【英语时差8,16】Dream Job – Actor 梦想职业-演员 （1）

If you didn’t have to work to make a living,then what would you like to do? What would you fancy doing to make a living?If money wasn’t a problem, family responsibilities or education, if you could set all that to one side.Then what would you really like to do? We all dream from time to time about giving up our day job. A dream job. What would you really like to do for a job? But what is the nation’s favourite dream job? In the UK, the number one dream job is actor. We’ll be hearing expert views about why so many people think that acting¹ is the perfect job for them. The stage has a particular high about it, The intensity² of it is fantastic. It's absolutely fantastic. The best bits about acting I suppose, in a way, it's the people you meet in the business because they really are wonderful. Dare I say we are a breed unto ourselves. Let’s hear actors themselves talk about their job requirements. To be a good actor, you have to be quite a sensitive person, understand human behaviour. I mean it's a fascinating job, you’re partly an anthropologist³, you're digging into, why do we do things, what makes us do things. Young actresses Jessica Stevenson and Kacey Ainsworth share their views on acting with us. It’s about a kind of stamina⁴, a kind of emotional almost physical stamina in terms of staying focused, making sure you are still in the moment.

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 intensity   

n.强烈，剧烈；强度；烈度

参考例句：

• I didn't realize the intensity of people's feelings on this issue.我没有意识到这一问题能引起群情激奋。
• The strike is growing in intensity.罢工日益加剧。

3 anthropologist   

n.人类学家，人类学者

参考例句：

• The lecturer is an anthropologist.这位讲师是人类学家。
• The anthropologist unearthed the skull of an ancient human at the site.人类学家在这个遗址挖掘出那块古人类的颅骨。

4 stamina   

n.体力；精力；耐力

参考例句：

• I lacked the stamina to run the whole length of the race.我没有跑完全程的耐力。
• Giving up smoking had a magical effect on his stamina.戒烟神奇地增强了他的体力。