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Paul Leonard Newman was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1925. His father, Arthur Newman, ran a successful sporting goods store. (9) His mother, Theresa Newman, loved the theater. She influenced her son Paul to act in school plays.
Arthur Newman did not think that acting was a promising job. But, he agreed to support his son for a year while Paul worked with small theater companies.
Paul Newman's first movie, "The Silver Chalice", came out in 1954, He later said that it was the worst movie ever made. Critics agreed. But his 1956 movie, "Somebody Up There Likes Me", was a success that brought him more public attention.
Newman starred in over sixty-five movies during his more than fifty-year career. In his career, Newman was nominated for ten Academy Awards.
Paul Newman was not only a movie star. (10) He was also a political activist who fought for liberal causes. In 1968, he ran for the Democratic Party presidential candidate against Eugene McCarthy. Newman protested the Vietnam War in front of the American Embassy in London. He expressed great pride that he was named on President Richard Nixon's list of enemies.
Paul Newman also worked on some social issues. In 1978, his twenty-eight year old son Scott died of an accidental overdose of drugs and alcohol. (11) In response, Paul Newman created the Scott Newman Center to help educate children and families on preventing drug abuse.
Paul Newman discovered his interest in racing cars while making the 1969 movie "Winning”. He even began racing professionally. (12) In 1995, at the age of seventy, Newman competed and won at the Daytona races in Florida. The Guinness Book of World Records listed him as the oldest winner in his race class.
9. What do we know about Paul Newman's mother?
10. What do we know about Paul Newman as a political activist?
11. Why did Paul Newman create the Scott Newman Center?
12. What do we know about Paul Newman at the age of seventy?
文章一
保羅·萊納德·紐曼1925年出生在俄亥俄州的克利夫蘭。他的父親，亞瑟·紐曼是一家體育用品店的老板。母親，特麗薩·紐曼喜歡戲劇。在母親的影響下，保羅開始參加學校戲劇表演。亞瑟·紐曼認為演藝事業并沒有什么前途，但還是決定資助兒子一年的時間。這時保羅已經開始與一些小的演藝公司合作。保羅·紐曼的第一部電影《圣杯》于1954年發行。保羅曾在后期表示這是他最爛的一部影片。他的這一說法也得到了影評人的認同。但是他在1956年拍攝的《回頭是岸》取得了成功，也讓更多的人們開始關注他。在他50多年的從影生涯中，他一共出演了65部影視作品，并被奧斯卡金像獎提名十次。保羅·紐曼不僅僅是一位影視明星。他還是一位政治上的激進主義者，為了自由事業而斗爭。1968年，紐曼和尤金·麥卡錫對民主黨總統候選人提名展開角逐。紐曼還曾在美駐倫敦大使館門前抗議越南戰爭。他曾經表示自己被列入理查德·尼克松總統的黑名單是他莫大的榮幸。保羅·紐曼還曾為致力于解決一些社會問題的事業出力。1978年，他28歲的兒子，斯科特，因服藥和酒精過量去世。隨后，保羅·紐曼創建了斯科特·紐曼中心，他成立該中心的目的是教育孩子和家長遠離毒品。1969年保羅·紐曼在拍攝電影《獲勝》時對賽車產生興趣。他甚至開始參加專業比賽。保羅七十歲時，在佛羅里達代托納車賽中獲勝。他以賽車組最年長的參賽者榮登吉尼斯世界紀錄。
問題9 關于保羅·紐曼的母親我們了解了什么？
問題10 保羅·紐曼是一位怎樣的政治活動家？
問題11 保羅·紐曼為什么創建斯科特·紐曼中心？
問題12 在保羅·紐曼七十歲時發生了什么事？
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