By Drama/姜仲華（注）

◆語篇導讀

她，楚楚動人，貌若天仙，被人們（尤其是青少年學生）愛稱為“神仙姐姐”。人們對她的迷戀還不止于此。她，聰穎好學，歌聲甜美，演藝精湛，美麗的人生因此結出了許多豐碩的果實。她的成長歷程如何？她的奮斗經歷怎樣？請鎖定這位最為璀璨的明星吧!

Liu Yifei was born in Wuhan,Hubei Province of China on August 25,1987.She began modeling at the age of 8 and was trained in singing,dancing and the piano.Moving to the United States at 10 with her mother,Liu lived there for four years.She returned to China in June 2002 to pursue a modeling and acting career．

In September 2002,she was accepted into the Performance Institute of Beijing Film Academy at the tender age of 15.Her first television role was in The Story of a Noble Family.Shortly after,she was chosen to act the role of Wang Yuyan in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils,a drama based on the same-titled novel by Jin Yong．

In October 2003,Liu first appeared on the big screen working with May Day,the well-known Taiwanese rock band in the movie Love Of May.Her fame and popularity went up through her starring role in the 2004 drama series adaptation (改編)of the videogame,The Legend of Sword and Fairy.Upon her graduation in July 2006,Liu starred in another television production based on another book by Jin Yong,The Return of the Condor Heroes.This TV series was very well received in mainland China,Hong Kong,Taiwan,and Japan．

Liu made her first foray into her music career in August 2005 when she got a recording contract(合同)with Sony Music Entertainment Japan.After taking up singing and dancing lessons for a year,her album Liu Yifei was released(發(fā)布)in mainland China,Taiwan,Hong Kong and through out South-East Asia in August 2006.In the same year,Liu also released her Japanese album in which the single,The Gate of Late Night was chosen to be the theme for an animation series by Tokyo TV．

◆語塊收藏

pursue a modeling and acing carreer追求模特和表演的職業(yè)

be accepted into被錄取；被接受

at the tender age of 15 在15歲這小小的年紀

first appeared on the big screen第一次演電影（第一次上大屏幕）

upon sb.’s graduation(from)（從）某人……一畢業(yè)

make her first foray into她初次涉足

◆典句賞析

1.Shortly after,she was chosen to act the role of Wang Yuyan in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils,a drama based on the same-titled novel by Jin Yong.不久，她被挑選擔任《天龍八部》中的王語嫣角色，這是一部根據金庸同名小說改編的戲劇。

shortly after是固定搭配形式，意為“不久之后”，作時間狀語修飾整個句子。act the role of表示“扮演……角色”，相當于play the role of。a drama based on the same-titled novel by Jinyong是Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils的同位語。

2.Her fame and popularity went up through her starring role in the 2004 drama series adaptation of the video game,The Legend of Sword and Fairy.2004年，她通過主演電視連續(xù)劇《仙劍奇?zhèn)b傳》而聲名鵲起，這部劇是根據一部同名電子游戲改編的。

through在此作為介詞，意為“經過，經由，憑借（某種途徑或方式）”，其后常接名詞性詞語；adaptation of the video game是drama series的同位語。

3.After taking up singing and dancing lessons for a year,her album Liu Yifei was released in mainland China...in August 2006.在著手上了一年的唱歌和舞蹈課后，她的音樂專輯《劉亦菲》于2006年8月在中國大陸……發(fā)行了。

take up是固定詞組，意為“開始從事，開始干（工作）”。singing和dancing均為動名詞，作定語修飾名詞lessons，表示一種“分類”。

◆理解自測

根據短文內容，從A、B、C、D四個選項中選擇正確的答案。

( )1.In which year did Liu Yifei go to the USA?

A.1996. B.1997.

C.1998. D.1999．

( )2.The first film that Liu Yifei acted in is______．

A.The Story of a Noble Family

B.Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils

C.Love Of May

D.The Legend of Sword and Fairy

( )3._______could have a great influence on Liu Yifei in her acting career.

A.May Day

B.Sony Music Entertainment Japan

C.Tokyo TV

D.The Performance Institute of Beijing Film Academy

◆詞句微練

根據所給漢語意思，完成下列英語句子。每空一詞。

1.她在12歲小小的年紀就演了第一部電影。

She acted in her first film____________tender____________12．

2.她被選定在這部電影中擔任女主角。

She was chosen to act__________________the heroine in this film．

3.哈佛大學一畢業(yè)，李華就決定回國。

__________________from Harvard,Li Hua decided to return to his hometown．

4.培養(yǎng)一種能放松身心的愛好，比如編織。

____________a relaxing hobby,for example，knitting．

5.他靠努力工作致富。

He became rich______hard work．