Arnold Schwarzenegger halts acting career

     BEIJING, May 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Arnold Schwarzenegger’s return to the big screen has been put on hold amid his recent scandals.

    "At the request of Arnold Schwarzenegger, we asked Creative Artists Agency to inform all his motion picture projects currently underway or being negotiated to stop planning until further notice," said a statement released by the former governor’s lawyer Patrick Knapp Thursday.

    "Gov. Schwarzenegger is focusing on personal matters and is not willing to commit to any production schedules or timelines. This includes Cry Macho, the Terminator franchise¹ and other projects under consideration. We will resume discussions when Gov. Schwarzenegger decides," the statement read.

    The halt of the star’s acting² career came after The Times' reported last week that Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, had separated after 25 years of marriage.

    It was reported that the 63-year-old star had fathered a child more than a decade ago with a longtime member of his household staff.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 franchise   

n.特许，特权，专营权，特许权

参考例句：

• Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
• The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。

2 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• 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。