访谈录 2012-04-15&04-17 百老汇明星杰西卡.菲利普斯

    In a new Broadway musical Leap of Faith, the comment gets scared straight by love shows stars Tony Award nominee¹ Raul Esparza and Jessica Phillips in previews now. And Jessica Phillips suckled way from rehearsals² to spend some time with us. Welcome to the show.

        Thanks for having me.

        Well, Leap of Faith is based on Steve Martin movie. 

        Done.

        Tell us about that. What’s the block?

        I will, it’s said about a traveling ministry³. Well plays and Jonas Nightengale who’s a, who needs the, the troupe⁴ around the country looking for believers. And his bus breaks down in Sweetwater, Kansas where, where I happen to play the sheriff.

        The sheriff, are you want, are you want this guy or you would let him go?

        Oh, right from the beginning.

        From the beginning.

        Oh, I totally get it, yeah. I totally get it. And she’s, she’s pretty savvy⁵, she’s pretty smart and she seems kind of thing the force so. So she calls on my right way and he finds things pretty interesting because he doesn’t. He’s not called that that often.

        No kid.

        Yeah.

        And you worked available before? That must really help when you together on stage.        Yeah.

        Or no him.

        That’s right. Whether or neither I have done some concert work together.

        Yeah.

        And this is the first, the attractive piece that we’ve in evening worked on together. But he so smart and interesting he has. Such a creditable duff and we haven’t a great time.

        You probably get a lot of stunned⁶ castings these days or celebrities⁷ get picked their roles. Yet big names coming from microfilms.

        Right, right, right.

        Or TV show. It must be real, real for you, that you get this role in landed.         

        Yeah, I mean. It’s, it’s incredible honor to be able to step in to the piece up the stage, you know. 

        Yeah.

        This show’s been a development for about 9 years. And it’s sent to a lot different stages if we’ve constructed some characters they were constructed, a lot about the scathing⁸ of the piece and, and I have a chance to conserve⁹ put and staple¹⁰ my honor is. It is, is really exciting.

        Outstanding.

        You’ve also a country music character. How’s about that?

        Yeah, yeah, I’m working on that guy. I’ve got a band named Tensing Call Liar¹¹, it’s a country dual¹² and we’ve got a single lout¹³ to, that she’s combined my tunes¹⁴. And we’re, we’re in the process of cutting off for starting one. So we’ve got that funded, we just have to get national to, to come free to its.

        Now all the things you got and going on right now. We do have time actually perform your country songs.

        Not right now. No, not right now. We previews which mean you know, works still trying to work on getting Leap Of Faith to be what a finished product and so. That’s, that’s can take all of April. Once we get that up then and I’ll be there to get audiences and have a warmer time to, to think some country. 

        Fantastic.

        Yeah.

        Congratulations.

        Thank you.

        Having that role in good luck with Leap of Faith.

        Thanks. 

        It is in previews now. The St. James Theater in Manhattan opening night, it’s April 26th, Jessica Phillips, good luck with the show.

        Thanks.

1 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

2 rehearsals   

n.练习( rehearsal的名词复数 )；排练；复述；重复

参考例句：

• The earlier protests had just been dress rehearsals for full-scale revolution. 早期的抗议仅仅是大革命开始前的预演。
• She worked like a demon all through rehearsals. 她每次排演时始终精力过人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

4 troupe   

n.剧团，戏班；杂技团；马戏团

参考例句：

• The art troupe is always on the move in frontier guards.文工团常年在边防部队流动。
• The troupe produced a new play last night.剧团昨晚上演了一部新剧。

5 savvy   

v.知道，了解；n.理解能力，机智，悟性；adj.有见识的，懂实际知识的，通情达理的

参考例句：

• She was a pretty savvy woman.她是个见过世面的漂亮女人。
• Where's your savvy?你的常识到哪里去了？

6 stunned   

adj. 震惊的，惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。
• The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。

7 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

8 scathing   

adj.（言词、文章）严厉的，尖刻的；不留情的adv.严厉地，尖刻地v.伤害，损害（尤指使之枯萎）( scathe的现在分词)

参考例句：

• a scathing attack on the new management 针对新的管理层的猛烈抨击
• Her speech was a scathing indictment of the government's record on crime. 她的演讲强烈指责了政府在犯罪问题上的表现。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 conserve   

vt.保存，保护，节约，节省，守恒，不灭

参考例句：

• He writes on both sides of the sheet to conserve paper.他在纸张的两面都写字以节省用纸。
• Conserve your energy,you'll need it!保存你的精力，你会用得着的！

10 staple   

n.主要产物，常用品，主要要素，原料，订书钉，钩环；adj.主要的，重要的；vt.分类

参考例句：

• Tea is the staple crop here.本地产品以茶叶为大宗。
• Potatoes are the staple of their diet.土豆是他们的主要食品。

11 liar   

n.说谎的人

参考例句：

• I know you for a thief and a liar!我算认识你了，一个又偷又骗的家伙！
• She was wrongly labelled a liar.她被错误地扣上说谎者的帽子。

12 dual   

adj.双的；二重的，二元的

参考例句：

• The people's Republic of China does not recognize dual nationality for any Chinese national.中华人民共和国不承认中国公民具有双重国籍。
• He has dual role as composer and conductor.他兼作曲家及指挥的双重身分。

13 lout   

n.粗鄙的人；举止粗鲁的人

参考例句：

• He's just an ill-bred lout.他是个缺乏教养的乡巴佬。
• He had no training, no skills and he was just a big, bungling,useless lout!什么也不行，什么也不会，自己只是个傻大黑粗的废物！

14 tunes   

n.曲调，曲子( tune的名词复数 )v.调音( tune的第三人称单数 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调

参考例句：

• a potpourri of tunes 乐曲集锦
• When things get a bit too much, she simply tunes out temporarily. 碰到事情太棘手时，她干脆暂时撒手不管。 来自《简明英汉词典》