时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:2016年VOA慢速英语(二)月


英语课

White Actor to Play Michael Jackson in Comedy 白人喜剧演员扮演迈克尔·杰克逊


“Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon” is a British comedy show based on an unconfirmed story of a road trip taken by Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando.


But no one is laughing at the casting of Joseph Fiennes in the role of Michael Jackson.


Joseph Fiennes is white. The late Michael Jackson was black.


Hollywood is already dealing 1 with controversy 2 about the “color” of the upcoming Academy Awards. Like last year, there is not a single African-American nominee 3 for an acting 4 award. The lack of diversity has led to a planned boycott 5 of the so-called "white Oscars."


Now people are expressing their condemnation 6 and shock about “Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon.”


A tweet Wednesday on BET’s Twitter page read: “A White Actor will play MJ. Because we aren't whitewashed 7 enough in Hollywood, apparently 8.”


Another Twitterer, @nicomadden, posted this message: “So Joseph Fiennes (A WHITE DUDE!) is gunna play Michael Jackson... I say Denzel Washington plays Elvis in the next movie just to be fair.”


Michael Jackson, known as the King of Pop, died in 2009 at age 50 of an accidental drug overdose. Jackson suffered from a condition called vitiligo that causes areas of a person’s skin to lose color. After Jackson’s death, investigators 9 found a large amount of a skin lightening cream at his home.


“Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon” is based on a 2011 report in Vanity Fair magazine. It tells of a trip the three performers took just after the September 11 attacks in New York City. Michael Jackson had performed there the night before. The three reportedly shared a car and drove across the country.


Stockard Channing plays Elizabeth Taylor, and Brian Cox plays Marlon Brando. The show is set for broadcast later this year in Britain.



1 dealing
n.经商方法,待人态度
  • This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
  • His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
2 controversy
n.争论,辩论,争吵
  • That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
  • We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。
3 nominee
n.被提名者;被任命者;被推荐者
  • 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。
4 acting
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
5 boycott
n./v.(联合)抵制,拒绝参与
  • We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
  • The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。
6 condemnation
n.谴责; 定罪
  • There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
  • The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。
7 whitewashed
粉饰,美化,掩饰( whitewash的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The wall had been whitewashed. 墙已粉过。
  • The towers are in the shape of bottle gourds and whitewashed. 塔呈圆形,状近葫芦,外敷白色。 来自汉英文学 - 现代散文
8 apparently
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
9 investigators
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
标签: VOA慢速英语
学英语单词
acclivi-tous
addictionologist
aetheogam
altamonts
amacrine (cell)
anthocyanin
apparatus test
atractenchyma
biax storage element
biological weapon
black market purchase
blastocystosis
bottom back up roll
building construction
c-power supoly
cationic reagent
catv(cable television)
cinder fill
collateral bonds
compound insanity
crankshaft throw
curling action
cy
cylinder cooling system
declination of compass
deconstructionisms
degree-of-freedom
dehumidifer
dehumidifying equipment
detachable wheel
digital input basic
Dlugosiodlo
draggletail
dyinbe
dysspermatogenic sterility
fictionizes
fictocritical
fire size class map
flat-car
floorings
Folin's alkaline copper tartrate reagent
genus Fungia
get the idea
grand base level
green cross
harbo(u)r hinterland
hemangioma of urethra
hilly ground
imperfect fungi
ingathering
Isabella I of Castile
julian time
kinematic waves
Lightning Ridge
Llanfair Talhaiarn
logical parent pointer
make up torque
mass flight
maximal solution
Medamint
metastable energy level
microprocessor emulation
musculi pterygoideus
natural compound
Niquelândia
nitrate of soda-potash
nonlinear system of algebra
not a damn thing
odonthemodia
oese
palolo worm
pentagonum
percomorph
periovaritis
perrotine printing machine
physical oceanography of shelf sea
pimp slapped
pivot bearing lubricant
plug tester
potassium acid sulfite
preans
protective aerial root
protoxidized
put-pin
recurrent caries
review period
scrofulodermia
semisimplicity
setaria italica stramineofructas
simultaneous use
sliding pond
sponge deposit
St.Vincent
standard with cranked head
statement of demonstrated ability
surface water temperature
synthetic acaricide
teddy roosevelt
toggle actuator
transcription terminator
Ursofalk
wind pressure