美国传奇导演加里马歇尔逝世 终年81岁

AS IT IS 2016-07-21 Famous Comedy Writer, Producer Garry Marshall Dies 美国传奇导演加里马歇尔逝世 终年81岁

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Garry Marshall was a comedy writer, producer and director. He was famous for creating television shows including The Odd Couple and Happy Days and directing the movies Pretty Woman and The Princess Diaries.

He died on Tuesday at the age of 81.

Marshall was involved as a writer, actor, producer or director on movies and television shows for almost 60 years.

Overnight Tuesday and into Wednesday, people Marshall worked with in Hollywood expressed their sadness and appreciation¹. Marshall was one of the trending topics on Twitter overnight.

Marshall started out as a writer for comedians² in New York. He started writing for The Tonight Show in 1959. In 1961, he moved to Hollywood to work in television.

Marshall helped the careers of many actors by casting them in his shows. They included Henry Winkler and Robin³ Williams.

Winkler played the iconic character “The Fonz” on Happy Days, a show that aired in the 1970s. Williams played “Mork,” an alien who came to live on Earth, on the show Mork and Mindy.

On Twitter, Winkler wrote: “Thank you for my professional life…”

Marshall directed the movie Pretty Woman. It starred Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. The film website IMDB lists Pretty Woman as one of the most popular and successful movies of the 1990s. Before starring in the film, Roberts only had small movie roles.

In honor of Marshall, one Twitter user posted a link to a famous scene from Pretty Woman. It shows Roberts’ character Vivian shopping on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. The twitter user said it “will forever hold a special place in my heart.”

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appreciation – n. a feeling of being grateful for something

cast – v. to assign roles for (a play, movie, etc.) to actors

iconic – adj. used to describe a person or place that is representative of something larger

alien – n. from somewhere other than the planet Earth

scene – n. a division of an act in a play during which the action takes place in a single place without a break in time

1 appreciation   

n.评价；欣赏；感谢；领会，理解；价格上涨

参考例句：

• I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
• I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。

2 comedians   

n.喜剧演员，丑角( comedian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The voice was rich, lordly, Harvardish, like all the boring radio comedians'imitations. 声音浑厚、威严，俨然是哈佛出身的气派，就跟无线电里所有的滑稽演员叫人已经听腻的模仿完全一样。 来自辞典例句
• He distracted them by joking and imitating movie and radio comedians. 他用开玩笑的方法或者模仿电影及广播中的滑稽演员来对付他们。 来自辞典例句

3 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。