情景英语口语100主题 065fans and their idols影迷和他们的偶像

065　fans and their idols²

Words
Adore adoration³ poster pin up gala event award idolize fanzine interview(er) paparazzi

Phrases
Give an interview
Fan club
Book signing
Appear on a chat show
Gossip column(ist)
Put up a poster
Chat show (host)

Beginner
A: you’re a big fan of andy lau, aren’t you?
B: yes, I’ve been got all his albums and most of his films on dvd. I adore him. He’s my idol¹.
A: how come you don’t have all of his films on dvd?
B: some of his early films are hard to find nowadays, especially the ones where he only played a bit part.
A: I see. I’m sure you’ll find them one day. I see you also have several poster of him.
B; yes. These posters are new. I bought them last week and put them up on my bedroom walls yesterday.
A: are you a member of his fan club?
B: I was, but then I discovered you can find out everything for free on the internet, so I’m not a member now.
A: did you see the interview with andy lau in cosmopolitan⁴ magazine last month?
B: of course！I bought two copies.
A: two copies? One to keep and one to cut the pictures out of, right?

Intermediate
A: I would love to be famous and have thousands of adoring fans.
B; really? I’m not sure that I would like all the attention. There have been numerous cases of paparazzi interfering⁵ with star’s private live in recent years.
A; I love being photographed! If I were famous, I’d do interviews for all the top magazines, like cosmo and elle.
B; I wouldn’t mind having my photo taken a few times or being interviewed once or twice, but it would get tedious after a while. Imagzine the things the gossip columnists⁶ would write about you.
A: no-one really believes gossip columnists.
B: I think you’ll find that many people believe what they read in gossip columns. You’d also have to be very careful about every word you said. If you appeared on a chat show and said something silly, it would be reported in all the newspapers and magazines.
A: I think you’re right about that. I’d need a good manager to be my spokesperson. I could do a lot of charity work, which would help a lot of people.
B; that’s a great idea. Which charities would you support?
A: I love children, as you know, so probably a children’s charity.
B: you’d have to remember that anything you said or did might reflect on the charity, so you’d really need to be very careful. Anyway, I’d be the first to buy your posters and I’d attend your first book-singing when you wrote your autobiography⁷.
A: thanks, but actually I was hoping I could ask you to write my biography.

1 idol   

n.偶像，红人，宠儿

参考例句：

• As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子，他是父母的宠儿。
• Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。

2 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。

3 adoration   

n.爱慕，崇拜

参考例句：

• He gazed at her with pure adoration.他一往情深地注视着她。
• The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。

4 cosmopolitan   

adj.世界性的，全世界的，四海为家的，全球的

参考例句：

• New York is a highly cosmopolitan city.纽约是一个高度世界性的城市。
• She has a very cosmopolitan outlook on life.她有四海一家的人生观。

5 interfering   

adj. 妨碍的 动词interfere的现在分词

参考例句：

• He's an interfering old busybody! 他老爱管闲事！
• I wish my mother would stop interfering and let me make my own decisions. 我希望我母亲不再干预，让我自己拿主意。

6 columnists   

n.专栏作家( columnist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This story will be more fodder for the gossip columnists. 这个传闻会是闲谈专栏作家的又一素材。
• The columnists coined the phrase \"to broderick\", meaning to rough up. 专栏作家们杜撰出一个新词“布罗德里克”意思是“动武”、“打架”。 来自辞典例句

7 autobiography   

n.自传

参考例句：

• He published his autobiography last autumn.他去年秋天出版了自己的自传。
• His life story is recounted in two fascinating volumes of autobiography.这两卷引人入胜的自传小说详述了他的生平。