时间:2019-01-01 作者:英语课 分类:各国名人英文介绍


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Oprah Winfrey is internationally famous for hosting the most popular talk show on American television. Millions of TV viewers tune 1 in worldwide every day to watch her. She has become a household name and is now one of the richest women in the world. She is also famous for raising millions of dollars for charities to help with child literacy.


Oprah was born in 1954 in Mississippi. She experienced child abuse as she grew up, which led her to campaign for children’s rights later in her life. She helped draft a bill that President Clinton passed into law. Her career in broadcasting started in 1971 and her big breakthrough came in 1976 with her own extremely popular TV chat show – 'People Are Talking'.


In 1985 movie producer Steven Spielberg offered her a role in 'The Color Purple'. She was nominated for an Oscar at the Academy Awards for her performance. She used her newfound international fame to launch the 'Oprah Winfrey Show'. This opened all kinds of doors for her she had never dreamed of. The world was her oyster 2.


Her chat show is broadcast to over 100 countries. 'Life' magazine called her the most influential 3 woman of her generation. She has raised nearly $100 million for charity. She is now a role model for millions of girls around the world. Her latest project is an academy for poor girls, which opened in South Africa in 2007.



n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整
  • He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子,并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
  • The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。
n.牡蛎;沉默寡言的人
  • I enjoy eating oyster; it's really delicious.我喜欢吃牡蛎,它味道真美。
  • I find I fairly like eating when he finally persuades me to taste the oyster.当他最后说服我尝尝牡蛎时,我发现我相当喜欢吃。
adj.有影响的,有权势的
  • He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
  • He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。
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aedes (finlaya) formosensis
air inlet screen
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ancestral house
apluda mutica
asign
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branchia
break even costs
cardinalship
clerical costs
collet
common language code
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connection element
continued validity
cross over porcelain box
CSIF
custodial parents
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eiry
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get even with sb.
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Harlan Fiske Stone
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high board
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Indian-wrestling
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Larimer County
Las Petas
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Lytchett Matravers
maletent
mark something with a white stone
minimum Hamilton method
net buoyance
Network Basic Input Output System
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out-of-dateness
p-adic norm
Panoxyl
paragnath
PEDB
penile urethra
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Pyloropathy
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radices posteriornervorum spinalium
rakich
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scattering wave
Seaview Ra.
send in someone's name
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shwang
signal pistol
silicon monosulfide
similarity law
soap chip drier
Soft page break
sorrowfulness
soys
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Symantec Backup Exec
thenar pad
time division command synchronization
uppitier
user written program
wallingup
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