这4位好莱坞女星的母语竟然不是英语[1]
<p><span word="It">It</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="role">role</span> <span word="models">models</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="inspire">inspire</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="illustrate">illustrate</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="learning">learning</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="step">step</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="highly">highly</span> <span word="successful">successful</span> <span word="career">career</span>. <span word="Teachers">Teachers</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="this">this</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="sometimes">sometimes</span> <span word="it">it</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="nice">nice</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="loftier">loftier</span> <span word="examples">examples</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="aspire">aspire</span> <span word="to">to</span>.</p><p>学英语时,榜样的激励作用至关重要——他们让我们意识到,学英语可能是人生改变和事业成功的第一步。虽然老师能起到这样的作用,但有时受人追捧的名人或许也可以担当此任。</p><p><span word="With">With</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="mind">mind</span>, <span word="here">here</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="reveal">reveal</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="celebrities">celebrities</span> <span word="whom">whom</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="surprised">surprised</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="discover">discover</span> <span word="learnt">learnt</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="language">language</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="common">common</span> – <span word="they">they</span>’<span word="re">re</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="Hollywood">Hollywood</span> <span word="stars">stars</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="they">they</span>’<span word="re">re</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="women">women</span>.</p><p>抱着这种想法,今天我们将介绍这四位名人:你可能不知道,其实英语只是她们的二外。这四位全都是好莱坞明星,且都是女性。</p><p>桑德拉·布洛克<span word="Despite">Despite</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="born">born</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Arlington">Arlington</span> <span word="County">County</span>, <span word="Virginia">Virginia</span>, <span word="Bullock">Bullock</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="raised">raised</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Nuremberg">Nuremberg</span>, <span word="Germany">Germany</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="father">father</span> – <span word="stationed">stationed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="charge">charge</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="Army">Army</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Military">Military</span> <span word="Post">Post</span> <span word="Service">Service</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span> – <span word="met">met</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="German">German</span> <span word="mother">mother</span>. <span word="Having">Having</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> 12 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Germany">Germany</span>, <span word="German">German</span> <span word="naturally">naturally</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="language">language</span>.</p><p>布洛克虽出生于弗吉尼亚的阿灵顿,却成长于德国纽伦堡。她的父亲是美国人,曾于欧洲负责主管美国陆军邮政局。她的母亲是德国人。纽伦堡是布洛克父母的相遇之处。布洛克在德国生活了十二年,德语自然而然成为了她的母语。</p>
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