影视英语|妮可-基德曼：联合国妇女亲善大使

现年38岁的刚刚在联合国总部拍摄完她的电影《翻译员》，自己就成了目的，作为联合国进步署妇女基金的亲善大使。据了解，她刚刚离婚的前夫汤姆-克鲁斯的新欢美国演员安吉丽娜-朱丽，就是进步署儿童基金的大使

Hollywood star Nicole Kidman is to be named goodwill^{1 ambassador of the United Nations Development Fund for Women , the fund said.}

The 38-year-old Australian will work with UNIFEM to advance women's rights and gender^{2 equality around the world, with a special focus on issues such as ending violence against women, it added.}

Since the early 1950s, the world body has enlisted^{3 the assistance of prominent figures from the worlds of art, music, film, sport and literature to turn the spotlight4 on humanitarian5 causes and U.N. programs as goodwill ambassadors and celebrity6 advocates.}

U.S. actress Angelina Jolie is currently serving as ambassador of UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund.

Kidman recently starred in the political thriller^{7 The Interpreter, shot at the United Nations' famed New York headquarters, as a U.N. interpreter who overhears an assassination8 plot and then becomes a target herself.}

重点词语

enlist v. 征募，征召

advocate n. 倡导者

celebrity n. 名人

assassination n. 刺杀