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@ 51490 80後作家
A: 這兩個月“青春文學”系列銷量很好。
zhè liǎng ge yuè" qīngchūn wénxué” xìliè xiāoliàng hěn hǎo.
These last few months the, “Youth Literature” series has been selling really well.
B: 放暑假嘛，中學生都買來看。
fàng shǔjià ma, zhōngxuéshēng dōu mǎi lái kàn.
It's summer vacation. All the middle school students are buying them and checking them out.
A: 是啊。你們倆也是80後，喜歡同齡人寫的東西嗎？
shì a. nǐmen liǎ yě shì bālíng hòu, xǐhuan tónglíngrén xiě de dōngxi ma?
That's right. You two were born in the 80's – do you like what your contemporaries are writing?
C: 還行吧！韓寒、郭敬明、張悅然的作品我都看過。都是上中學的時候看的。我有一陣子還特別想輟學創作小說呢！
háixíng ba! Hán Hán、 Guō Jìngmíng、 Zhāng Yuèrán de zuòpǐn wǒ dōu kàn guo. dōu shì shàng zhōngxué de shíhou kàn de. wǒ yǒu yīzhènzi hái tèbié xiǎng chuòxué chuàngzuò xiǎoshuō ne!
It's all right. I've read Han Han, Guo Jingming, and Zhang Yueran's works. I read them all when I was in middle school. There was a period of time during which I really wanted to drop out of school and write fiction!
A: 呵呵，你想學韓寒？
hēhē, nǐ xiǎng xué Hán Hán?
Heh-heh. You wanted to be like Han Han?
C: 抨擊應試教育，青春的愛和痛，迷茫和憂傷，當時我覺得我也能寫出好幾本書來。
pēngjī yìngshì jiàoyù, qīngchūn de ài hé tòng, mímáng hé yōushāng, dāngshí wǒ juéde wǒ yě néng xiěchū hǎo jǐ běn shū lái.
Attacking the exam-based education system, the love and pain of youth, feeling lost and sad – at the time, I felt like I could write more than a few books myself.
A: 看來人人都有那麼一段反叛期。難怪80後作家的“青春文學”有那麼龐大的中學生讀者群。
kànlai rénrén dōu yǒu nàme yī duàn fǎnpàn qī. nánguài bālíng hòu zuòjiā de" qīngchūn wénxué” yǒu nàme pángdà de zhōngxuéshēng dúzhě qún.
It seems like everyone goes through that kind of rebellious phase. No wonder this, “Youth Literature” magazine written by authors born in the 80's has such a huge following of middle school students.
B: 我也差不多就中學時候認真看過。現在沒感覺了，看到了就胡亂翻翻。
wǒ yě chàbuduō jiù zhōngxué shíhou rènzhēn kàn guo. xiànzài méi gǎnjué le, kàndào le jiù húluàn fān fan.
I was pretty much a middle school student myself when I really sat down and read them. Now I'm not really into them. If I see one, I just flip through it casually.
A: 那你們怎麼看待這些80後作家？
nà nǐmen zěnme kàndài zhèxiē bālíng hòu zuòjiā?
Well, then how do you guys feel about these 80's authors?
C: 我覺得這些人都是天才型的，語言精緻，表現力強，沒經歷過的東西也能寫得淋漓盡致。雖然不怎麼被主流文學認同，但還是有我們80後的鮮明特色的。
wǒ juéde zhèxiē rén dōu shì tiāncái xíng de, yǔyán jīngzhì, biǎoxiàn lì qiáng, méi jīnglì guo de dōngxi yě néng xiě de línlíjìnzhì. suīrán bù zěnme bèi zhǔliú wénxué rèntóng, dàn háishì yǒu wǒmen bālíng hòu de xiānmíng tèsè de.
I think they're very talented authors who are wonderful with language and have a strong sense of expression. They can write vividly about things they've never experienced themselves. Although they haven't really been recognized by mainstream literature, they have the same distinct flavor as us born in the 80's.
B: 他們人氣這麼高跟網絡時代和市場經濟也有關係。現在獲取知識和發表作品都很容易，再加上媒體炒作和出版社追捧，很快就名利雙收了。只怕成名容易，潛力不足。
tāmen rénqì zhème gāo gēn wǎngluò shídài hé shìchǎng jīngjì yě yǒu guānxi. xiànzài huòqǔ zhīshi hé fābiǎo zuòpǐn dōu hěn róngyì, zài jiāshang méitǐ chǎozuò hé chūbǎnshè zhuīpěng, hěn kuài jiù mínglìshuāngshōu le. zhǐ pà chéngmíng róngyì, qiánlì bùzú.
There being so much buzz about them is also related to the age of the internet and this market economy. Right now, acquiring knowledge and getting your literature out there is easy. On top of that, there's attention from the media and support from publishing companies. People can get rich and famous quickly. The fear is that becoming famous easily doesn't mean they have enough real potential.
A: 一代人有一代人的文學。80後作家的成績是有目共睹的。但畢竟閱歷淺，題材單一，寫作的深度和廣度上面有不少硬傷。一個作家，沒有生活閱歷和時間積澱是寫不出真正的好作品的。
yī dài rén yǒu yī dài rén de wénxué. bālíng hòu zuòjiā de chéngjì shì yǒumùgòngdǔ de. dàn bìjìng yuèlì qiǎn, tícái dānyī, xiězuò de shēndù hé guǎngdù shàngmian yǒu bùshǎo yìngshāng. yī ge zuòjiā, méiyǒu shēnghuó yuèlì hé shíjiān jīdiàn shì xiěbuchū zhēnzhèng de hǎo zuòpǐn de.
Every generation has their literature. The achievements of authors born in the 80's are clear for all to see. But, when all is said and done, they're inexperienced and their subject matter is all the same. It really has had a negative effect on the depth and scope of their writings. A writer without life experience and the knowledge that accumulates over time can't write a genuinely good piece of literature.
C: 是是是。不過我覺得韓寒遲早會寫出有分量的東西的。我挺佩服這傢伙的，賽車，寫書，辦雜誌，樣樣都是天才。不愧是80後的佼佼者。
shì shì shì. bùguò wǒ juéde Hán Hán chízǎo huì xiěchū yǒu fènliang de dōngxi de. wǒ tǐng pèifú zhè jiāhuo de, sàichē, xiě shū, bàn zázhì, yàngyàng dōu shì tiāncái. bùkuì shì bālíng hòu de jiǎojiǎozhě.
Right, right, right. However, I think Han Han will sooner or later write something of importance. I really admire that guy – racing cars, writing books, putting out magazines; he's talented in every way. He's worthy of being called the most outstanding person born in the 80's.
B: 我也看好韓寒。
wǒ yě kànhǎo Hán Hán.
I think highly of Han Han too.
A: 韓寒是80後作家的領軍人物啊！80後能不能寫出更好的作品，我們拭目以待吧！對了，你們倆要時刻留意點擊率高的博客和帖子，我們計劃再出一些好賣的書，別讓別的出版社搶佔了先機。
Hán Hán shì bālíng hòu zuòjiā de lǐngjūn rénwù a! bālíng hòu néng bu néng xiěchū gèng hǎo de zuòpǐn, wǒmen shìmùyǐdài ba! duì le, nǐmen liǎ yào shíkè liúyì diǎnjī lǜ gāo de bókè hé tiězi, wǒmen jìhuà zài chū yīxiē hǎo mài de shū, bié ràng bié de chūbǎnshè qiǎngzhàn le xiānjī.
Han Han is the leading figure among authors born in the 80's! Whether or not someone born in the 80's will be able to write something even better, we'll have to wait and see. That's right, you two will have to keep your eyes open for blogs and posts that are getting a lot of hits. We're planning on publishing some more good books, so don't let other publishing companies steal the opportunity.
B: 好，沒問題。我最近看到幾個90後寫的小說在網上很火。
hǎo, méiwèntí. wǒ zuìjìn kàndào jǐ ge jiǔlíng hòu xiě de xiǎoshuō zài wǎngshàng hěn huǒ.
OK, no problem. I've recently seen a few stories online written by people born in the 90's that are quite popular.
A: 哦？
ó?
Huh?
Key Vocabulary
同齡人 tónglíngrén contemporaries
韓寒 Hán Hán Han Han (name)
郭敬明 Guō Jìngmíng Guo Jingming (name)
張悅然 Zhāng Yuèrán Zhang Yueran (name)
輟學 chuòxué to drop out of school
抨擊 pēngjī to attack
應試教育 yìngshì jiàoyù exam-based education
迷茫 mímáng lost, confused
反叛期 fǎnpàn qī rebellious phase
胡亂 húluàn carelessly, casually
看待 kàndài to look upon
淋漓盡致 línlíjìnzhì vivid, incisive
鮮明 xiānmíng distinct
炒作 chǎozuò to hype up
追捧 zhuīpěng to vigorously support
名利雙收 mínglìshuāngshōu to win fame and fortune
有目共睹 yǒumùgòngdǔ obvious to all
閱歷 yuèlì experience
題材 tícái subject matter
單一 dānyī unitary
深度 shēndù depth
廣度 guǎngdù scope
硬傷 yìngshāng obvious errors
積澱 jīdiàn accumulation of culture and experience
分量 fènliang weight
佼佼者 jiǎojiǎozhě outstanding person
領軍人物 lǐngjūn leading figure, person
拭目以待 shìmùyǐdài to eagerly await
留意 liúyì to keep an eye out
點擊率 diǎnjī lǜ click rate
搶佔 qiǎngzhàn to seize
先機 xiānjī decisive opportunity
Supplementary Vocabulary
留級 liújí held in back in school
叛逆 pànnì to rebel, to revolt
《三重門》 Sānchóngmén "Triple Door"
《夢裡花落知多少》 Mènglǐhuāluòzhīduōshǎo "Never-Flowers in Never Dream"
《長安亂》 Cháng'ānluàn "Riot in Chang'an City"
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