As 2018 comes to a close, many people are thinking about loved ones or friends they lost this year.
隨著2018年臨近結束，很多人都在思念他們今年過世的親人或朋友。
When Americans want to say they are sorry about someone’s loss, they offer their sympathies or condolences. And so, our condolences to you for anyone you are mourning.
當美國人想說對某人的離世感到難過時，他們會表示同情或慰唁。所以對你哀悼的那個人，我們也要向你表示慰唁。
Today we want to note some public figures all of us lost over the past 12 months.
今天我們想要特別提到過去1年里離世的那些公眾人物。
Actors who died this year include Margot Kidder, who played Lois Lane in the 1978 film Superman and three other Superman movies. Verne Troyer was Mini Me in two Austin Powers movies. Burt Reynolds was in movies and television from the 1950s through the 2000s. And Eunice Gayson was James Bond’s girlfriend in Bond’s first two films.
今年過世的演員有瑪葛·姬黛，她在1978年的電影《超人》及其它3部超人電影中扮演露易絲·連恩。凡爾納·特羅耶在兩部《王牌大賤諜》電影中扮演Mini Me。伯特·雷諾茲參演了20世紀50年代到21世紀初的電影電視。而尤尼斯·蓋森在前兩部龐德電影中扮演詹姆斯·龐德的女友。
Arthur Mitchell and Paul Taylor were both dancers.
亞瑟·米切爾和保羅·泰勒都是舞者。
Neil Simon and Ntozake Shange wrote plays. Ursula K. Le Guin, V.S. Naipaul, Tom Wolf and Philip Roth wrote books.
尼爾·西蒙和尼托紮克·尚吉都是編劇。娥蘇拉·勒瑰恩、V.S.奈保爾、湯姆·沃爾夫以及菲利普·羅斯都是作家。
Robert Indiana was an artist who made the LOVE sign. Businesswoman Kate Spade designed clothes. Gary Kurtz produced the first Star Wars movie. Stan Lee invented Spider-Man. And Paul Allen co-founded the technology company Microsoft.
羅伯特·印第安納是製作LOVE標誌的藝術家。女商人凱特·絲蓓設計服裝。加里·庫爾茨製作了第一部星際大戰電影。斯坦李創造了 蜘蛛人。而保羅·艾倫參與共同創建了微軟科技公司。
Diplomat Kofi Annan was the head of the United Nations, and singer Aretha Franklin was the queen of soul.
外交官科菲·安南擔任過聯合國秘書長，而歌手艾瑞莎·富蘭克林是靈魂歌後。
Robin Leach, who presented Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, signed off one last time. Chef Anthony Bourdain ate his last meal. The Reverend Billy Graham said his final prayer. Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush joined his wife of 73 years, Barbara Bush. And physicist Stephen Hawking disappeared into the universe.
推出《Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous》電視節目的羅賓·里奇最後一次播音，廚師安東尼·伯爾頓吃完最後一頓飯，比利·格雷厄姆牧師最後一次禱告，美國前總統老布什前去追隨他73歲的亡妻芭芭拉，而物理學家斯蒂芬·霍金消失在茫茫宇宙。
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