美国国家公共电台 NPR Emojis Of 2018: Bagels, Kangaroos, Redheads Are In. 'Frowning Pile Of Poo' Is Out

 

RAY SUAREZ, HOST:

Staying on the topic of words of the year, let's talk about one of the winners from two years ago - emoji - you know, those little cartoon-like pictures. One of the things to look forward to in 2018 is that dozens of new emojis will be unveiled. One of the most popular additions - redheads.

JEREMY BURGE: Red hair, yeah. People felt like they were getting left out.

SUAREZ: That's Jeremy Burge. We reached him at his home in London. He's vice-chair of the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee - yes, that's a real thing. He also runs a website called Emojipedia, devoted¹ to every minute change that has happened to the 2,600 emojis over the years.

BURGE: This is what I do - emojis from when I wake up until when I go to bed.

SUAREZ: Burge is responsible for the new emoji with red hair.

BURGE: Even though I don't have red hair myself, that was the No. 1 request we got for the last two years running, so I felt like I should step up and try and make that happen.

SUAREZ: The committee looks at all the proposed additions and winnows² down the list, in part based on how useful they expect the new emoji to be. So far this year, three proposed emojis didn't make the cut.

BURGE: A face with question marks over the eyes, a face that had the letters O and K over the eyes and pile of poo version that was frowning rather and smiling.

SUAREZ: Michael Everson was one of the impassioned commenters who helped kill the frowning excrement³. We reached him on Skype about an hour west of Dublin.

MICHAEL EVERSON: Why do we need to send a picture of this? It's just - ah. It's just offensive - needlessly offensive and pointless. It's not cute. It's not funny. It isn't good in any particular way. I don't mind lobster⁴, parrot, peacock, badger⁵ - these are good. These are fine. But is there to be an end of it? Could we not have any class?

SUAREZ: Well, if you're looking for class, there's also a cupcake, a superhero, a llama and a teddy bear. Now that's something to smiley face about.

1 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

2 winnows   

v.扬( winnow的第三人称单数 )；辨别；选择；除去

参考例句：

• A wise king winnows the wicked and drives the wheel over them. 智慧的王簸散恶人，用碌碡滚轧他们。 来自互联网
• A wise king winnows the wicked, And drives the threshing wheel over them. 箴20:26智慧的王、簸散恶人、用碌碡辊轧他们。 来自互联网

3 excrement   

n.排泄物，粪便

参考例句：

• The cage smelled of excrement.笼子里粪臭熏人。
• Clothing can also become contaminated with dust,feathers,and excrement.衣着则会受到微尘、羽毛和粪便的污染。

4 lobster   

n.龙虾，龙虾肉

参考例句：

• The lobster is a shellfish.龙虾是水生贝壳动物。
• I like lobster but it does not like me.我喜欢吃龙虾，但它不适宜于我的健康。

5 badger   

v.一再烦扰，一再要求，纠缠

参考例句：

• Now that our debts are squared.Don't badger me with them any more.我们的债务两清了。从此以后不要再纠缠我了。
• If you badger him long enough,I'm sure he'll agree.只要你天天纠缠他，我相信他会同意。