奥普拉要竞选总统？2020美国大选或上演电视明星PK赛_BEC初级作文

奥普拉要竞选总统？2020美国大选或上演电视明星PK赛

1964年我还是一个小女孩，在密尔沃基的我妈妈的房子里，我坐在油毡地板上观看第36届奥斯卡直播，当时安妮·班克罗夫特要颁出奥斯卡最佳男主角奖。她打开信封，念出了改变历史的几个字：“获奖者是西德尼·波蒂埃（第一位黑人奥斯卡影帝）。”接着我记忆中最优雅的男人走上了舞台。他打着白色领带，皮肤是黑色的，此前我从未看到过有别的黑人男性被这样的荣耀包围。

And I have tried many, many, many times to explain what a moment like that means to a little girl, a kid watching from the cheap seats, as my mom came through the door bone-tired from cleaning other people's houses. But all I could do is quote and say that the explanation in Sidney's performance in “Lilies of the Field”: Amen, amen. Amen, amen.

一个孩子坐在廉价的椅子上，看着电视直播，而我的妈妈打扫完别人的屋子，拖着疲惫不堪的身体跨进家门，我曾一次又一次地尝试着去解释：这样一个时刻对一个小女孩有怎样的意义。而我唯一能够给出的解释，就是引用西德尼在他夺得奥斯卡之作《原野百合花》（Lilies of the Field）中的一句台词：“阿门，阿门，阿门，阿门。”

In 1982, Sidney received the Cecil B. DeMille Award right here at the Golden Globes, and it is not lost on me that at this moment there are some little girls watching as I become the first black woman to be given the same award. It is an honor and it is a privilege to share the evening with all of them and also with the incredible men and women who've inspired me, who've challenged me, who've sustained me and made my journey to this stage possible: Dennis Swanson, who took a chance on me for “A.M. Chicago,” Quincy Jones, who saw me on that show and said to Steven Spielberg, “Yes, she is Sofia in 'The Color Purple,’” Gayle [King], who has been the definition of what a friend is, and Stedman [Graham], who has been my rock, just a few to name.