美国国家公共电台 NPR Oscar Nominee Lin Manuel-Miranda Aims For EGOT

 

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:

The Academy Awards are this Sunday. And the playwright¹ and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda is up for best original song for this. It's called "How Far I'll Go" from the film "Moana."

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "MOANA")

AULI'I CRAVALHO: (As Moana, singing) See the line where the sky meets the sea. It calls me. And no one knows how far it goes.

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:

I love your interpretive dance.

CORNISH: If he wins, Miranda will become just the 13th person to graduate to EGOT status.

SHAPIRO: EGOT - that's Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony, referring to people who have won all four.

CORNISH: Now, here's a little challenge. We're going to play some of the work of the 12 past EGOTs.

SHAPIRO: Some of them are producers or orchestrators, not necessarily people you see on screen. So you may not get all of these, but see how many you can figure out.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SOME ENCHANTED² EVENING")

EZIO PINZA: (Singing) Some enchanted evening, you may see a stranger.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE SIN OF MADELON CLAUDET")

HELEN HAYES: (As Madelon Claudet) I wish I was dead. All I wanted was to die.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTRESS: (As character) You're going to be so happy. And you've got the sweetest little baby.

HAYES: (As Madelon Claudet) I don't want it. I don't want it.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THE WAY WE WERE")

BARBRA STREISAND: (Vocalizing).

(SOUNDBITE OF PLAY, "THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST")

JOHN GIELGUD: (As Jack³ Worthing) In order to get up to town, I have always pretended to have a younger brother of the name of Ernest, who lives in the Albany and gets into the most dreadful scrapes. That, my dear Algy, is the whole truth, pure and simple.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "WEST SIDE STORY")

RITA MORENO: (As Anita, singing) Life can be bright in America.

GEORGE CHAKIRIS: (As Bernardo, singing) If you can fight in America.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "ROMAN HOLIDAY")

AUDREY HEPBURN: (As Princess Ann) This is very unusual. I've never been alone with a man before, even with my dress on. With my dress off, it's most unusual.

(SOUNDBITE OF PLAY, "A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC")

GLYNIS JOHNS: (As Desiree Armfeldt, singing) Where are the clowns? Send in the clowns.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE PRODUCERS")

UNIDENTIFIED CHOIR⁴: (Singing) And now it's...

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character, singing) Springtime for Hitler and Germany.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE GRADUATE")

DUSTIN HOFFMAN: (As Ben Braddock) Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce⁵ me.

ANNE BANCROFT: (As Mrs. Robinson, laughter).

HOFFMAN: (As Ben Braddock) Aren't you?

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "GHOST")

PATRICK SWAYZE: (As Sam Wheat) Molly, you're in danger.

WHOOPI GOLDBERG: (As Oda Mae Brown) Now, you can't just blurt⁶ it out like that. And quit moving around, will you, because you're starting to make me dizzy. I'll just tell her in my own way. Molly, you in danger, girl.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN")

JAVIER BARDEM: (As Anton Chigurh) What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss? Call it, friendo.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "FROZEN")

IDINA MENZEL: (As Elsa) The snow glows white on the mountain tonight, not a footprint to be seen.

CORNISH: That's just some of the work that earned 12 different artists the EGOT. How'd you do?

SHAPIRO: Let's check. The last one you heard was Robert Lopez, who wrote "Let It Go" for the film "Frozen."

CORNISH: Producer Scott Rudin, we heard a little bit of dialogue from "No Country For Old Men."

SHAPIRO: The actress Whoopi Goldberg, a famous line from her role in "Ghost."

CORNISH: Director Mike Nichols. That was the bit from "The Graduate."

SHAPIRO: Writer, actor and producer Mel Brooks⁷. We heard "Springtime For Hitler" from "The Producers."

CORNISH: Orchestrator Jonathan Tunick with his interpretation⁸ of "Send In The Clowns" from "A Little Night Music."

SHAPIRO: A legendary⁹ Audrey Hepburn with a line from "Roman Holiday."

CORNISH: Actor-singer Rita Moreno from her star-making turn in "West Side Story."

SHAPIRO: The actor Sir John Gielgud with a moment from "The Importance Of Being Earnest."

CORNISH: And composer Marvin Hamlisch. We heard "The Way We Were."

SHAPIRO: Also, the first lady of American theater, Helen Hayes from her film "The Sin Of Madelon Claudet."

CORNISH: And we started with composer Richard Rogers. "South Pacific" won the Tony for best musical in 1950. We heard "Some Enchanted Evening."

SHAPIRO: And to end where we began, as we mentioned, if Lin-Manuel Miranda wins an Oscar on Sunday, he will become the youngest person ever to EGOT.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "FROZEN")

MENZEL: (As Elsa, singing) Let it go. Let it go. I am one with the wind and sky. Let it go. Let it go. You'll never see me cry.

CORNISH: Tomorrow on WEEKEND EDITION, hear about one enduring feature of the Hollywood look - fake eyelashes.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "DINNER AT EIGHT")

JEAN HARLOW: (As Kitty Packard) I've told you a million times not to talk to me while I'm doing my lashes¹⁰.

CORNISH: From the glued-on fringe kind like Jean Harlow's in the 1933 film "Dinner At Eight" to the sophisticated lash-by-lash techniques of today.

UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: So I'm just going to have you try to relax your eyes. So just keep it closed throughout the whole entire process.

UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: OK.

CORNISH: That's for journalism¹¹, folks. Fake Eyelashes then and now tomorrow on WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News.

1 playwright   

n.剧作家，编写剧本的人

参考例句：

• Gwyn Thomas was a famous playwright.格温·托马斯是著名的剧作家。
• The playwright was slaughtered by the press.这位剧作家受到新闻界的无情批判。

2 enchanted   

adj. 被施魔法的，陶醉的，入迷的 动词enchant的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• She was enchanted by the flowers you sent her. 她非常喜欢你送给她的花。
• He was enchanted by the idea. 他为这个主意而欣喜若狂。

3 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

4 choir   

n.唱诗班，唱诗班的席位，合唱团，舞蹈团；v.合唱

参考例句：

• The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
• The church choir is singing tonight.今晚教堂歌唱队要唱诗。

5 seduce   

vt.勾引，诱奸，诱惑，引诱

参考例句：

• She has set out to seduce Stephen.她已经开始勾引斯蒂芬了。
• Clever advertising would seduce more people into smoking.巧妙策划的广告会引诱更多的人吸烟。

6 blurt   

vt.突然说出，脱口说出

参考例句：

• If you can blurt out 300 sentences,you can make a living in America.如果你能脱口而出300句英语，你可以在美国工作。
• I will blurt out one passage every week.我每星期要脱口而出一篇短文！

7 brooks   

n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch. 哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时，狠狠地揍了他一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Ade and Brooks exchanged blows yesterday and they were severely punished today. 艾德和布鲁克斯昨天打起来了，今天他们受到严厉的惩罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 interpretation   

n.解释，说明，描述；艺术处理

参考例句：

• His statement admits of one interpretation only.他的话只有一种解释。
• Analysis and interpretation is a very personal thing.分析与说明是个很主观的事情。

9 legendary   

adj.传奇（中）的，闻名遐迩的；n.传奇（文学）

参考例句：

• Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
• Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。

10 lashes   

n.鞭挞( lash的名词复数 )；鞭子；突然猛烈的一击；急速挥动v.鞭打( lash的第三人称单数 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥

参考例句：

• Mother always lashes out food for the children's party. 孩子们聚会时，母亲总是给他们许多吃的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Never walk behind a horse in case it lashes out. 绝对不要跟在马后面，以防它突然猛踢。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 journalism   

n.新闻工作，报业

参考例句：

• He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师，可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
• He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。