153. pocket watch

ha elárulom, hogy Woody Allen, kitalálhatod a poént... :)

a fordítás meg csak jutifalat, mert tényleg babakönnyű (bár egy bakid lehet!) – neked inkább a szókincs okozhat gondot?

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(http://www.imdb.com: Mini Biography By: David McCollum and Michael Castrignano)

Woody Allen was born Allan Stewart Konigsberg on December 1, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York, to Nettie (Cherrie), a bookkeeper, and Martin Konigsberg, a waiter and jewellery engraver. His father was of Russian Jewish descent, and his maternal grandparents were Austrian Jewish immigrants. As a young boy, he became intrigued with magic tricks and playing the clarinet, two hobbies that he continues today. 

Allen broke into show business at 15 years when he started writing jokes for a local paper, receiving $200 a week. He later moved on to write jokes for talk shows but felt that his jokes were being wasted. His agents, Charles Joffe and Jack Rollins, convinced him to start doing stand-up and telling his own jokes. Reluctantly he agreed and, although he initially performed with such fear of the audience that he would cover his ears when they applauded his jokes, he eventually became very successful at stand-up. After performing on stage for a few years, he was approached to write a script forWarren Beatty to star in: Mi újság, cicamica? (1965) and would also have a moderate role as a character in the film. During production, Woody gave himself more and better lines and left Beatty with less compelling dialogue. Beatty inevitably quit the project and was replaced by Peter Sellers, who demanded all the best lines and more screen-time.
It was from this experience that Woody realized that he could not work on a film without complete control over its production. Woody's theoretical directorial debut was in Mi újság, Tiger Lily? (1966); a Japanese spy flick that he dubbed over with his own comedic dialogue about spies searching for the secret recipe for egg salad. His real directorial debut came the next year in the mockumentary Fogd a pénzt és fuss (1969). He has written, directed and, more often than not, starred in about a film a year ever since, while simultaneously writing more than a dozen plays and several books of comedy.
While best known for his romantic comedies Annie Hall (1977) and Manhattan (1979), Woody has made many transitions in his films throughout the years, transitioning from his "early, funny ones" of Banánköztársaság (1971), Szerelem és halál (1975) and Amit tudni akarsz a szexről... (1972); to his more storied and romantic comedies of Annie Hall (1977), Manhattan (1979) and Hannah és nővérei (1986); to the Bergmanesque films of Csillagporos emlékek (1980) and Belső terek (1978); and then on to the more recent, but varied works of Bűnök és vétkek (1989), Férjek és feleségek (1992),Hatalmas Aphrodité (1995), _Celebrity_ and Agyament Harry (1997); and finally to his films of the last decade, which vary from the light comedy of Füles (2006), to the self-destructive darkness of Match Point (2005) and, most recently, to the cinematically beautiful tale of Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008). Although his stories and style have changed over the years, he is regarded as one of the best filmmakers of our time because of his views on art and his mastery of filmmaking.

152. dead

tudod-e, mitől poén a poén? a fordítás igen könnyű, de fogadjunk,

hogy két helyen is hibázol :(

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(www.oxford-royale.co.uk)

8 British Stereotypes and Why They Are (Mostly) Inaccurate

1. We’re all best mates with Prince William

Mention to someone from another country that you’re from Britain, and one of the responses you may encounter is “Do you know Prince William?” And in that question, you might just as well substitute the heir to the British throne with any other member of the Royal Family....

2. We all live in a gloriously idealised London

In the imaginations of many outside the UK, our capital city is the place in which all British people reside – doubtless in residences with views of the Houses of Parliament or Buckingham Palace. At a push, non-Brits may have heard of other major cities such as Oxford or Edinburgh, and maybe Birmingham, but that’s often as far as non-Brit knowledge extends....

3. We all talk like a Cockney or an aristocrat

“Tally ho old sport! I say, isn’t this some ghastly weather we’re having, what?”

“Alright me old geyser?”

These are the two categories of British accent that constitute most non-Brits’ impressions of how we talk here in Britain. Hollywood has done little to dispel this idea of British speech, as this is how we’re depicted in most movies as well...

4. All we ever talk about is the weather

...But talking about the weather fulfils another purpose: it’s a guaranteed topic for small talk, a safeguard we use to avoid those awkward silences that we self-conscious Brits hate...

5. We have a stiff upper lip

The idea of the “stiff upper lip” comes from the fact that a trembling upper lip betrays a lack of control over one’s emotions, and maintaining a stiff upper lip – not showing any emotion – is something that many people thinkcharacterises the Brits...

6. Our food is awful and we can’t produce our own wine

Some countries – dare we say it, France, for example – look down their noses at British food and deride us for our lack of taste....

7. We’re a nation of queuers

Now here is a British stereotype that definitely is true, and we’re very glad about it. We Brits are renowned for forming an orderly queue whenever the need arises. We’re not ones for pushing and shoving; we let fairness rule the day and patiently wait our turn...

8. We complain a lot – but we also say sorry a lot
It’s true: we do complain a lot. We love grumbling to each other about everything from our neighbours to politicians, from energy bills to noisy parties and from the weather being too cold to the weather being too hot. But we’re normally too polite actually to complain to the source of the grievance. In a restaurant, for example, we might privately complain to our dining companion about the standard of the food, but when the waiter comes round to ask us if everything is alright with our meals, most of us will politely tell them how good it is...