欧美人文风情第159篇:跟着Emma Watson 为性别平等发声

 Hi! So, March, Sunday, the 8th—that doesn't make sense. 嗨!这个嘛...三月星期天八号－－那样说怪怪的。

Sunday, the 8th of March—it's International Women's Day! 三月八号星期天－－这天是国际妇女节!

This is very exciting. 这真令人感到兴奋。

And I hope that you will also be excited because I am going to be conducting a live Q&A in London answering your questions about gender¹ equality. 我希望你同样感到兴奋，因为我要在伦敦进行一场直播问答活动，回答你们有关性别平等的问题。

I'm also hoping that you might want to be a member of the audience. 我同样也希望你们可能会想当观众之一。

If you would like to be a member of the audience, there is a form on my Facebook page which you can fill out, 如果你想要当观众之一，在我的 Facebook 页面上有张你可以填的表格，

telling me how you are advancing gender equality, or telling me about how gender inequality has affected² your life, 告诉我你如何促进性别平等，或告诉我性别不平等曾怎样影响你的人生，

or you can send me some questions. 或者你可以寄给我一些问题。

If you can't be there in person, Facebook are livestreaming the event, which is very exciting, 如果你没办法亲自到场，Facebook 会直播这场活动，那真是太令人激动了，

and I hope that you will tune³ in and watch. 我希望你会收看。

And...I think that's all the information I have to convey—other than just to say thank you so much for all of your support and participation⁴ so far. 然后...我想那就是所有我要传达的资讯了－－除了向你们说非常感谢你们到目前为止所有的支持和参与外。

It's been absolutely amazing, and just amazing adventure, journey, experience for me. 这一切完全令人难以置信，而且，这对我来说就是一场惊人的冒险、旅程、难以置信的经验。

So, thank you, thank you. You guys are really awesome⁵. 所以，谢谢你们，谢谢你们。你们大家真的太棒了。

Okay, that's all. Bye. 好了，就这样啦。再见。

 

1 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

2 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

3 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。

4 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

5 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.