英語名人堂：卡拉·布呂尼·薩科齊

Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi, known as Carla Bruni, was born in December 1967. She is the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and France’s First Lady. Bruni became famous in the 1980s as a top model and also has a career as a singer and songwriter. She has both Italian and French citizenship and is the princess-consort of the Principality of Andorra.

Bruni was born in Turin, Italy, into a wealthy and musical family. Her mother was a concert pianist and her father was an industrialist and classical composer. The family moved to France when Carla was five to escape the threat of being kidnapped by the terrorist group the Red Brigades. Carla went to boarding school in Switzerland and studied art and architecture.

Bruni signed with a modeling agency when she was 19 and immediately became an international success. She worked for many of the top French designers and fashion houses. At the height of her modeling career, she was among the world’s 20 highest-paid models. She also lived a jet-set lifestyle and partied hard, dating rock stars including Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton.

Bruni quit modeling in 1997 and turned her attention to music. Her debut album was released6 in 2002 and was a success in French-speaking countries. Her second album hit the shelves in 2007. Bruni married Nicolas Sarkozy in February 2008. She accompanies him on state visits while continuing her career in music. Her third album went on sale in July 2008.

1 citizenship

n.市民權，公民權，國民的義務(身份)

參考例句：

He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但沒有瑞典公民身分。

Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她選擇了澳大利亞國籍。

2 industrialist

n.工業(yè)家，實業(yè)家

參考例句：

The industrialist's son was kidnapped.這名實業(yè)家的兒子被綁架了。

Mr.Smith was a wealthy industrialist,but he was not satisfied with life.史密斯先生是位富有的企業(yè)家，可他對生活感到不滿意。

3 terrorist

n.恐怖主義者，恐怖分子

參考例句：

Without the gun,I'm a sitting duck for any terrorist.沒有這支槍，我就成了恐怖分子下手的目標了。

The district was put on red alert during a terrorist's bomb scare.這個地區(qū)在得到恐怖分子炸彈恐嚇后作了應急準備。

4 agency

n.經辦;代理;代理處

參考例句：

This disease is spread through the agency of insects.這種疾病是通過昆蟲媒介傳播的。

He spoke in the person of Xinhua News Agency.他代表新華社講話。

5 debut

n.首次演出，初次露面

參考例句：

That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老匯登臺，扮演一個溫文而雅的電臺記者。

The actress made her debut in the new comedy.這位演員在那出新喜劇中首次登臺演出。

6 released

v.釋放( release的過去式和過去分詞 );放開;發(fā)布;發(fā)行

參考例句：

He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保獲釋正在候審。

With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him. 事后才說他們本不應該釋放他，這倒容易。