本课您将学到:dire(可怕的),senior(年长的),前缀bi-的含义
索菲亚·罗兰在60岁时,被公认为世界最美丽的女人,是什么使她具有这样经久不衰的魅力?今天,我们就来了解她的故事......
Born Sofia Scicolone, on Sept. 20, 1934, in Rome. An illegitimate(非法的、私生的) child of Romilda Villani and Riccardo Scicolone, she grew up in dire poverty(贫穷), in the slums(贫民窟) of Pozzuoli. Her mother, a frustrated(失意的) actress, instilled starring(当明星) aspirations(热望、志向) in the skinny little Sofia.
后来,她终于用参加选美的方式获得了众人的目光。
Sofia met producer and future husband Carlo Ponti while competing in a beauty contest(选美会). Loren and Ponti, 24 years her senior, were married in 1957, following his Mexican divorce from his estranged wife(已分居但尚未离婚之妻). Unfortunately the Italian law did not recognize the divorce(离婚) and charged(控告) them with bigamy(重婚罪).
直到1966年,这对有情人才在法国获得了合法的婚姻。
【世博读书笔记】
9月20日出生于罗马Sofia Scicolone 的Sofia,(Born Sofia Scicolone, on Sept. 20, 1934, in Rome.)是Romilda Villani和 Riccardo Scicolone的私生女,(An illegitimate child of Romilda Villani and Riccardo Scicolone)她从小在Pozzuoli的贫民窟长大。(she grew up in dire poverty, in the slums of Pozzuoli)
dire:可怕的、悲惨的,常常用来指灾难、悲苦等,比如a dire calamity可怕的灾难;dire warnings可怖的预兆;dire news噩耗。与它的同义词比较,terrible在程度上没有dire强烈,而dreadful和horrible更强调恐怖的、讨厌的事情,比如:
a dreadful movie
极糟糕的影片
The food at the hotel was horrible.
旅馆里的食物糟透了。
索菲亚的妈妈虽然是个失意的演员,(Her mother, a frustrated actress)但当明星的渴望依然不断影响着小索菲亚。(instilled starring aspirations in the skinny little Sofia)