美国有线新闻 CNN 2020年奥斯卡颁奖典礼再次不设置主持人

Which of these films won the very first Academy¹ Award for Best Picture in 1929? Wings, All Quiet on the Western Front, Grand Hotel, or It Happened One Night. Though it was called Outstanding Picture back then, the award went to a World War I drama called Wings.以下哪部电影获得1929年首届奥斯卡最佳影片奖？《翼》、《西线无战事》、《大饭店》还是《一夜风流》？当时奖项名为杰出影片，而以一战为背景的电影《翼》获此殊荣。

 

In last night's Oscars the 92nd Academy Award Ceremony it wasn't just results that the media were watching. It was the ratings². With tens of millions of viewers, the Oscars are one of the, if not the most watched show in America that isn't a sports event. But in recent years the Academy Awards have seen a decline³ in TV viewership. They hit an all-time low in 2018 with 26.5 million viewers but they bounced⁴ back a bit last year when the show got 29.6 million viewers.

昨晚，第92届奥斯卡颁奖典礼举行，而媒体关注的不仅仅是结果。还有收视率。即使不是收视率最高的，奥斯卡颁奖典礼也是美国收看人数最多的非体育节目，拥有数千万名观众。但最近几年，奥斯卡颁奖典礼的收视率有所下降。2018年，奥斯卡的收视人次为2650万，创下历史新低，但去年收视人次有所回升，达到2960万。

One thing unique about last year's show was that it didn't have a host and the Academy planned to try that again last night. We didn't have final viewership numbers when we put this show together so we don't know if the hostless approach helped but other awards shows in 2020 like the Golden Globes and the Grammys saw lower ratings. Regardless of how that played out, the business of nominating⁵ stars, movies and producers is a big one.

去年的颁奖典礼有一个独特之处——没有主持人，昨晚的奥斯卡颁奖典礼计划延续这一模式。在我们制作本期节目时，最终的收视率还未出炉，因此我们不知道这种不设主持人的方法是否有用，但2020年举行的其他颁奖典礼，比如金球奖和格莱美奖，收视率都有所下滑。不管结果如何，提名明星、电影和制片人都是一项庞大的产业。

1 academy   

n.(高等)专科院校；学术社团，协会，研究院

参考例句：

• This is an academy of music.这是一所音乐专科学院。
• I visited Chinese Academy of Sciences yesterday.我昨天去访问了中国科学院。

2 ratings   

n.等级( rating的名词复数 )；收视率；表示电影分级的数字（或字母）；（海军）水兵

参考例句：

• He won high ratings [marks] in all his examinations. 他所有的考试都获得高分。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The boat was operated by two naval ratings in dress whites. 船由两个穿着白色礼服的水兵驾驶。 来自辞典例句

3 decline   

n.衰微，跌落，下降；vt.使降低，婉谢；vi.下降，衰落，偏斜

参考例句：

• I must decline to show favour to any of the candidates.我必须拒绝偏袒任何一位候选人。
• The birthrate is on the decline.出生率在下降。

4 bounced   

v.弹回( bounce的过去式和过去分词 )；（电子邮件）被退回；拒付；（朝某个方向）颠簸行进

参考例句：

• The ball bounced twice before he could reach it. 球弹了两次他才接到。
• The new car bounced along the bumpy mountain road. 这辆新车在崎岖的山路上颠簸行驶。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 nominating   

提名…为候选人( nominate的现在分词 )； 任命； 挑选； 指定（时间、日期、名称等）

参考例句：

• The nominating committee laid its slate before the board. 提名委员会把候选人名单提交全体委员会讨论。
• The Nominating Committee shall select a nominee for each open Board position. 提名委员会应当为每一个公开的董事职位选择一位被提名者。