The Oscars is one of the most prominent[显著的] award ceremonies[典礼] in Hollywood. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the institute responsible for the initiation[开始] of this ceremony. The Academy Awards occupies an important position in the life of the people related to the motion picture industry. They were given for the first time in 1929 and, since then, have become a yearly affair. There are numerous fun and interesting facts associated with the Academy Award ceremony, some of which have been listed below. 奥斯卡是好莱坞最受瞩目的颁奖典礼之一，由美国电影艺术与科学学院发起，奥斯卡金像奖对电影业界人士有重要的影响力。自1929年首次颁奖以来，奥斯卡颁奖仪式就成为了一年一度的盛事。和金像奖有关的奇闻趣事多不胜数，我们列出了其中一部分。
The youngest person to ever receive an Oscar was six-year-old Shirley Temple, in 1934. (However, Shirley's Oscar was an honorary[荣誉的] one.) 年纪最小的奥斯卡奖获得者是6岁的秀兰·邓波儿，获奖年份是1934年。（不过，邓波儿的奥斯卡奖是一个荣誉奖。）
The youngest actress to win a standard Oscar was Tatum O'Neal, who was ten years old when she won the Best Supporting Actress award for Paper Moon in 1973.
获得奥斯卡正式奖项最年轻的女演员是塔特姆·奥尼尔。她凭借1973年的电影《纸月亮》获得最佳女配角奖，年仅10岁。
George Burns was the oldest Oscar winner when he won as Best Supporting Actor for The Sunshine Boys at age 80 (in 1975). But that mark was later surpassed by Jessica Tandy, who won her Best Actress Oscar at age 81 for Driving Miss Daisy (1989).
当时80岁的乔治·伯恩斯凭借《阳光小子》赢得了1975年的最佳男配角奖，成为年纪最大的奥斯卡获奖者。但这个纪录后来被杰西卡·坦迪打破了——她凭《为戴茜小姐开车》（1989年）在81岁高龄获得了奥斯卡最佳女演员奖。
The oldest actor to win the Oscar for Best Actor was Henry Fonda, for On Golden Pond (1981). He was 76.
获得奥斯卡最佳男演员奖年龄最大的人是出演《金色池塘》（1981年）的亨利·方达，他那时76岁。
The three movies that won the most Oscars were Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003), Titanic (1997) and Ben-Hur (1959). All three movies won 11 statuettes[小雕像]. Second place is held by West Side Story (1961), which won ten Oscars. 获得最多奥斯卡奖项的三部电影分别是《指环王：王者归来》（2003年）、《泰坦尼克号》（1997年）和《宾虚》（1959年）。三部电影均获得11座小金人。排第二的是获得10个奖项的《西区故事》（1961年）。
The actress with the most Academy Awards for Best Actress is Katharine Hepburn, who won four of the golden statuettes in 1932, 1967, 1968 and 1981. 获得金像奖最佳女演员次数最多的是凯瑟琳·赫本。她分别在1932、1967、1968和1981年四次获得小金人。
The title for the most Best Actor awards, though, is shared by nine different actors Spencer Tracy, Gary Cooper, Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Fredric March, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Hanks, Daniel Day-Lewis and Sean Penn—who have each won two Oscars.
而在最佳男演员方面，获奖次数最多的共有九人，他们是斯宾塞·屈塞、加里·库柏、马龙·白兰度、杰克·尼科尔森、弗雷德里克·马奇、达斯汀·霍夫曼、汤姆·汉克斯、丹尼尔·戴-刘易斯和西恩·潘——每人均获得过两个奥斯卡奖。
The actor with the most overall Oscar nominations[提名] is Jack Nicholson, who was nominated 12 times (winning three times—twice for Best Actor and once for Best Supporting Actor).
被提名总数最多的男演员是杰克·尼科尔森，他曾获12次提名（其中三次夺奖——两次最佳男演员，一次最佳男配角）。
Meryl Streep holds the actress-record for the most overall Oscar nominations, with 16 nominations (passing Katharine Hepburn, who had 12).梅丽尔·斯特里普是拥有被提名次数最多的女演员，她总共被提名16次（超过凯瑟琳·赫本的12次）。
The individual who was awarded the most overall Oscars was none other than Walt Disney, who walked away with 26 Academy Awards over his lifetime. He had 64 total Oscar nominations. 获得最多奥斯卡奖的个人当属华特·迪士尼。在他一生中共拿走了26个金像奖，获得64次提名。
The longest acceptance speech ever given at an Academy Awards ceremony was given by Greer Garson when she accepted her award for Best Actress for 1942's Mrs. Miniver. It's uncertain exactly how long she spoke—most sources agree it was somewhere between 5.5 and 7 minutes.
有史以来最长的金像奖获奖感言出自葛丽亚·嘉逊。1942年她凭借《忠勇之家》获得最佳女演员，并在领奖时创下这一纪录。没有人知道她具体讲了多久——大多数资料认为这段演说在5分半钟到7分钟之间。
The Oscar statuette weighs 8.5 pounds and stands 13.5 inches high. The name “Oscar” was given by Margaret Herrick, the Academy librarian[图书管理员]. On seeing the Oscar statuettes in 1931, she remarked, “Why it looks like my Uncle Oscar!” Her uncle's full name, by the way, was Oscar Pierce.
奥斯卡小金人重8.5磅（约3.9公斤），高13.5英寸（34厘米）。“奥斯卡”这个名字出自当时的学院图书管理员玛格丽特·赫里克。1931年看见奥斯卡雕像的时候，她说：“为什么它看起来这么像我的叔叔奥斯卡啊！”顺道说一句，她叔叔的全名是奥斯卡·皮尔斯。