20110209 Sally Hawkins – Toronto's Belle of the Ball (1)

Sally Hawkins – Toronto's Belle of the Ball

This star loves both the theater and film

Sally Hawkins loves movies – even the not so great ones. "I love film," she says. "I love all genres of film. It's still exciting for me. I even love the ones that aren't so good. There's always a piece of magic there, always a moment which engages you or moves you in different ways." So it's appropriate that she's the big Toronto player – with three movies at the Toronto International Film Festival. Hawkins, 34, stars in the much-buzzed-about Never Let Me Go, as well as Made in Dagenham and Submarine.

Don't ask her to choose her favorite when it comes to theater versus film. "I love both." she said. "I'm interested in creating stories. Theater is how I got into acting, and theater is how I learned." Even as a child growing up in southeast London, she was always playing characters. "In primary school I was engaged with creating characters with friends." she said. "It was like an extension of play."

engage v. 吸引住/從事某件事

eg: The magician's performance fully engaged the audience.

=> 這位魔術師的表演完全吸引住觀眾

eg: Work engages most of Bobby's life. He hardly spends time with his family.

=> 工作佔掉Bobby生活中大多數的時間，他幾乎沒有時間可以跟家人相處.

buzz v. 嘰嘰喳喳的討論/引發討論

=> talk about

eg: The girls are buzzing about what they should wear to the prom.

=> 女孩子們嘰嘰喳喳的討論該穿什麼衣服去參加畢業舞會

eg: The whold company buzzed with the news of the merger.

=> 整個公司流傳著合併案的消息

versus prep. 對抗/與...相對

=> 略寫vs.

eg: Tonight's game is the Red Sox versus the Dodgers.

=> 今晚的球賽是紅襪隊和道奇隊的比賽

versu n. 法律上的訴訟

eg: The Robinson vs. Clark case made the headlines today.

=> Robinson 和 Clark的訴訟今天登上了頭版新聞

belle 美女

ball 舞會

be the belle of the ball 成為舞會裡最漂亮的女生/豔冠群芳

=> the center of attention

=> the most popular woman at this dance

eg: Whenever Samantha appears, she is always the belle of the ball.

=> Samantha一出现，她總是豔冠群芳。

eg: After a successful makeover, Vanessa became last night's belle of the ball at the party.

=> 經過成功的改造之後， Vanessa成為昨晚派對中最醒目的女生。

genre n. 文藝作品之類型

=> different category/type of

player n. 演員

=> someone who acts in a play

=> someone who is competing in something

primary school 小學

=> elementary school

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I love film. I love all genres of film.

=> film 這裡的單數並不是表示只喜歡一部電影

=> 而是喜歡電影這個藝術工具、電影的製作、電影的拍攝等

film n. 電影

=> 有藝術價值/有深度的電影

film festival影展

movie n. 電影

=> 用於比較大眾化、娛樂性質的商業片。

the big screen n. 大銀幕/電影

the big screen adj. 電影的

eg: He is a big screen star.

=> He is a movie star.

small screen

=> TV

//== More Information ==//

Actress Sally Hawkins has avoided being typecast by giving convincing performances in a variety of roles. Her breakout performance was as the charismatic schoolteacher Poppy in the 2008 film Happy Go Lucky. In Submarine, Hawkins played a self-absorbed mother of a teenage boy who has a vivid imagination. In Made in Dagenham, Hawkins plays a hardworking machinist who engineers an important workers strike.