世界名人简介 第88期:娜奥米·坎贝尔

 Naomi Campbell was one of the most beautiful supermodels of the 1990s. Born in 1970, she hails from London, England. Her mother was a Jamaican dancer. Her father left when she was just two months old. She gets her exotic looks from her Jamaican-Chinese grandmother. Naomi said: "My features are completely ethnic¹, and I'm proud of them.”

娜奥米·坎贝尔是90年代最靓丽的超模之一。1970年，坎贝尔出生于英格兰伦敦。母亲是一位牙买加舞者。父亲在她2个月大时就抛弃了她。她的祖母为牙买加华裔。娜奥米称：“我的外貌来自多种族家庭，我感到非常骄傲。”

Success came early for the young Naomi. Her first job was at the age of seven in a Bob Marley video. At 15, a modelling agency spotted² her shopping in London and within a year she was on the front cover of ‘Elle’ magazine. The rest is history. She has appeared on the cover of fashion magazines over 500 times.

娜奥米出名很早。7岁那年，她在鲍勃·马莱影像公司谋求了第一份工作。15岁那年，某模特公司在伦敦超市发现娜奥米，1年之内，她登上了“Elle”封面杂志。随后的事情就不必赘述。杂志封面次数超过了500次。

Campbell has led the life of a celebrity³. She was the first black cover girl for ‘Vogue’ magazine and appeared nude⁴ for Playboy. She has been linked romantically to Mike Tyson and Robert de Niro. She released a music album which sold over a million copies and was number one in Japan. Her ambitions have also resulted in her own fashion and perfume brands.

娜奥米过上了名人生活。她还是首位刊登在“Vogue”的黑人女孩，并在《花花公子》上裸体上镜。她还与迈克·泰森，罗伯特·德尼罗传出绯闻。娜奥米还发表个人专辑，销量破百万，并成为日本销量冠军。她还开创了自己的服装和香水品牌。

Since 1997, Campbell has been involved in charity work. She says one of her greatest joys was working with Nelson Mandela, helping⁵ children in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2005, she helped create the event Fashion Relief, which raised millions for Hurricane Katrina victims. Campbell also has a less enviable side to her character. She has a history of arrests for physically⁶ and verbally abusing others.

自1997年起，坎贝尔开始参加公益事业。她称能够与曼德拉一起工作是最开心的事，坎贝尔还救济了撒哈拉以南的非洲儿童。2005年，娜奥米帮助举办慈善秀，并为卡特里娜飓风遇难者筹集数百万善款。但她也并非样样得意。她曾因辱骂和殴打他人而被捕入狱。

1.link to 使相关联

例句:Liver cancer is linked to the hepatitis B virus.

肝癌与乙肝病毒存在关联。

2.Sub-Saharan Africa 撒哈拉以南的非洲

例句:The big losers will be the undeveloped countries, especially sub-Saharan Africa.

受害最深的将是不发达国家，尤其是非洲撒哈拉沙漠以南地区。

3.involved in 使参与

例句:Before too long he started involving me in the more confidential⁷ aspects of the job.

不久,他便开始让我介入工作中更机密的方面。

4.result in 导致

例句:The game resulted in another victory for our team.

比赛结果, 我们队又获胜了。

1 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

2 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

3 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

4 nude   

adj.裸体的；n.裸体者，裸体艺术品

参考例句：

• It's a painting of the Duchess of Alba in the nude.这是一幅阿尔巴公爵夫人的裸体肖像画。
• She doesn't like nude swimming.她不喜欢裸泳。

5 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

6 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

7 confidential   

adj.秘（机）密的，表示信任的，担任机密工作的

参考例句：

• He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.他不让秘书处理机密文件。
• We have a confidential exchange of views.我们推心置腹地交换意见。