The Speech of Leonardo DiCaprio on the 88th Oscar Award as Best Actor in the Leading Role
Leo: Thank you. Thank you all so very much. Thank you to the Academy. Thank you to all of you in this room. I have to congratulate the other incredible nominees this year for their unbelievable performances. The Revenant was a product of the tireless efforts of the unbelievable cast and crew I got to work alongside. (academy n.学院 congratulate vt.祝贺 incredible = unbelievable adj.难以置信的，不可思议的；nominee n.被提名者 nominate vt.提名 nomination n.提名 tireless adj.孜孜不倦的)
First off, to my brother in this endeavor Mr.Tom Hardy. Tom, your fierce talent on screen can only be surpassed by your friendship off screen.
(endeavor n.努力；fierce adj.猛烈的，狂热的，卖力的；surpass vt.超过，超越；on screen/off screen台前，幕后)
To Mr.Alejandro Inarritu. As the history of cinema unfolds, you have forged your way into history these past two years. What an unbelievable talent you are.
Thank you to you and Chivo, for creating a transcendence cinematic experience for all of us. Thank you to everybody at FOX and NEW REGENENCY. (transcendence n.超越，超绝；cinematic adj.电影的)
And particular Arnon Milchan，you are the champion of this endeavor. My entire team.
I want to thank everyone from the very onset of my career. Mr. Caton-Jonesfor casting me in my first film.Mr.Scorsese- for teaching me so much about this cinematic art form. To Mr.Ricky Yorn- Thank you for helping me navigate my way to this industry. (champion n.冠军，胜利者；onset n.开端，开始；art form艺术形式；navigate vt.导航，指引，向导；)
And to my parents, none of these would be possible without you.
And my friends. I love you dearly. You know who you are.
At last, I just want to say this:
Making The Revenant was about men’s relationship to the natural world, the world that we collectively felt that 2015 as the hottest year recorded in history. Our production team needed to move to the southern tip of this planet just to be able to find snow.
(collectively adv.全体地，共同地；southern tip最南端tip顶端；planet n.星球，在这里指地球)
Climate change is real and it’s happening right now. It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species. And we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating.
(climate change 气候变化；urgent adj.急迫的；threat n.威胁；species n.物种；procrastinate vt.拖延/procrastination n.拖延症)
We need to support leaders around the world who do not speak for the big polluters or big corporations but who speak for all of humanity, for the indigenous people of the world, for the billions and billions of underprivileged people who are most affected by this.
(humanity n.人性；indigenous adj.土生土长的，原著的；underprivileged adj.被剥夺权利的，穷苦的，社会下层的 )
For our children’s children and for those people ou t there whose voices have been drowned out by the politics of greed.
(be drown out 被淹没；greed n.贪婪greedy adj.贪婪的)
I thank you all this amazing award tonight. Let us not take this planet for granted. I do not take tonight for granted.Thank you so very much.
(take … for granted把…当做理所当然 )。