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(xué)英語(yǔ)時(shí)，榜樣的激勵(lì)作用至關(guān)重要——他們讓我們意識(shí)到，學(xué)英語(yǔ)可能是人生改變和事業(yè)成功的第一步。雖然老師能起到這樣的作用，但有時(shí)受人追捧的名人或許也可以擔(dān)當(dāng)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(shí)英語(yǔ)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(zhǎng)于德國(guó)紐倫堡。她的父親是美國(guó)人，曾于歐洲負(fù)責(zé)主管美國(guó)陸軍郵政局。她的母親是德國(guó)人。紐倫堡是布洛克父母的相遇之處。布洛克在德國(guó)生活了十二年，德語(yǔ)自然而然成為了她的母語(yǔ)。

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(shí)，布洛克憑借《弱點(diǎn)》斬獲奧斯卡金像獎(jiǎng)最佳女主角獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)，這是她獲獎(jiǎng)后接受德國(guó)記者采訪時(shí)的情景：