英语口语流行话题 第17期:我们的悦读 09-1

 　　A: What are you reading about?

　　A: 你在看什么呢?

　　B: A report on the post-1980s new literature.

　　B: 一篇关于80 后文学的报道。

　　A: Oh? What's it talking about?

　　A: 哦?上面讲些什么?

　　B: About some famous post-1980s writers,such as Han Han, Guo ]ingming and so on.

　　B: 一些80 后的作家，比如韩寒、郭敬明等。

　　A: Got it. I have already read a lot of books written by them.

　　A: 这样呀。我读过很多他们写的书呢。

　　B: Me, too. These post-1980s writers are very popular among us.

　　B: 我也是。这些80 后的作家在我们中间非常受欢迎的。

　　A: Yeah.

　　A: 是的。

　　B: The report says that the Internet has a great relation with their success.

　　B: 报道上面说互联网同这些80后作家的成功有很大关系。

　　A: I agree with that.

　　A: 我很赞同这种说法。

　　B: But the report also says these post-1980s writers are criticized¹ by some people as the product of commercialization.

　　B: 不过报道上面还说，有一些人将这些80 后作家指责为商业化的产物。

　　A: Well, different people have different ideas. But whatever they say, I think these writers really stand for our 1980s young generation.

　　A: 的确，仁者见仁，智者见智吧。不过不管怎么说，我觉得这些作家的确代表着我们80后这一代人。

1 criticized   

vt.批评(criticize的过去式)v.评论，批评( criticize的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The decision was criticized by environmental groups. 这个决定受到了环保团体的批评。
• The movie has been criticized for apparently legitimizing violence. 这部电影因明显地美化暴力而受到了指责。