英语名人堂：詹妮弗·洛佩兹

詹妮弗·洛佩兹（Jennifer Lopez），1969年7月24日出生于美国纽约市，歌手、演员、电视制作人、流行设计师与舞者。[1] 

1986年，詹妮弗·洛佩兹在《我的小女孩》中饰演小角色出道，1990年詹妮弗·洛佩兹凭借电视剧《生动的颜色》成名。[2]  1997年詹妮弗·洛佩兹以《瑟琳娜》的逼真演绎提名1998年的金球奖。2003年詹妮弗·洛佩兹凭借《鸳鸯绑匪》成为该年的金酸莓奖的得主。2005年詹妮弗·洛佩兹以音乐专辑《新生》获得“白金唱片”的称号。2007年詹妮弗·洛佩兹凭借《剩女也疯狂》再次斩获金球奖。[3]  2014年詹妮弗·洛佩兹出席巴西世界杯开幕式并演唱了主题曲《我们是一家》。[4] 

 

Jennifer Lopez, a.k.a. J.Lo, is a multi-talented and influential¹ superstar. She is an actress, singer-songwriter, record producer, and dancer. She is also a very smart businesswoman and has used her fame to launch her own fashion line and perfumes. She has upset animal rights groups by using fur. She is the richest entertainer of Latin American ancestry² in Hollywood.

 

Lopez was born in 1969 and raised in the Bronx district of New York. She always dreamed of fame but left it quite late before she did something about it. When she was 19, she started singing and dancing lessons. After two years, she was selected as a dancer for MTV and as a backup singer for Janet Jackson.

 

In the 1990s, Lopez appeared in several hit movies. Her performance in the lead role in ‘Selena’ in 1997 received rave³ reviews. Lopez has appeared in over 20 movies. She released her debut⁴ album ‘On the 6’ in 1999, which was a top 10 hit in the US. She has released a total of seven albums in English and Spanish.

 

Lopez has expanded her business interests into many areas. In 2003, she launched her JLO brand, which is highly popular with young women. She followed this with her 2005 SweetFace and 2007 JustSweet collections. Her “Glow by J.Lo” perfume broke many sales records. Lopez also owns a restaurant in Miami and a film and television production company. There’s no telling in which direction J.Lo will venture next.

1 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

2 ancestry   

n.祖先，家世

参考例句：

• Their ancestry settled the land in 1856.他们的祖辈1856年在这块土地上定居下来。
• He is an American of French ancestry.他是法国血统的美国人。

3 rave   

vi.胡言乱语；热衷谈论；n.热情赞扬

参考例句：

• The drunkard began to rave again.这酒鬼又开始胡言乱语了。
• Now I understand why readers rave about this book.我现明白读者为何对这本书赞不绝口了。

4 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。