Carey Mulligan (2)

Mulligan decided to write Fellowes, and his wife answered her letter. She invited Mulligan to a dinner with a few other young, hopeful actors. After meeting Mulligan, Fellowes' wife arranged for her to try out the film Pride and Prejudice. She got the role of Kitty Bennet, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Next she got parts on British TV and Broadway, followed by more film and TV parts. The young actress was quickly developing a long list of accomplishments.

Then 2009 brought overnight fame. Mulligan's memorable performance in An Deucation earned her an Academy Award nomination.

A bright future
In April 2012, Mulligan married Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons. They got married on an English farm surrounded by friends Colin Firth, Jake Gyllenhaal and others.

With over 20 roles to her credit, Mulligan says she is happiest when she's working. She must be very happy these days as her future looks bright and the opportunities are plentiful.

Info Cloud 
actor/actress
Today, we continue to look at Carey Mulligan, the beautiful young actress, or is it actor?

Well, Ken, in this day and age, it is perfectly acceptable, if not preferred, to call a female performer an actor.

So, never use the word actress anymore?

Not exactly. Some women performers feel the term actress diminishes them somehow. While others feel it separates them from male actors in a positive way.

We know there has been a movement in different circles to go gender neutral. We've seen stewardess replaced by flight attendant and waitress replaced by sever.

That's right! And, since the word actress is a gender specific word, some groups assert that the word is sexist. This has led to the emergence of the gender neutral usage of actor, especially when referring to male and female performers collectively.

However, actress remains the common term used in major acting awards given to women recipients. For example, she won an Oscar for best actress.

And, unlike stewardess, actress is still widely used and accepted in general usage. So, there is really no consensus at this point. As a rule of thumb, use actor for both male and female performers; use actress to refer to the name of an award.

Grammar Gym 
Hi friends, welcome to the grammar gym. My name is Liz. And, here's our grammar tip sentence.

After meeting Mulligan, Fellowes' wife arranged for her to try out for the film, Pride and Prejudice.

Our focus today is on the phrase: try out.

You may have heard of trying something out. Like, here is a new restaurant around the block, we should go try it out.

But in today's sentence, try out has a different meaning.

Here it means to go through a test in order to get a job.

So, today's sentence just means, Fellowes' wife helped Mulligan get the chance to be tested for a part in the film, Pride and Prejudice. And clearly, Mulligan passed that test.

Ok. Let's have a look at some example sentences.

The coach encouraged Bobby to try out for the school basketball team.

Or.

Although Kim has no acting experience, she still wanted to try out for the lead role in the play.

If you like to see some more example sentences, they're available in today's Grammar tip section in your magazine.

This is Liz from the Grammar Gym. See you next time.

Language Lab
hopeful adj. 有希望的; 有前途的
believing that what you hope for is likely to happen
- The agency has invested a great deal of money in these hopeful talents.
這家經紀公司在這些前景看好的．．投資了大量的金錢
hopeful n. 前景看好的人
someone who is hoping to be successful, especially in acting, sports, politics
- These young hopefuls will be intensively trained for the next Olympic Games.
這些明日之星會為了要參加下次的奧運而參加密集的訓練

accomplishment n. 成就, 技能
something successful or impressive that is achieved after a lot of effort and hard work [= achievement];
an ability to do something well, or the skill involved in doing something well
- This boy's technical accomplishment on the guitar is amazing.
這個男孩的吉他技巧非常的驚人
- Completing the marathon is a great accomplishment for this handicapped girl.
對這個殘障的女孩而言，完成馬拉松是一件了不起的成就

Academy Award nomination n. 奧斯卡金項獎提名
[Academy 美國演藝學院/Award獎項/nomination提名]
Academy Award 
used for an award given by part of the U.S. film industry to the best actors, directors, etc., of the year
- The movie got six Academy Award nominations.
這部電影得到了六項奧斯卡金項獎提名
Oscar nominees 奧斯卡的被提名者

plentiful adj. 充足的，多的
more than enough in quantity
- The food supplies in the camp are plentiful.
這個營地的食物供應量非常的充足
- Plentiful rain contributed to the huge harvest this year.
今年的豐收要歸功於豐沛的雨水
plenty n.多的，充足
a situation in which there is a lot of food and goods available for people
in plenty - in large supply or more than enough
- We've got plenty of time to finish the project.
我們有足夠的時間去完成這個計畫


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