英语听力精选进阶版 6804

Helen: Rob, I'm so excited! Justin Bieber 随时都有可能离开酒店。我真等不及他从酒店大门出来的那一刻。我要他的签名 autograph, 好好珍藏起来！

Rob: I have to say that his music is not to my taste, but it is fun to be in a place where things are happening, I suppose!

Helen: …it's him! 是他！快拍照！Rob. 看我!朝我这儿看！ I'm here! 我在这儿！

Rob: Who's this, Helen? This isn't Justin Bieber. This guy is much taller and his hair is very dark and… it's much longer too.

Helen: No Rob, this is not Justin Bieber. This is Forest Trunk!

Rob: Forest who? I've never heard of him! …

Helen: I bet¹ you have, Rob! 你可能在流行杂志上看到过他！是八人组合 Wild Boys 的成员之一。 我可喜欢他了！I love him! 他可是个名人，a celeb.

Rob: A celeb?! That's not quite right, Helen. Celeb is an informal abbreviation² of the word 'celebrity³', which is used in English to refer to people who are actually famous, especially in show business. Let's listen to some examples:

"Elizabeth Taylor was a celeb most of her life. She was taken to Los Angeles as a child and began her film career at the age of nine."

"I've been taking singing lessons and one day I'll record a song with Justin Bieber and become a celeb like him!"

Helen: Ah, Justin Bieber! Okay Rob, a celebrity or a celeb, 意思都是指娱乐圈里的名人，像那个人… 就像她！

Rob: Her who?! Who is that woman… who might have forgotten to put her skirt on! She is wearing a shirt and a belt.

Helen: Rob 那不是腰带。It's her skirt – 是她的裙子。真够短的！你瞧，这不是另一个娱乐圈的 celeb 吗？It's Margot Marigold!

Rob: Marigold? I've never heard of her.

Helen: 她是 Forest Trunk's girlfriend! 既然是女友，穿着就得讲究一点儿。这条裙子 skirt 肯定会畅销。She is a celeb!

Rob: Well, that's the trend nowadays. In our society everything is fast, the world is getting smaller and there is a tendency for people who are not really well-known to be called 'celebs'. So I wouldn't be surprised to find this word everywhere.

Helen: Don't be sad, Rob. 不过对我们 Learning⁴ English 来说，你可是我们的 celeb! 记得去年的圣诞晚会上你大展歌喉，连大楼里其他公司的人都认识你了！

Rob: Don't remind me of that. They are making fun of me to this day because I was so out of tune⁵.

Helen: 所以说，你也出名了！你是 a celeb, 尽管不是所有的人都欣赏你的歌喉，Rob.

Rob: I might ask Justin Bieber for some pointers. And, by the way, here he comes!

Helen: That's him! Justin Bieber 从酒店出来了。Justin, here! I'm here! 我在这儿呢！

Rob: Justin, teach me to sing! Justin, teach me to sing, lah lah lah…

1 bet   

v.打赌，以(与)...打赌；n.赌注，赌金；打赌

参考例句：

• I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说，你解决不了这个难题。
• I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。

2 abbreviation   

n.（用词首字母组成的）缩写

参考例句：

• A.D.is the abbreviation for"advertisement".A.D.是advertisement的缩写。
• The postal abbreviation for Kansas is KS.堪萨斯州的邮政缩写是KS。

3 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

4 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

5 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。