Tom Hanks 汤姆•汉克斯
【词汇扫描】
alienate 疏远
credential 资格
More comedies followed, but none clicked with audiences.
With Nothing in Common (1986)-
about a young man alienated from his parents
who must re-establish a relationship with his father,
played by Jackie Gleason-
Hanks began to establish the credentials of not only a comic actor
but of someone who could carry a serious role.
"It changed my desires about working in movies",
Hanks told Rolling Stone.
"Part of it was the nature of the material, what we were trying to say.
But besides that, it focused on people's relationships.
The story was about a guy and his father,
unlike, say, The Money Pit (1986),
where the story is really about a guy and his house."

【逐句对照】
More comedies followed, but none clicked with audiences.
With Nothing in Common (1986)-
about a young man alienated from his parents
who must re-establish a relationship with his father,
played by Jackie Gleason-
Hanks began to establish the credentials of not only a comic actor
but of someone who could carry a serious role.
"It changed my desires about working in movies",
Hanks told Rolling Stone.
"Part of it was the nature of the material, what we were trying to say.
But besides that, it focused on people's relationships.
The story was about a guy and his father,
unlike, say, The Money Pit (1986),
where the story is really about a guy and his house."

【多学一点】
click 点击
click
The world is just a click away.
click with audiences
alienate 使疏远，离间
alienate him from his friends
alienated from his parents
Nothing In Common
alienated
credential 资格
establish the credentials

【词汇扫描】
flop 惨败
major Hollywood talent 好莱坞一线演员
conscience 良心
adulation 阿谀奉承
After three more flops, Hanks succeeded with the fantasy Big (1988),
both at the box office and within the industry,
establishing Hanks as a major Hollywood talent.
"It's not easy being successful in this town,"
his friend Scolari told Rolling Stone,
"particularly for a man of conscience.
You get fed a steady diet of adulation.
You get fed things that aren't necessarily bad
or poisonous or toxic in any way.
But they're not really on your meal plan.
You have to stop and say,
'Wait a minute-I didn't order this.'
You have to take your life by the horns.
You have responsibilities that have nothing to do with being an actor.
Tom Hanks has dealt with his success.
I have never known him to be happier."

【逐句对照】
After three more flops, Hanks succeeded with the fantasy Big (1988),
both at the box office and within the industry,
establishing Hanks as a major Hollywood talent.
"It's not easy being successful in this town,"
his friend Scolari told Rolling Stone,
"particularly for a man of conscience.
You get fed a steady diet of adulation.
You get fed things that aren't necessarily bad
or poisonous or toxic in any way.
But they're not really on your meal plan.
You have to stop and say,
'Wait a minute-I didn't order this.'
You have to take your life by the horns.
You have responsibilities that have nothing to do with being an actor.
Tom Hanks has dealt with his success.
I have never known him to be happier."

【多学一点】
flop
Something flopped down from the ceiling
flop
three more flops
adulation 谄媚，奉承
adulate
flatter 恭维
He flattered her about her cooking.
flatter
adulation

【故事原文】
More comedies followed, but none clicked with audiences.
With Nothing in Common (1986)-
about a young man alienated from his parents
who must re-establish a relationship with his father,
played by Jackie Gleason-
Hanks began to establish the credentials of not only a comic actor
but of someone who could carry a serious role.
"It changed my desires about working in movies",
Hanks told Rolling Stone.
"Part of it was the nature of the material, what we were trying to say.
But besides that, it focused on people's relationships.
The story was about a guy and his father,
unlike, say, The Money Pit (1986),
where the story is really about a guy and his house."
After three more flops, Hanks succeeded with the fantasy Big (1988),
both at the box office and within the industry,
establishing Hanks as a major Hollywood talent.
"It's not easy being successful in this town,"
his friend Scolari told Rolling Stone,
"particularly for a man of conscience.
You get fed a steady diet of adulation.
You get fed things that aren't necessarily bad
or poisonous or toxic in any way.
But they're not really on your meal plan.
You have to stop and say,
'Wait a minute-I didn't order this.'
You have to take your life by the horns.
You have responsibilities that have nothing to do with being an actor.
Tom Hanks has dealt with his success.
I have never known him to be happier."