名人的定义：姓名、形象或性格都能变现的人

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[00:10.96]Hello I'm Neil. 大家好，我是Neil。
[00:11.89]Welcome to 6 Minute English. 欢迎收听今天的六分钟英语节目。
[00:13.94]And with me here in the studio ladies and gentlemen is ...Finn!	今天和我搭档做节目的是谁呢？女士们先生们，请容我隆重介绍Finn！
[00:21.20]Thank you! Thank you! Thank you sound effects! Thank you, Neil! 谢谢！谢谢！谢谢音响师！谢谢你，Neil！
[00:33.68]Is this all for me? I feel like quite a celebrity!	这都是为我准备的吗？感觉自己成了“名人”！
[00:36.76]Yes, a celebrity - someone famous - particularly someone in show business, that's the world of entertainment, theatre and film. 是的，名人――就是一些非常出名的人，一般是指演艺界人士。就是从事娱乐、喜剧以及电影工作的人。
[00:46.10]Today we're talking about fame, and teaching you some related vocabulary. 今天，我们要来讨论的话题就是名声、名望，并教给大家一些相关词汇。
[00:50.93]Yes. Some celebrities are famous for their talent, which means by their ability to do something well, like singing, acting or telling jokes ...没错，很多名人都有自己突出的才能，意思就是他们擅长做某些事情，如唱歌、表演或者讲好笑的故事等……
[01:00.51]And others are famous for. . .well, for being famous or being associated with someone who is.还有一些人出名是因为……因为自己有名或者和某些人有关系。
[01:08.27]The names Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian come to mind: wealthy women with their own TV shows. 提到Paris Hilton和Kim Kardashian的时候我们就会想到有钱的女人和她们自己的电视节目。
[01:14.90]But, talking about celebrity, let me ask you a question. 但是，提到名人，让我先来问你个问题。
[01:18.56]Actually Neil, only if you play that lovely applause again. Go on Neil!	其实Neil，如果你能再来一次刚才那个有趣的音效就好了。来吧，Neil！
[01:23.70]I knew you would love this. Right. Here it goes. 我就知道你会喜欢这个的。来吧，再来一次。
[01:26.70]Yes! Anyway, Neil...I can give you my autograph later...太棒了！Neil，一会我可以给你来张亲笔签名……
[01:38.11]You mean signature? An autograph is the signature of a famous person, Finn. 你的意思是你的签字？autograph就是名人的签字。
[01:43.55]Fans collect these and things like photographs. 粉丝们会收集一些像签名之类的东西。
[01:46.68]Yes, we call things like those memorabilia. 没错，我们把这些东西叫做纪念品。
[01:50.58]For example, Michael Jackson's leather glove with shiny crystals - it became very famous in the 1980s when he presented his moonwalk to the world. 比方说，Michael Jackson的闪耀水晶皮手套――在20世纪80年代，他在全世界观众面前展示了自己的太空漫步，然后他的皮手套造型就火了。
[02:00.40]How much was it sold for at auction in 2009? Was it:a) US$ 150,000b) US$ 250,000 orc) US$ 350,000	你知道在2009年它拍卖的价格是多少吗？a)150,000美金b)250,000美金c)350,000美金
[02:14.30]I think Michael Jackson has some big fans in the world so I'll say c) US$ 350,000. ・Michael Jackson有那么多粉丝，我猜答案是c)35万美元
[02:22.12]Okay. I'll give you the answer at the end of the programme. 好的，节目最后告诉你答案。
[02:25.34]So the idea of celebrity seems very modern in some ways - does it have a long history?	名人这个概念从某种意义来说是十分现代的――它有什么历史吗？
[02:32.94]Well, Lord Byron, a very famous English poet born in 1788, is considered by some experts to be the world's first modern-style celebrity. 拜伦勋爵，生于1788年，是英国著名诗人。专家认为，他就是世界上第一个现代名人。
[02:42.98]Let's hear Dr Corin Throsby, English Literature researcher at Cambridge University. 让我们来听听剑桥大学英国文学研究者Corin Throsby博士是怎么说的吧。
[02:48.58]Why was Byron a celebrity?	为什么Byron是名人？
[02:51.65]Listen out for the noun she uses in the first sentence meaning a product, or something for sale. 听听她第一句用了哪个名词来表示产品或者商品。
[02:57.63]If we think of celebrity as the moment where someone's personality becomes a commodity. 如果我们想到名人的时候会认为是某人的性格变成了商品。
[03:04.80]So, for Byron the fact that he was popular on this scale that had never been achieved before because his career had coincided with mass printing. 但事实上。Byron的出名是前所未有的，因为他的事业刚好和印刷术的发展不期而遇。
[03:13.91]But something more than that, that there was a sort of a secondary industry of Byron stuff, you know, that there were Byron neck ties, people wanted to look like Byron. 还要提到的一点是关于Byron还有第二项产业，你知道吗，那个时候甚至有Byron领带，因为人们想要打扮的像Byron那样。
[03:24.75]There was this mass of people that loved him. 有好多人疯狂的喜欢他。
[03:29.60]He could no longer control his image. 他已无法控制自己的形象。
[03:31.31]I think that's what separates celebrity from the fame that had preceded that. 我想这就是和过去的名人相区分的一点。
[03:36.88]So the noun was 'a commodity'. 她用了名词“a commodity”。
[03:40.41]She said that when someone's personality becomes a product, that's when they turn into a celebrity. 她说当某人的性格变成商品的时候，就是他们变成名人的时候？
[03:48.30]She talked of fame so big you can't control your own image - that's your reputation, the way other people think about you and imagine you. 她还说当一个人的名气变得非常大的时候，他甚至无法控制自己的形象了――那就是名声的原因，人们会另样看待你并产生许多幻想。
[03:56.85]Someone interesting in this respect is Justin Bieber. ・Justin Bieber身上就发生了类似有趣的事。
[04:00.25]Yeah. Are you a fan, Neil?	是啊，你是他的粉丝吗，Neil？
[04:02.45]I'm a massive fan of Justin Bieber. I love him. 我是Justin Bieber的忠实粉丝，我爱死他啦。
[04:05.70]I believe you. 我相信。
[04:05.87]He's a big name and he's always in the newspapers. His fans are called 'Beliebers'...他很有名，总是能上报纸头条。他的粉丝被叫做“Beliebers”……信仰者
[04:12.12]and Byron's fans were called 'Byron maniacs'. ・Byron的粉丝被叫做“Byron狂热者”。
[04:16.24]That's the name his wife gave his adoring fans. Though she wasn't too happy about them. 这个名字是Byron的妻子起的。虽然她并不是很喜欢他们。
[04:22.80]Yes. Byron's life was full of scandals, actions which cause shock and disapproval among people. 没错，Byron的一生中有很多丑闻，他做出过许多令人震惊且不赞同的举动。
[04:29.20]And for Byron it was mainly his love life. He had affairs with men and women. 但对Byron来说，那主要就是他的爱情生活。他和一些男人和女人有着不同寻常的关系。
[04:34.70]For Justin Bieber it's about his behaviour. 而Justin Bieber主要是他的行为问题。
[04:37.81]He was accused of driving after drinking alcohol, and of vandalism. 他被指控酒后开车，还有一些破坏行为。
[04:42.28]Vandalism means causing damage to property. ・Vandalism就是指对一些财产造成破坏。
[04:46.70]Poor Justin Bieber!	可怜的Justin Bieber！
[04:47.50]Though he's very popular - his career started when he was in his early teens and I think it must have been difficult growing up with this global fame. 虽然他很出名――他少年的时候就成了名人，我想，他在这种全球闻名的光环下成长确实不太容易。
[04:58.46]Still, I wonder how much his autograph is worth in the current market...我还是想知道他的亲笔签名在现在市场上值多少钱……
[05:03.26]Well,I don't know about Justin Bieber's autograph but I do know about Michael Jackson's shiny glove. 我不知道 Justin Bieber的签名值多少钱，但是我知道Michael Jackson水晶手套的价钱。
[05:09.18]It became iconic in the 1980s, but how much was it sold for? Was it US$ 150,000; US$ 250,000 or c) US$ 350,000?	他的手套在20世纪80年的时候变成标志性服饰，那它拍卖了多少钱呢?是150,000美元，250,000美元，还是350,000美元呢？
[05:21.56]I said c) US$ 350,000. 我猜是350,000美元吧。
[05:25.23]And you were right. 你猜对了。
[05:26.68]Wow! That's rare. 哇！这可真稀奇。
[05:27.70]Did you buy it?	是你买的吗？
[05:28.69]It wasn't me. No. 不，可不是我。
[05:29.97]Well, our time's up but let's remember the words we heard from today. Finn. 好的，我们今天的节目也快要结束了，下面让我们来回顾一下今天学到的单词吧，Finn。
[05:36.20]We heard: celebrity, show business,  talent,  autograph,  memorabilia,  commodity,  image,  scandal,  vandalism	我们学到的单词有：名人、娱乐业、才能、签字、纪念品、商品、形象、丑闻、破坏行为。
[05:49.67]That's it for today. Please join us again soon for 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. 好的，这就是全部的内容啦。希望大家下次继续收听我们的六分钟英语节目。
[05:55.13]Neil?	尼尔？ 
[05:56.27]What?	怎么了？
[05:56.86]You know what. Go on. 你知道的，来吧。
[05:59.18]Okay. One more time. 好吧，再来一次。
[06:01.28]You love it as well, don't you?	你也很喜欢，不是吗？
[06:03.35]I do. It's great. I'll join in. 确实，这听起来很棒。
[06:04.89]Bye. 再见。

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名人的定义：姓名、形象或性格都能变现的人