Shailene Woodley (2)

A life-changing opportunity 
A high-profile project called The Descendants then gave her a chance to work in a major film. The four months she joined George Clooney in Hawaii to make the movie is a period she says shaped her young adult life. Her performance as a girl dealing with the possible death of her mother earned much attention and an Independent Spirit Award. However, she maintains, "I'm not a good actor. I'm just a professional listener."

A confident individual 
Though "Secret Life" concluded last year, Woodley was reluctant to take on the sure-to-be hot film Divergent when offered to her because of its sheer size. But the celebration of the individuals she found in the popular book the film is based on "profoundly moved" her, "Everybody wants to fit in, which is so boring," she says, echoing her parents' first guideline. "I do not think one person is capable of being 'one thing' ever. That's just a stereotype." One gets the sense that Woodley fights for the right to be her own person just like her character Tris does.


Info Cloud
Teaching Topic: Actor or Actress?
兩性平權的21世紀裡,
actor/actress actor也用來稱女演員, actress女演員則用來表示 獎項
以前空中小姐叫 stewardess, 現在則是空服員 flight attendant


Grammar Gym
The four months she joined George Clooney in Hawaii to make the movie is a period she says shaped her young adult life.
[amount of time] is/was a period [someone] says + verb. 
- Mona's two years working on the farm was a period she says taught her the value of hard work.
- Nathan's summer with his grandfather was a period he says forced him to grow up.


Language Lab
life-changing adj. 可以改變人生的
- The car accident was a life-changing experience for Ray; he has learned to cherish every moment in life.
- Getting married is a life-changing decision.

high-profile adj. 備受矚目的, 高知名度的
attracting a lot of public attention, usually deliberately
- Many high-profile production houses are interested in this script.
- This high-profile case is reported on TV news almost every day.

sheer adj. 完全的, 十足的
used to emphasize that something is very heavy, large etc;
luck, happiness etc with no other feeling or quality mixed with it [= pure]:
- The sheer delight of enjoying family time with my kids is incomparable.
- His success is sheer luck.

stereotype n.刻板印象
a belief or idea of what a particular type of person or thing is like. Stereotypes are often unfair or untrue
- Sherry doesn't fit the stereotype of a business woman. She's calm, intelligent and sweet.
stereotype v.  to decide unfairly that a type of person has particular qualities or abilities because they belong to a particular race, sex, or social class
- Asians are stereotyped in most Hollywood film. sure-to-be


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