３．star in	= play an important role in a movie
・She'll be starring in an action movie next summer.
・Do you remember the name of the actor who starred in Titanic?

２．work out	= exercise (usually in a gym or fitness center)
・I work out every morning before I go to work.
・She loves listening to music while she works out at the gym.

１．quite a few	= many , several
・The teacher found quite a few mistakes in the student's essay.
・Quite a few people were waiting at the door before the store opened.

Michelle Yeoh
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Action stars like Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and Chow Yun Fat are well known for their skill at acting in fight scenes. But there are also quite a few female actors known for their skill in acting in martial arts movies.

One of the most famous female stars in action movies is Michelle Yeoh. Yeoh was born in 1962 in Malaysia and grew up watching movies with female action stars like Angela Mao and Hsu Feng. After studying ballet, Yeoh became Miss Malaysia in a beauty contest in 1983. As Miss Malaysia, she made some commercials for television with Jackie Chan and was then chosen to act in several action movies.

Yeoh did not know martial arts at that time, but while training to prepare for her roles, she worked out for up to nine hours a day. Her acting and the fighting scenes in the 1985 hit Yes, Madam! made her a huge star in Hong Kong.

In 1992, Yeoh starred in Super Cop with Jackie Chan. The film was a blockbuster, and Yeoh became the highest paid female actor in Asia. Later, Yeoh starred in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and in Crouching Tigher, Hidden Dragon(2000). Both films helped Yeoh become even more famous worldwide.

■What Do You Think?

１．Ｗｈａｔ　ｏｔｈｅｒ　ｆｅｍａｌ　ａｃｔｏｒｓ　ｈａｖｅ　ｓｔａｒｒｅｄ　ｉｎ　ａｃｔｉｏｎ　ｍｏｖｉｅｓ？
　　Ｈａｖｅ　ｙｏｕ　ｓｅｅｎ　ａｎｙ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅｉｒ　ｍｏｖｉｅｓ？　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

２．Ｉｆ　ｙｏｕ　ｈａｄ　ｔｏ　ｌｉｓｔ　ｔｈｅ　Ｔｅｎ　Ｍｏｓｔ　Ｂｅａｕｔｉｆｕｌ　Ｐｅｏｐｌｅ　ｉｎ　ｔｈｅ　Ｗｏｒｌｄ，
　　ｗｈｏ　ｗｏｕｌｄ　ｙｏｕ　ｉｎｃｌｕｄｅ？

４．Why did Yeoh begin studying martial arts?

　　ａ．She did not like ballet.
　　b．She wanted to become Miss Malaysia. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　ｃ．She was training for a role in an action movie.　　　　　　　
　　ｄ．She was introduced to Jackie Chan.　

３．How did Yeoh know Angela Mao？

　　ａ．Mao taught her martial arts.　　　　　　　　　　　　　ｃ．She studied ballet with Mao.
　　ｂ．She saw Mao in movies.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ｄ．They starred in a movie together.

２．How did Yeoh first become famous in Malaysia?

　　ａ．She won a beauty contest.　　　　　　　　　　　　　ｃ．She met Jackie han.
　　ｂ．She acted in several movies.　　　　　　　　　　　　ｄ．She made some TV commercials.

１．This reading is about ・・・・・

　　ａ．a famous female action star.　　　　　　　　　　　ｃ．women doing martial arts.
　　b．movies made in Hong Kong. 　　　　　　　　　　　d．the first femae action star.

Circle the letter of the best answer.

５．Which of these sentences about Michelle Yeoh is NOT true?

　　ａ．She is well known outside Asia.　　　　　　　　
　　ｂ．She has starred in a James Bond movie.
　　ｃ．She became the highest paid female action star in Asea.
　　ｄ．She starred in Super Cup two years after winning a beauty contest.

*1. She didn't prepare* for class, so the teacher was angry with her.**
a. stay late	b. remember	c. get ready	d. be on time

*2. Roger tried to find out* who sent him the birthday card.**
a. guess	b. discover	c. thank	d. reply to

*3. A huge* fish jumped out of the water in front of the boat.**
a. very large	b. very dangerous	c. very fast	d. very beautiful

*4. Did you know that Doug's brother is a cup?*
a. movie actor	b. police officer	c. movie director	d. inventor

*5. I was tired after class last night, so I didn't work out.*
a. cook	b. study	c. go out	d. exerise

*6. Jennifer has seen quite a few* action movies this year.**
a. a lot of	b. not many	c. some very good	d. now and then

Ａ．Ｃｉｒｃｌｅ　ｔｈｅ　ｌｅｔｔｅｒ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　ｗｏｒｄ　ｏｒ　ｐｈｒａｓｅ　ｔｈａｔ　ｂｅｓｔ　matches the
　　word(s) in italics.

　Michelle Yeoh has (1)　　　　　　 many action movies. She got her first (2)　　　　　　 in an action

movies after she won a beauty contest. She did not know martial arts, so she had to (3)　　　　　　 .

very hard to (4)　　　　　　 for her role. The audience in Hong Kong really liked the fighting

(5)　　　　　　 in her first movie with Jackie Chan.

prepae 　　　scenes 　　　cop　　　 role 　　　starred in　　　 train

Ｂ．Ｃomplete the passage with items from the box. One item is extra.　

Ｄｉｄ　Ｙｏｕ　Ｋｎｏｗ？
In 1997, an American magazine, People, chose MIchelle Yeoh as one of the "Fifty Most Beautiful People in the Wrold".