Lady Gaga 可能要得奥斯卡？
《一个明星的诞生》（A Star Is Born）讲述了一个渐趋过气的男明星帮助一个有着明星梦的女孩实现梦想的故事。这部经典好莱坞爱情片曾三次被搬上大银幕，各个版本更先后获得奥斯卡金像奖最佳男女主角提名、最佳原创音乐等多项殊荣。2018年，这一经典故事再度起航，著名演员布莱德利•库珀（Bradley Cooper）身兼导演、编剧、制片人、主演等数职，联袂流行音乐天后 Lady Gaga 主演并实力包办数首动听歌曲，才子佳人强强联合，一场悲喜交加的音乐爱情故事即将拉开帷幕。
Lady Gaga 在本部影片当中洗尽铅华，告别了平日夸张的服饰与妆容，以普通人形象成功演绎了一个喜爱音乐的逐梦女孩。其实本部影片并不是 Lady Gaga 第一次涉足表演——早在 2015年，她就主演了美剧《美国恐怖故事：旅馆》，并因此获得了金球奖迷你剧集和电视电影类最佳女主角。不知道这部《一个明星的诞生》能否能成为她的下一部代表作，助她拿到小金人呢？
本篇课程首发于2018年10月19日，节选自 The New York Times
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Lady Gaga on the edge of potential Oscar glory
① Lady Gaga's latest film became an instant blockbuster over the weekend, helping push theaters to an October ticket-selling record.
② "A Star Is Born," actor-turned-director Bradley Cooper's remake of a Hollywood classic in the late 1930s, exceeded the prerelease expectations of box-office analysts by roughly 30 percent.
③ The original production is such a great Hollywood myth that it's no wonder Hollywood keeps telling it.
④ Whatever the era, the director or the headliners, it relates the story of two lovers on dramatically differing paths: a famous man who's furiously racing to the bottom and a woman who's soaring to the top.
⑤ Mr. Cooper does a lot right in this take on "A Star Is Born," beginning with the casting of Lady Gaga, whose disarming, naturalistic presence is crucial to the movie's force.
⑥ A post-Madonna pop artist known for her elaborate stagecraft and costumes, she has been stripped down here.
⑦ This unmasking of Lady Gaga makes her character seem genuine, a quality that the movie champions and that serves as a kind of thematic first principle.
▍生词好句
on the edge of: 在……的边缘；接近
· Global warming is pushing polar bears towards the edge of extinction.
全球变暖正在把北极熊推向灭绝的边缘。
potential /pəˈtenʃəl/: adj. 潜在的；有可能的
blockbuster /ˈblɒkˌbʌstə/: n. 形容很成功、产生轰动效果的东西（比如电影等）；大片
· megahit /ˈmeɡəˌhɪt/: n. 爆款电影
· box-office juggernaut /ˈdʒʌɡənɔːt/: 票房冠军
remake /ˈriːmeɪk/: n. 翻拍；重制
exceed /ɪkˈsiːd/: vt. 超过
prerelease /priːrɪˈliːs/: n.（电影的）预映
· press release: 通讯稿；公关稿
roughly /ˈrʌfli/: adv. 大约；大概
headliner /ˈhedlaɪnə/: n. 影视剧中的主演
relate /rɪˈleɪt/: vt. 讲述
· narrate /nəˈreɪt/: vt. 讲述；叙述
· follow / center upon: 故事以……为线索/核心展开
dramatically /drəˈmætɪkli/: adv. 戏剧性地
differing /ˈdɪf(ə)rɪŋ/: adj. 不同的；有分歧的
race to the bottom: 急转直下
soar to the top: 平步青云
do right in sth.: 在……（方面）做得很对
take /teɪk/: n. 呈现；镜头
· long take: 长镜头
· Many directors have had their take on this subject.
很多导演都拍摄过这个题材。
casting /ˈkɑːstɪŋ/: n. 选角；角色分配
· be cast as: 扮演
· In "A Star Is Born," Lady Gaga is cast as a young musician whose talent is yet to be discovered.
在《一个巨星的诞生》中，Lady Gaga 扮演了一个才华被埋没的年轻音乐人。
disarming /dɪsˈɑːmɪŋ/: adj. 让人卸下防备的（文中可理解为“能让观众入戏的”）
naturalistic /ˌnætʃərəˈlɪstɪk/: adj. 自然的
crucial /ˈkruːʃəl/: adj. 决定性的；关键性的
elaborate /ɪˈlæbərət/: adj. 精心制作的；复杂的
stagecraft /ˈsteɪdʒkrɑːft/: n. 舞台表演；舞台技艺
· handicraft /ˈhændikrɑːft/: n.手工艺
· witchcraft /ˈwɪtʃkrɑːft/: n. 巫术
strip down: 洗尽铅华；卸下；脱去
genuine /ˈdʒenjuɪn, ˈdʒɛnyuˌaɪn/: adj. 真实的
champion /ˈtʃæmpiən/: vt. 捍卫
thematic /θɪˈmætɪk/: adj. 主题的
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李秋健、杨晶妍、陈鑫悦、章晓丹
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