Level 4-Day 34.Julie Andrews

词汇提示

1.ballet 芭蕾舞

2.tap 踢踏舞

3.toddler 学步的儿童

4.tenor 男高音

5.octaves 八度音阶

6.half-brothers 同母异父的兄弟

7.stardom 明星地位

8.nanny 保姆

9.governess 家庭女教师

10.tragedy 悲剧

11.tumor 肿瘤

12.Dame 女爵士

原文

Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews, born Julia Elizabeth Wells, was born on October 1, 1935.

She lived in a small town called Walton-on-the-Thames in England, which is south of London.

Her father Ted Wells was a teacher, and mother Barbara was a pianist and piano teacher.

She also played piano for her sister's dancing school.

Julie learned ballet and tap as a toddler from her Aunt Joan Morris.

When Julie was four, her parents divorced and Barbara married Ted Andrews (a performer during the war and an excellent tenor).

At seven years of age, Julie had an unbelievable range of four octaves.

She soon changed her last name to "Andrews," the last name of her stepfather.

As she grew older, Julie became one of England's most popular performers.

In early childhood, Julie loved to play with her two younger half-brothers, but soon went on to stardom.

At age twelve, Julie was cast in a London play and stopped the show with her remarkable talent.

She starred in many different BBC productions during the forties.

Later, she starred in many Broadway plays such as The Boyfriend, My Fair Lady, and Camelot.

It was the latter play that Walt Disney made a special trip to New York to see, and he decided then and there that Julie was perfect for the role of Mary Poppins in the film of the same name.

Mary Poppins was the high-spirited, magical nanny of Jane and Michael Banks, two small British children.

Julie also starred in many other films, such as The Americanization of Emily, Hawaii, Thoroughly Modern Millie,and my personal favorite, The Sound of Music

In this production she plays Maria, the lively governess of Austrian Naval Captain Georg von Trapp's seven children:

Liesl, Fredric, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta and Gretl.

Another of Julie's talents is writing.

Two of her best-known books are The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles, and Mandy.

Julie also has five children.

A daughter, Emma Kate Walton, from her marriage to Tony Walton;four children from her second marriage to Blake Edwards, two of whom were from Blake's previous marriage,Jennifer and Geoffrey; and two who were adopted from Vietnam, Amy and Joanna.

In 1998, tragedy struck Julie.

She lost her extraordinary talent for singing due to surgery on her throat in order to remove a benign tumor.

A year later, she made an attempt to sing again; however, her voice will never be the same.

Julie has recently been on Britain's Royal Honor List and is now a Dame.

翻译

朱莉·安德鲁斯

朱莉·安德鲁斯出生于1935年10月1日，原名朱莉娅·伊丽莎白·威尔斯。
她住在英国泰晤士河畔一个叫沃尔顿的小镇，位于伦敦以南。
她的父亲泰德·威尔斯是一名教师，母亲芭芭拉是一名钢琴家和钢琴教师。
她还为姐姐的舞蹈学校弹钢琴。
朱莉还是个蹒跚学步的孩子，就从她的姑姑琼·莫里斯那里学习芭蕾舞和踢踏舞。
朱莉四岁时，她的父母离婚了，芭芭拉嫁给了泰德·安德鲁斯（战争期间的一名演员，也是一名优秀的男高音歌唱家）。
朱莉七岁时，就有令人难以置信四个八度音阶的音域。
她很快把自己的姓改成了“安德鲁斯”，这是继父的姓。
随着年龄的增长，朱莉成为英国最受欢迎的演员之一。
小时候，朱莉喜欢和两个同母异父的弟弟一起玩，但很快就成为了明星。
12岁时，朱莉出演了伦敦的一部戏剧，并停止了具有非凡天赋的演艺。
她在四十年代出演了许多不同的BBC节目。
后来，她出演了许多百老汇戏剧，如《男朋友》、《窈窕淑女》和《卡梅洛特》。
华特·迪士尼专程去纽约看了后一部戏，他当时就觉得朱莉非常适合在同名电影中扮演玛丽·波平斯。
玛丽·波平斯（Mary Poppins）是简和迈克尔·班克斯（Michael Banks）这两个英国小孩的意气风发的神奇保姆。
朱莉还出演了许多其他电影，如《艾米莉的美国化》、《夏威夷》、《彻底现代化的米莉》和我个人最爱的《音乐之声》
在这部影片中，她饰演玛利亚，奥地利海军上校格奥尔格·冯·特拉普的七个孩子的活泼家庭教师：
丽莎、弗雷德里克、路易莎、库尔特、布里吉塔、玛塔和格蕾特。
朱莉的另一个天赋是写作。
她最著名的两本书是《最后一只神奇的瓦多多》和《曼迪》。
朱莉还有五个孩子。
与托尼·沃尔顿结婚后的女儿艾玛·凯特·沃尔顿；她与布雷克·爱德华兹第二次婚姻中的四个孩子，其中两个来自布雷克的前一次婚姻，詹妮弗和杰弗里；还有两个是从越南收养的，艾米和乔安娜。
1998年，悲剧袭击了朱莉。
为了切除良性肿瘤，她做了喉部手术，因此失去了唱歌的天赋。
一年后，她再次尝试唱歌；然而，她的声音永远不会一样了。
朱莉最近被列入英国皇家荣誉名单，现在是一位女爵士。