2007年VOA标准英语-'Babel', 'Dreamgirls' Win Top Honors at Golden

By Mike O'Sullivan
Los Angeles
16 January 2007

The thriller¹ Babel and the musical Dreamgirls won top honors in Hollywood's Golden Globe awards, Monday. Mike O'Sullivan has more on the annual awards from Los Angeles.

California governor and superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the Golden Globe for best dramatic picture:

"And the Golden Globe goes to - 'Babel,'" he said.

An ensemble² film, Babel  begins with a tragic³ shooting in the Moroccan desert, then follows the intertwining stories of six families around the world. Mexican director-producer Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu accepted the award for everyone involved in the production.

 
Alejandro Inarritu poses with the award for best motion picture drama for his work on Babel, 15 Jan. 2007 
"We are receiving this on behalf of more than 1,200 people that worked on this film and made it possible," he said. "We worked and it took us more than one year doing this film - shooting it in three continents and in five languages."

Dreamgirls, a story about the Motown music scene of the 1960's and '70s, earned the Golden Globe for best musical or comedy.

 
Jennifer Hudson poses with award for best supporting actress for her work in Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls also earned Golden Globes for supportingperformers Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson.

Helen Mirren was named best actress in a drama for her starring role in The Queen. She thanked the woman she played the film, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.

 
Helen Miren poses with the awards she won for best actress in a drama for her work in The Queen and Elizabeth I 
"… because I think you fell in love with her, not with me, and I just tried to make her as truthful⁴ to herself as possible," Mirren said, during her acceptance speech.

Mirren earned a second Golden Globe for her role as an earlier British monarch⁵ in the television miniseries Elizabeth I.

A film set in 1970's Uganda earned Forest Whitacker the award of best actor in a drama. Whitacker played the brutal⁶ Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland.

Martin Scorsese was named best director for The Departed, a tale of intrigue⁷ and mob violence, starring Leonardo diCaprio, Jack⁸ Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg and Matt Damon.

British comedian⁹ Sacha Baron¹⁰ Cohen was named best actor in musical or comedy for his mock documentary Borat.

 
Meryl Streep in scene from The Devil Wears Prada
Merryl Streep earned the Golden Globe for best actress in a musical or comedy for her starring role in the fashion industry satire¹¹, The Devil Wears Prada.

The award for best foreign language film went to the American, production Letters from Iwo Jima  from Director Clint Eastwood. The war film was shot in Japanese, with English subtitles¹².

The Golden Globes are awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. They sometimes point to winners at the more prestigious¹³ Oscars, which will be presented next month.

1 thriller   

n.惊险片，恐怖片

参考例句：

• He began by writing a thriller.That book sold a million copies.他是写惊险小说起家的。那本书卖了一百万册。
• I always take a thriller to read on the train.我乘火车时，总带一本惊险小说看。

2 ensemble   

n.合奏(唱)组；全套服装；整体，总效果

参考例句：

• We should consider the buildings as an ensemble.我们应把那些建筑物视作一个整体。
• It is ensemble music for up to about ten players,with one player to a part.它是最多十人演奏的合奏音乐，每人担任一部分。

3 tragic   

adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的

参考例句：

• The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
• Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。

4 truthful   

adj.真实的，说实话的，诚实的

参考例句：

• You can count on him for a truthful report of the accident.你放心，他会对事故作出如实的报告的。
• I don't think you are being entirely truthful.我认为你并没全讲真话。

5 monarch   

n.帝王，君主，最高统治者

参考例句：

• The monarch's role is purely ceremonial.君主纯粹是个礼仪职位。
• I think myself happier now than the greatest monarch upon earth.我觉得这个时候比世界上什么帝王都快乐。

6 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。

7 intrigue   

vt.激起兴趣，迷住；vi.耍阴谋；n.阴谋，密谋

参考例句：

• Court officials will intrigue against the royal family.法院官员将密谋反对皇室。
• The royal palace was filled with intrigue.皇宫中充满了勾心斗角。

8 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

9 comedian   

n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员

参考例句：

• The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
• The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。

10 baron   

n.男爵；(商业界等)巨头，大王

参考例句：

• Henry Ford was an automobile baron.亨利·福特是一位汽车业巨头。
• The baron lived in a strong castle.男爵住在一座坚固的城堡中。

11 satire   

n.讽刺，讽刺文学，讽刺作品

参考例句：

• The movie is a clever satire on the advertising industry.那部影片是关于广告业的一部巧妙的讽刺作品。
• Satire is often a form of protest against injustice.讽刺往往是一种对不公正的抗议形式。

12 subtitles   

n.说明字幕，印在外国影片上的对白翻译字幕，译文对白字幕；小标题，副标题( subtitle的名词复数 )；（电影的）字幕

参考例句：

• subtitles for the deaf and the hard of hearing 为耳聋和听力不佳者打出的字幕
• a Polish film with English subtitles 附有英语字幕的波兰影片

13 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。