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一席英语·脱口秀:老外来了

老外来了:美国侃爷“塌房”,原来是得了这个病?

04 Nov 2022

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主播:Selah | 翩翩 歌曲 : We'll Be the Stars之前我们做过一期关于Kanye的节目,聊了他在中国度过的童年,his shoes and his music。最近,Kanye又又又在欧美成为了热议。Everyone has been talking about Kanye West,but not for the good(但都不是什么好事儿). 到底是怎么回事呢?1. Kanye摊上什么事儿了In the last two weeks, he has lost deals with major fashion brands.侃爷面对的是一系列大品牌的解约,比如说Adidas(阿迪达斯),美国服装零售品牌GAP等。他的talent agency(经纪公司)也是cut deals with him。*经纪人是talent,你可以说“This is my agent Steven”(这是我的经纪人Steven)。不仅如此,he has lost deals with many relationships with the music industry(他的音乐事业也是凉了),他的music contract company(音乐合同公司)不愿意making music with him。*lost deals 丢了生意*cut deals 终止合作;解约*major fashion brands 大的时尚品牌这一切的一切,都是因为Kanye made some anti-black(反黑人) and antisemitic/anti-Jewish(反犹太人的)comments。He blamed Jewish people for his problems and problems within society. 他觉得一切的问题都是犹太人造成的,不管是his problems,还是problems within society(社会问题)。他支持larger Jewish hating world leaders(憎恨犹太人的世界领导人)和historical figures(历史人物),比如说希特勒。因为Kanye的想法,人们甚至把他当做someone that want to align themselves with in hating the Jewish people(所有憎恨犹太人的联结者)。*anti- 前缀,表示“反对……”*blame /bleɪm/ v. 责怪*figure /ˈfɪɡjər/ n. (重要的)人物*align /əˈlaɪn/ v. 与…联合前面我们聊Paris Fashion Week(巴黎时装周)的节目里,讲到Kanye在时装周上穿了一件卫衣,上面写着“White Lives Matter”,白人命重要。He also posted on Instagram wearing a “White Lives Matter” hoodie. 他把穿这件hoodie(连帽卫衣)的照片,发到了Instagram上。*hoodie /ˈhʊdi/ n. 连帽衫让人confused 的是,Kanye他自己就是黑人,怎么会有“anti-black”的举动呢?Kanye之所以痛恨犹太人,是因为he believes in many conspiracy theories(阴谋论) that demonize(妖魔化)Jewish people(他被一些把犹太人妖魔化的阴谋论给洗脑了)。*conspiracy /kənˈspɪrəsi/ n. 阴谋*demonize /ˈdi:mənaɪz/ v. 妖魔化他还发推特说,“go death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE”(去杀了犹太人)。*这条tweet中提到的“death con 3”是美军军事用语,意指美军的三级战备状态‘defcon 3’。Kanye的意思是,select forces are ready to deploy where needed in 15 minutes(一些犹太人要攻击他,他已经准备好在15分钟内回击)。原本Kanye was originally suspended from Twitter(在推特上被禁言了),因为Elon Musk bought twitter(埃隆·马斯克收购了推特),he was allowed back(他最近刚回归),但是,因为关于犹太人的不正当的言论,he has been suspended again(又被禁言了)。*deploy/dɪˈplɔɪ/ v.部署*suspend /səˈspend/ v. 暂停除了禁言,更严重的是他面对的各种品牌的合作切断:l  His clothing line was pulled from GAP stores. 他的服装系列被从GAP商店下架了。l  His ties with Adidas were severed(阿迪达斯和他终止了合作)。因为Adidas是他sneakers Yeezy’s(椰子运动鞋)的major distributor(主要经销商),这让他lose $1.5 billion(损失15亿美元),Adidas因为这个决定,今年也损失了$246 million(2.46亿美元)。因为这一系列的解约,his new worthdropped to $400 million(他最近的资产下降到4亿美元),he is no longer on the Forbes Billionaire list(他在福布斯富豪榜上掉下来了)。*severe /sɪˈvɪr/ adj.  严峻的*distributor /dɪˈstrɪbjətər/ n.经销商*worth/wɜːrθ/ n. 资产2. 原来Kanye有BipolarDisorder(躁郁症)很多人都知道,Kanye喜欢saying extreme things(说极端的话),而且acting erratic(行为古怪)。*extreme /ɪkˈstri:m/ adj. 偏激的*erratic/ɪˈrætɪk/ adj. 古怪的Kanye躁郁症的表现有:前段时间他got divorced from Kim Kardashian(和卡戴珊离婚了),但他会frequently went online to hate on Kardashian’s new boyfriend(频繁在网上憎恨前妻的新男友),而且还made threats to him(恐吓人家)。2009年的一次颁奖典礼上,Taylor Swift was accepting an award(泰勒正在台上领奖),Kanye冲上来说:Beyonce should have won it(得这个奖的应该是Beyonce)。因为Kanye不止一次地表现出erratic,所以美国很多人叫他Bipolar。BipolarDisorder就是躁郁症,症状是有时会很开心,有时又很低落,people don’t  know your personality or mood will be like(情绪不稳定,人们不知道你的个性或心情是怎样的)。他有很多比较典型的形象,比如戴个小帽子,上面写着“Make America Great Again”(振兴美国)。想象一下,他戴着特朗普最喜欢的这个小帽子和特朗普站在一起,真的是funny。*bipolar /ˌbaɪˈpoʊlər/ adj. 有两极的*disorder /dɪsˈɔ:rdər/ n. 混乱;疾病3. 美国人都怎么看他?He is a very controversial person.他是一个非常受争议的人。He is a very mixed character(个性很复杂). You will either love him or hate him. (要么很受欢迎,要么惹人憎恨。)但是,最近一段时间,显然he has created even more enemies(树敌颇多)。但他的粉丝们still love him,竟然还决定launch a fundraiser to make him a billionaire again(发起筹款活动,让他再次成为亿万富翁)。*launch /lɔ:ntʃ/ v. 发起*fundraiser /ˈfʌndreɪzər/ n. 资金筹集活动还有人为他鸣不平,因为many brands have cut ties with him(很多大牌只是和他解约),not many of the problematic white people in Hollywood(而不是好莱坞其他有问题的白人明星)。*problematic /ˌprɑ:bləˈmætɪk/ 有问题的很多人把 his downfall(侃爷的衰败)跟 the success of Taylor Swift(泰勒的成功)作对比。这位网友发post说:在Kanye大受欢迎的世界里,做谁都行,就是不能成为Kanye。《冰雪奇缘》中,Olaf 的配音Josh Gad是犹太人,就Kanye的事情wrote a post,我们摘一句里面比较重要的话:His mental illness is not an excuse for his Neo-Nazi propaganda.精神疾病绝对不是借口。*Neo-Nazi /ˌnioˈnætsi/n. 新纳粹主义分子*propaganda /ˌprɑːpəˈɡændə/ n. 宣传欢迎大家留言、点赞、转发。一席文化在招聘英文人才,工作地点在美丽的海滨城市青岛,欢迎加入我们,和主播们一起教英文、一起录节目。

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