【英音模仿秀】公平贸易20年

模仿文本： Imagine the wildest dreams that you had as a child, chocolates, sweets, well, I mean inside that dream. Now, as a chocolate event over there and exploding caramels, the irony¹ though, no kids are allowed. That's because here at the Cologne Confectionery Fair, the world's sweet manufacturers get together to showcase their goods for the multinationals² to taste, to eat and to buy. 

 

译文：想像一下你孩提时代最疯狂的梦想，各种巧克力，各种糖果，而我现在就身在那个梦里。那边有个巧克力喷泉，喷着焦糖，但讽刺的是，小孩子是不可以进来的。这就是科隆糖果展，世界上最大糖果制造商们齐聚一堂，向来自世界各地的人们展示着他们的产品，参观者可以品尝和购买。

 

1 irony   

n.反语，冷嘲；具有讽刺意味的事，嘲弄

参考例句：

• She said to him with slight irony.她略带嘲讽地对他说。
• In her voice we could sense a certain tinge of irony.从她的声音里我们可以感到某种讥讽的意味。

2 multinationals   

跨国公司( multinational的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• These local companies are only small fry compared with the huge multinationals. 同那些跨国公司比，这些当地的公司不过是小鱼小虾。
• Some people believe that the multinationals have too much power. 有人认为跨国公司的权力太大了。