2007年VOA标准英语-'Sopranos,' America Ferrera, Al Gore Win Big at

By Mike O'Sullivan
Los Angeles
17 September 2007

The mob series The Sopranos won top drama honors at television's Emmy Awards, Sunday night , and the new series 30 Rock was named best comedy. Mike O'Sullivan reports from Los Angeles that former U.S. Vice¹ President Al Gore² also earned an Emmy, for helping³ create an interactive⁴ channel.

The Sopranos

The Sopranos, a much-honored saga⁵ of a New Jersey⁶ family of mobsters, earned three awards, including best drama series. "The Sopranos" first went on the air in 1999 and ended its highly successful run this year.

A new satirical show called 30 Rock was named best comedy series.

Actress America Ferrera, 23, was honored for her leading role in the comedy Ugly Betty. Ferrera is the daughter of Honduran immigrants and she charmed American viewers in her first big television role.

America Ferrara holds her Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a comedy series, 16 Sep 2007

Accepting the award Ferrera said   "It is truly an amazing, wonderful thing that happens when your dreams come true, and I just wish that for everybody, that they get to do what inspires them, inspires them to make a change in the world."

A Hollywood veteran, 60-year-old Sally Field, won the Emmy for best actress in a drama for the series Brothers & Sisters.

Former Vice President Al Gore received the award for creative achievement in interactive television for his cable channel, Current TV channel. The cable outlet⁷ features viewer-created videos. Gore explained its purpose.

"We are trying to open up the television medium so that viewers can help to make television, and join the conversation of democracy," he said.

Earlier this year, Gore won an Oscar for An Inconvenient⁸ Truth, a documentary film on global warming.

Robert Duvall holds his Emmys for outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or  movie, and outstanding miniseries for Broken Trail, 16 Sep 2007

Veteran film star Robert Duvall won his first Emmy, for his television miniseries Broken Trail, a tale of two cowboys who rescue Chinese girls from sexual slavery. Duvall says he loves to work in Westerns.

"I never knew an actor in my lifetime or anybody's lifetime who didn't want to do a Western. We all want to do Westerns, and believe me, it belongs to us in this country, uniquely to us," Duvall said.

He says, from Calgary in Western Canada, where this film was shot, to the US state of Texas, Westerns are part of the culture.

Helen Mirren was named best actress in a miniseries or movie, for her role as British detective Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect: The Final Act, a British-American co-production. She complimented American viewers as generous.

"You are a lot of other things as well, some good, some bad. But you know, if I was to categorize your natures, it's generosity⁹ above all, and you took our piece of work to your hearts and you made it what it became, which was a piece of iconic television," Mirren said.

Crooner Tony Bennett was honored for his musical performance in the special Tony Bennett: An American Classic.

The miniseries Roots was also remembered on its 30th anniversary. The reunited cast recalled the landmark¹⁰ series, a saga of African slaves in America.

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 gore   

n.凝血，血污；v.（动物）用角撞伤，用牙刺破；缝以补裆；顶

参考例句：

• The fox lay dying in a pool of gore.狐狸倒在血泊中奄奄一息。
• Carruthers had been gored by a rhinoceros.卡拉瑟斯被犀牛顶伤了。

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

4 interactive   

adj.相互作用的，互相影响的，（电脑）交互的

参考例句：

• The psychotherapy is carried out in small interactive groups.这种心理治疗是在互动的小组之间进行的。
• This will make videogames more interactive than ever.这将使电子游戏的互动性更胜以往。

5 saga   

n.(尤指中世纪北欧海盗的)故事，英雄传奇

参考例句：

• The saga of Flight 19 is probably the most repeated story about the Bermuda Triangle.飞行19中队的传说或许是有关百慕大三角最重复的故事。
• The novel depicts the saga of a family.小说描绘了一个家族的传奇故事。

6 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

7 outlet   

n.出口/路；销路；批发商店；通风口；发泄

参考例句：

• The outlet of a water pipe was blocked.水管的出水口堵住了。
• Running is a good outlet for his energy.跑步是他发泄过剩精力的好方法。

8 inconvenient   

adj.不方便的，令人感到麻烦的

参考例句：

• You have come at a very inconvenient time.你来得最不适时。
• Will it be inconvenient for him to attend that meeting?他参加那次会议会不方便吗？

9 generosity   

n.大度，慷慨，慷慨的行为

参考例句：

• We should match their generosity with our own.我们应该像他们一样慷慨大方。
• We adore them for their generosity.我们钦佩他们的慷慨。

10 landmark   

n.陆标，划时代的事，地界标

参考例句：

• The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
• The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。