VOA标准英语2010年-After 50-Year Career, Jeff Bridges Sav

After  decades of masterful acting¹ and five Academy Award nominations², actor Jeff Bridges won the Oscar for best actor for his role as washed-out country singer Bad Blake in the music drama "Crazy Heart."

"Thank you, Mom and Dad for turning me onto such a groovy profession," he said when accepting the award.

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It took five decades and the role of a washed-up country singer for actor Jeff Bridges to finally win an Academy Award.

Bridges comes from a famous show business family. His father was actor Lloyd Bridges, whose career spanned 60 years and more than 100 films. Jeff Bridges's older brother, Beau, is also an acclaimed³ actor and the two have appeared on-screen together, including in the TV series "Hidden in America" about poverty in the United States.

It's a cause that's close to Jeff Bridges' heart. In 1983, he founded the End Hunger Network, a Los Angeles non-profit group that aims to raise awareness⁴ about world hunger.

"Every three days the same amount of people that died in Hiroshima from the bomb, die from hunger," he said.

Many people believe Bridges deserved an Oscar for his performance as "The Dude" in the 1998 Coen brothers film "The Big Lebowski," a funny existential story about mistaken identity.

Throughout the years, Bridges has tackled all kind of films: comedy, science fiction and dramas like "Crazy Heart," the film that finally brought him an Oscar.

Bridges plays a broken country singer trying to get a grip while drinking himself into oblivion. Yet, when he strums his guitar, we get a glimpse of the star he once was. Bridges' performance is intense yet subtle. His movements evoke⁵ the tired man he portrays⁶. His music is fluid and authentic⁷.

Filmmaker Scott Cooper says Bridges poured himself into the role. "It's an iconic screen performance and for a man who's had probably 50 films - and I know his work intimately - I would have to rank it among his best," said Cooper.

It took five decades and the role of a washed-up country singer to show that Bridges remains⁸ at the top of his game, and Oscar night was finally his.
 

1 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。

2 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

3 acclaimed   

adj.受人欢迎的

参考例句：

• They acclaimed him as the best writer of the year. 他们称赞他为当年的最佳作者。
• Confuscius is acclaimed as a great thinker. 孔子被赞誉为伟大的思想家。

4 awareness   

n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智

参考例句：

• There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
• Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。

5 evoke   

vt.唤起，引起，使人想起

参考例句：

• These images are likely to evoke a strong response in the viewer.这些图像可能会在观众中产生强烈反响。
• Her only resource was the sympathy she could evoke.她以凭借的唯一力量就是她能从人们心底里激起的同情。

6 portrays   

v.画像( portray的第三人称单数 )；描述；描绘；描画

参考例句：

• The museum collection vividly portrays the heritage of 200 years of canals. 博物馆的藏品让运河200 年的历史再现眼前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The film portrays Gandhi as a kind of superman. 这部电影把甘地描绘成一个超人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 authentic   

a.真的，真正的；可靠的，可信的，有根据的

参考例句：

• This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
• Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。

8 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。