脫口秀女王：奧普拉·溫弗瑞

There are many talk-show hosts on American television， but there is only one Oprah. Her unique style is copied by many， from interviewers to politicians. Her combined talents and business sense make Oprah the United States' first African-American billionaire. Her show has received over thirty Emmys and numerous other awards for achievements.

美國脫口秀電視節目主持人為數不少，而奧普拉卻只有一位。從采訪記者到政界人物，很多人都模仿她那獨特的風格。奧普拉的綜合才藝以及商業意識使她成為美國第一位非洲裔億萬富姐。她的節目已經獲得30多個艾美獎和無數其他成就獎。

A Flower Among Weeds草叢中的一枝花

Born on Jan. 29th， 1954 in Kosciusko， Mississippi， Winfrey was an extremely bright child. She learned to read at age 2 and a half. Her parents split when she was very young and she was sent to live with her grandmother on a farm. Young Oprah received her first pair of shoes at the age of six. She had a tough childhood living with her mother from the age of 6 to 13. She then went to live with her father， Vernon Winfrey. He made sure that Oprah read a different book every week and required that she write a book report. Although this may have seemed harsh at the time， it could have given her the love of books she has today.

溫弗瑞1954年1月29日出生于密西西比州的科修斯克，自幼聰穎過人。2歲半即會認字。年幼時，父母離異，她被送往農場，與祖母生活在一起。小奧普拉6歲時才穿上屬于自己的第一雙鞋。從6歲到13歲，她與母親生活在一起，這一段童年時光過得十分艱難。隨后，她又與父親弗農·溫弗瑞生活在一起。父親規定她每星期要讀一本不同的書，并要求她寫讀書報告。雖然這種要求在當時看來有點苛刻，但卻培養了她今天喜歡讀書的習慣。

Television Pioneer電視節目探路人

Thanks to her father's insistence that hard work and discipline were the only route to success. Her career as a broadcaster started at the young age of seventeen. She was hired by WVOL radio in Nashville. About two years later， she was signed on with WTVF-TV in the same town as a reporter and news anchor. Oprah graduated from Tennessee State University with a major in Speech Communications and Performing Arts.

In 1978， Oprah was hired as a co-host of a show called \"People Are Talking，\" which began her career as a talk show host.

In 1984， Oprah moved to Chicago to host WLS-TV's morning talk show， \"AM Chicago\". In less than a year， the show expanded to one hour and was renamed \"The Oprah Winfrey Show\". In 1986， it became the highest-rated talk show in television history.

父親一直教導她：勤奮和自律是獲得成功的唯一捷徑。她的廣播員生涯始于17歲，當時她被納什維爾的WVOL電臺錄用。大約兩年后，她又與該鎮的WTVF電視臺簽約，成為該電視臺的記者兼新聞主持人。奧普拉畢業于田納西州立大學，專業是語言交際與表演藝術。

1978年，奧普拉受雇“大家談”欄目，做了該節目主持人之一，從而開始了脫口秀主持人的生涯。

1984年，奧普拉移居芝加哥，主持WLS電視臺的早間脫口秀節目——“芝加哥早晨”。不到一年時間，該節目延長到一小時，并且改名為“奧普拉·溫弗瑞脫口秀”。1986年，該節目成為電視史上收視率最高的脫口秀節目。

Being Famous聲名鵲起

Fame is a major factor in Oprah's daily life， but it took her by surprise at first. She once said， \"I was walking down the street the other day， and a woman bus driver pulled her bus over， jumped off it， and ran down the street to shake my hand. The bus was full， and this was five o'clock traffic， but the passengers loved it. Everyone was clapping， and I said to myself， 'This is something. I must be a somebody!'\"

In the USA， over twenty million viewers a week watch her show. She has an Internet website packed with topics of interest for her audience. Her monthly book club has changed many of her viewers from TV \"couch potatoes\" to avid readers and active members of Oprah's Book Club. Each book she highlights on this show rockets onto the New York Times best-seller list.

名望是奧普拉日常生活中的重要因素，但起初這種名望還是把她嚇到了。她曾說：“幾天前，我正在街上走著，一名女公汽司機停車跳下來，沿馬路跑過來要與我握手。當時，車里坐滿了人，而且正值5點鐘交通高峰，但乘客們喜歡這樣。每個人都在鼓掌，于是我自言自語道：‘這可不一般，我一定是個大人物了！’”

在美國，每周有2000多萬觀眾收看她的節目。她有一個網址，里面都是觀眾感興趣的話題。每月一次的讀書俱樂部節目把許多電視蟲變成了廢寢忘食的讀書人，并成為“奧普拉讀書俱樂部”的活躍成員。每期欄目里她重點推介的書籍都會人氣飚升，入圍《紐約時報》暢銷書排行榜。

Building on the Positive發揮優勢

How did Oprah become so successful? She did not come from a perfect family. She was not born with wealth， not with the kind of looks that often unlock the doors of opportunity for women in television. Instead， Oprah was born with intelligence， talent and an amazing ability to be herself. No matter who the audience， Oprah still appears to be natural and open. Best of all， she can usually say what other people would like to say themselves， if only they dared. Well spoken and warm， she seems to care about people even when she is being blunt with them.

She has been called \"girlfriend to the world\"， because that is usually how she comes across-to the rich， famous， and ordinary people alike， even to former royalty. After Sarah Ferguson， the Duchess of York， appeared on her show， Oprah told her audience， \"It was like me. I would have been kicked out of the palace， too.\"

In some ways， Oprah can do no wrong. When she makes mistakes， her fans like to say， \"She's only human. She's just like the rest of us. \"When she is successful， her admirers think， \"Oprah is showing me how I can succeed， too.\" Often funny and frequently wise， when Oprah speaks， people listen.

奧普拉是怎樣獲得如此成功的？她并非來自完美的家庭。她不是富家子女，長相也不足以助她開啟電視行業的機會之門。然而，奧普拉擁有天生的悟性、才華和堅持自我的非凡能力。無論面對什么樣的觀眾，奧普拉都能顯得自然坦率。最難能可貴的是，她常能說出別人想說卻不敢說的話。她善于辭令而且古道熱腸，即便對人直言無忌時，也看得出是在關心他們。

她被稱為“全世界人的女友”，因為她經常打交道的都是些富豪或名人，還有普通人，甚至有從前的王室成員。在約克公爵夫人薩拉·弗格森參加了她的節目后，奧普拉對觀眾說：“換了我，肯定也會被逐出王宮的。”

從某種程度上說，奧普拉永遠是正確的。即使她犯錯時，“粉絲”們會說：“她也是凡人，她像我們大家一樣。”當她取得成功的時候，她的崇拜者會想：“奧普拉向我展示我也可以取得成功。”奧普拉話語詼諧，充滿智慧，因此人們都喜歡聽她說話。

The Oprah Winfrey Show奧普拉·溫弗瑞脫口秀

The Oprah Winfrey Show is a daytime television show which lasts one hour each time. The host Oprah Winfrey invites a guest panel to discuss a topic in front of a studio audience. The topics are often controversial or sensational. The Oprah Winfrey Show now asks viewers to \"get with the program\"， focusing on self-improvement and the uplifting stories of everyday people.

From 1986 on， the Oprah Winfrey Show has remained the number one talk show on television and is now considered to be the highest-rated program of its kind in history. It is broadcast in over 130 countries and attracts an estimated 26 million viewers in the U.S. each day.

奧普拉·溫弗瑞脫口秀節目是一檔日間電視節目，每次一個小時。主持人奧普拉·溫弗瑞會邀請一組嘉賓面對演播室里的觀眾討論一個話題。討論的話題往往帶有爭議性或轟動性。現在，奧普拉·溫弗瑞脫口秀要求觀眾“與節目一起進步”，重點聚焦普通人自我提高和催人奮進的故事。

自1986年以來，奧普拉·溫弗瑞脫口秀節目一直高居電視脫口秀節目收視率的榜首，被公認為有史以來此類節目中的佼佼者。該節目在130多個國家播出，據估計，僅在美國每天就吸引大約2 600萬美國觀眾。

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Emmy：艾美獎

“艾美獎”由兩個獎構成，我們通常說的“艾美獎”是指黃金時段節目艾美獎，由總部位于洛杉磯的電視藝術與科學學院(ATAS)頒發。此外還有一個日間節目艾美獎，由總部位于紐約的國家電視藝術與科學學院(NATAS)頒發。路易斯·邁克馬努斯以自己的妻子為模特設計了艾美獎座。最初這個獎的名字叫“伊米獎”(Immy)，是早期攝像槍的重要部件的綽號。在第一屆頒獎禮開始之前，由于獎座充滿女性色彩，學院決定改名為“艾美獎”，這個名字一直沿用至今。國際艾美獎的宗旨是：不管在什么地方制作或播映，高質量電視節目都應該得到全行業認可。每年都有包括中國在內的不少亞洲國家節目入選。被提名國際艾美獎的電視節目長度不得少于30分鐘，分為電視劇、紀錄片、藝術紀錄片、流行藝術、藝術演出、兒童和青少年節目6大類。每個國家必須在每種類型的電視節目中選擇兩部最好的提名節目。

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