이선욱. 2010. 영어 리딩 무작정 따라하기 (43) 제시카 알바

출처: 이선욱. 2010. 『영어 리딩 무작정 따라하기』. 길벗이지톡.

영어 리딩 무작정 따라하기 저자 : 이선욱 출판 : 길벗이지톡 2010.01.05 상세보기

5장. 그 사람이 그렇대? 인물탐구

3. 섹스 심볼 제시카 알바

 

Jessica Marie Alba is considered a sex symbol. We frequently find her name on the "sexiest women in the world" lists. Apart from her beautiful looks, we can understand her passion for acting by looking at her childhood. Alba first became interested in acting at the age of five. Several years later, when Alba was 11 years old, there was an acting competition in Beverly Hills, California. Alba asked her mother to sign her up.

 - sign up: 참가하다, 등록하다, 계약하다

 cf. sign up for: ...을 신청하다, ...에 가입하다

 

She got a chance to take a free acting class by winning first prize in the contest.

 - get a chance to V: ...할 기회를 잡다

 - take a class = take a course = take lessons: 수업/강습을 받다

 

In 1994, at age 13, Alba launched her television and movie career with a small role in the film Camp Nowhere. Since then she has starred in many TV series and movies including Dark Angel, Fantastic Four, and Sin City.

 - star in: ...에서 주연을 맡다

 

In 2008, she married Cash Warren and gave birth to a girl.

 - give birth to = bear: 아이를 낳다,

 - give birth to: ...을 일으키다, ...의 원인이 되다

 

Warren is the son of Michael Warren, an actor in the 1980s TV hit Hill Street Blues.