【英语时差8，16】谈谈偶像

 Mike: Hi, Amanda. What's that magazine you're reading? That's a humongous picture of Leehom Wang on the cover!

Amanda: Oh, this is just one of the celebrity¹ gossip rags I like to read. How else am I supposed to get the latest dirt on Taiwan's pop stars and other celebrities²? Reading these magazines is one of my guilty pleasures. Would you like to take a look?

Mike: No thank you. To be honest, I don't have that much interest in reading about who Jay Chou is or is not dating, how Jolin Tsai gets her eyes to look so big, or what silly outfit³ Aska Yang was seen wearing last weekend. They might be "teen idols⁴," but they're definitely not my idols!

Amanda: Just because I like reading about these celebrities doesn't mean that I want to be like them, Mike. Sometimes it's just comforting to see that famous people make stupid mistakes, too—celebrities just happen to look more attractive when they're making those mistakes. Most of them do, anyway.

Mike: No one's saying you shouldn't read your celebrity gossip. It's just not my cup of tea.

Amanda: I see. Well, I guess you're not interested in looking at this photo spread of Rainie Yang then.

Mike: Cute Rainie Yang? Really? All right, maybe I'll reconsider...

1 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

2 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

3 outfit   

n.（为特殊用途的）全套装备，全套服装

参考例句：

• Jenney bought a new outfit for her daughter's wedding.珍妮为参加女儿的婚礼买了一套新装。
• His father bought a ski outfit for him on his birthday.他父亲在他生日那天给他买了一套滑雪用具。

4 idols   

偶像( idol的名词复数 )； 受崇拜的人或物； 受到热爱和崇拜的人或物； 神像

参考例句：

• The genii will give evidence against those who have worshipped idols. 魔怪将提供证据来反对那些崇拜偶像的人。 来自英汉非文学 - 文明史
• Teenagers are very sequacious and they often emulate the behavior of their idols. 青少年非常盲从，经常模仿他们的偶像的行为。