quinta-feira, 1 de julho de 2010

Paul Newman’s biography – Part II




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Paul Newman’s biography – Part II    audio


1. Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward decided not to live in Hollywood, California like most other film stars. They lived a very private life in Westport, Connecticut. They would remain married for fifty years. They raised three daughters. Newman had three other children with his first wife.

2. Paul Newman continued making successful movies. "The Hustler" came out in nineteen sixty-one.
EDDIE:" How should I play that one, Bert? Play it safeThat's the way you always told me to play it, safe, play the percentage. Well, here we go, fast and loose. One ball, corner pocket. Yeah, percentage players die broke too, don't they, Bert?"

3. In this movie, Newman plays a pool player named Fast Eddie Felson who competes for money against the expert player Minnesota Fats. EDDIE: "I'm mean, it's not enough that you just have talent, you gotta have character too. Four ball."

4. Two years later, he played the title role in "Hud." The movie is about a man who lives and works on his father's cattle farm. Newman said people were supposed to hate his character, Hud. But instead he said he created a folk hero. Paul Newman starred with Robert Redford in two very popular movies, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "The Sting."

5. He directed his wife, Joanne Woodward, in several movies that were praised by critics. These include "Rachel, Rachel" which came out in nineteen sixty-eight and "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds" four years later.

6. Over his career, Newman was nominated for ten Academy Awards. He won for his performance in the nineteen eighty-six film, "The Color of Money". This movie continues the story of Fast Eddie that began with "The Hustler." In nineteen eighty-two, Newman starred in "The Verdict".
FRANK GLAVIN: "You know, so much of the time we're just lost…"

7. The movie is about an alcoholic lawyer named Frank Galvin who finds a chance to make up for his failing career in a medical case. Newman's performanceduring his character's closing argument to the jury is very powerful.
FRANK GLAVIN: "But today you are the law. You are the law, not some book, not the lawyers, not a marble statue, or the trappings of the court. See, those are just symbols of our desire to be just."

8. Paul Newman was not only a movie star. He was a political activist who fought for liberal causes. In nineteen sixty-eight, he campaigned for the Democratic Party presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy. Newman protested the Vietnam War in front of the American Embassy in London. He expressed great pride that he was named on President Richard Nixon's list of enemies.

9. Paul Newman also worked on social issues important to him. In nineteen seventy-eight, his twenty-eight year old son Scott died of an accidental overdose of drugs and alcohol. In response, Paul Newman created the Scott Newman Center to help educate children and families on preventing drug abuse.

10. In the nineteen eighties, Newman decided to start selling a salad dressing he had created and given to many friends as gifts. The "Newman's Own" company he started with his friend A. E. Hotchner became a huge success selling different food products. Over the years, more than two hundred fifty million dollars in companyprofits have been donated to social causes and organizations.

11. One of these is the “Hole in the Wall” Gang Camp, started by Paul Newman in nineteen eighty-eight. Its aim is to provide a free summer camp experience to children with cancer and other serious diseases. There are now camps in the United States and several other countries. Newman said that he started the organizationas a way to honor the role that luck has played in his life. He said that the camps are a way to help children who are unfairly affected by luck's cruelty.

12. Paul Newman discovered his love of racing cars while making the nineteen sixty-nine movie "Winning." He even began racing professionally. In nineteen ninety-five, at the age of seventy, Newman competed and won at the Daytona races in Florida. The Guinness Book of World Records listed him as the oldest winner in his race class.

13. In the nineteen nineties he continued to act in movies, including "Mister And Missus Bridge", "Message in a Bottle" and "Nobody's Fool." And, in two thousand two he returned to Broadway one last time to perform in "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder.

14. Paul Newman died in two thousand eight of cancer. He was eighty-three years old. He was a true star both as an actor and a human being.


    Vocabulary
  1. against = contra
  2. age = idade
  3. aim = alvo, objetivo
  4. alcoholic = alcoólatra
  5. also = também
  6. as a way to honor = como uma forma de homenagear
  7. Awards = prêmios
  8. began = começou
  9. both as = tanto como
  10. came out = saiu, foi lançado
  11. campaigned for = fez campanha por
  12. career = carreira
  13. cattle farm = fazenda de gado
  14. court = tribunal
  15. desire = desejo
  16. die broke = ir à falência
  17. died = morreu
  18. diseases = doenças
  19. during = durante
  20. Embassy = embaixada
  21. enemies = inimigos
  22. enough = suficiente
  23. even = até mesmo
  24. folk hero = herói popular
  25. fought for = lutava por
  26. free = gratis
  27. gifts = presentes
  28. given = dado
  29. gotta = tem que
  30. Hole in the Wall = buraco na parede
  31. huge success = imenso sucesso
  32. human being = ser humano
  33. instead = ao invest
  34. issues = questões
  35. just = justo
  36. lawyer = advogado
  37. like most = como a maioria
  38. loose = solto, folgado
  39. make up for = compensar
  40. marble statue = estátua de mármore
  41. Marigold = espécie de flor
  42. mean = malvado
  43. one last time = uma última vez
  44. pool player = jogador de bilhar
  45. powerful = poderoso
  46. praised = elogiados
  47. pride = orgulho
  48. profits = lucros
  49. provide = prover, fornecer
  50. raised = criaram
  51. remain = permanecer
  52. safe = seguro
  53. salad dressing = tempero de salada
  54. several = diversos
  55. should = deveria
  56. son = filho
  57. starred = estrelou
  58. summer camp = acampamento de verão
  59. That's the way = esta é a maneira
  60. title role = papel principal
  61. trappings = enfeites
  62. unfairly = injustamente
  63. were supposed to hate = deveriam odiar
  64. winner = vencedor
  65. won = ganhou

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