万花筒 2011-01-27&01-29 失散48年，脱口秀女王奥普拉与妹团聚

 Oprah’s secret reveal. Bianna Golodryga’s back with more about this.

 

Twenty-five years later, Oprah still knows how to get those eyeballs robbed, and it's so secret that throughout her career, Oprah Winfrey has been very private when it comes to questions about her personal life. Yet every few years she entices¹ viewers with new and one could argue calculating details. Well today, the queen of daytime talk who celebrates her 57th birthday this Saturday is surprising viewers with some major news.

 

"I was given some news that literally² shook me to my core."

 

Friday’s provocative³ announcement created a title wave of speculation⁴ over the weekend about just what the queen of the media will reveal. In the promo, Oprah appears to be greeting a woman.

 

"Is it about her father, is it about her mother, is it a lost daughter."

 

Twitter's theories have been flying and it's Sundance's weekend she was talking.

 

"I’m so... really excited."

 

But not about the secret. Creating a media stir wouldn’t be out of  character. For 25 years Oprah’s genius for generating buzz has brought her millions of loyal viewers and tearful reunions.

 

''Your family is here. '' 

 

Joyful⁵ journeys.

 

''You're going to Australia"

 

And shocking surprises.

 

''Who can talk, who can talk."

 

The very public but famously private Oprah Winfrey promises to reveal a personal bombshell today.

 

''I’ve been keeping a family secret for months and you are gonna hear it straight from me."

 

And the big secret is we’ve learned that Oprah is revealing that she has a younger half-sister Oprah’s mother gave her up for adoption⁶ as a child.

 

Give a little more details.

 

That was a big secret, so Oprah found out about this before Thanksgiving. The sister had known about this for 2 years. She lives in Milwaukee and Oprah says she’s coming, clean with this now because she doesn’t want anyone to exploit this. This was not something that she'd be able to hide for much longer. Of course people have to question, you know, about ratings and this is her last year with the Oprah show, she is starting her own network. But she's saying all of this was a personal decision of her own and the family decided⁷ together.

 

Well, that's, that's Oprah style. She wants to be the one to reveal something like this. She didn't want someone else saying it: You alluded⁸ to the ratings. I know then in the last year her ratings dipped, but they bounced back up.

 

They bounced to the highest level of November.

 

Yeah, exactly, and that of course launching their own network. It’s started very well. It’s, it’s declined a little bit and some people were speculating the timing⁹ of revealing this .

 

That, that is the case, and in fact is that Oprah throughout all of these years, has known just exactly what to reveal and when, where you never got over-saturated with Oprah details but it's clear that her audience still loves to hear from her. 

 

And we'll see the reunion with her half-sister.

 

We'll see the reunion with the half-sister and her mother, as well, and her mother one point it's revealed. Did not wanna come clean to meet this half-sister 2 years ago now obviously that's all changed.

 

Well, we've known over the years that, Oprah’s relationship with the mother has been so much strained.

 

Yeah, it has been ... but it is an interesting, and exciting show to watch, and obviously there is a lot of buildup for this in the mix.

 

She knows how to do that.

 

She knows how to do that. To get eyeballs on. You're right about that. So she does have a half-sister and perhaps.

 

We can earn moneys work out here .Today. All right Bianna, thank you very much.

 

Thank you.

1 entices   

诱惑，怂恿( entice的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The smell of food entices the hungry children into the hut. 食物的味道把饥饿的孩子们诱进小屋中。
• With her many persuasions she entices him; With her flattering lips she seduces him. 箴7:21淫妇用许多巧言诱他随从、谄媚的嘴逼他同行。

2 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。

3 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

4 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

5 joyful   

adj.欢乐的，令人欢欣的

参考例句：

• She was joyful of her good result of the scientific experiments.她为自己的科学实验取得好成果而高兴。
• They were singing and dancing to celebrate this joyful occasion.他们唱着、跳着庆祝这令人欢乐的时刻。

6 adoption   

n.采用，采纳，通过；收养

参考例句：

• An adoption agency had sent the boys to two different families.一个收养机构把他们送给两个不同的家庭。
• The adoption of this policy would relieve them of a tremendous burden.采取这一政策会给他们解除一个巨大的负担。

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 alluded   

提及，暗指( allude的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• In your remarks you alluded to a certain sinister design. 在你的谈话中，你提到了某个阴谋。
• She also alluded to her rival's past marital troubles. 她还影射了对手过去的婚姻问题。

9 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。