英语名人堂：艾西瓦娅·巴克罕

艾西瓦娅·雷,艾西瓦娅·巴克罕（也译：艾西瓦娅·巴沙坎、爱丝维娅·巴克罕，1973年11月1日－，天城文：ऐश्वर्या बच्चन，英语：Aishwarya Bachchan，娘家名：莉（राय，Rai），或译：爱丝维娅·莉）是一位著名的印度女模特、演员，近年来已是宝莱坞最高薪酬的影、视、歌、舞巨星。她的成名作为《何日君能知我心》（Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam - 1999年）以及《胭脂泪》（Devdas - 2002年）。曾获得1994年度的世界小姐，在2000年，被选为最美丽的世界小姐。

Aishwarya “Rai” Bachchan is one of India’s best known and best loved actresses. She was born in 1973 and was a very bright pupil at school. She worked part-time as a model while studying architecture. She planned to be an architect. Things changed all of a sudden in 1994 when she entered and won the Miss World contest.

Rai became a full-time¹ model after her year’s duties as Miss World. She is still called the most beautiful woman in the world. She is also multi-lingual and can speak five languages. She made her movie debut² in ‘Iruvar,’ a 1997 Tamil film. It didn’t do very well. Her first commercial success came a year later in another Tamil movie, ‘Jeans’.

The Bollywood movie industry took an instant like to her and she starred in several very successful Hindi movies. In 1999 she won the Filmfare Best Actress Award. She has acted in over 40 movies in the past decade in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and English. She also landed the lead female role in 2009’s ‘Pink Panther 2’ movie in Hollywood.

She gained popularity³ overseas and was one of ‘Time’ magazine’s 100 most influential⁴ people in 2004. That same year, a wax figure of Rai was put on display in London's Madame Tussaud's museum. In 2007, she married Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan in a spectacular⁵ Hindu ceremony. In Indian culture, Rai is considered a 'Mangalik', which according to the stars is a destructive⁶ influence in married life.

1 full-time   

adj.满工作日的或工作周的，全时间的

参考例句：

• A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
• I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。

2 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

3 popularity   

n.普及，流行，名望，受欢迎

参考例句：

• The story had an extensive popularity among American readers.这本小说在美国读者中赢得广泛的声望。
• Our product enjoys popularity throughout the world.我们的产品饮誉全球。

4 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

5 spectacular   

adj.引人注目的，出色的，与众不同的

参考例句：

• This is a spectacular film.这是一部场面壮观的电影。
• This is the most spectacular financial crash of the decade.这是10年里最引人注目的金融破产事件。

6 destructive   

adj.破坏（性）的，毁灭（性）的

参考例句：

• In the end,it will be destructive of our whole society.它最终会毁灭我们整个社会。
• It is the most destructive storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的一次风暴。