年轻影星担任奥斯卡颁奖主持人

时间：2011-03-05 05:35:56

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Oscar organizers tried something unprecedented¹ in the awards' 83-year history on Sunday -- entrusting² a young, attractive pair of Hollywood stars to host the film industry's highest honors.

奥斯卡组织者们周日尝试了一种在奥斯卡83年历史中从未有过的方式——让一对年轻迷人的好莱坞影星来主持这个电影业最高荣誉的颁奖典礼。

Oscar organizers tried something unprecedented in the awards‘ 83-year history on Sunday
And the two newly minted（刚完成的） masters of ceremony, James Franco and Anne Hathaway, wasted no time acknowledging their youth, and the notion that their presence might help lure³（诱惑，引诱） a generation of television viewers who have increasingly tuned⁴ out the Oscars in recent years.

"Anne," I must say, you look so beautiful and so hip," Franco, 32, himself a nominee⁵ as best actor, deadpanned as the two walked on stage to open the show.

Early in the show, presenter⁶ Justin Timberlake, an actor-singer popular with the young-adult crowd, appeared to use a smart-phone computer app to illuminate⁷（阐明，说明） a "Shrek" backdrop to introduce awards for animated⁸ films.

Two films wildly popular with young moviegoers this past year, "Twilight⁹" sequel "Eclipse" and "Harry¹⁰ Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1," figured prominently（显著地） in a pre-taped comic lip-syncing sequence.

But the show hardly turned its back on Hollywood of yesteryear. Kirk Douglas, 94, his speech badly slurred¹¹ from a stroke 15 years ago, shuffled¹² on stage with a cane¹³ to present the first acting¹⁴ award, the Oscar for best supporting actress, which went to Melissa Leo for "The Fighter."

Douglas, himself, alluded¹⁵ to the Oscar generation gap in complimenting（恭维，称赞） Hathaway on her looks.

"She's gorgeous," he said as the young actress blew him kisses. "Where were you when I was making pictures?"

A short time later, the night's Oscar winner for best original screenplay, David Seidler, 73, for "The King's Speech," proclaimed in his acceptance speech that he was the oldest person ever to claim that award.

The program frequently conjured¹⁶ up（想起） images and music from Oscar-winning film blockbusters of yore, from "Gone with the Wind" to "Star Wars" and "Titanic¹⁷."

The tension between young and old was orchestrated by producers, who have said they sought to reconnect movie fans with Hollywood history while giving the show a contemporary feel that would attract viewers in the key 18- to- 49-year-old ratings demographic prized by advertisers.

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1 unprecedented
adj.无前例的，新奇的
参考例句：
The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。 A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

2 entrusting
v.委托，托付( entrust的现在分词 )
参考例句：
St. Clare had just been entrusting Tom with some money, and various commissions. 圣？克莱亚刚交给汤姆一笔钱，派他去办几件事情。来自辞典例句 The volume of business does not warrant entrusting you with exclusive agency at present. 已完成的营业额还不足以使我方目前委托你方独家代理。来自外贸英语口语25天快训

3 lure
n.吸引人的东西，诱惑物；vt.引诱，吸引
参考例句：
Life in big cities is a lure for many country boys.大城市的生活吸引着许多乡下小伙子。 He couldn't resist the lure of money.他不能抵制金钱的诱惑。

4 tuned
adj.调谐的，已调谐的v.调音( tune的过去式和过去分词 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调
参考例句：
The resort is tuned in to the tastes of young and old alike. 这个度假胜地适合各种口味，老少皆宜。 The instruments should be tuned up before each performance. 每次演出开始前都应将乐器调好音。来自《简明英汉词典》

5 nominee
n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者
参考例句：
His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。 Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

6 presenter
n.（电视、广播的）主持人，赠与者
参考例句：
Most people think being a television presenter is exciting.很多人认为当电视节目主持人是一件刺激的事情。 The programme dispensed with its most popular presenter.这个节目最受欢迎的主持人被换掉了。

7 illuminate
vt.照亮，照明；用灯光装饰；说明，阐释
参考例句：
Dreams kindle a flame to illuminate our dark roads.梦想点燃火炬照亮我们黑暗的道路。 They use games and drawings to illuminate their subject.他们用游戏和图画来阐明他们的主题。

8 animated
adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的
参考例句：
His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。 We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。

9 twilight
n.暮光，黄昏；暮年，晚期，衰落时期
参考例句：
Twilight merged into darkness.夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中。 Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth.薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味。

10 harry
vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼
参考例句：
Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。 Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

11 slurred
含糊地说出( slur的过去式和过去分词 )；含糊地发…的声；侮辱；连唱
参考例句：
She had drunk too much and her speech was slurred. 她喝得太多了，话都说不利索了。 You could tell from his slurred speech that he was drunk. 从他那含糊不清的话语中你就知道他喝醉了。

12 shuffled
v.洗（纸牌）( shuffle的过去式和过去分词 )；拖着脚步走；粗心地做；摆脱尘世的烦恼
参考例句：
He shuffled across the room to the window. 他拖着脚走到房间那头的窗户跟前。 Simon shuffled awkwardly towards them. 西蒙笨拙地拖着脚朝他们走去。来自《简明英汉词典》

13 cane
n.手杖，细长的茎，藤条；v.以杖击，以藤编制的
参考例句：
This sugar cane is quite a sweet and juicy.这甘蔗既甜又多汁。 English schoolmasters used to cane the boys as a punishment.英国小学老师过去常用教鞭打男学生作为惩罚。

14 acting
n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的
参考例句：
Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。 During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

15 alluded
提及，暗指( allude的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
In your remarks you alluded to a certain sinister design. 在你的谈话中，你提到了某个阴谋。 She also alluded to her rival's past marital troubles. 她还影射了对手过去的婚姻问题。

16 conjured
用魔术变出( conjure的过去式和过去分词 )；祈求，恳求；变戏法；（变魔术般地）使…出现
参考例句：
He conjured them with his dying breath to look after his children. 他临终时恳求他们照顾他的孩子。 His very funny joke soon conjured my anger away. 他讲了个十分有趣的笑话，使得我的怒气顿消。

17 titanic
adj.巨人的，庞大的，强大的
参考例句：
We have been making titanic effort to achieve our purpose.我们一直在作极大的努力，以达到我们的目的。 The island was created by titanic powers and they are still at work today.台湾岛是由一个至今仍然在运作的巨大力量塑造出来的。