美国国家公共电台 NPR He Called Himself 'One Lucky Bastard': Sir Roger Moore Dies At 89

 

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

And we are sad to report this morning that the actor Sir Roger Moore has died at the age of 89. Roger Moore played the role of James Bond between 1973 and 1985. He was knighted in his home country of England in 2003. Reporter Jacki Lyden has this remembrance.

JACKI LYDEN, BYLINE¹: Roger Moore was the third of six actors who played James Bond on the silver screen.

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LYDEN: His first Bond movie was "Live And Let Die," released in 1973.

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ROGER MOORE: (As James Bond) My name's Bond, James Bond.

JANE SEYMOUR: (As Solitaire) I know who you are.

LYDEN: He's starred in Bond movies over 12 years, his last one in 1985. Moored² embraced the Bond legend for decades afterward³. He published four books about his playing Agent 007, all of them with a sense of humor. Some Bond fans thought Moore was too soft, too pretty for the role. In his 2008 memoir⁴, "My Word Is My Bond," he called the character a lover and a giggler⁵.

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MOORE: No, I even look as though I'd squeeze them to death with love and lust⁶.

LYDEN: That was Moore on NPR in 2014. Bond certainly wasn't Roger Moore's first role as a man of action. He got practice in making secret break ins and daring escapes in the 1960s in the British TV series "The Saint." He played Simon Templar, a criminal mastermind who steals from the evil and the corrupt⁷.

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MOORE: (As Simon Templar) One of your scientists discovered something that may have been a byproduct of his actual research, but because he was never questioned, he was able to develop it in absolute secrecy⁸. What I think he made was a weapon.

LYDEN: Roger Moore was born in October 1927 in London and raised by two working-class parents to whom he was very close. He was an only child, and he joked that his parents attained⁹ perfection on the first try. Moore appeared to lead a charmed existence. He even titled one memoir "One Lucky Bastard¹⁰." For decades, Moore lived abroad as a tax exile. He was knighted for his humanitarian¹¹ work with UNICEF. When he was a young man, he read a good line in a bad script, which stayed with him the rest of his life, and he shared the line in his 2014 NPR interview.

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MOORE: My attitude about death is going into the next room and it's a room the rest us can't go into because we don't have the key. But when we do get the key, we'll go in and we'll see one another again.

LYDEN: Sir Roger Moore. For NPR News, I'm Jacki Lyden.

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1 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

2 moored   

adj. 系泊的 动词moor的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London. 该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。
• We shipped (the) oars and moored alongside the bank. 我们收起桨，把船泊在岸边。

3 afterward   

adv.后来；以后

参考例句：

• Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
• Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。

4 memoir   

n.[pl.]回忆录，自传；记事录

参考例句：

• He has just published a memoir in honour of his captain.他刚刚出了一本传记来纪念他的队长。
• In her memoir,the actress wrote about the bittersweet memories of her first love.在那个女演员的自传中，她写到了自己苦乐掺半的初恋。

5 giggler   

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6 lust   

n.性(淫)欲；渴(欲)望；vi.对…有强烈的欲望

参考例句：

• He was filled with lust for power.他内心充满了对权力的渴望。
• Sensing the explorer's lust for gold, the chief wisely presented gold ornaments as gifts.酋长觉察出探险者们垂涎黄金的欲念，就聪明地把金饰品作为礼物赠送给他们。

7 corrupt   

v.贿赂，收买；adj.腐败的，贪污的

参考例句：

• The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
• This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。

8 secrecy   

n.秘密，保密，隐蔽

参考例句：

• All the researchers on the project are sworn to secrecy.该项目的所有研究人员都按要求起誓保守秘密。
• Complete secrecy surrounded the meeting.会议在绝对机密的环境中进行。

9 attained   

（通常经过努力）实现( attain的过去式和过去分词 )； 达到； 获得； 达到（某年龄、水平、状况）

参考例句：

• She has attained the degree of Master of Arts. 她已获得文学硕士学位。
• Lu Hsun attained a high position in the republic of letters. 鲁迅在文坛上获得崇高的地位。

10 bastard   

n.坏蛋，混蛋；私生子

参考例句：

• He was never concerned about being born a bastard.他从不介意自己是私生子。
• There was supposed to be no way to get at the bastard.据说没有办法买通那个混蛋。

11 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。