世界名人简介 第53期:威尔·史密斯
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Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. is an actor and rapper. He first became famous in the late 1980s as the rap artist Fresh Prince. He made a very successful move into movies. He is the only actor in Hollywood history to make eight consecutive1 films that earned $100 million in the USA. ‘Newsweek’ magazine called him the most powerful actor on the planet.
威尔·史密斯是一名美国演员、说唱歌手。20世纪80年代末，这名说唱歌手因“新鲜王子”这一角色而被人们所熟知。因此，他也成功进入电影行业。在好莱坞历史上，他是唯一一位连续出演8部电影，并收获1亿美元的演员。《新闻周刊》杂志将他称之为这个星球上最具实力的男演员。
Smith was born in 1968 and raised in Philadelphia. His mother was a school
administrator2 and his father was a refrigeration engineer. He began rapping as a teenager. His friends nicknamed him The Prince. He met D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the duo became hip-hop stars in the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1988, they won the first ever Grammy in the Rap category.
史密斯出生于1968年，在宾夕法尼亚长大。母亲是学校行政官员，父亲是冷藏设计师。他从十几岁时就开始尝试说唱音乐。他的朋友管他叫作“王子”。之后，他结识了DJ爵士·杰夫，在80年代和90年代初，两人成为了著名的嘻哈明星。1988年，两人获得了他们的首座说唱格莱美大奖。
In 1990, the NBC television network signed Smith to star in the
sitcom3 ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’, which launched his
acting4 career. Smith
decided5 he would become “the biggest movie star in the world” and began studying box office successes. His studying paid off. His movies ‘Independence Day’ (1996) and ‘Men In Black’(1997) were both box office hits.
1990年，美国NBC广播公司签下了史密斯，并让他在喜剧电视剧《新鲜王子妙事多》中出演主角，这开启了他的演艺生涯。史密斯觉得，他将成为全球最著名的电影明星，并开始对票房进行研究。他的研究终于收到了回报。他的电影《独立日》（1996）以及《黑衣人》（1997）都获得了票房成功。
Smith is now one of Hollywood’s hottest actors. His movies make huge amounts of money and appeal across age, race, and
gender6. He has been nominated for a Golden Globe, two Academy Awards, and has won many Grammys. He has also appeared in movies with his son Jaden, in ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’, and his daughter
Willow7, in ‘I Am Legend’.
如今，他成为了好莱坞最火热的男演员。他的电影带来了巨大的经济效益，对于他的喜爱超越了年龄、种族以及性别的限制。他获得了一次金球奖提名，两次奥斯卡提名，并获得了多项格莱美大奖。在电影《当幸福来敲门》中，他首次与儿子贾登同台，并与女儿在《我是传奇》中一同出演。
1.box office 票房
例句：The film opened to healthy box office receipts before rapidly falling off.
这部影片的票房收入开始的时候持续上涨，但是后来急剧下降。
2.acting career 演艺生涯
例句：She had come to England to pursue an acting career.
她来英格兰投身演艺事业。
3.amounts of 大量
例句：There are any amount of clubs you could join.
有无数个俱乐部你可以加入。
4.hip-hop 嘻哈
例句：I love jazz and opera. And also hip-hop.
我喜欢爵士乐和歌剧，还有嘻哈音乐。
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