完美蜕变:成就英语口语界的“快男超女”
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“超女”是什么?文/刘念国“超女”是全民参与的草根狂欢的盛典。
是一场惊天动地的秀,吸引了全世界近六亿观众的眼球,是中国有史以来最火爆的电视节目。
“超女”是对草根诉求的尊重。
是一场人人皆有可能红得发紫的“人民战争”,实现了波普艺术家安迪·沃霍尔30年前说过的“将来每个人都能当15分钟名人”的伟大预言。
“超女”是金庸笔下武功盖世的独孤求败。
话语霸权们一边叫嚣着“抵制低俗”,一边欲盖弥彰抓耳挠腮,东施效颦出一堆贻笑大方的仿制品。
“超女”是陆放翁笔下“挥毫当得江山助,不到潇湘岂有诗”的最佳诠释。
湖湘文化很长一段时间里被附属于政治命题,而在与时俱进的精神召唤下,湖南人在完善文化的政治命题的同时,赋予了文化耳目一新的经济内涵。
“超女”是一种文化现象。
文化是一座城市、一方热土发展的灵魂和内在动力。
在长沙这座穿越了三千年历史风雨、具有深厚底蕴和潜在张力的古城,“敢为人先,开拓创新”的湖湘精神将这种文化现象彰显得尽善尽美。
“超女”是公平竞争的健康价值观。
凭什么只有明星、大人物才能上电视?“超女”对传统电视表现形态的颠覆,本身就为我们提供了“我的地盘我做主”的机遇。
而比赛的进程,又是普罗大众生活的某种再现:谁又能够不通过竞争来获得进取,谁又能够不通过超越来实现自我?“超女”所倡导的,恰恰是一种公平竞争的健康价值观。
“超女”是现代社会中文化生态多样性的一种体现,而文化生态的多样性,是一个宽容和谐的社会在文化上的繁茂体现。
“超女”是海纳百川的胸襟。
10进8比赛中,惟一的湘妹子唐笑两上PK台,最终“陨落”在来自全国各地的大众评委手中,泪飞顿作倾盆雨的瞬间,fans们顿悟,“超女”不仅仅属于湖南,更属于世界。
“超女”是对自由选择的尊重。
一个个女孩在台上认真地歌唱,上百万观众在她们身后认真地投票支持各自的偶像。
就像那些长途跋涉几千公里去麦加朝圣的穆斯林,谁也没有权力对他们说“神并不存在”——任何指责自由选择的人都是低级、无聊且自寻烦恼的。
九年级全一册Unit 1 How can we become good learners?Section A --- 2dJack: Annie, I’m a little nervous. I have to finish reading a book and give a report next Monday.Annie: That doesn’t sound too bad.Jack: But I’m a very slow reader.Annie: Just read quickly to get the main ideas at first. Don't read word by word. Read word groups.Jack: But I don't understand many of the words. I have to use a dictionary.Annie: Try to guess a word's meaning by reading the sentences before and after it. You probably understand more than you think.Jack: That sounds difficult!Annie: Well, be patient. It takes time. You can become better by reading something you enjoy every day. The more you read, the faster you'll be.【中文翻译】杰克:安妮,我有点紧张。
我得读完一本书并在下周一做报告。
安妮:那听起来并不太糟。
杰克:但我是个书读得很慢的人。
安妮:开始可以读得快些,获取大意。
不要逐词读。
要按意群读。
杰克:可有许多单词我都不懂。
一个平凡而又不甘于平庸的励志女孩徐婉嘉,广州大学,i Show广州校区307B班曾经有一位农村女孩,为了圆自己的大学梦,一路求学,从山里到小城镇到小城市再到大城市,这一路过来,尽管困难重重,她依然脚踏实地,眼看就要步入梦寐以求的大学校园,却迎来了高考的失败,一次的失败打击不了她强大的内心,她知道平凡的自己必然要造就不平凡的自己,她毅然选择了复读,当大家都在担心她是否能承受这么大的压力时,她不在乎别人的看法,她只知道自己一定要上大学,她不希望妈妈为了家里每天辛劳的工作。
又一年汗水挥洒,努力并没有白费,她顺利地考上广州大学,如愿选择英语师范专业。
2012年9月1号她终于步入了自己梦寐以求的大学殿堂她选了英语师范专业她知道自己未来会是一个老师她告诉自己在大学一定要把自己的专业学好将来一定要成为优秀的人民教师然而现实往往与理想有一定差距她发现自己的英语有很大的问题:1.发音很烂,有浓重的潮州乡音2.上课听不懂老师讲的是什么尽管自己努力地适应大学课堂,但总是觉得的英语没有任何进步,慢慢地她失去信心,也不敢跟人讲英语。
在英语专业上得不到满足感,她慢慢地在社团、在勤工俭学中寻求自豪感,她拼命地做事,拼命地工作,最终也得到了老师的认可,却渐渐地把专业给落下了。
时间很快,一年半过去了,因为工作和学习压力,终于有一天她倒下了,那是她第一次在生死中徘徊着,那是她生活中最迷茫的时候。
她在大学安逸的环境中慢慢地迷失了自己她开始慢慢清醒,但是未来的方向很渺茫偶然的一次外教课堂,突然有人闯进来宣传大学生英语口语讲座,发了入场券,那一刻,入场券的几个词映入她的脑海——“身残志坚”“曾小勇”“大学生英语口语”。
顿时,她内心一股信念鞭笞着自己:改变,改变,一定要改变自己。
就因为想要“改变”,她去听了讲座,那场讲座让她感受到英语的魅力,之后她参加了英语高峰论坛,那时是丁雨校长上的课,雨姐一出现,那种魅力就把她给吸引过去了,接着她又参加了今年寒假的集训营,这一路过来她也不知道为什么,从来不会参加培训的她居然也报了i Show国际英语集训营,后来她在集训营中慢慢地找到了目标,四天四夜里,她跟着一群热爱英语口语的伙伴每天坚持练习口语10个小时以上,她每天不断地抓住每一次机会冲上讲台,她知道当自己在犹豫的时候别人已经把机会给抢走了。
那些年我们一起追过的“快男超女”作者:来源:《作文评点报·作文素材初中版》2013年第35期有人问:那年夏天,你还记得什么?我们只要稍稍一回想,就会想到在炎热的夏季夜晚,喝着饮料吃着零食,和家人或朋友看着激烈的PK赛,这就是那些年“快男超女”给人的记忆——作为一个突然出现的文化现象,在瞬息万变的当代中国社会迅速崛起、火爆。
尽管各种品目繁多的平民选秀节目如今蜂拥而起,但不可否认的是,“快男超女”仍然当之无愧地成为当今中国最引人瞩目的电视节目之一。
当年涌现出的许多新鲜词汇,如今已然成为大众心中共同的记忆。
如今,2013年“快乐男声”再次火热开赛,开赛不久已赚足观众眼球。
一阵阵选秀热潮吹过,留给我们的究竟是什么呢?粉丝草根在这样的节目中,有着普通人的参加,寄托着普通人的理想,体现着普通人的力量,来源于生活,但是又让我们看到了人性中的真善美。
我想这是它成功的根本原因吧。
同样在“诗三百”中也有很多诗篇以同样的笔调来讴歌这样普通人的生活,而孔子尚言“思无邪”,同样艺术地反映了普通人的生活,不是吗?众所周知这类选秀节目,曾经在其辉煌的年代铸造了李宇春、张杰等优质偶像,他们现在在中国娱乐界甚至国际音乐界都小有名气。
与此同时,“玉米”、“星星”、“粉丝”等新鲜词汇更是红遍大江南北,沿用至今。
“玉米”们所追捧的李宇春从2005年“超级女声”以总冠军的身份出道,当年以310万短信投票数成为中国首位民选超级偶像。
至今,李宇春已是中国最具社会影响力和传奇性的唱作人之一,拥有“华语流行音乐天后”的美誉,并被美国《时代周刊》评为“亚洲英雄”。
PK 待定复活赛比赛过程中不乏待定以及成功晋级的选手,大家都需要经过重重的PK来为自己争夺一席之地。
“快男超女”是一档极具人性化的娱乐节目,落选者往往能通过复活赛再为自己争取新的机会。
回顾2010年“快乐男声”比赛,刘心以一首《写给方大同》成功复活,最终获得了全国总决赛亚军。
这无疑是复活赛给我们带来的惊喜。
英语书籍English BooksPoetic Romance《诗情无限》Solitude《孤独》Talk to Yourself《给自己的心语》Movie Salon 《电影沙龙》Workplace Rhapsody《职场狂想曲》The Rainmaker《造雨人》Office Space《办公地带》Maid in Manhattan《曼哈顿女佣》One Hour Photo《一小时快照》Collateral 《借刀杀人》The Incredibles《超人总动员》Tasteful Scripts《情趣物语》Let Us Be Surprised! 《理直气壮要惊喜》What Am I Like? The Personality Test《性格测试大揭秘》Star Style《闪烁星辰》Hilary Swank: boxing Her Way to the Top《希拉里斯旺克:梅花香自苦寒来》Alone in a Crowd《老牛仔伊斯特伍德》Born Rich《天生富贵又如何?》Life Essential《流行炫风》The Barbie Legend Legacy《百变千色俏“芭比” 》“Weblish” Challenges English 《网络语言叫板英语》You Know You Are Living in《 2005你就生活在2005年》Have Fun in the Sun《盛夏度假阳光作伴》Phonograph《岁月留声》Historical Remarks《名人之声》Anything For You 《为你付出所有》Global Monsoon 《异域采风》Hershey TownThe Sweetest Place on Earth《赫希镇:地球上最甜美的地方》Vacation Thieves《度假胜地防贼记》Giant Pandas: The Last Refuge《拯救大熊猫》Golden Bookshelf《黄金书屋》The Devil Wears Prada《穿Prada的女魔头》The Man Who Changed China《他改变了中国江泽民》Career Wisdom《职业人生》It’s Up to You《一切皆由你作主》Witty steps to Success《职场精明眼》Inside Google Google《文化寻访录》You’re Fired! You’re Hired!《被淘汰了!你被雇用了!》News Spotlight《新闻聚光灯》Speaking Camp《口才集训营》Walls and Bridges《墙与桥》Rose Café《玫瑰咖啡屋》。
黄词瀚的故事我叫黄词瀚,英文名叫Mark。
我是1999年李阳疯狂英语在广西省桂林市开设的阳朔夏令营的一名学员。
而我现在是KISSBUS新创富教育创始人,香港新创富国际教育集团的董事局主席。
我刚开始学英语时,英语基础很差。
因为调皮,我初中二年级就辍学了,所以我是从只认识7-8个单词开始学英语的。
我来自湖南常德的农村,从小非常自卑。
我15岁就从老家出来打工了。
我那时在一家台湾工厂里做杂工,每天工作8个小时,加班8小时,每天工资6块钱,加班每个小时0.88元,一个月上班29天半。
当时我最羡慕的就是每天能够喝得起一罐可乐的人,我根本连做梦都没有想过,有一天我能够用英语去教导学历比我更高的英语专业的大学生们如何学好英语,而且更为重要的是,因为学好了英语,我爬出了自卑与恐惧的深渊,呼吸到了自信、自由与快乐的空气。
1997年,我从李阳疯狂英语高级讲师伍时沛老师那里买到了一套199元的《疯狂英语成功之路》,当时他读给我听李阳老师那段经典的自述,伍老师漂亮的美式英语口音深深地吸引了我,当时我对这套教材充满了期望。
回家后最触动我学好英语的是李阳老师讲的几句震撼人心的话,李阳老师说:“生命如此伟大,英语又算得了什么,年轻的朋友们,拿下英语吧,让我们在成功之时共同回忆那快乐的时光,我要成功!”这些话语对于我来说,简直就是一根自信的脊梁骨,让我立刻建立起学好英语的信心与兴趣。
另外两句话更加让我一生难忘,到现在我每次演讲时都还在重复,那就是“什么叫做基础,学了10年的英语还是聋子哑巴,学了10年的语法还是‘无法无天’,今天我来告诉你,只要你跟我疯狂一个小时的成就感,就能超过人家10年!”那时的我太热爱这两句话了,因为我正好没有任何英语基础。
李阳老师激发了我对英语的强烈兴趣,他把复杂的英语变得如此简单,并让一个像我这样的人都能相信I can do it!还记得当时跟家里人争取参加1999年疯狂英语夏令营时的情景:我爸爸、妈妈、叔叔、阿姨、伯父、伯母,几乎全村的人都认为我疯了,当时他们都不同意我参加这个课程。
张靓颖倾情出任华尔街英语形象大使全球教育巨擎英国培生集团旗下的英语培训领导品牌华尔街英语近日宣布,华语乐坛流行女歌手张靓颖正式出任华尔街英语形象大使,为华尔街英语斥巨资1.5亿人民币全新升级的教程-由好莱坞导演打造的华尔街英语情景体验剧《Make it Big》倾情献唱主题曲。
张靓颖和华尔街英语的合作并非偶然。
出道十年,张靓颖从当初那个一夜成名略带青涩的选秀歌手一路蜕变成为如今享誉国际的华语乐坛实力唱将。
张靓颖的成长经历恰恰契合了华尔街英语向所有追梦人发出的“Make it Big”品牌宣言。
如今靓颖演绎起英文歌曲早已驾轻就熟,但力求完美的她,在忙碌的工作之余,坚持学习英语。
经过一番对比,她最终选择了华尔街英语。
华尔街英语基于张靓颖的工作特性,为她私人定制了一套个性化学习计划。
让英语不再只是枯燥的死记硬背的一门语言,而是活灵活现的以文化、艺术等多元角度呈现在面前。
英语,对于张靓颖来说,是实现梦想的一把钥匙。
对梦想的执着和坚持不懈的努力,更是她走向国际舞台的敲门砖。
如今的张靓颖早已破茧成蝶,成为赞誉无数的国际范儿女神。
就像如今的华尔街英语完成了包含了课程、中心、服务的立体全方位创新与升级,为学员带来更有趣、更互动、更高效的个性化学习体验。
这次华尔街英语课程的全面升级再次彰显了华尔街英语自品牌创立四十多年来不断创新与投入的勇者之心和果敢之举、以及以学习者为中心的真挚之情。
此次华尔街英语创造了“Make it Big”一个发生在纽约公寓楼里的全新互动学习故事,通过幽默风趣的喜剧连续剧,生活化地讲述了四位年轻人在追逐他们的梦想时的喜怒哀乐。
相信广大的中国学员也能产生共鸣,像这四位主人公一样,把英语学好,离梦想更近,最终在各自的领域里获得瞩目的成功。
学豆英语monster简历
MONSTER老师(王辉)是学豆教育国际英语品牌的创始人,专注英语口语、听力教学长达14年,立志英语口语、演讲口才、成功心理学教学。
他帮助英语学习者说出流利口语,被学员亲切地誉为“口语魔术师”。
MONSTER老师的人物经历丰富,在大学一年级时,他通过6个月每天自我训练6-8小时,仅用半年时间就说出一口流利英文。
20岁时成为疯狂英语讲师,缔造了最年轻讲师神话;21岁时,他进行巡回演讲、企业英语培训、集训营,同时数次夺得大学及全国英语演讲比赛大奖;22岁时,他进行全国演讲,成为常熟地区疯狂英语金牌讲师与教学总监;23岁时,他成为疯狂英语苏州区教学总监,负责教师教学培训与课程开发。
24岁时,MONSTER老师自主创业,建立育英国际英语品牌(学豆教育国际英语前身),面向全国大学、中学、小学、世界500强企业进行演讲或者内训;24岁时年薪就超过百万。
至今14年间,他的演讲足迹踏遍了全国各大知名高校、中学、中大型企业,受邀讲座上千场。
学豆教育国际英语拥有专业的师资团队,提供专业的英语口语培训、英语培训、成人英语培训、出国英语培训、南京商务英语培训、企业英语培训等。
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Tell Simone I'm not going to approve that girl that shesent me for the Brazilian layout.告诉西蒙我不要她为巴西版面选的女孩I asked for clean,athletic,smiling.She sent me dirty, tired and paunchy.我要的是干净运动型面带微笑的女孩她挑的是肮脏疲倦的肥婆And R.S.V.P.Yes to the Michael Kors party.回复麦克·克斯我会去他的聚会I want the driver to drop me off at9:30and pick me upat9:45sharp.我要司机九点半送到那里九点四十五分再来接我Call Natalie at Glorious Foods,tell her no for the40thtime.打电话给"光荣食品"的纳塔丽告诉她第四十遍No,I don't want dacquoise.I want tortes filled with warmrhubarb compote.不行我不要杏仁蛋白饼我要大黄水果蛋糕Then call my ex-husband and remind him the parent-teacher conference is at Dalton tonight.再打电话给我前夫提醒他今晚的家长会在达尔顿Then call my husband,ask him to meet me for dinner at that place I went to with Massimo.打给我丈夫让他在我和马西莫去过的地方碰面吃晚餐Tell Richard I saw the pictures that he sent for thatfeature on the female paratroopers...告诉李查德我看过他送来的女伞兵照片and they're all so deeply unattractive.她们实在太难看了Is it impossible to find a lovely,slender femaleparatrooper?就不能找个可人又苗条的女伞兵No.Am I reaching for the stars here?Not really.当然能我能摘星星吗当然不可能Also,I need to see all the things that Nigel has pulled for Gwyneth's second cover try.还有我要看奈杰尔给格温妮斯挑的第二次封面试镜的衣服I wonder if she's lost any of that weight yet.Who's that?不知她瘦了多少她是谁Nobody.Um,uh...谁都不是呃Human Resources sent her up about the new assistant job,and I was pre-interviewing her.人力部送她来做助理我刚对她进行了面试But she's hopeless and totally wrong for it.她根本不行完全不适合这里Clearly I'm going to have to do that myself because thelast two you sent me...显然我要自己来选你上两次选的人were completely inadequate.全都不合格So send her in.That's all.让她进来就这样Right.好的She wants to see you.Oh!She does?她要见你哦是吗Move!快点This is foul.Don't let her see it.Go!That's...这太土了别让她看见快去那个Who are you?你是谁Uh,my name is Andy Sachs.呃我叫安迪·塞克斯I recently graduated from Northwestern University.刚从西北大学毕业And what are you doing here?那你在这里做什么Well,I think I could do a good job as your assistant.嗯我可以做你的助理And,um...还有呃Yeah,I came to New York to be a journalist and sentletters out everywhere...我来纽约想成为一名记者发了不少简历and then finally got a call from Elias-Clarke...终于艾丽雅斯·克拉克给了我一个电话and met with Sherry up at Human Resources.让我和人力部的谢瑞见面Basically,it's this or Auto Universe.反正不是这里就是《机动世界》So you don't read Runway?Uh,no.那么你没有看过《天桥》呃不看And before today,you had never heard of me.直到今天才知道我这个人No.是的And you have no style or sense of fashion.你对时尚即不追求也没见解Well,um,I think that depends on what you're...这个我认为这看个人No,no.That wasn't a question.不不我没在问你Um,I was editor in chief of the Daily Northwestern.我曾是西北日报的主编I also,um,won a national competition for collegejournalists...我还获得过全国大学记者竞赛的头名with my series on the janitors'union,which exposed theexploitation...连续揭露了校工团的不法剥削That's all.行了Yeah.You know,okay.好吧我知道了You're right.I don't fit in here.没错我不适合这里I am not skinny or glamorous...我不够苗条也不够漂亮and I don't know that much about fashion.也不懂时尚But I'm smart.但我很聪明I learn fast and I will work very hard.我学得很快我会努力工作的I got the exclusive on the Cavalli for Gwyneth...给格温妮斯找到卡华力的独家设计Roberto Cavalli意大利的知名时尚设计师but the problem is,with that huge feathered headdressthat she's wearing...问题是她戴那么大个羽毛头饰she looks like she's working the main stage at the GoldenNugget.好像她是在金块酒店唱戏的Thank you for your time.多谢你的宝贵时间Who is that sad little person?那可怜虫是谁Are we doing a before-and-after piece I don't know about?我们在制作"麻雀变公主"的节目吗Andrea.Hmm?安吉丽雅嗯Wait.You got a job at a fashion magazine?慢着你在时尚杂志社得到份工作Mm-hmm.What was it,a phone interview?没错什么靠电话面试wow.Ow!Don't be a jerk.嘴巴别那么讨厌Miranda Priestly is famous for being unpredictable.马琳达·皮斯利是出了名的女魔头Okay,Doug.How is it that you know who she is and Ididn't?道格为什么你知道她而我不知道I'm actually a girl.Oh!我其实是个女的哦That would explain so much.Look,seriously.谜团都解开了喂认真点Miranda Priestly is a huge deal.I bet a million girls would kill for that job.马琳达·皮斯利是个大人物我打赌女生都会为这工作发疯的Yeah,great.The thing is I'm not one of them.是啊但问题我不是那些女生Look,you gotta start somewhere,right?但你总要出人头地是不是I mean,look at this dump Nate works in.你看笨内特的工作I mean,come on.Paper napkins?Hello.拜托做纸巾有没有搞错Yeah.And Lily,she works at that gallery doing,uh,youknow...对哦莉莉她在画廊里做那个什么Oh,I'm sorry.What exactly is it that you do anyway?哦抱歉你到底是做什么的Well,lucky for me,I already have my dream job.我很幸运已经找到了理想工作You're a corporate research analyst!你是个财务研究分析员Oh,you're right.My job sucks.No!没错这工作很烂不是的It sucks.I don't...It's boring.It's all right.Breathe.很烂我工作很无聊没事的深呼吸I'm trying.Here.Take a drink.我在努力来喝一杯I will have a drink.I will have a drink.Ah,yes.我要喝一杯喝一杯啊没错I'd like to propose a toast.To jobs that pay the rent.To jobs that pay the rent.为交房租的工作干一杯为交房租的工作Jobs that pay the rent.为交房租的工作Oh,baby.You should see the way these girls at Runwaydress.亲爱的你该看看《天桥》里面女生的打扮I don't have a thing to wear to work.我都没有像样的衣服穿去上班Come on.You're gonna be answering phones and gettingcoffee.拜托你只是去接电话买咖啡You need a ball gown for that?干那活需要穿晚礼服吗I think I might.我想我可能需要吧Well,I happen to think you look great always.我认为你穿什么都好看Aww!I think you're full of it.啊胡说八道e on.Let's go home.Yeah.嘿过来现在就回家好I can think of something we can do that doesn't requireany clothing.有件事我们不穿衣服也能做Really?Mmm.真的嗯Hello?喂Andrea,Miranda decided to kill the autumn jacket story for September...安吉丽雅马琳达决定取消九月的秋季夹克衫报道and she is pulling up the Sedona shoot from October.并提前十月的赛多纳的设计You need to come into the office right this second andpick up her coffee order on the way.你立即回办公室路上把咖啡也买了Now?Now,get a pen and write this down.现在没错再拿纸笔把这个记下来I want one no-foam skimmed latte with an extra shot...我要一份大杯无泡的低脂拿铁咖啡and three drip coffees with room for milk.和三杯冲泡的咖啡咖啡还要加奶Searing hot.And I mean hot.一定要滚烫的Hello?喂Where are you?Oh,I'm almost there.Yeah.你在哪儿我就快到了Shoot!Oh!该死Is there some reason that my coffee isn't here?为什么我没看到我的咖啡Has she died or something?她死了还是怎么了No.God.没有天哪Oh.Bloody time.哦太慢了I hope you know that this is a very difficult job...Mm-hmm.我希望你知道这是份艰难的活是的For which you are totally wrong.那你就错了And if you mess up,my head is on the chopping block.你的失职会送我上断头台的Now,hang that up.Don't just fling it anywhere.把那挂起来别随便乱扔Okay.First of all,you and I answer the phones.首先我和你接听电话The phone must be answered every single time it rings.每次响铃都必须接Calls roll to voice mail,and she gets very upset.如果转入语音信箱她会很生气If I'm not here...Andrea,Andrea...如果我不在这里安吉丽雅安吉丽雅you are chained to that desk.你必须一直呆在桌子旁Well,what if I need to...What?No.好但如果我要什么不行One time an assistant left the desk because she slicedher hand open with a letter opener...上次的一个女助理手被开信刀划伤离开了桌子and Miranda missed Lagerfeld...导致马琳达错过了与拉格费尔德的会面拉格费尔德Karl Otto Lagerfeld时尚设计师just before he boarded a17-hour flight to Australia.恰好接着拉格费尔德又去了澳大利亚She now works at TV Guide.现在那个倒霉蛋她在干电视导购Man the desk at all times.Got it.随时坚守岗位知道了Uh...Miranda Priestly's office.呃马琳达·皮斯里办公室No,she's not available.不她现在没空Who is it?请问是哪位Yes,I will tell her you called...yet again.是的我会告诉她你来过电话好几次了Right.Remember,you and I have totally different jobs.记住你我有不同的分工I mean,you get coffee...and you run errands.我是指你负责咖啡听候差遣Yet I am in charge of her schedule...我负责她的行程her appointments and her expenses.会议和财务And,um,most importantly,um...还有最重要的是I get to go with her to Paris for Fashion Week in the fall.我会和她去巴黎的秋季时尚周I get to wear couture.I go to all the shows and all the parties.我会穿大牌设计的服装参加所有的时装表演和聚会I meet all of the designers.It's divine.会见所有设计师太神圣了Okay.Now,stay here.I'm going to the art department togive them the Book.你现在留下来我要把书拿去设计部The...This is the Book.书就是这本书Now,it is a mock-up of everything...里面包含本期杂志要采用的in the current issue.所有设计素材And we deliver it to Miranda's apartment every night,andshe retu...我们每晚都把它送去马琳达的住处然后她再Don't touch it.She returns it to us in the morning withher notes.别碰她做过笔记后在隔日上午交给我们Now,the second assistant is supposed to do this...现在应该由第二助理来做这个but Miranda is very private and she does not likestrangers in her house.马琳达很注重隐私不喜欢陌生人闯入她的住处So until she decides that you are not a total psycho...直到她确认你不是什么变态I get the lovely task of waiting around for the Book.先由我负责保管这本书Oh,Emily?What do I do...哦艾米莉我该怎么办Deal with it.把它处理好Hello.Mrs.Priestly's office.你好皮斯里女士办公室Hmm.That's what I meant.Miranda Priestly's office.嗯我就那意思马琳达·皮斯里办公室Um,you know,she is in a meeting.Can I please take amessage?呃她现在开会能为你留个口信吗Okay.Can you please spell Gabbana?好请拼一下GabbanaGabbana Docle&Gabbana又名D&G意大利时尚品牌Hello?喂I guess not.不拼算了I guessed an eight and a half.我猜你穿八点五号鞋Um,uh,that's very nice of you...呃你真好but I don't think I need these.但我好象不需要它们Miranda hired me.She knows what I look like.马琳达雇了我她知道我的样子Do you?你知道吗Emily.艾米莉Emily?艾米莉She means you.她叫你呢We just cut on the bias.That's not what I asked you.我们刚才这样斜着剪我要求的不是那样I couldn't have been clearer.There you are,Emily.我说得很清楚了你来了艾米莉How many times do I have to scream your name?Actually,it's Andy.要我喊你多少遍才够其实我是安迪My name is Andy.Andrea,but,uh,everybody calls me Andy.我叫安迪安吉丽雅但大家都叫我安迪I need10or15skirts from Calvin Klein.我需要十到十五条CK的裙子CK Calvin Klein美国最顶级时尚品牌What kind of skirts do you...Please bore someone elsewith your questions.你想要什么样式的这种无聊的问题你问别人去And make sure we have Pier59at8:00a.m.Tomorrow.去"五十九号码头"餐厅确认明天八点的座位Remind Jocelyn I need to see a few of those satchels thatMarc is doing in the pony.提醒约瑟琳我要看看马克在手抄里画的背包And then tell Simone I'll take Jackie if Maggie isn'tavailable.告诉西蒙如果杰茜没空就用麦吉Did Demarchelier confirm?D-Did D-Demarchel...迪马休里耶确认了没?迪马休里耶帕特里克·迪马休里耶着名摄影师Demarchelier.Did he...Get him on the phone.迪马休里耶他打电话给他Uh,o...okay.呃好的And,Emily?Yes?还有艾米莉是的That's all.就这样It's just the cavalier disregard for clear directions...这只是不符合Do you have Demarchelier?联络上迪马休里耶了吗Uh,Demarchelier.呃迪马休里耶Leave it.Do you have...让开你有没有I have Miranda Priestly calling.马琳达·皮里斯的助理I have Patrick!帕特里克在线Uh,no,she called me in there and-and then she asked meabout Pier59.哦她叫我进去还有什么五十九号码头And there was something about Simone,Frankie,someoneelse.还有关于西蒙弗兰克还有谁And,um,she needs skirts from Calvin Klein.她要CK的裙子And,uh,there was something about a pony.还有关于什么小马小马和手抄同音Did she say which skirts?No.No.她说要什么裙子了吗没有Did she say what kind?Color,shape,fabric?I tried to ask her.她说是什么款式的颜色形状材料我试着问过了You may never ask Miranda anything.你永远不能问马琳达任何问题Right.I will deal with all of this,and you will go toCalvin Klein.好我处理其它事你去拿CKEh...Me?呃我Oh,I'm sorry.Do you have some prior commitment?不好意思你还有其它要事吗Some hideous skirt convention you have to go to?要去"恶心裙子讨论会"吗Miranda?马琳达Are you there?I'm about to walk in.I'll call you as soonas...到了没我正要进去我马上打电话Hello?Hi.While you're out...喂你好你在外面Miranda needs you to go to Hermes to pick up25scarveswe ordered for her.马琳达要你去爱玛仕拿她定的二十五条围巾Okay.Cassidy forgot her homework at Dalton.Pick that好的卡西迪巴把作业忘在达尔顿了你去那取up.Miranda went out to meet with Meisel,and she will want马琳达去见麦塞尔她回来时要喝星巴克more Starbucks when she gets back.Hot Starbucks.Can you just repeat that first...要热的你能重复第一件Hello?喂Oh,my God.哦天哪What took you so long?I have to pee!怎么那么久我要去厕所What?You haven't peed since I left?什么从我出去到现在你没去过厕所没有我一直坚守岗位快憋不住了No,I haven't.I've been manning the desk,haven't I?I'mbursting.Oh,hi.哦嗨You do coat.Do the coat!你挂衣服挂起来Okay.好的Now,be prepared.The run-through is at12:30.准备好十二点三十分开始挑拔People are panicking,so the phone is going to be ringing大家都很惊慌电话随时都会响起off the hook.The ru...The run-through.Right.挑挑拔好的没错编辑们提出构思马琳达选出好的Yes.Editors bring in options for the shoot,and Mirandachooses.She chooses every single thing in every single issue.她要精心挑选每一个主题挑选是件大事真不懂你怎么会不知道安吉丽雅Run-throughs are a huge deal.I don't know why you don'tknow that,Andrea.Okay.Are you ready?Oh,hi,hi.好了准备好没哦嗨好了上完厕所塞莉娜和我去吃午饭Right.Well,after the loo,Serena and I are going tolunch.This is her...the new me.Hi.就是她新的我嗨Told you.I thought you were kidding.我说吧我以为你开玩笑当然不是我有二十分钟吃午饭你只有十五分钟No,quite serious,yeah.I get20minutes for lunch,andyou get15.When I come back,you can go.Okay.我回来后你就能去了好的What exactly is she wearing?她穿的是什么啊Her grandmother's skirt.她外婆的裙子Hmm.Corn chowder.嗯粟米海鲜汤That's an interesting choice.有趣的口味You do know that cellulite is one of the main ingredients你知道这里面有很多脂肪in corn chowder.So none of the girls here eat anything?那这里的女孩都不吃东西Not since two became the new four and zero became the new自从二号变成四号还有零号变成二号就不吃了two.Well,I'm a six.Which is the new14.我是六号那就要变成十四号了Oh.Shoot.哦该死哦没关系你一定还有很多其它化纤衣服Oh,never mind.I'm sure you have plenty more polyblendwhere that came from.Okay.You think my clothes are hideous.你觉得我的衣服难看I get it.我知道了But,you know,I'm not going to be in fashion forever...但你知道我不会一直留在时尚界so I don't see the point of changing everything about我不想为了这个工作改变自己myself just because I have this job.Yes,that's true.真是说对了That's really what this multibillion-dollar industry isall about anyway,isn't it?这个值好几亿的产业就只关心一件事对不对Inner beauty.内在美Hello.喂e on.好快来Miranda's pushed the run-through up a half an hour.Mmm!马琳达提前半小时开始了选拔She's always15minutes early.Which means?她通常都早到十五分钟意思是You're already e.Shoot!你迟到了来该死Excuse me.借过Mr.Ravitz.拉维兹先生Nigel.奈杰尔Issue going well?Oh,yes.Our best September ever.工作顺利吗哦是的至今最成功的一个九月Great.Heard Miranda killed autumn jackets and pulled up the Sedona shoot.很好听说马琳达取消秋季夹克衫选了赛多纳的设计What's that costing me?那要花掉我多少钱About300,000.大概三十万Must have been some lousy jackets.那些夹克肯定发霉了Irv Ravitz.Oh,I'm sorry.俄弗·拉维兹哦对不起This is Andy Sachs,Miranda's new assistant.这位是安迪·塞克斯马琳达的新助理Congratulations,young lady.恭喜你年轻人A million girls would kill for that job.女生会为这工作发疯的Bye-bye.再见Hmm?Chairman of Elias-Clarke,Irv Ravitz.嗯艾丽雅斯·克拉克的总裁俄弗·拉维兹You know what they say?Tiny man,huge ego.知道别人怎么说他的个子小野心大No.And I've seen all this before.不行都过时了Theyskens is trying to reinvent the drop waist,soactually it's...瑟斯肯斯尝试重新引进露背款式所以Where are all the other dresses?We have some right here.其他裙子呢这里有一些Stand,watch and listen.And I think it can be veryinteresting...站着边看边听我认为这样很时髦No.No,I just...It's just baffling to me.不不我真搞不懂Why is it so impossible to put together a decentrun-through?为什么做个顺利的挑选会这么难You people have had hours and hours to prepare.It's justso confusing to me.你们有这么多时间准备真让我搞不懂Where are the advertisers?广告部的人呢We have some pieces from Banana Republic.We need more,don't we?我们从巴纳纳拿来这些我们还需要更多是吗Oh.This is...This might be...What do you think of...Yeah.哦这个这个可以你们觉得呢是啊Well,you know me.哦你知道我这人Give me a full ballerina skirt and a hint of saloon andI'm on board.一条芭蕾舞裙加一点造型我绝对赞成But do you think it's too much like...Like the Lacroixfrom July?你不觉得有点太像七月刊的卡奎I thought that,but no,not with the right accessories.It should work.我想过但只要找对饰品我就觉得能行Where are the belts for this dre...Why is no one ready?这裙子的腰带呢就不能都准备好吗Here.It's a tough call.这里但有点麻烦They're so different.Hmm.该挑哪个嗯Something funny?很好笑吗No.No,no.Nothing's...不不没什么You know,it's just that both those belts look exactlythe same to me.只是这两条腰带几乎一模一样You know,I'm still learning about this stuff and,uh...其实我还在学这东西呃"This...stuff"?"这东西"Oh.Okay.I see.好了我知道了You think this has nothing to do with you.你觉得这和你无关You go to your closet...你去自己的衣橱and you select...I don't know...that lumpy bluesweater,for instance...选择我不知道比如你那松垮的蓝色绒线衫because you're trying to tell the world that you takeyourself too seriously...试着告诉世人你的人生重要到to care about what you put on your back.你无法关心自己的穿着But what you don't know is that that sweater is not justblue.但你要知道那衣服不仅仅是蓝色It's not turquoise.It's not lapis.不是绿色也不是青色It's actually cerulean.而是天蓝色And you're also blithely unaware of the fact...你还轻率地忽视很多事情that in2002,Oscar de la Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns.像奥斯卡·德拉伦塔在二零零二年设计过一系列天蓝色的晚礼服And then I think it was Yves Saint Laurent...wasn't it...然后我估计是圣罗兰是吗who showed cerulean military jackets?设计出天蓝色的军式夹克衫I think we need a jacket here.Mmm.我认为还需要件外套嗯And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collectionsof eight different designers.之后天蓝色就成了其他八位不同设计师的最爱And then it,uh,filtered down through the departmentstores...然后放入其名下的商店and then trickled on down into some tragic CasualCorner...最后慢慢掺入可悲的CCCC Casual Corner提倡舒适的美国中档品牌where you,no doubt,fished it out of some clearance bin.才让你从她们的打折货中掏到However,that blue represents millions of dollars...总之那蓝色值几千万and countless jobs...花费了数不尽的心血and it's sort of comical how you think that you've madea choice...滑稽的是你以为是你选择了这个颜色that exempts you from the fashion industry...让自己远离时尚界when,in fact...事实却是you're wearing a sweater that was selected for you by thepeople in this room...这屋子里的人帮你从一堆衣服里from a pile of stuff.选了这件绒线衫So then I said,"No,I couldn't see the difference...然后说"不我看不出有这两条between the two absolutely identical belts'"...完全相同的腰带有何区别"and you should have seen the look she gave me!你应该看见当时她看我的眼神I thought the flesh was gonna melt off her face.还以为她脸上的肉要化了一样It's not funny.这不好笑She's not happy unless everyone around her is panicked,看到别人不安恶心或者自杀她才会开心nauseous or suicidal.And the Clackers just worship her.还有那些嘎嗒子却崇拜她The who?They call them Clackers.什么子她们叫嘎嗒子The sound that their stilettos make in the marble lobby.高跟鞋接触大理石地面的声音It's like,"Clack,clack,clack.Clack,clack."就像"嘎达嘎达嘎达嘎达"And they all act like they're curing cancer or something.她们的样子好像去医癌症似的The amount of time and energy...花费很大精力和时间在that these people spend on these insignificant,minutedetails,and for what?不重要的会议细节上然后呢So that tomorrow they can spend another$300,000reshooting something...第二天他们就能再花三十万重新拍照片that was probably fine to begin with...或许对不需要那些东西的人来说to sell people things they don't need!这好像不算什么God!天哪I'm not even hungry anymore.What?我都气饱了什么That is why those girls are so skinny.Oh.No,no,no.怪不得那些女孩那么瘦哦不不Give me that.There's,like,eight dollars of Jarlsbergin there.哦不给我里面还有八美金的干酪呢You know what?知道吗I just have to stick it out for a year.One year.我只要忍一年一年And then I can do what I came to New York to do.之后就能做我来纽约该做的事But I can't let Miranda get to me.I won't.我决不能输给马琳达决不会Easy there,tiger.别太勉强了Oh,good morning,Miranda.Get me Isaac.哦早上好马琳达接通埃塞克I don't see my breakfast here.Are my eggs here?Whereare my eggs?我没见着我的早饭鸡蛋呢我要的鸡蛋呢Excuse me!借过Pick up the Polaroids from the lingerie shoot.去内衣设计那儿取偏光板Have the brakes checked on my car.去检修刹车Where's that piece of paper I had in my hand yesterdaymorning?我昨天早上拿到的那份文件呢The girls need new surfboards or boogie boards or something for spring break.双胞胎需要新的冲浪板或者趴板总之寒假用得着的东西Hello.The twins also need flip-flops.喂她们还要沙滩拖鞋Ow!Oh,my gosh!啊哦天哪Pick up my shoes from Blahnik,and then go get Patricia.去布朗尼克取我的鞋然后去接派奇特Monolo Blahnik高级女鞋品牌Who's that?Good girl!Good girl!Good girl!她是谁好孩子好孩子Get me that little table that I liked at that store onMadison.去买我在曼蒂森看中的那张小圆桌Get us a reservation for dinner tonight at that place thatgot the good review.为今晚晚餐定一家评价好的餐馆Get me Isaac.Thirty-six thank-you notes deliveredtoday.接通埃塞克寄出三十六份感谢信Where is everyone?Why is no one working?人都去那儿了为什么没人在工作Get me Demarchelier.接通迪马休里耶I have Miranda Priestly calling for...Okay.马琳达·皮斯利的助手好的I have Patrick.帕特里克在线Thank God it's Friday,right?谢天谢地星期五了At least Miranda will be in Miami,so we don't have to马琳达会在迈阿密这周末不用待命了be on call this weekend.You know,my dad's coming in from Ohio.我父亲从俄亥俄州来看我Yeah,we're gonna go out to dinner,maybe see Chicago.我们出去吃饭可能去看《芝加哥》芝加哥著名百老汇歌舞剧You doing anything fun this weekend?这周末有没有安排Yes.有Yeah,Nate said it was great.是啊内特说很好他其实应聘过这里但他们需要经验丰富的He actually...He applied here,but they wanted someonewith more experience.Here.Huh?What's this?给嗯是什么I don't want you to get behind on your rent.我不想你拖房租Dad,how did you...It's...爸你怎么只是I'm gonna kill Mom.我要掐我妈Dad,thank you.谢谢你爸爸It's really good to see you.You too,honey.真高兴见到你我也是宝贝So,you want to start grilling me now...你想现在就说正题呢or should we wait till after dinner?还是等吃了晚饭后我想让你吃了早饭再说I thought I'd let you at least enjoy the bread basketfirst.No,no,no.It's okay.Go right ahead.不不没关系现在说吧We're just a little worried,honey.我们只是很担心你宝贝We get e-mails from you at your office at2:00a.m.我们凌晨两点收到你的电子邮件Your pay is terrible.You don't get to write anything.工资低又不参与文笔工作Hey,that's not fair.嘿这么说不公平I wrote those e-mails.我写了那些电子邮件的我试着了解被斯坦福法律系接受的人I'm just trying to understand why someone who gotaccepted to Stanford Law...为什么会想做记者更何况你现在还不算是记者turns it down to be a journalist,and now you're not evendoing that.Dad,you have to trust me.爸你要相信我Being Miranda's assistant opens a lot of doors.做马琳达的助理就不用愁将来了Emily is going to Paris with Miranda in a few months...艾米莉要和马琳达去巴黎几个月她会遇到着名杂志社的编辑和作者and she's gonna meet editors and writers from everyimportant magazine.And in a year,that could be me.再过一年我也能去了All right?Mm-hmm.好吗嗯Dad,I swear,this is my break.爸我发誓这将是我的转折点This is my...my chance.这是我的机遇This is my boss.是我老板I'm sorry,Dad.I have to take this.Take it.Take it.爸对不起我得接这个电话接吧接吧Hello.Miranda?My flight has been canceled.你好马琳达我的班机取消了It's some absurd weather problem.因为什么荒谬的天气原因I need to get home tonight.The twins have a recital我要今晚回家双胞胎明天要在学校表演独奏tomorrow morning at school.What?At school!什么在学校Absolutely.Let me see what I can do.Good.好的我来想办法很好Hi.Um,I know this is totally last minute...嗨我知道事情紧急but I was hoping that you could maybe get a flight for但我希望你今晚能帮我老板找架my boss...from Miami to New York tonight?从迈阿密飞往纽约的飞机It's right here.Thank you.Yeah,any kind of jet.就这里谢谢是任何一种喷气机都行From Miami to New York.Thank you.从迈阿密飞往纽约谢谢Yup,I need it tonight.I need it...Ow!是的今晚就要我要哦I thought you were going out the other...Sweetie!No.我以为你从那边出来亲爱的我没有It's over here,honey.Tonight.在这里亲爱的今晚Hi.I'm trying to get a flight tonight...for tonight...from Miami to New York.嗨我要今晚的飞机今晚迈阿密到纽约Yes,I know there's a hurricane.是我知道有暴风Nothing is flying out?What do you mean,nothing is flyingout?都飞不出去什么叫都飞不出去It's for Miranda Priestly,and I know that she's a clientof yours.是马琳达·皮斯利的要求她是你们的客户Yes.Yes,hi.I need a jet tonight from Miami to New York.是是我要一架迈阿密去纽约的飞机Yeah.Sorry.Hold on.Hello?Miranda,hi.是对不起等一下喂马琳达I'm trying to get you a flight,but no one is flying out because of the weather.我在尽力给你找飞机但因天气原因飞机都飞不了Please.It's just...I don't know...drizzling.拜托这只是我不知道毛毛雨Someone must be getting out.总有人要出去Call Donatella.Get her jet.打电话给多娜特拉让她找Call everybody else that we know that has a jet.Irv?找所有社交圈里有飞机的人俄弗Call every...This is your responsibi...This is yourjob.打给每个人这是你的职责你的工作Get me home.让我回家Oh,my God!She's going to murder me.哦天哪她会杀了我的What does she want you to do,call the National Guard andhave her airlifted out of there?她要你怎么做叫国民警卫队去援救她Of course not.Could I do that?当然不是我会那么做吗Come on.来Come on.我们走芝加哥歌舞剧The girls'recital was absolutely wonderful.她们的独奏太精彩了They played Rachmaninoff.Everyone loved it.选了拉克曼尼诺夫的作品所有人都说好Everyone except me...除了我because,sadly,I was not there.因为不幸地我不在场Miranda,I'm so sorry.马琳达我很抱歉Do you know why I hired you?知道我为什么雇你吗I always hire the same girl...我总是雇类似的女孩stylish,slender,of course...时髦苗条当然还有worships the magazine.崇拜这本杂志But so often,they turn out to be...但是她们总变得I don't know...disappointing and,um...我不知道让人失望stupid.变得愚蠢So you,with that impressive resume...而你有漂亮的简历and the big speech about your so-called work ethic...还有夸夸其谈地说自己是工作狂I,um...I thought you would be different.我我以为你会不一样I said to myself,go ahead.我对自己说去吧Take a chance.抓住机会。
英语学习方法张靓颖—坚强的“海豚公主”张靓颖介绍“海豚公主”—张靓颖张靓颖(1984年10月11日-),中国女歌手,四川成都人。
2005年参加湖南卫视举办的超级女声比赛,获得季军。
因张靓颖在比赛中唱出高难度的海豚音,所以其支持者赋予她“海豚公主”的美誉。
赛后签约华谊兄弟音乐和华友世纪,成为歌手加入乐坛。
2009年约满后,与朋友合组少城时代公司,同时与环球唱片签署全球唱片约。
她,带着坚定和勇敢,唱着爱和梦想的歌曲她,用感性的声音和细密的情感构筑起强大的内心世界,有异于同龄人的成熟及坚忍。
这是成长过程中,她已习惯的坚强和倔强。
她知道自己追求什么,沿着直觉和信念去走,一年一年,一次一次,在不经意间,她的声音和情感带着她,穿越了千万的人群和不同内心的轨迹……“音乐让我呼吸”3岁时,她第一次听到让自己全身细胞跃动的音符,来自音乐的默契与感应仿佛与生俱来。
她没有钱请老师,就跟着卡带学,省下几天的饭钱买一张玛丽亚•凯莉的卡带,13元,成为了她的第一笔大开销。
没有钱买walkman,她向同学借着听,自己备上电池。
为了能唱好英文歌,她一心要学好英文。
努力唱歌,努力赚取学习音乐的高昂费用。
音乐,已经融入她的血液、根植于她的生命里,任谁都无法剥离。
她说,“运动给我能量,音乐让我呼吸”。
“音乐就像是我一个形影不离的朋友,在任何情况下,随时随地都想唱歌。
”她只想做个歌手,“我希望未来如果有人提起张靓颖的名字,不要模糊我的身份,请记住,我是一个歌手。
”做最真实的自己她笑起来很美,但面对陌生人会莫名拘谨,面对镜头依然会有点紧张。
哪一个才是真实的她?曾经舞台上那个神秘唯美、距离感强烈的,抑或是私下外向爱笑、喜欢和所有“凉粉”打成一片的张靓颖?事实上,她只是有点情绪化,你也许幸运地遇上了开心的她,也许某一天,她心情不好,变得有些冷漠。
很真实,还没有学会客套的招牌微笑,不会掩饰本真的情绪。
她说,“只要努力,不要比较”,因为做好自己的事最重要。
艾玛·沃特森:一个学霸的完美蜕变作者:Amanda Foreman来源:《新东方英语·中学版》2014年第10期It's the pixie1)-cut hair and flawless skin that give her away. Emma Watson is dressed unobtrusively2) in a cotton flower-print French Connection dress and beige3) sandals, but she is unmistakable. Fans have accosted4) her five times in the past half hour alone. Today is the actress's twenty-first birthday, and she is determined to spend it as she pleases—which means a leisurely mid-morning latte followed by a stroll through the Joan Miró exhibition at London's Tate Modern. Emma just ignores the stares and chats animatedly5) about every picture on the wall with me. As a raucous6) band of teenagers turns around and heads straight toward her, "It's time to go," she says. And we head swiftly for the nearest exit. Outside, a photographer in a tree starts snapping away until she is inside the car and driving away.As we drive through London, a completely different Emma emerges from the smiling girl who met me for coffee two hours earlier. This Emma is passionate and vulnerable. She describes a recent turning point when she read Just Kids, Patti Smith's7) 2010 memoir, in which she writes of discovering that her true calling lay in "three chords merged with the power of the word". Patti's willingness to embrace the highs and lows of a creative life touched something in Emma. "I want to live like Patti. I want to write like Patti," she says. "The book was so honest and brave. I loved the way she sees the world. I really felt that life was more beautiful after I read it, and I felt more hopeful."Conscious that her words might sound odd or a slightly self-regarding coming from one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood, Emma goes quiet for a moment. The hands stop moving, and her elfin8) features crumple9). "I have had no control over my life," she blurts out10). "I have lived in a complete bubble. They found me and picked me for the part. And now I'm desperately trying to find my way through it."She gives me a quizzical11) look that clearly says, "Can I trust you?" Taking a deep breath, she invites me back to her house so that we can talk without fear of interruption and she can explain what she means by the "bubble".Emma was only nine years old when her love for stories, and for one in particular about the adventures of a boy wizard and his two best friends, drove her to audition for producer David Heyman. One minute she was living an ordinary existence in the picturesque university town of Oxford with her mother and younger brother, Alex; the next she was enclosed behind the gates of a converted12) factory near London, inside a fantasy world that was, to echo Patti Smith's description of the Chelsea Hotel, "like a doll's house in The Twilight Zone".Nothing prepared Emma or her parents, who divorced when she was five, for the all-encompassing commitment13) demanded by the Harry Potter franchise14) as its success took off. Acting the part of Hermione was not simply a matter of taking the odd hiatus15) from normal life;the constant filming and promoting of the movies became normal life. All the rituals of adolescence,from dyeing her hair to trawling16) the mall in search of boys, had to be sacrificed on the altar of work.In time, the crew on the set of Harry Potter became Emma's surrogate17) family. It was not just about bonding with her costars Daniel Radcliffe18) and Rupert Grint19): Heyman's emphasis on continuity ensured that year after year the same driver took Emma to and from Leavesden Studios, the same cafeteria lady take food for her, and the same hairdressers combed her famous brown curly hair. Emma grew close to the head of makeup, Amanda Knight, and would while away20) the hours experimenting in the makeup trailer. "That was my playground. I would sit and play with lipsticks and eye shadows; and every now and then Amanda would let me do theextras'21) face paint for the Quidditch matches."But in 2007 Emma turned seventeen, and the "doll's house" began to feel less like an alternate universe and more like an ordinary prison. "She is really, really bright," says Heyman. "She is curious and interested in everything: in fashion, culture, and literature. She questioned things more than Dan and Rupert. There were things that she needed to figure out for herself."As Emma takes me on a tour of her house, the extraordinary depth and breadth to her talents become obvious. Every room is framed around a beautiful artifact and her artworks show that she can both paint and draw exquisitely. One picture stands out: it is a self-portrait of Emma holding a camera. The lens22) is aimed threateningly at the viewer, like the barrel23) of a gun, a neat illustration of what we had just experienced at the Tate.She talks in fighting metaphors. "I have felt for the last ten years I have had this battle; I've been fighting so hard to have an education. It's been this uphill struggle," she says, clenching her hands as she speaks. "I was Warner Bros.' pain in the butt24). I was their scheduling conflict. I was the one who made life difficult." Finally, Emma took the brave step of announcing that she would not renew her contract for the last two films unless changes were made to accommodate her desire to go to university. Warner Bros. agreed to do everything humanly possible, and, she says, "I just realized at one point that I can't fight everything. I have to move in the direction of it—and go with it."But being the perfectionist she is, Emma couldn't just "go with it". Once she had agreed to commit herself to four more years, "I decided I would do it well." The change became apparent in all areas of her life. Critics noticed a new energy to her acting. "As the role of Hermione became more interesting," says David Yates, the director of the last four Potter films, "Emma became more engaged. She is an incredibly intuitive25) and instinctive actor. She can dig deep to find an emotion and bring it to the scene." The Deathly Hallows parts one and two are the darkest of all the Pottermovies, the innocence of the previous films replaced by a grim26) meditation on the nature of terror. The more complex material in the finale27) allowed Emma to stretch her wings. But, insists Yates, "she hasn't had a role yet to show how she can really shine. There is a very serious and interesting acting brain in there that will surprise everybody."With all this going on, Emma somehow managed to find the time to enroll at Brown University in 2009. "I want to be normal," she said at the time. "I really want anonymity28)." Contrary to some media reports, she says this is exactly what happened: she lived in a freshman dorm with a shared bathroom at the end of the corridor. No one hassled29) her or shouted out "Three points for Gryffindor" if she answered a question in class. Emma was able to fit right in, wearing flip-flops to lectures and finishing her papers at four in the morning like everyone else. Only she wasn't like them, because they didn't have to take two weeks off here and there to shoot scenes or attend a junket30), and then return tired and jet-lagged31) in time for finals. Briefly meeting the actor James Franco32), then studying at Rhode Island School of Design, was helpful. "It was such a relief to speak to someone who is trying to do the same thing I'm doing. I talked to him about juggling33) studying and making films and going backward and forward. He's not afraid or limited by what he fears people will say about it."Emma struggled bravely to fit everything into her life. "For someone of her age, she is relentless in what she does. Even when we were shooting The Deathly Hallows, on her day off I would see her doing press for a fashion house or having meetings about her fashion line. And I would say to her, 'Emma, do you ever stop? You've just got to stop.'" recalled Yates.In 2008 she enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art for a course on Shakespeare, and last year took an acting class at Brown. Having played the same character for ten years, Emma could not help falling prey to34) self-doubt. "Hermione is so close to who I am as a person that I've never really had to research a role," she says. "I'm literally rediscovering what it means to be an actress.""Now," says Heyman, "I think she is at a crossroads and is trying to determine what direction to take. She can, if she chooses to, do many things." Which brings us back to the question confronting Emma as she enters full-fledged adulthood—"What kind of artist am I?"Parched35) from an afternoon of nonstop conversation, she pauses to boil the kettle for a cup of tea. As she leans against the wooden counter in her kitchen holding the drink in her hands, her body language changes yet again, and Emma finally seems to relax. Her chin comes up in a defiant36) tilt. "I've probably earned the right to screw up37) a few times," she says. "I don't want the fear of failure to stop me from doing what I really care about."她是《哈利·波特》中精灵古怪的小魔女赫敏,她的名字是时尚偶像的代名词,她为了上大学奋力斗争,她坚强地不断吸取能量倔强前行,她被任命为联合国妇女署亲善大使时一度让联合国官网因浏览量激增而瘫痪,她是红遍全球的英国女演员、布朗大学的高材生艾玛·沃特森,她用自己的努力、勇敢和坚强实现了完美蜕变。
小结巴变成大翻译小结巴变成大翻译,这是一位翻译人员经历的精彩转变,也是他不断努力、不断进取的结果。
以下是小结巴从一名英语学习爱好者到成为一名顶尖翻译的经历。
小结巴在学生时代就对英语产生了浓厚的兴趣,但他的口语一直不够流利,这使他在口语交流中经常感到尴尬。
他意识到,想要在英语交流中胜任,光是课堂上学习是远远不够的,他需要更多的实践和锻炼。
于是,他开始积极参加英语角、参加英语演讲比赛、和外国人交流等活动,逐渐提高了他的口语和听力水平。
后来,小结巴考入了大学,开始接触更加广泛和深刻的英语学习。
他不仅学习了英语语法、词汇,还通过多种方式学习了大量的实用英语。
同时,他也在翻译方面有了许多的锻炼,参加了学校的翻译比赛,并且频繁地为班级和老师进行英译汉的翻译工作。
这种实战训练,不仅加深了他的对英语的理解,而且更加完善了他的翻译技巧。
毕业后,小结巴以优异的成绩考入了翻译专业硕士研究生,开始了他的翻译之路。
在研究生期间,他在很多外语机构和企业做过翻译工作,积累了丰富的翻译经验。
同时,他也不断地深入探究外语中的文化内涵,以更好地把握翻译的质量和精准度。
在翻译工作中,小结巴不断地追求更高的翻译水平,他始终保持着饱满的工作热情和学术追求,最终也在翻译领域成为了一名专业的顶尖翻译。
小结巴成为大翻译的过程,不仅是他个人努力的结果,更是外界机遇和支持的结果。
这是他在优秀的师长和同学的指导下和鼓励下不断学习、进取的回报,同时也是社会对他所付出努力的认可和支持。
在未来的工作中,小结巴将继续努力,不断提升自己的翻译能力和水平,为更多客户提供更好的翻译服务。
小结巴的经历告诉我们,翻译是一项综合性很强的工作,在语言能力以外,还需要广阔的眼界、良好的文化素养、优秀的交流能力、熟悉行业背景知识等方面的支持。
在学习翻译的过程中,我们不能局限于学习语法和词汇,还要学习翻译的方法和技巧,争取多向一些专业的翻译机构打听一些更加翻译技巧,更好的欣赏翻译作品。
事实证明了,不论在什么领域里,想要成功,总得经历一次彻底的“蜕变”,才能达到朝思暮想的成功。
不信看看今年充斥着各卫视的选秀节目,中国好声音,中国最强音,快乐男声,中国梦之声……虽然笔者对这类节目嗤之以鼻,但仍然不得不承认从中脱颖而出并最终走向成功的歌手,无不是经过了过五关斩六将九九八十一难才修来一个正果:完美蜕变。
而今天要探讨的,却是一个关于怎样在英语口语领域里的“完美蜕变”的问题。
曾在国内一家电话英语机构“必克英语”成功“蜕变”的一名雅思烤鸭,Lisa用她的亲身经历告诉我们,英语白痴到英语冠军,这并不是一个梦。
让我们把镜头拉回两年前那平凡的她……
男朋友出国留学了,就在英国的剑桥。
突然间从如胶似漆滑落为孤单寂寞冷的LISA,整天百无聊赖地宅在家里无休止地刷微博,本来家里也是有条件让她去留洋的,可是,语言关横竖没法儿闯过,LISA是个十足的英语白痴,学了十几年,还是只会一点小哑巴英语,上不了台面。
这一天,刷微博的她看到微博上一条关于比克英语英语口语水平测试的内容,这又让她恨恨地想起了远在国外“逍遥自在”的男朋友,“说不定这会子正和洋妞眉来眼去呢?!”突然一丝想要夺回男友的欲望在心里滋生。
Lisa在微博的提示下申请了口语测试,很快就接到一老外打来的电话——这种形式的测试,还真新鲜——Lisa有点像刘姥姥进大观园般充满好奇和疑问:“测试口语用打电话的方式进行倒也还
说得过去,据说上课也这样,能行吗?……嘿嘿,就这么和电话那头的外教聊了这十来分钟都觉得挺有收
获的了,这样的课堂想必一定适合我吧?……我一定要把口语学下来,我要考雅思,我要去英国!”
就这样二话不说,LISA一看完测试报告(口语那个差劲,简直惨不忍睹),立即自己打电话给提供这次口语测试的“必克英语”,咨询关于报读课程的事。
一位课程顾问特别热心地和她进行报读前的沟
通和了解,然后结合测试结果,还有LISA想要借此课程让自己通过雅思考试的愿望,帮LISA做了一个
特别适合她的课程方案……
镜头再拉到报读完的第二天晚上。
LISA照样宅在房间里听音乐刷微博,铃铃铃……“外教来电
话了!!”LISA兴奋地用“HELLO”打开了这次课堂的话匣……外教Angel告诉她这几天她所在的国家地区
刚刮过大台风,由于台风是自己特别熟悉的,LISA也就兴致勃勃地和ANGEL聊开了。
原来,这只是正
式上课之前的“破冰”环节,在一阵台风讨论过后,ANGEL很自然地用台风的话题扣住课本的内容,这又
开始和LISA聊起了课本的内容……就这样,一节课下来,LISA发觉自己说了好多好多话,以前从没开口说过这么多英语,今天竟然打破记录了!虽然ANGEL很多次指出LISA在发音、表达等方面出现的问题,但仍然不减LISA学好英语的信心。
——在这样的学习氛围下,自己怎么可能学不好口语呢?!LISA这才感叹,过去十几年都不知在学啥呢!
在考雅思的前一天晚上的课堂上,ANGEL不断为LISA打气,说相信她一定有实力去剑桥。
最终,果然功夫不负有心人,LISA实现了愿望,上了剑桥。
据说,她还特地跟男友合了个影,把照片发给
帮她“完美蜕变”的外教ANGEL。
“想说就说,要说得流利——”LISA把前几年超级女声的主题歌“想唱就唱要唱得漂亮”直接改了词。
她在接受采访的最后,希望通过笔者的文章来呼吁全国想考雅思的同胞们——想说就说,要说得流利,才能实现完美蜕变!。