德普获评2015好莱坞“性价比最低的演员”

 It's official: Johnny Depp is the most overpaid actor in Hollywood – and anyone who has had the misfortune to sit through his most recent flop¹ Mortdecai will wholeheartedly concur² with the verdict. 

正式的排名出来了：约翰尼·德普是今年好莱坞性价比最低的演员——任何看过德普新片《贵族大盗》的人肯定都会完全同意这个看法。

A new Forbes list shows that in 2015, the average return on each dollar Depp was paid to star in a film was just $1.20. 

福布斯发布的最新榜单显示，2015年，在德普主演的电影中，投资人在德普身上每投资一美元，收到的回报仅为1.2美元。

The time period for the calculation was between July 2014 and June 2015: incorporating the aforementioned Mortdecai – described as by the Telegraph’s Robbie Collin as the mort de cinema – but unfortunately excluding Depp’s more successful recent film Black Mass, which has been hailed by some critics as a return to form for the actor. 

该榜单的统计区间为2014年7月至2015年6月，这期间正好包括了前述的《贵族大盗》上映——每日电讯报评论员罗比·科林将该片称作“影院之殇”。可惜的是，德普另一部不错的电影《黑色弥撒》未在榜单评选时间内，不少评论员认为该片是德普的重塑形象之作。

Prior to the release of Mortdecai, several of Depp's previous films, including Transcendence (2014) and The Lone³ Ranger⁴ (2013), also bombed at the box office. 

在《贵族大盗》之前，德普的《超验骇客》(2014)和《独行侠》(2013)等片也都是票房毒药。

But, while the quality (and the overall takings) of his films might have slumped⁵, the size of Depp's pay cheques hasn't followed quite the same trajectory⁶: for whatever reasons, Hollywood bosses still see the 52-year-old actor as an asset worth paying for. 

不过，尽管德普主演的影片质量和票房都不怎么样，但却没影响到他的片酬：不知为什么，好莱坞大佬们仍然很器重这位52岁的男星，舍得为他花钱。

In second place on the list is Denzel Washington, with returns of $6.50 per dollar of pay, while Will Ferrell falls into third place. 

位于榜单第二位的是丹泽尔·华盛顿，每一美元片酬仅为投资人带来6.5美元回报。威尔·法瑞尔位列第三。

There are no women on the list all; this year, all 10 of the most overpaid Hollywood actors of 2015 are male. 

上榜的没有女性，今年所有10位好莱坞性价比最低的明星都为男性。

The full Forbes list can be read below: 

福布斯榜单完整排名如下：

1. Johnny Depp: $1.20 per $1 

约翰尼·德普：1比1.2

2. Denzel Washington: $6.50 per $1 

丹泽尔·华盛顿：1比6.5

3. Will Ferrell: $6.80 per $1 

威尔·法瑞尔：1比6.8

4. Liam Neeson: $7.80 per $1 

连恩·尼逊：1比7.8

5. Will Smith: $8.60 per $1 

威尔·史密斯：1比8.6

6. Christian⁷ Bale: $9.20 per $1 

克里斯汀·贝尔：1比9.2

7. Channing Tatum: $10.80 per $1 

查宁·塔图姆：1比12

8. Brad Pitt: $12.00 per $1 

布拉德·皮特：1比12

9. Ben Affleck: $12.30 per $1 

本·阿弗莱克：1比12.3

10. Tom Cruise: $13.60 per $1 

汤姆·克鲁斯：1比13.6

Vocabulary 

concur：同意 

flop：(戏剧、书、作品等的)彻底的失败，崩溃 

aforementioned：上述的

1 flop   

n.失败(者)，扑通一声；vi.笨重地行动，沉重地落下

参考例句：

• The fish gave a flop and landed back in the water.鱼扑通一声又跳回水里。
• The marketing campaign was a flop.The product didn't sell.市场宣传彻底失败，产品卖不出去。

2 concur   

v.同意，意见一致，互助，同时发生

参考例句：

• Wealth and happiness do not always concur.财富与幸福并非总是并存的。
• I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done.我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。

3 lone   

adj.孤寂的，单独的；唯一的

参考例句：

• A lone sea gull flew across the sky.一只孤独的海鸥在空中飞过。
• She could see a lone figure on the deserted beach.她在空旷的海滩上能看到一个孤独的身影。

4 ranger   

n.国家公园管理员，护林员；骑兵巡逻队员

参考例句：

• He was the head ranger of the national park.他曾是国家公园的首席看守员。
• He loved working as a ranger.他喜欢做护林人。

5 slumped   

大幅度下降，暴跌( slump的过去式和过去分词 )； 沉重或突然地落下[倒下]

参考例句：

• Sales have slumped this year. 今年销售量锐减。
• The driver was slumped exhausted over the wheel. 司机伏在方向盘上，疲惫得睡着了。

6 trajectory   

n.弹道，轨道

参考例句：

• It is not difficult to sketch the subsequent trajectory.很容易描绘出它们最终的轨迹。
• The path followed by a projectile is called its trajectory.抛物体所循的路径称为它的轨道。

7 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。