《丑女贝蒂》精讲 66先发制敌

Wilhelmina:Get me Bradford.

给我连线Bradford。

Marc:He's on line one.

他在一号线上。

Wilhelmina:Bradford, good news. The book and the proofs turned up.Well, my people were on a manhunt and, uh...What do you mean? It doesn't matter?

On——on "Fashion TV"? Wha—

Bradford，好消息——那本书和样片找到了。我的人四处搜寻，呃......你说没关系了是什么意思？在时尚电视频道？什么......

Anchorman:In a stunning¹ new twist in today's major fashionistic drama,

在今天的时尚单元中，事情发生了戏剧性的转变，

Natalie Whitman has decided² to preempt³ any embarrassment⁴ her missing photographs may have caused

Natalie Whitman决定在遗失的照片给她带来尴尬前先采取行动，

by allowing "Mode" magazine to reveal the real her and publish the pictures completelyunretouched.

同意《时尚》杂志展示出真正的自己出版完全未经修饰的照片。

Natalie Whitman:I just wanna put a spotlight⁵ on the hypocrisy⁶ of this business which seems intent on making any normal human being feel like an outcast?

我只想揭开整件事虚伪的面纱，它把原本正常的人弄得像个异类。

Anchorman:Does this audacious move by recently installed editor Daniel Meade markthe beginning of a newer, nicer "Mode"? God help us all.

新任总编Daniel Meade的这次大胆举动是不是意味着缔造一个全新的更好的《时尚》。上帝保佑所有人。

Daniel:Great news,isn't it?

好消息，对吧？

Wilhelmina:Wonderful.

非常棒。

Daniel:So it turned up?

书找到了？

Wilhelmina:Anonymously dropped off at the front desk.Lucky thing.

有人以匿名的方式把它放在了前台。不过很幸运找到了。

Daniel:Indeed.I'll make sure it's never out of my sight again.

确实如此，我要确保它再也不会离开我的眼皮子底下。

Wilhelmina:Please do that. Good night, Daniel.

别再弄丢了。晚安，Daniel。

Daniel:Good night, Wilhelmina.

晚安，Wilhelmina。

Marc:Night.

晚安。

Wilhelmina:Bastard.

小杂种！

1 stunning   

adj.极好的；使人晕倒的

参考例句：

• His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
• The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 preempt   

v.先发制人；先取

参考例句：

• We arrived early at the theatre so as to preempt the front seats.我们早早来到剧院，以便捷足先登占到前排座位。
• He pre-empted any decision to sack him.他预先阻止了所有解雇他的决定。

4 embarrassment   

n.尴尬；使人为难的人(事物)；障碍；窘迫

参考例句：

• She could have died away with embarrassment.她窘迫得要死。
• Coughing at a concert can be a real embarrassment.在音乐会上咳嗽真会使人难堪。

5 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

6 hypocrisy   

n.伪善，虚伪

参考例句：

• He railed against hypocrisy and greed.他痛斥伪善和贪婪的行为。
• He accused newspapers of hypocrisy in their treatment of the story.他指责了报纸在报道该新闻时的虚伪。