万花筒 2009-05-05&05-06 买下汤姆克鲁斯？

If this were a party it would put the Oscars to shame, but, it's not, it's a warehouse¹ in Newberry Park and these movers and shakers are neither moving nor shaking.

 

“Their heads of course are all made of wax,” which makes sense when you realize these all former headliners at the Hollywood Wax Museum. Over the years, as the museum fills up with new waxy² celebrities³. The old stars start piling up in storage.

 

I want to share who's standing⁴ behind me of course, Micheal Jordan, Steven Seagal, Elizabeth Taylor, it goes on and on.But their storage room doesn't go on and on, so the folks at the wax museum are more or less holding a celebrity⁵ auction⁶, only this time, you get to keep the celebrities, some of whom go back decades; just take a look at Kareem Abdul-Jabber's short shorts for evidence.

 

-The Hollywood Wax Museum opened in 1965 on Hollywood Boulevard, so a couple of the figures like Muhammad Ali，and Sammy Davis Jr. were made by high sky chief, one of our original sculptors⁷ in the 60s.

 

-More than 200 of these wax figures are hitting the auction block, stars like Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt and John Travolta. These are guys who get 20 million dollars for film, and they could be yours for just a fraction of that. What's up, Tom?

 

-They are gonna start at about a thousand dollars for an individual, as a group they'll probably start at about 8,000 dollars.

 

Yep, unlike Yoko Ono , the auctioneers are not going to break up the Beatles, Ben Hoss&Little Joe also come as a match set. And here is the beauty of it, these celebrities don't need to be pampered⁸.

 

-They're quite adorable ,you know , in fairly heated condition as well as cold conditions, dusting them making sure that they don't get nicked or cracked  are the main ways to take care of them.

 

With that kind of ease of use, you too can be a Hollywood handler, and be able to wax nostalgic from the comfort of your own home

In Newbury Park, Rob Hayes, ABC seven, Eye Witness News.

 

1 warehouse   

n.仓库；vt.存入仓库

参考例句：

• We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
• The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。

2 waxy   

adj.苍白的；光滑的

参考例句：

• Choose small waxy potatoes for the salad.选些个头小、表皮光滑的土豆做色拉。
• The waxy oil keeps ears from getting too dry.这些蜡状耳油可以保持耳朵不会太干燥。

3 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

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 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。

6 auction   

n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖

参考例句：

• They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
• They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。

7 sculptors   

雕刻家，雕塑家( sculptor的名词复数 )； [天]玉夫座

参考例句：

• He is one of Britain's best-known sculptors. 他是英国最有名的雕塑家之一。
• Painters and sculptors are indexed separately. 画家和雕刻家被分开，分别做了索引。

8 pampered   

adj.饮食过量的，饮食奢侈的v.纵容，宠，娇养( pamper的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The lazy scum deserve worse. What if they ain't fed up and pampered? 他们吃不饱，他们的要求满足不了，这又有什么关系？ 来自飘（部分）
• She petted and pampered him and would let no one discipline him but she, herself. 她爱他，娇养他，而且除了她自己以外，她不允许任何人管教他。 来自辞典例句