girls, a very tricky⁷ negotiation⁸. Often success in one area precludes⁹ succeeding in the other.
移情是表演艺术的核心。高中的时候，我对另外一种表演很着迷：我想学习如何让自己有吸引力。所以，我想象出一个受欢迎的校园美女，深入地研究她，简单地说，就是模仿《时尚》、《十七岁》或者《女王杂志》中那样的女孩。我模仿杂志页上那些温柔的漂亮、而有魅力的校园美女。模仿她们的发型、唇膏、睫毛、服装。我有段时间一天只吃一个苹果，我染了头发，拉直了它。我要买名牌服装，但是我妈妈不同意，事实上我还是买了。我付出比以前任何时候都多的努力来实践这个角色。我还在笑声上下功夫，轻声地咯咯笑，我喜欢这样是因为笑声快消逝的时候，有“嗯哼”或者“嗯哼哼”这样的声音，显得很孩子气，而且很可爱。这一切都是为了吸引男生，同时被其他女生接纳，事实上，这是棘手的事情。通常在一个领域取得成功就会失去在其他领域取得成功的机会。
重点讲解：
1. the heart of
核心；实质；重点；要点；
eg. The heart of the problem is supply and demand.
问题的核心是供求关系。
eg. Money lies at the heart of the debate over airline safety.
资金是空运安全争论中的实质问题。
2. take hold
完全控制；彻底影响；
eg. She felt a strange excitement taking hold of her.
她浑身感到一股莫名的兴奋。
eg. She was determined¹⁰ not to let the illness take hold again.
她决心不让疾病再次击垮自己。
3. child-like
（性格、外貌或举止）孩子般的，单纯的；
eg. His most enduring quality is his child-like innocence¹¹.
他最具持久魅力的特质就是他那孩子般的天真无邪。
eg. Her behaviour was child-like and dependent.
她的言行举止像个孩子，依赖性强。
名人简介：
步入老年（上）
扮演意志刚强、作风果断的英国政坛“铁娘子”是斯特里普从影以来面临的最具重量级的角色之一，也是一项巨大的挑战。
为演好这一角色，同撒切尔夫人一样勤奋的斯特里普做了大量功课。
演绎《铁娘子》中撒切尔夫人一角，梅丽尔·斯特里普很是下了一番苦工，她透露一到伦敦就把自己完全封闭起来，让工作人员把食物放在房间门口， “一天24小时，除了很短的睡眠，我做了大量的阅读和分析。我有意体验她是怎么工作的，一样的时间强度、一样的热忱。她做首相的11年也是封闭的生活，我可坚持不了11年。我甚至模仿她拿手提包的方式，包括训斥内阁成员的态度。

1 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。

2 generically   

adv.一般地

参考例句：

• The so-called critics are generically mentioned, but not individually mentioned. 当所谓的批评提及时总是一笔带过，从不指名道姓。 来自互联网
• We market these drugs generically. 我们推广的这些药是未经注册的。 来自互联网

3 Vogue   

n.时髦，时尚；adj.流行的

参考例句：

• Flowery carpets became the vogue.花卉地毯变成了时髦货。
• Short hair came back into vogue about ten years ago.大约十年前短发又开始流行起来了。

4 lipstick   

n.口红，唇膏

参考例句：

• Taking out her lipstick,she began to paint her lips.她拿出口红，开始往嘴唇上抹。
• Lipstick and hair conditioner are cosmetics.口红和护发素都是化妆品。

5 lashes   

n.鞭挞( lash的名词复数 )；鞭子；突然猛烈的一击；急速挥动v.鞭打( lash的第三人称单数 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥

参考例句：

• Mother always lashes out food for the children's party. 孩子们聚会时，母亲总是给他们许多吃的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Never walk behind a horse in case it lashes out. 绝对不要跟在马后面，以防它突然猛踢。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 giggle   

n.痴笑，咯咯地笑；v.咯咯地笑着说

参考例句：

• Both girls began to giggle.两个女孩都咯咯地笑了起来。
• All that giggle and whisper is too much for me.我受不了那些咯咯的笑声和交头接耳的样子。

7 tricky   

adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。

8 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

9 precludes   

v.阻止( preclude的第三人称单数 )；排除；妨碍；使…行不通

参考例句：

• Lack of time precludes any further discussion. 由于时间不足，不可能进行深入的讨论。
• The surface reactivity of many nonblack fillers generally precludes strong bonding with this type of matrix. 许多非碳黑填料的表面反应性一般阻碍与该种基质形成牢固的粘结。 来自辞典例句

10 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。

11 innocence   

n.无罪；天真；无害

参考例句：

• There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。
• The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。