Elizabeth Taylor【伊丽莎白·泰勒】

Elizabeth Taylor

People fell in love with Elizabeth Taylor in 1944, when she acted in the movie National Velvet-the

story of Velvet Brown, a young girl who won first place in a famous horse race.

1944年，伊丽莎白·泰勒出演《玉女神驹》， 人们由此爱上了她。影片讲述了一个名叫维拉韦·布朗

的女孩子在一次著名的马术比赛中获得第一名的故事。

At first, the producers of the movie told Elizabeth Taylor that she was too short to play the part of Velvet.

一开始，该片的制片人告诉伊丽莎白·泰勒， 她太矮了， 不能出演维拉韦这一角色。

However, they waited for four months until three inches added to her height.

然而，他们等了四个月， 知道她的身高增加了三英寸。

Elizabeth Taylor's acting in National Velvet is still considered to be best and National Velvet

became Elizabeth Taylor's first success.

伊丽莎白·泰勒在《玉女神驹》中的表演仍然被认为是最好的，该片也是她的演艺事业打响的头一炮。

Elizbeth Taylor was born in London in 1932. Her parents, both Americans, had moved to London for business.

1932年，伊丽莎白·泰勒出生在伦敦。她父母都是美国人， 但由于生意， 他们搬到了伦敦。

When World War II started, the Taylors moved to California, where Elizabeth Taylor started acting in movies.

二战爆发后，泰勒一家移居加州，在那里， 伊丽莎白·泰勒开始出演影片。

After her success as a child star, Elizabeth Taylor had no trouble moving into adult roles and

won the Academy Award twice for Best Actress for her performance in Butterfield 8(1960) and

Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?(1966)

有了成功的童星经历， 成年之后， 伊丽莎白·泰勒顺利步入演员行列，并凭借在《青楼艳妓》（1960年）和

《灵欲春宵》（1966年）中的表演，两次获得奥斯卡最佳女主角。

Elizabeth Taylor is a legend of our time.

伊丽莎白·泰勒是我们这个时代的传奇。

LIke Velvet Brown in National Velvet, Elizabeth taytor was very luncky, and she was hard-working,

beautiful, famous and rich.

正如《玉女神驹》中的维拉韦·布朗， 伊丽莎白·泰勒很幸运， 她勤奋、貌美、出名又富有。

When Elizabeth Taylor got older, she seldom acted in movies. Instead, she spent most of

her time on her business, and she often helped others.

伊丽莎白·泰勒老年之后很少出演电影。相反， 她把大部分的时间花在生意上，而且她经常帮助别人。

Several years ago, she raised more than $40 million for research and education.

几年前， 她筹集了4000多万美元用于研究和教育。

2006年安徽省高考英语

文中单词

单词	释意
legend	n.传奇人物；传说
inches	n.英寸
producers	n.制片人；生产者
seldom	adj.不常的，稀少的；adv.很少
academy	n.学院
velvet	adj.天鹅绒的
considered	adj.考虑过的；被尊重的
research	n.研究调查