访谈录 2011-02-05&02-08 2011奥斯卡花落谁家？

It is the biggest morning in Hollywood, you know that, Sam.

I do.

And in just a few moments we’ll find out the nominees¹ for the 83rd annual Academy Awards live at Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. But first, the man of All Media, Chris Connelly is here with Sam, Juju and I. George is there in New York, uh… in Washington. Before the big announcement you have some predictions for us to see.

You know, I can’t do anything about the snow either. But I endorse² the Kerry P… the Katie Perry choice as well. So I guess we’re done with that. Here is something to look for. Let’s see, if, for example, the Fighter, which we are gonna hear a lot about soon, will get four acting³ nominations⁵. That doesn’t happen a whole lot. I think two are pretty much to be expected, three? likely, but four would really be something. So that would be pretty spectacular if we saw that happen. Will Annette Bening and Julianne Moore both get nominated for Best Actress for the same movie, the Kids Are All Right, that doesn’t happen very often. You are going back to something like The Turning Point before you see something like that before. So that could be really interesting as well. We’ll find out if that’s the case. And in a year where there are lots of great performances in the Best Actor category, who over the age of sixty will get nominated for Best Actor? There are a lot of young guys in there. Will we see anyone over sixty? Will we see two of them? Maybe we’ll just see one. Those are some of the things we’ll wait as we find out who the nominees will actually be. It’s gonna be a big morning for the Social Network, for the King’s Speech, for Black Swan, and for the Fighter. But how that all shakes out? We are just moments away from finding out.

Chris, hey Chris, how about Toy Story 3? I think that’s my favorite movie of the year.

Toy Story 3 I think is likely to get best picture nominations. George, I think it’s also likely to get maybe a screenplay nomination⁴. Would it be in play for best picture? That’s probably unlikely. Animated⁶ films don’t seem to get that kind of attention. And of course it will get nominated for Best Animated Features as well. So I figure maybe three, possibly four nominations for Toy Story 3.

And for the second year been in a row, we’re seeing ten “nos” for Best Picture?

That’s right. And preferential voting is well, as the way Oscars do it. That means you list one two three four…and that perhaps could have an influence on who winds up winning Best Picture at the end of the day. So we’ll see.

And ultimately it will be a fight… face-off rather between Facebook maybe and the Fighter?

It could be. I think definitely we are gonna see the King’s speech in there. There was a big surprise when we saw the Producers Guild⁷ coming for the King’s Speech. I thought the King’s Speech had to win the Golden Globe so it will be a viable⁸ candidate for Best Picture. When the Producers Guild comes in and gives that the Award, that’s big news.

So, I’m gonna ask you again. In the lead-in the shows that lead up to the Oscars, do we get, you know, when we are filling out our cards for, let’s say, an informal poll, does that, does that give us a hint as to what the Oscars will do necessarily or not?

You have to think it does give you a hint. But remember a lot of those are critics. We don’t really know what the Academy thinks yet. And that’s what makes this moment so surprising. We think we know what’s gonna happen, but there are always a few surprises that we just haven’t seen come.

You have your car pulled out there in D.C. George, all set?

No, we are getting it ready today. One another question for Chris. What about James Franco? Since he’s gonna be hosting, you think he’s got a good shot at calling out his own name?

Well, I don’t think, I don’t necessarily know that he’s gonna win the Best Actor, but he may be the first guy to be a co-host and get a nomination since Paul Hogan. Back in the days of Crocodile Dundee, he got a Best Screenplay nomination. So nothing like thinking about James Franco and Paul Hogan in the same sense. That hasn’t happened in a year. I’ll tell you that much.

1 nominees   

n.被提名者，被任命者( nominee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She's one of the nominees. 她是被提名者之一。 来自超越目标英语 第2册
• A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。 来自互联网

2 endorse   

vt.(支票、汇票等)背书，背署；批注；同意

参考例句：

• No one is foolish enough to endorse it.没有哪个人会傻得赞成它。
• I fully endorse your opinions on this subject.我完全拥护你对此课题的主张。

3 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。

4 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

5 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句

6 animated   

adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的

参考例句：

• His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
• We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。

7 guild   

n.行会，同业公会，协会

参考例句：

• He used to be a member of the Writers' Guild of America.他曾是美国作家协会的一员。
• You had better incorporate the firm into your guild.你最好把这个公司并入你的行业协会。

8 viable   

adj.可行的，切实可行的，能活下去的

参考例句：

• The scheme is economically viable.这个计划从经济效益来看是可行的。
• The economy of the country is not viable.这个国家经济是难以维持的。