20090710 -- Emma Roberts (1)

Emma Roberts

This young star has more than just her aunt's famous smile
In first grade, Emma Roberts' teacher asked her students to write down what they wanted to be when they grew up. While the other kids wrote "astronaut" or "doctor," Emma wrote "actress." That's not surprising, considering she visited her first movie set when she was only 2 weeks old - and has been on them ever since. As the daughter of Oscar-nominated actor Eric Roberts and the niece of superstar Julia Roberts, Emma has acting in her blood. The bright-eyed 18-year-old is proving she has true movie star talent and not just a famous name.


After several small movies roles, including ones alongside Johnny Depp, Bruce Willis and her anut Julia, Emma's big break come in 2004. That year, she began starring in Unfabulous, a hit serious on kids' network Nickelodeon. She played the lead role of Addie Singer, an unpopular junior high schooler who wrote her own songs. While filming the show, she became one of the first adolescent actors to keep an ongoing blog about working on a TV show. Emma used it to let fans in on behind-the-scences action as well as introduce them to Hollywood lingo



nominate v. 提名/推薦
-> put forward for special honor
nominate for/as
nominee n. 提名人
eg: Several Grammy-nominated singers performed at the sold-out concert.
eg: Sandra was nominated for the chairperson of the committee.
eg: We nominated Paul as the leader of our study group.

in one's blood 來自家傳的天賦
= run in one's family
eg: As the grandson of a governor and the son of a mayor, Bill has politics in his blood.
eg: Geoffrey has singing in his blood. His father is a famous tenor.
eg: Many of Frankie's family are good at math. It runs in the family.

alongside prep. 在某個對象的旁邊
-> beside
eg: Nancy landed a newspaper job alongside some of the best reporters in the state.
eg: Hank parked his car alongside ours.
eg: Yvonne sat alongside her best friend Janet during the class.


adolescent adj. 青少年的/青春期的
-> a person between childhood and adult
-> teenager
eg: Thousands of excited adolescent girls showed up for the Jonas Brothers concert.

niece n. 姪女/外甥女

lingo n. 行話
eg: You had better to learn the lingo before you study economics.

-> vacabulary/language


//== Chat room ==//

the suffix -ess is the one that means female


actress
waitress
stewardess (客機、輪船)女服務員/女幹事/女管家

gender-neutral 性別中立
policeman 男警
policewoman 女警
->police officer

waitor
waitress
-> server

actor 男性演員
actress 女性演員
課文中用actor和actress來形容Emma，用actress是因為Emma為女演員，
one of the first adolescent actors -> 指的是廣義的所有青少年演員，因此用了男女都適用的actors

stewardess
-> flight attendant 空服員

//== Did you know ==//

Last year, Vanity Fair magazine added Emma to its elite "Bright Young Hollywood" list.
Emma is extremely close to her aunt, Julia Roberts.
Many claim that the two are look-alikes.
Emma loves to read and play volleyball.
Her favorite actors are Matt Damon and Johnny Depp.
Her favorite actresses are Reese Witherspoon and Cameron Diaz.
Emma has a cat named Coco Chanel.