陽光小美女：阿比蓋爾·布蘭斯林

選美比賽越來越普遍。那么究竟什么樣的女孩才能被稱作是美女呢？外貌出眾還是才華驚人？今天，我們要講到的這個女孩也曾和她的小肚腩一起參加過選美比賽。也許你已經猜到她是誰了吧，是的，她就是 “陽光小美女” 阿比蓋爾·布蘭斯林。如果您曾看過《陽光小美女》一定不會忘記這個小女孩吧。她就是一個天使，在家人遇到困難時給予鼓勵。盡管在選美中鬧出笑話，她卻團結家人，給家中每個人帶來生活的希望。布蘭斯林的本色表現也讓她獲得了奧斯卡提名。

作為獲得提名時年紀第四小的演員，布蘭斯林并沒有在十歲時就贏得一座小金人。這樣也挺好的，在該片中扮演她爺爺的艾倫·阿金表示沒得小金人同樣讓人成長，好萊塢中少年成名卻隕落的案例確實也不少。

布蘭斯林不是秀蘭·鄧波兒那種可愛。似乎是因為緊張的緣故，她總是有些安靜、嚴肅。影片中戴著碩大眼鏡的她讓人們心中感到溫馨。她的純真也使其喜劇表演自成一格。

布蘭斯林在三歲時開始出演電影。但在許多方面，她也是個可愛的孩子，比如她喜歡中國菜，酷愛大象。她說要是不做演員就會當獸醫。

現在的她已經18歲了，也長大了一點，長高了一點。未來的她還會笑容溫暖，舉止乖巧嗎？今年她的作品《八月：奧色治郡》便會給我們一個鑒定的機會。

Beauty contests are usual these days. What kind of girl do you think is a beauty？ One with physical attraction or talents？ Today we will encounter a little beauty who took part in Little Miss Sunshine with a spare tire around her waist. Maybe you have figured it out. Yes， she is Abigail Breslin. If you watched her movie Little Miss Sunshine， you will be impressed and moved by this little girl. She was the angle and encouraged her family in the hardship. Though she made a joke in the beauty contest， but she united the whole family and brought hope into everyone’s heart. For the excellent acting， she was nominated in the Academy Awards.

She was the fourth youngest actor to receive this honor in the Oscar history. But she didn’t get the award at the young age of 10. Some said it’s good for her， especially Alan Arkin who played as her grandfather in Little Miss Sunshine for he regarded it as a chance to improve； otherwise she may become too proud and ruined herself.

She is never that cute doll like Shirley Temple. Breslin is always quiet and serious as if she were nervous. In that film， her natural acting with her big glasses added kind of warm sunshine to the story. Her innocence is a special style which is good for comedy acting.

Breslin began her acting at three. In many aspects， she keeps her nature. She likes Chinese food； elephants are her favorite animals. She once said she would probably become a vet if she didn’t act.

She is now 18. She would grow old and grow higher. Will the future Breslin still smile like sunshine and behave that cute？ Her new film August： Osage County would be on this year. At that time we will find out.

Vocabulary

beauty contest：選美比賽。

encounter：遭遇，邂逅；遇到。

spare tire：備用輪胎。本文使用其比喻義，腰上的輪胎，暗指“小肚腩”。

impress：使（人）印象深刻。

regard as：把……認作；當作；看成；看作。

proud：驕傲的；自豪的；傲慢的。

ruin：破壞，毀滅；使（人）墮落。

innocence：天真無邪。

favorite：特別喜愛的；最喜歡的。