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1、How to act 007 Sean Connery“My name is Bond James Bond,” Sean Connery informed the worlds moviegoers in 1962. In seven Bond films over a span of 21 years, the tall, dark Scot came to embody the suave secret agent whose code name was known around the globe: 007.But it didnt go very smooth to be a suc

2、cessful star. The exception was Robert Henderson, a 47-year-old Yank who direction South PacificOne day, Henderson had a long talk with the muscle man whose determination seemed irrepressible. Connery told Henderson he hoped to become a professional soccer player.“Well look,” said Henderson. “With s

3、occer, at 28 or 30, it all over. Then what do you do? Wouldnt you rather be an actor?” “How?” asked Connery, “I left school at 13.”Henderson nodded. “Youve practically no education. But you have an imagination and a mind. I will give you a list of ten books that you should read.”The “ten” books that

4、 Henderson mentioned were more like 200, including the complete works of Shakespeare, Thomas Wolfe and Oscar Wilde. But Connery tackled themevery day, applying all the energy and tenacity he got from his parents. He would go to the library and stay there till curtain time.Late at night, he would sit

5、 up with his tape recorder, hearing a voice that certainly wasnt Polish and was sounding little less Scottish. Acting, he decided after a year of this, was going to his career. And for his new life, Connery had chosen a new name.In 1957, the BBC produced Rod Serlings play Requiem for a heavyweight.

6、The down-and-out prize fighter, Mountain McClintock, was played by a young actor who head boxed in the Royal Navy. His nameSean Connery.The same year, Connery was cast in a production of Anna Christie. The title role was played by ash blond Diane Celento. She was to become Connerys wife a few years

7、later.By then Connery had appeared in five forgettable filmsbut in one of them, he caught the eye of Walt Disney, who brought him to the United States in 1958. Disney cast him as Michael McBride, the love interest in a story about leprechauns called Darby OGil and the little people. In the films cli

8、max, McBride has a rousing fistfight with the village bully.Among those who took note of Connerys screen presence in Darby was producer Harry Saltzman who, with co-producer Albert R. “Cubby” Rroccoli, was easting a film of their won based on Dr. No, the 1958 novel by Ian Fleming.Connery was called t

9、o the producers London office for an interview. “We watcher him bound across the street like Superman,” said Saltzman later. “We knew we had our Bond.”But Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond novels, had casting approval and was harder to persuade. “Hed have loved to have had Cary Grant in the role

10、, but there wasnt enough money for that,” says Connery. “So he was obliged to agree that I would do it.”Play it Connery did, and splendidlyfive times in all in the 60s, from Dr. No, from Russia with love, Gold finger and Thunder ball to You only Live Twice. His debonair charm and magnetic good looks

11、 on screen captivated audiences around the globe. Small boys from Chicago to Rome could tell you exactly what 007 said when Gold Finger threatened him with a laser:“Do you expect me to talk?”“No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die.”But 007 did not die. The Bond pictures success permitted Connery to move

12、his wife, their son, Jason, and his stepdaughter into a town house overlooking Londons Acton Park. He was also able to buy his parents a more comfortable home and persuade his father to retire. He also set up Scottish International Educational Trust with $ 1 million, to help underprivileged Scots go

13、 to college. Bill Gates in His BoyhoodAs a childand as an adult as wellBill was untidy. It has been said that in order to counteract this. Mary drew up weekly clothing plans for him. On Mondays he might go to school in blue, on Tuesdays in green, on Wednesdays in brown, on Thursdays in black, and so

14、 on , Weekend meal schedules might also be planned in detail. Everything time, at work or during his leisure time. Dinner table discussions in the Gates family home were always lively and educational. “It was a rich environment in which to learn,” Bill remembered. Bills contemporaries, even at the a

15、ge, recognized that he was exceptional. Every year, he and his friends would go to summer camp. Bill especially liked swimming and other sports. One of his summer camp friends recalled, “He was never a nerd or a goof or the kind of kid you didnt want your team. We all knew Bill was smarter than us.

16、Even back then, when he was nine or ten years old, he talked like an adult and could express himself in ways that none of us understood.” Bill was also well ahead of his classmates in mathematics and science. He needed to go to a school that challenged him to Lakesidean all-boys school for exception

17、al students. It was Seattles most exclusive school and was noted for its rigorous academic demands, a place where “even the dumb kids were smart.” Lakeside allowed students to pursue their own interests, to whatever extent they wished. The school prided itself on making conditions and facilities ava

18、ilable that would enable all its students to reach their full potential . It was the ideal environment for someone like Bill Gates. In 1968, the school made a decision that would change thirteen-year-old Bill Gatess lifeand that of many of others, too. Funds were raised, mainly by parents, that enab

19、led the school to gain access to a computera Program Data processor(PDP)through a teletype machine. Type in a few instructions on the teletype machine and a few seconds later the PDP would type back its response. Bill Gates was immediately hooked so was his best friend at the time, Kent Evans, and a

20、nother student, Paul Allen, who was two years older than Bill. Whenever they had free time, and sometimes when they didnt, they would dash over to the computer room to use the machine. The students became so single-minded that they soon overtook their teachers in knowledge about computing and got in

21、to a lot of trouble because of their obsession. They were neglecting their other studiesevery piece of word was handed in late. Classes were cut. Computer time was also proving to be very expensive. Within months, the whole budget that had been set aside for the year had been used up. At fourteen, B

22、ill was already writing short programs for the computer to perform. Early games programs such as Tic-Tac-Toe, or Noughts and Crosses, and Lunar Landing were written in what was to become Bills second language, BASIC. One of the reasons Bill was so good at programming is because it is mathematical an

23、d logical. During his time at Lakeside, Bill scored a perfect eight hundred on a mathematics test. It was extremely important to him to get this grade-he had to take the test more than once in order to do it. If Bill Gates was going to be good at something, it was essential to be the best. Bills and

24、 Pauls fascination with computers and the business world meant that they read a great deal. Paul enjoyed magazines like Popular Electronics, Computer time was expensive and, because both boys were desperate to get more time and because Bill already had an insight into what they could achieve financi

25、ally, the two of them decided to set themselves up as a company: The Lakeside Programmers Group. “Lets call the real world and try to sell something to it!” Bill announced.Mark Twain in Hannibal When be wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain turned Hann

26、ibal, Missouriwhich he later described as a “white town drowsing in the sunshine of a summers morning” into an American literary Mecca. No other town in the country has stronger associations with an author, and Twain readily acknowledged its role in his success. The relationship between Hannibal and

27、 Twain began in November 1839, when Twains father, John Clemens, decided to leave the hamlet of Florida, Missouri, and move east about 35 miles(56km) to the somewhat larger and more prosperous Hannibal, on the banks of the Mississippi River. Twain, then known as Samuel Clemens, marked his fourth bir

28、thday about a week after the family settled there. He showed little promise of becoming a long-term resident. However, because his health was so poor that his parents probably feared he would not survive childhood. During the familys first few years in Hannibal, Twain was too young to understand ful

29、ly the changes going on around him. John Clemens, though trained as a lawyer, tried to support his family by running a store and speculating in real estate. When those ventures failed, Clemens was forced to postpone his plans to establish a permanent home for the family. About 1843, he began concent

30、rating on the practice of law, a decision that brought some stability to the family finances and enabled him to have a house built. Construction began in 1843, and the family moved into the new house the next year. Situated on Hill Street, near the center of town, the modest two-story frame house at

31、tracted little attention during the years when the family called it home. The kitchen, dining room and parlor were on the first floor, and three bedrooms, along with a small wardrobe room, were upstairs. About the time the family moved into their new home. Twains health improved dramatically. Instea

32、d of having to lead a quiet indoor life, he could roam the streets of Hannibal. Climb the surrounding hills, explore the areas caves and splash about in local swimming holes. He reveled in his newfound freedom, spending nearly all his free time playing outdoors with the other boys in town and soon b

33、ecoming a leader. One member of his gang was Twains and became a close friend. Twains many comrades also included girls. Across the street lived one named Laura Hawkins, with whom he often flirted. Twains carefree days did not last long, His father used their house as collateral for a friends loan,

34、and the creditor took possession when the loan failed. A physician who lived diagonally across the street from the family offered to let them live in his home, which was called the Pilaster House because of its decorative columns. The Clemens family moved into that house sometime in late 1846. On Ma

35、rch 24, 1847, John Clemens died. His wife, Jane Lampton Clemens, and their oldest son, Orion, managed to regain possession of the little house on Hill Street, and the family moved back into it that summer. These events dampened but did not extinguish Twains cheerful disposition. For the next six yea

36、rs, Twain, his brother Henry, and his sister Pamela live with their mother in the family home. Twain began taking odd jobs after school to bring in extra cash. Within a year of his fathers death, he quit school and became an apprentice printer, and when his brother Orion bought the Hannibal Journal

37、in 1851, Twain went to work for him as a printer and editorial assistant. The stories he wrote for Orions paper, his first publications, taught him that he much preferred writing to typesetting. Thus, when he decided to leave Hannibal in May 1853, he already had an inkling of his future career. My F

38、irst Time in Philadelphia Benjamin Franklin I walked up the street, gazing about till near the market-house I met a boy with bread. I had made many a meal on bread, and, inquiring where he got it, I went immediately to the bakers he directed me to, in Second-street, and asked for biscuit, intending

39、such as we had in Boston; but they, it seems, were not made in Philadelphia. Then I asked for a three-penny loaf, and was told they had none such. So not considering or knowing the difference of money, and the greater cheapness nor the names of his bread, I bade him give me three-penny worth of any

40、sort. He gave me, accordingly, three great puffy rolls, I was surprised at the quantity, but took it, and, having no room in my pockets, walked off with a roll under each arm, and eating the other. Thus I went up Market-street as far as Fourth-street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wifes

41、 father; when he, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance. Then I turned and went down Chestnut-street and part of Walnut street, eating my roll all the way, and, coming round, found myself again at Market-street wharf, near the boa

42、t I came in , to which I went for a draught of the river water; and, being filled with one of my rolls, gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in the boat with us, and were waiting to go farther. Thus refreshed, I walked again up the street, which by this time had many

43、clean-dressed people in it, who were all walking the same way. I joined them, and thereby was led into the great meeting-house of the Quakers near the market. I sat down among them, and, after looking round awhile and hearing nothing said, being very drowsy through labor and want of rest the precedi

44、ng night, I fell fast asleep, and continued so till the meeting broke up. When one was kind enough to rouse me, this was, therefore, the first house I was in, or slept in, in Philadelphia. Walking down again toward the river, and, looking in the faces of people, I met a young Quaker man, whose count

45、enance I liked, and, accosting him requested he would tell me where a stranger could get lodging . We were then near the sign of the Three Mariners. “Here”, says he “is one place that entertains strangers, but it is not a reputable house; if thee wilt walk with me, Ill show thee a better.” He brough

46、t me to the Crooked Billet in Water-street. Here I got a dinner; and, while I was eating it, several sly questions were asked me, as it seemed to be suspected form my youth and appearance, that I might be some runaway. After dinner, my sleepiness returned, and being shown to a bed, I lay down withou

47、t undressing and slept till six in the evening, was called to supper, went to bed again very early, and slept soundly till next morning. Then I made myself as tidy as I could, and went to Andrew Bradford the printers. I found in the shop the old man his father, whom I had seen at New York, and who,

48、traveling on horseback, had got to Philadelphia before me. He introduced me to his son, who received me civilly, gave me a breakfast, but told me he did not at present want a hand, being lately supplied with one; but there was another printer in town, lately set up, one Keimer, who, perhaps, might e

49、mploy me; if not, I should be welcome to lodge at his house, and he would give me a little work to do now and then till fuller business should offer. The old gentleman said he would go with me to the new printer; and when we found him, “Neighbor,” says Bradford, “ I have brought to see you a young m

50、an of your business; perhaps you may want such a one.” He asked me a few questions, put a composing stick in my hand to see how I worked, and then said he would employ me soon, though he had just then nothing for me to do The Rush Hour of Jackie Chan A hero is being hung down from a helicopter some

51、200 feet above. As the sun bets down, he swings about. Suddenly, a top needle of a skyscraper is pressing toward him. He fails to dodge and bumps heavily on the concrete needle. This stimulating shot impressed in numerous Jackie Chan fans. Now its the “ rush hour” to be repaid for that devotion for

52、him. As an Asias favorite action hero, he has finally conquered Hollywood. Rush Hour, Chans new made-in-America blockbuster, rocketed to the top of the charts on its opening weekend in the United States, winning an unexpected cross-over audience. In three days, the box-office tally was $33 millionth

53、e highest weekend gross ever for New Line Cinema. Now in its sixth week in American theatres, the film, directed by Brett Ratner, has so far taken in more than $117 million. Chan had already scored when such films as Rumble in the Bronx and First Strike were released in mainstream theatres in the U.

54、 S., and not just in Chinatown and specialty video stores. Now Rush Hour has turned Jackie Chan into a household name the way Enter the Dragon made a legend of Bruce Lee. The bi-racial pairing and good cop/bad cop storyline are predictably formulaic Chan is Chinese and co-star Chris Tucker is black

55、similar to such films as the Lethal Weapon series starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover. Yet the producers have wisely focused on the strengths of the two stars: Tuckers hilarious, rapid-fire jive-talk, and Chans nimble derring-do in tight spaces and high places. The film begins in Hong Kong on the e

56、ve of the hand-over as Han, a mainland Chinese diplomat, is dispatched to Los Angeles as consul general. A gangster promptly kidnaps Hans darling daughter and demands $50 million as ransom. Though the vaunted Federal Bureau of Investigation gets called in, Han sends for his own man from Hong Kong, L

57、ee (Chan), a Hong Kong detective with specialties to Hans family. The FBI doesnt like this one bit, and the stereotypical operation chief barks: “This is an FBI assignment, and I dont need and help from the LAPD” Los Angeles Police Department “or some Chpngking cop!” When Lee arrives, LAPD Detective

58、 James Carter (Tucker) is assigned to keep him out of the real investigation. The dynamic duo inevitably team up, getting into one scrape after another. For example, they pursue one suspect through a building, nearly catching up with him until their collective weight sends them crashing through a ro

59、tting bridge. Fortunately, much of the lame storyline is played for laughs. Tucker, an arrogant cop more interested in grabbing glory than in police teamwork, delivers his politically incorrect pronouncements on women, Asians, and anyone else, in a rambling, high-pitched voice. In one of the funniest scenes, Tucker take