【英语时差8,16】谈谈偶像

 

Mike and Amandar are talking about teen idols¹.

M:Hi, Amandar, what's that magzine you're reading? There is a huge mongi's* picture of Leehong Wang on the cover.

A:Oh, this issue is one of celebrity² gossip³ rights I like to read. How else my supose to get the latest* on Taiwan's pop stars and other celebrities⁴. Reading these magzines is one of my guity pleasures. Would you like to take a look?

M:NO, thank you. To be honest, I don't have that much interesting reading about who Jay Zhou is or is not dating, how Jolin Cai gets her eyes to look so big, or what Cili* oufit ask young would seen last weeken. They might be teen idols but they're definitily not my idols.

A:Just because I like reading these celebrities doesn't mean that I want to be like them, Mike. At sometimes it's just confreting* to see that famous people make stupid mistakes too. Some laiberty* just hapen to look more attractive when they're making those mistakes. Most of them do anyway.

M:No one is saying you shouldn't read celebrities' gossip, it's just not my cup of tea.

A:I see. Well, I guess you are not interted in looking at this photoesgraph of Rainy Anda.

M:Cute Rainy An, really, oh, right, maybe I'll reconsider.

1 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。

2 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。

3 gossip   

n.流言蜚语，爱说长道短的人；vi.传播流言

参考例句：

• She broadcast the gossip all over the town.她将这个流言传遍全镇。
• They spread a lot of tacky gossip about his love life.关于他的爱情生活，他们散播了许多不堪的闲言闲语。

4 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目