英语短文精读【15】追忆幽默大师卓别林 The King of Silent Comedy

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【开篇小问】

卓别林是哪国人？
a. 美国人
b. 瑞士人
c. 法国人
d. 英国人

答案：d.

追忆幽默大师卓别林

“Action is more generally understood than words.” That was the opinion of the greatest comedy star of silent films, and one of the most important names in movie history, Charlie Chaplin.

“动作比语言更能深入人心”。这是默片时代最伟大的喜剧明星，也是电影史上最重要的人物之一——查理•卓别林的观点。

Millions of fans all over the world came to love the antics（滑稽的动作） of his “Little Tramp（流浪者）”, a character that grew out of（源于） the actor’s own youth.

全世界数以百万计的影迷为屏幕上“流浪者”的滑稽动作深深着迷，而这个角色其实是卓别林少年生活的写照。

In 1889, Charlie Chaplin was born in London, England to parents who both worked in theater. His father’s death and mother’s illness left Charlie in poverty for most of his childhood. He first went on stage at the age of five, and by seventeen he was a leading member of a music hall group. While Chaplin’s group was traveling in the United Stated he got his big break.

1889年，卓别林出生于英国伦敦，父母都在剧场工作。父亲的去世与母亲的疾病缠身让他在贫困中度过了童年的大部分时光。卓别林五岁初次登台表演，到十七岁他已经是一个喜剧综艺团中的主要演员了。当他与剧团一起到美国巡回表演时，他得到了一个大展身手的机会。

The U.S. government attacked Chaplin for the political ideas they believed he had. He left the country in 1952 and stayed in Switzerland until he died in 1977, only going back to Hollywood in 1972 to receive a special award for his remarkable work in film.

美国政府借口卓别林的政治观点不当而抨击他。他于1952年离开美国，直到1977年去世一只住在瑞士。在这期间，卓别林只在1972年回到好莱坞，接受一个表彰他对影坛的卓越贡献的特别奖项。

【世博读书笔记】

1．opinion意思是“观点”，常用in someone’s opinion来表示“依某人的看法”，如：In my opinion, the scheme is unsound.
依我看,这计划不够妥当。

大众的观点，即“舆论”也用opinion或public opinion来表示，如：
Opinion is shifting in favor of the President's new policy.
舆论正朝着有利于总统新政策的方向转变。

2．break做名词，主要有以下用法。

（1）指“机会”，如：
As a long-distance runner his main break came last spring in Australia.
作为一位长跑选手,他是上个春天在澳大利亚真正交上好运的。

【世博句型留言板】

grow out of
产生于……

Elephant tusks cannot grow out of a dog's mouth.
狗嘴里吐不出象牙。

The movie grew out of an idea the director had while he was taking a train.
这部电影的故事是导演在搭火车时想到的。

练习：
1．这错误是由于他的粗心（carelessness）造成的。
2．有时问题来自于偶然的发现（a chance observation）。

练习答案：
1． The mistake grew out of his carelessness.
2．Sometimes problems grow out of a chance observation.