It’s important to have role models who can inspire us and illustrate that learning English can be the first step to a new life and a highly successful career. Teachers can do this, but sometimes it’s nice to have some loftier examples to aspire to.
學英語時，榜樣的激勵作用至關重要——他們讓我們意識到，學英語可能是人生改變和事業成功的第一步。雖然老師能起到這樣的作用，但有時受人追捧的名人或許也可以擔當此任。

With that in mind, here we reveal four celebrities whom you might be surprised to discover learnt English as a second language. And they all have two things in common – they’re all Hollywood stars, and they’re all women.
抱著這種想法，今天我們將介紹這四位名人：你可能不知道，其實英語只是她們的二外。這四位全都是好萊塢明星，且都是女性。

桑德拉·布洛克（Sandra Bullock）

Despite being born in Arlington County, Virginia, Bullock was raised in Nuremberg, Germany, where her American father – stationed in charge of the US Army’s Military Post Service in Europe – met her German mother. Having spent 12 years in Germany, German naturally became her first language.
布洛克雖出生于弗吉尼亞的阿靈頓，卻成長于德國紐倫堡。她的父親是美國人，曾于歐洲負責主管美國陸軍郵政局。她的母親是德國人。紐倫堡是布洛克父母的相遇之處。布洛克在德國生活了十二年，德語自然而然成為了她的母語。

Here’s footage of Bullock speaking to a German journalist after her 2010 Academy Award Best Actress win for her role in the film The Blind Side:
2010年時，布洛克憑借《弱點》斬獲奧斯卡金像獎最佳女主角獎項，這是她獲獎后接受德國記者采訪時的情景：