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1、Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumour一、阅读理解Withautumnonthehorizon,theseason’sfirstOscarpetitorsarehere.Already, theHollywoodReporterhaspredictedthattheoften-snubbed(冷落的)LeonardoDiCapriocouldwin.Althoughbeforewegetsweptupinpredictions,it’snicetorememberthatlittlegoldmenarenotthereasonwelove
2、themovies.Theyshouldn’tbetheprimaryreasonforactinginthemeither.BillMurrayknowsthisfirsthand.Murraywaspositionedtowinhisfirst-everOscarAcademyAwardfor 2004’s“LostinTranslation”,buthelostittoSeanPenn.Yearslater,Murray explainedhowhetookthedefeatinstride(从容应对),andhiswordsshouldacta
3、sablueprintforanyonewhohasfailed:“Iwentthroughitoncebeforeandit’snicetogetnominatedandwinsomeprizes.Yougettogotodinnersandtelllittlestoriesandsoforth.Thenyougettogetdressedup.AndthenyougettobeonTV,whichissweet.Andyoucaneitherwinorlose.Wellyou’renotsupposedtosay‘lose’whenyoutalka
4、bouttheOscar.Youaresupposedtosay‘notchosen’.ButIlaterrealizedthatIhadgottenalittlecaughtupinthepossibilityofwinning.So,shameonmyselfforgettingcaughtinit.ButIwonalotoftheprizesforLostinTranslation.SoIthoughtitdidn’tseemunnaturaltoexpectthatIwouldberewardedjustonemoretime.Sowhenit
5、didn’thappen,Ithought,‘Well,that’skindoffunny.’Buttogetprizesisnotwhyyouwork.”Murrayisn’taloneinthosefeelings.NomentionofactorswithoutOscarswouldbepletewithoutrecognitionofLeonardoDiCaprio,whosaid,“Idon’tthinkIeverexpectedanythinglikeanOscarever,totellyouthetruth.Thatisnotmymoti
6、vationwhenIdotheseroles.IreallyammotivatedbybeingabletoworkwithgreatpeopleandcreateabodyofworkthatIcanlookbackandbeproudof.”PerhapsneitherMurraynorDiCapriowilleverbeintroducedasanAcademyAward-winningactor,butwinninganOscarforactingshouldn’tbethepoint.Herearesomeotheramazingactor
7、swhoneverwonanOscar,evenifyouthinktheydid:JulianneMoore,BradPitt,JohnnyDepp,TomCruise,HarrisonFord,WillSmith.Andtheyhaveproved that countlesstimesbefore.1.WecanlearnaboutBillMurrayfromthepassagethat_________.A.hefeltashamedthathedidn’twintheOscar.B.heneverexpectedhimselftowinthe
8、Oscar.C.hehadalreadywonmanyotherawardsbeforehef
