世界名人简介 第96期:迈克尔·摩尔

 Michael Moore is an award-winning American director, author, and political commentator¹. He has spent over a decade making controversial movie documentaries about the problems in American society. He is especially critical of the presidency² of President George W. Bush. He has also criticized globalization and large corporations, gun ownership and the American health care system.

迈克尔·摩尔是一名美国获奖导演、作者以及政治评论员。数十年间，他创作了许多关于美国社会的电影纪录片，且一直争议不断。尤其是对总统乔治·布什的批判。此外，他还对全球化、大集团、枪支所有权以及美国医疗体制发表言论。

Moore is the director and producer of three of the top five money-making documentaries of all time. ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ examined the political climate after the 2001 attacks; ‘Sicko’ highlighted the ills of American healthcare; and ‘Bowling for Columbine’ probed America’s widespread gun culture and its relation to violence. He uses a mixture of hard-hitting fact and humour in all of his work.

在史上五大最赚钱纪录片中，摩尔导演兼制作的纪录片就有三部。2001年9·11之后，《华氏911》反映了当时的政治气氛；《医疗内幕》反应了美国医疗体系弊端；《科伦拜校园事件》对深远的枪支文化，枪支暴力进行了剖析。在所有作品中，真实的事实总是与诙谐相映成趣。

Moore became famous in 1989 for his film ‘Roger and Me’. It was about what happened to his hometown after General Motors closed its car factories there and opened new ones in Mexico. ‘Roger’ is Roger B. Smith, former CEO of General Motors. The film established Moore as a teller³ of uncomfortable truths about his nation and a serious investigative journalist and filmmaker.

1989年，摩尔拍摄《罗杰和我》，并一举成名。故事讲述的是“通用”关闭工厂，前往墨西哥建厂之后，摩尔家乡所发生的变化。“罗杰”指的是“通用”前首席执行官罗杰·史密斯。通过这部电影，摩尔成为了一名叙述者，事件描述毫不讳言，有时让人无法接受，此外，他还是一名调查记者及电影制作人。

In 2005 Time magazine named him one of the world's 100 most influential⁴ people. His appetite for making movies and writing about society seems as strong as ever. He has earned a reputation as being America’s most fearless social critic. He will surely make more movies on the major issues of our time and at the same time fight for the small man.

2005年，《时代周刊》评选他为全球一百位最具影响力人物。他对拍摄电影，批判社会现象的追求从未消减。并享有“全美最胆大社会批判家”称号。无疑，他的电影仍将反应当今重大问题，同时为普通民众争取权利。

1.fight for 为…而战斗

例句:They pledged to fight for democratic rights.

他们誓为争取民主权利而斗争。

2.health care 医疗

例句:Nobody wants to pay more for health care.

没人愿意为医疗保健花更多的钱。

3.General Motors 通用汽车

例句:I think that portends⁵ good things for general motors.

我想这预示着通用汽车的未来一片光明。

4.social critic 社会批评家

例句:Dr. John Rue⁶, headmaster of London's Westminster School and a leading social critic, accepts this thesis.

伦敦的威斯敏特学院院长、著名的社会批评家约翰·雷伊博士，同意这篇论文的观点。

1 commentator   

n.注释者，解说者；实况广播评论员

参考例句：

• He is a good commentator because he can get across the game.他能简单地解说这场比赛，是个好的解说者。
• The commentator made a big mistake during the live broadcast.在直播节目中评论员犯了个大错误。

2 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

3 teller   

n.银行出纳员；(选举)计票员

参考例句：

• The bank started her as a teller.银行起用她当出纳员。
• The teller tried to remain aloof and calm.出纳员力图保持冷漠和镇静。

4 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

5 portends   

v.预示( portend的第三人称单数 )；预兆；给…以警告；预告

参考例句：

• Fame portends trouble for men just as fattening does for pigs. 人怕出名猪怕壮。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It portends we are in danger. 这预示我们陷入危险。 来自互联网

6 rue   

n.懊悔，芸香，后悔；v.后悔，悲伤，懊悔

参考例句：

• You'll rue having failed in the examination.你会悔恨考试失败。
• You're going to rue this the longest day that you live.你要终身悔恨不尽呢。