自恋美少年爱自拍：自称“澳版帕里斯希尔顿”

 　　Seventeen-year-old Kurt Coleman has garnered¹ an enormous following online by posting selfies and boasting about his good looks.

　　通过自拍和吹嘘自己的美貌，17岁的少年Kurt Coleman已经在网络上拥有了一批追随者。

　　The teenager, from Gold Coast City, Queensland, has become a web sensation with more than 172,000 followers² on Facebook and 87,000 followers on Instagram.

　　这位来自昆士兰州黄金海岸市的少年已经成为近期的网络热点，他在Facebook上的粉丝超过17.2万，在Instagram也有8.7万的粉丝。

　　Kurt has compared his pictures to the perfection of a lunar eclipse and jokes that he inspired Beyoncé Knowles's hit Flawless.

　　他自认与月食相比，自己的照片完美无缺，并笑称自己给了碧昂斯的热门歌曲《Flawless》灵感。

　　澳版帕里斯希尔顿

　　"I'm hot and I love myself," Kurt said. "People are really jealous of me, I can understand why, and I'll never change for anyone because I love myself."

　　“我身材火辣，我爱我自己。”Kurt说道，“人们嫉妒我，我能理解，但我不会因为任何人改变自己，因为我爱我自己。”

　　He also describes himself as the 'Australian Paris Hilton', whom he idolises because "she doesn't care about anything, she just does what she wants".

　　他同时自喻为“澳大利亚版帕里斯·希尔顿”，帕里斯是他的偶像，因为“她不在乎任何事情，只随心所以做自己想做的。”

　　Kurt appears to be revelling³ in his new-found fame:

　　他似乎陶醉于自己的名气中。

　　I love how my face and name is everywhere right now, that's how I like it.

　　— Kurt Coleman (@KurtJayColeman) April 18, 2014

　　“我喜欢我的照片和名字遍布各地，这是我最喜欢的方式。”——Kurt Colman 2014.4.18

　　When asked to share the secrets of his good looks, Kurt informed Studio 10, "every week I get a spray-tan and then I wash my hair every day...I just try and look amazing every day".

　　当问及保持美貌的秘诀时，这位少年告诉Studio 10：“我每周都会用皮肤色素喷雾剂，而且每天洗头……我就是竭尽所能让自己每天看起来光彩照人。”

　　Kurt is particularly popular in Australia and there are even businesses which sell Kurt Coleman merchandise.

　　Kurt在澳大利亚特别受欢迎，甚至有专门售卖Kurt Coleman商品的业务。

　　The Kurt Coleman Supply Company exists to 'promote the poster-boy to thousands of youth around the world for being who you are and not caring what anyone else thinks.'

　　Kurt Coleman供应公司致力于“向全世界的青少年宣传这位典型少年，由此鼓励人们做自己，不要在乎别人的看法。”

　　"It's so funny, I can't believe it really," Kurt told MailOnline.

　　Kurt告诉《每日邮报》，“这太搞笑了，我简直不相信这是真的。”

　　"It's ridiculous, they're making money off my face, I'm going to get around to getting money out of them."

　　“这太荒谬了，他们在利用我的脸蛋赚钱，我正打算从他们那儿赚钱呢。”

　　In a manner not dissimilar to Justin Bieber, the social media star polarises opinion. Some admire his beauty and liberating⁴ individualism but others lament⁵ the popularity of a modern-day Narcissus whose looks have stunted⁶ the development of his personality.

　　与Justin Bieber的方式没什么不同，大家对这位社交明星的看法两极分化。有的人欣赏他的美貌和个性解放，其他人则叹息这位“现代版纳西索斯”的名气——外表阻碍了个性发展。（小编注：希腊神话中，美少年纳西索斯（Narcissus）深爱自己的美貌，后因恋上自己在水中的倒影而在死后化做了水仙花。自恋的英语名称正源自这个故事。）

　　'Haters' regularly confront him in the street and the teenager admits to having been hit many times.

　　这位少年承认，经常在街上碰到讨厌他的人，还被袭击过多次。

1 garnered   

v.收集并（通常）贮藏（某物），取得，获得( garner的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Mr. Smith gradually garnered a national reputation as a financial expert. 史密斯先生逐渐赢得全国金融专家的声誉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He has garnered extensive support for his proposals. 他的提议得到了广泛的支持。 来自辞典例句

2 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

3 revelling   

v.作乐( revel的现在分词 )；狂欢；着迷；陶醉

参考例句：

• I think he's secretly revelling in all the attention. 我觉得他对于能够引起广泛的注意心里感到飘飘然。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They were drinking and revelling all night. 他们整夜喝酒作乐。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 liberating   

解放，释放( liberate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Revolution means liberating the productive forces. 革命就是为了解放生产力。
• They had already taken on their shoulders the burden of reforming society and liberating mankind. 甚至在这些集会聚谈中，他们就已经夸大地把改革社会、解放人群的责任放在自己的肩头了。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）

5 lament   

n.悲叹，悔恨，恸哭；v.哀悼，悔恨，悲叹

参考例句：

• Her face showed lament.她的脸上露出悲伤的样子。
• We lament the dead.我们哀悼死者。

6 stunted   

adj.矮小的；发育迟缓的

参考例句：

• the stunted lives of children deprived of education 未受教育的孩子所过的局限生活
• But the landed oligarchy had stunted the country's democratic development for generations. 但是好几代以来土地寡头的统治阻碍了这个国家民主的发展。