“爛泥般的人生”逆襲

山東 王志勇

英國喜劇演員菲比·沃勒-布里奇，因其真誠的個性在喜劇上獲得了成功，這表明勇于表達真實的自己更為人們欣賞。

難詞探意

1. authentic /??'θent?k/ adj. 真實的

2. template /'temple?t/ n. 樣板

It's a common belief that the roles actors play might somehow reflect their true personalities. It's usually not true, but British actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge, 34, is an exception.

Just like Fleabag, the character she played in the comedy-drama series of the same name, Waller-Bridge feels that her life is a mess. “It's just really wonderful to know that a dirty and messed-up woman can make it to the Emmys,” she said. She may be “messed up”, but Variety magazine calls her an “all-around icon”.

Last month, Waller-Bridge took home three Emmy awards for her work on Fleabag—best writing in a comedy series, best lead actress, and best comedy series.

Her success is partly because of her family. Waller-Bridge was brought up in a free environment.Her mother always told her, “You can be whatever you want if you imagine it.” So Waller-Bridge broke all the rules about what a “good” girl should do. “Our laws and moral codes don't apply—she lives without fear of consequences,” The Sun noted.

That fearlessness extends to being authentic in her writing and acting. Unlike the can-do heroines and strong, successful women in many TV dramas, Waller-Bridge shows a flawed but real character. The character Fleabag was a screw-up who always found a way to say or do the wrong thing. “It resonated with the lives of stressed-out women everywhere in reality—doing their best to find balance in their lives,” a viewer wrote on a US movie website.

Villanelle in Killing Eve, another hit TV series developed by Waller-Bridge, was a little bit violent but showed no interest in the rules others created, which makes many people see themselves in her.

“People have been scared to write characters like these. But I think, now, women are so relieved to have this new template. And, aren't we all a bit of everything?” Waller-Bridge said in an interview with Indian Express.

With such courage and sincerity, Waller-Bridge is, without a doubt, a “golden girl” in Hollywood,Australian news website The New Daily commented.

1. What is the article mainly about?

A. What helped Waller-Bridge succeed in comedy.

B. The popularity of the comedy-drama series Fleabag.

C. What inspired Waller-Bridge to take up writing and acting.

D. The similarities between Phoebe Waller-Bridge and the character she plays on Fleabag.

2. How did Waller-Bridge's parents influence her growth?

A. They taught her to write and act when she was young.

B. They always reminded her to be curious and fearless.

C. They constantly encouraged her to be herself.

D. They pushed her to follow social codes.

3. What does the underlined part “resonated with” in paragraph 5 probably mean?

A. Was in agreement with. B. Had great effects on.

C. Paid attention to. D. Messed up.

4. What do Villanelle in Killing Eve and Fleabag in Fleabag have in common?

A. Both are rebellious but strong and successful.

B. Both successfully find balance in their lives.

C. Both are courageous and organized.

D. Both are much alike in character.

Difficult sentence

It's a common belief that the roles actors play might somehow reflect their true personalities.

【翻譯】____________________________________________________________________________

【點石成金】這是一個主從復合句，It是形式主語，that the roles actors play might somehow reflect their true personalities是that引導的主語從句。