ABC专访美国第一媒体红人-Oprah Winfrey

We're in her office,a kind of sanctuary¹ for her memories. On the wall,a wood painting of African American women from the 1800 who had their own businesses. On her desk a sign-"know it" to remind her to let your accomplishments² strengthen you. And around her photographs of young Winfrey, an uncertain girl who didn't know she would create a show with the theme" You are not alone."

The greatest running theme for me,aside from "you are not alone" and "you must take responsibility for your own life" is that everybody wants to be validated³. In every single interview for the 17 hours in that tape, the theme for every single person, regardless of who it is, what the subject is, is do you hear me and did what I have to say mean anything to you?

And through the years she's brought us everyone from the flashiest celebrities⁴ to people we never thought we'd learned from. 1987, residents of the all-white county in Georgia ,a virulent⁵ explosion of racism⁶ on television .The N word used over and over again to Oprah Winfrey. She says once was enough.

Is it important to drop people out again,saying the N word on TV to you?

No.

So that ever..

...No,no. Because everybody already knows what that is now. I felt in the early years of my career that it was...it was necessary for me, as an African American, to challenge anybody who was saying anything about black people.vAnd then in the middle of one of those shows, er, this is after Forsyth county. I realised I was not doing myself nor anyone else any good and I knew that because I was in a commercial break. And they had friends in the audience,what's going like that;"You get her,You tell her.You tell that" they were, using the N word and I thought well,this is crazy. And they're all saying" Lucky bird,he is on the Oprah show and he is telling her"So,I decided⁷ not to do it anymore.

Vital issues, big laughs. Great questions like: Do your eyes light up with love at the things around you? Try asking Oprah something she hasn't asked before.

Apart from Steadman is there a guy you'd like to kiss?

Oh God.I hadn't thought about this. No. But I am gonna think about that.

If you were a guy and were gonna to marry a girl,not a gal,who would it be?

Er,Selma Hayek.

Oprah Winfrey?

Yes

Really?

Yes,I went to interview who, her for my magazine.

I thought it's gonna be like an hour plus. Four hours later we were still talking.

Does it get harder and harder for your eyes to light up?

Actually no. There was a period about, maybe, 4 or 5 years ago when it was. But now I feel like we've kicked into another gear. I feel like literally⁸ something happened to me when I turned fifty, like expected that was going to be good because MA had told me that the fifties are everything you've been meaning to be. That's when it all comes together and you will, you know ,finish this decade and say ,yeah ,that's what was meant to be."

1 sanctuary   

n.圣所，圣堂，寺庙；禁猎区，保护区

参考例句：

• There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
• Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。

2 accomplishments   

n.造诣；完成( accomplishment的名词复数 )；技能；成绩；成就

参考例句：

• It was one of the President's greatest accomplishments. 那是总统最伟大的成就之一。
• Among her accomplishments were sewing,cooking,playing the piano and dancing. 她的才能包括缝纫、烹调、弹钢琴和跳舞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 validated   

v.证实( validate的过去式和过去分词 )；确证；使生效；使有法律效力

参考例句：

• Time validated our suspicion. 时间证实了我们的怀疑。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The decade of history since 1927 had richly validated their thesis. 1927年以来的十年的历史，充分证明了他们的论点。 来自辞典例句

4 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

5 virulent   

adj.有毒的，有恶意的，充满敌意的

参考例句：

• She is very virulent about her former employer.她对她过去的老板恨之入骨。
• I stood up for her despite the virulent criticism.尽管她遭到恶毒的批评，我还是维护她。

6 racism   

n.民族主义；种族歧视(意识)

参考例句：

• He said that racism is endemic in this country.他说种族主义在该国很普遍。
• Racism causes political instability and violence.种族主义道致政治动荡和暴力事件。

7 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。

8 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。