第59届戛纳电影节开幕

The curtain is about to go up on the 59th annual Cannes Film Festival. The annual two-week event draws / blockbuster crowd drama, comedy and a cast of thousands and it always grabs attention. Over the next two weeks, nearly 1, 000 films will be shown or watched by 4500 journalists and over 20, 000 other accredited¹ delegates. The Da Vinci Code opens Cannes with its world premiere on Wednesday. The film festival will end with a presentation of the Golden Palm, and a host of lesser² prizes. They re decided³ by a jury headed by acclaimed⁴ Chinese filmmaker Wang Kar-Wei. Early, runners for the top prize include Sofia Coppola, competing at Cannes for the first time with Marie-Antoinette. It s a biopic of the French queen starring Kirsten Dunst in the title role. Also competing as Pedro Almodovar, the Oscar winning Spainish director known for a twisted essential comedy set in modern Spain. His entry is Volver which is Spanish for the verb return. Oscar winner Oliver Stone will offer a glimpse of his upcoming 9/11's drama World Trade Center.

Meanwhile, Paul Greengrass's United 93 plays out of competition. The festival runs through May 28th.

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title role 剧名角色
Golden Palm 金棕榈大奖

1 accredited   

adj.可接受的；可信任的；公认的；质量合格的v.相信( accredit的过去式和过去分词 )；委托；委任；把…归结于

参考例句：

• The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century. 通常认为，蒸馏法是阿拉伯人在11世纪发明的。
• Only accredited journalists were allowed entry. 只有正式认可的记者才获准入内。

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 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 acclaimed   

adj.受人欢迎的

参考例句：

• They acclaimed him as the best writer of the year. 他们称赞他为当年的最佳作者。
• Confuscius is acclaimed as a great thinker. 孔子被赞誉为伟大的思想家。