流言蜚语之2005

David Danniel: When the year began, Hollywood's golden couple was Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. But the rumors¹ were flying, while he was shooting "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" on location with Angelina Jolie, one of the sexiest women in the world, Brad's marriage to Aniston was falling apart. The rumors of infidelity swirled², and the seven-year relationship was over. Was Brad dating his co-star Angelina? Till this day, despite all the speculation³, Pitt and Jolie refuse to confirm that they are a couple.

Jennifer Aniston: Gary, this is a couple's bowling⁴, and, ur, since you and I are no longer a couple, I think you'd just leave.

David Danniel: Meanwhile Aniston was rumored⁵ to have sought solace⁶ with her new co-star Vince Vaughan in the movie called ironically "The Break-Up". With all these stories in the air, the tabloids⁷ were relentless⁸.

Jennifer Aniston: You just try to, you don't pay attention to it, you know, you'd just tune⁹, tune it out.

David Danniel: Collin Ferrell is suing an ex-girlfriend over the release of a sex tape. Actress Rene Zellweger's quickie marriage to country singer Kenny Chesney was annulled¹⁰ , officially for fraud, though neither celebrities¹¹ seemed willing to explain just what that meant.

David Danniel: With all the excitement over these celebrity¹² breakups, the paparazzi were seemingly more aggressive than ever before.

Jennifer Aniston: They are bottom feeders. I think they're just the lowest form of cheap easy money, cheap, cheap, easy money. They should try to make a living doing something that they can wake up in the morning and feel good about.

David Danniel: More celebrities may wind up fighting the tabloids in court. Like Kate Hudson, who is suing several British papers for portraying¹³ her as someone who is dangerously thin. Cameron Diaz took the stand against a photographer who'd taken topless photos of her years ago. He was convicted of blackmail¹⁴.

David Danniel: Russell Crowe also faced a court day this year when the Australian actor threw a phone at a Manhattan hotel clerk after he was unable to make an international call. Crowe got off with a slap on the wrist, of course, Crowe was trying to call his wife proving their romance isn't dead.

David Danniel: Without a doubt, however, the couple of the year was Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, their whirlwind three-month courtship was full of public declarations.

Katty Homes: He is the most amazing man in the whole world.

Tom Cruise: I try to restrain myself, but I can't. So, ha...ha...ha...

David Danniel: There was speculation that the whole thing was a plot related to the Church of Scientology.

Tom Cruise: There are stings in my life in scientology, in tools that I've spoken of before, that I applied¹⁵ to my life, that, that helped me, ur, you know, to overcome barriers and problems, and that has been extraordinary in my life.

David Danniel: As the relationship and scientology story swirled around him, Cruise wound up in a confrontation¹⁶ at a London premiere of "War of the Worlds" after a prankster squirted him in the face with water.

Tom Cruise: It's incredibly rude, I am here giving you an interview, and answering your questions, but you do something really nasty, you are a jerk.

David Danniel: But back to the relationship, Cruise and Homles felt they were ready to take the next step after only a few months, and got engaged in Paris. If the ring didn't settle the issue, the next surprise should have. The announcement that Holmes was pregnant and Cruise was the father was a final shocker on the year's wildest relationship. Homles is due to deliver their baby roughly around the same time that Cruise's new movie "Mission Impossible III" is scheduled for release. But that story we will have to wait until next year.

David Danniel: In Hollywood, I'm David Danniel.

Note--------------
tune out: to ignore or stop listening to someone or something
schedule for release: to plan that a movie will be released at a particular time

1 rumors   

n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 swirled   

v.旋转，打旋( swirl的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The waves swirled and eddied around the rocks. 波浪翻滚着在岩石周围打旋。
• The water swirled down the drain. 水打着旋流进了下水道。

3 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

4 bowling   

n.保龄球运动

参考例句：

• Bowling is a popular sport with young and old.保龄球是老少都爱的运动。
• Which sport do you 1ike most,golf or bowling?你最喜欢什么运动，高尔夫还是保龄球？

5 rumored   

adj.传说的，谣传的v.传闻( rumor的过去式和过去分词 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• It is rumored that he cheats on his wife. 据传他对他老婆不忠。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It was rumored that the white officer had been a Swede. 传说那个白人军官是个瑞典人。 来自辞典例句

6 solace   

n.安慰；v.使快乐；vt.安慰(物)，缓和

参考例句：

• They sought solace in religion from the harshness of their everyday lives.他们日常生活很艰难，就在宗教中寻求安慰。
• His acting career took a nosedive and he turned to drink for solace.演艺事业突然一落千丈，他便借酒浇愁。

7 tabloids   

n.小报，通俗小报（版面通常比大报小一半，文章短，图片多，经常报道名人佚事）( tabloid的名词复数 )；药片

参考例句：

• The story was on the front pages of all the tabloids. 所有小报都在头版报道了这件事。
• The story made the front page in all the tabloids. 这件事成了所有小报的头版新闻。

8 relentless   

adj.残酷的，不留情的，无怜悯心的

参考例句：

• The traffic noise is relentless.交通车辆的噪音一刻也不停止。
• Their training has to be relentless.他们的训练必须是无情的。

9 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

10 annulled   

v.宣告无效( annul的过去式和过去分词 )；取消；使消失；抹去

参考例句：

• Their marriage was annulled after just six months. 他们的婚姻仅过半年就宣告取消。
• Many laws made by the former regime have been annulled. 前政权制定的许多法律被宣布无效。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

12 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

13 portraying   

v.画像( portray的现在分词 )；描述；描绘；描画

参考例句：

• The artist has succeeded in portraying my father to the life. 那位画家把我的父亲画得惟妙惟肖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Ding Ling was good at portraying figures through careful and refined description of human psychology. 《莎菲女士的日记》是丁玲的成名作，曾引起强烈的社会反响。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

14 blackmail   

n.讹诈，敲诈，勒索，胁迫，恫吓

参考例句：

• She demanded ＄1000 blackmail from him.她向他敲诈了1000美元。
• The journalist used blackmail to make the lawyer give him the documents.记者讹诈那名律师交给他文件。

15 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

16 confrontation   

n.对抗，对峙，冲突

参考例句：

• We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
• After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。