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1、The adolescent girl from Tennessee is standing onthe stage of a drama summer camp in upstate New York.It's a beautiful day. But the girl doesn't feelbeautiful. She's not the leggy, glamorous Hollywoodtype. In fact, she describes herself as dorky. 一名少女由田纳西州来到纽约北部，她站在戏剧夏令营的舞台上，虽然天气是那么好，她的
2、心情却一点也不好。因为她不是那种身材颀长、丰腴美艳的好莱坞式美女，实际上她形容自己是“土里土气，还有点傻”。 Since she was six years old, Reese Witherspoon haswanted to be a country singer. And Dolly Parton is heridol. Butv this flat-chested wisp of a girl is no Dolly Parton. 从六岁开始，里斯•威瑟斯庞就梦想着成为一名乡村歌手，多莉•帕顿是她心中的偶像。但她可一点都不像多莉•帕顿，她胸部扁平，身材纤细。
3、Nevertheless, all of this summer she's been acting, dancing and singing---giving it her best.然而，整个夏天她都在尽全力地表演，跳舞和唱歌.Play to your strengths. If you're going to make it in this business, it's not going to be on sexy—that's not who you are. Better focus on what you're good at. Celebrate you
4、rself. 发挥长处。如果想在这一行发展，不要走自己不擅长的性感路线。更好地专注于自己的特长，为自己喝彩。Despite three years of lessons, at the end of camp her coaches tell her to forget aboutsinging. They suggest she think about another career. If Reese did have talent, it was hidingunder her skinny, mousy frame and her Coke-bottle gla
5、sses. 她已经上了三年的声乐课程，但夏令营结束时，老师们还是告诉她应该忘掉唱歌这件事儿，另谋出路。如果里斯确实有天分的话，那也是给她纤细的身材和厚如可乐瓶底儿的眼镜遮盖住了。 Still, she takes their words to heart. After all, why shouldn't she believe theprofessionals? 虽然心有不甘，可她还是听从了建议，毕竟，她有什么理由怀疑专业人士呢？ But back at home in Nashville, her mother — a funny, happy, upbea
6、t person — wouldn't lether mope. Her father, a physician, encouraged her to achieve in school. So she worked hard ateverything and was accepted at Stanford University. 但回到位于纳什维尔的家里，她的妈妈——一名风趣、快乐、乐观的儿科护士——可不会让里斯感到丝毫的沮丧。她的爸爸是一名医生，他鼓励女儿在学业上有所成就。于是，她凡事努力，终于被斯坦福大学录取。 And at age 19, she got
7、a part in a low-budget movie called Freeway. That led to asubstantial role in the movie Pleasantville. But her big break came with Legally Blonde. 19岁那年，她出演了一部低成本电影《极速惊魂》。这为她后来在《欢乐谷》中争取到真正重要的角色奠定了基础。而她真正的破冰之作是影片《律政俏佳人》。 Well, she decided,"if you can't sing and you aren'
