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@ 50610 章子怡的魅力
A: 章子怡真是越來越漂亮了！瞧，這氣質......。
Zhāng Zǐyí zhēnshì yuèláiyuè piàoliang le! qiáo, zhè qìzhì.......
Zhang Ziyi really gets more beautiful all the time. Look, what a temperament...
B: 啊？你是什麼眼光？她也算漂亮？我看就是一個再普通不過的北京小姑娘了。只不過是運氣好，遇上了貴人，才平步青雲，一路爬到了好萊塢，撿了個頭號中國女星的封號。哎，運氣來了，擋都擋不住啊！
ǎ? nǐ shì shénme yǎnguāng? tā yě suàn piàoliang? wǒ kàn jiùshì yī ge zài pǔtōng bùguò de Běijīng xiǎogūniang le. zhǐ bùguò shì yùnqi hǎo, yùshàng le guìrén, cái píngbùqīngyún, yīlù pádào le Hǎoláiwù, jiǎn le ge tóuhào Zhōngguó nǚxīng de fēnghào. āi, yùnqi lái le, dǎng dōu dǎngbuzhù a!
Huh? What are you talking about? You call her beautiful? I think she's an extremely ordinary Beijing girl. It's just that she's had good luck. She bumped into the right high-level people. That's the only reason she had such a meteoric rise. On the way, she went to Hollywood and got a lucky number as the first Chinese star there. When you get that lucky, there's no stopping you.
A: 你這是什麼心態？我們自己人在外發展得好，應該為她高興才對。你怎麼還拆人家的臺呢？我覺得子怡挺好的。長相清秀，剛出道時像個鄰家小女孩兒。這幾年見了世面，就越發有韻味了。
nǐ zhè shì shénme xīntài? wǒmen zìjǐrén zàiwài fāzhǎn de hǎo, yīnggāi wèi tā gāoxìng cái duì. nǐ zěnme hái chāi rénjiā de tái ne? wǒ juéde Zǐyí tǐng hǎo de. zhǎngxiàng qīngxiù, gāng chūdào shí xiàng ge línjiā xiǎonǚháir5. zhèjǐnián jiàn le shìmiàn, jiù yuèfā yǒu yùnwèi le.
What in the world do you mean? One of our own got far in the outside world. We should be happy for her. Why are you raining on her parade? I think Ziyi is great. She looks clean and fresh. When she first got started she looked like the-girl-next-door. In the last few years she's gotten to see the world, and so she gets more charming all the time.
B: 所以說你的品味有問題嘛。說得好聽點是鄰家小女孩兒，其實就一土包子。中國比她漂亮的女孩兒一抓就是一大把。她要臉蛋沒臉蛋，要身材沒身材。面黃肌瘦，簡直就是營養不良。扔在人群裡絕對沒人注意。只是到了好萊塢，物以稀為貴，才被捧上了天，覺得她是沉魚落雁的東方美人。
suǒyǐ shuō nǐ de pǐnwèi yǒuwèntí ma. shuō de hǎotīng diǎn shì línjiā xiǎonǚháir5, qíshí jiù yī tǔbāozi. Zhōngguó bǐ tā piàoliang de nǚháir5 yī zhuā jiùshì yīdàbǎ. tā yào liǎndàn méi liǎndàn, yào shēncái méi shēncái. miànhuángjīshòu, jiǎnzhí jiùshì yíngyǎng bùliáng. rēng zài rénqún lǐ juéduì méirén zhùyì. zhǐshì dào le Hǎoláiwù, wùyǐxīwéiguì, cái bèi pěngshàng le tiān, juéde tā shì chényúluòyàn de dōngfāng měirén.
So that's why I say there's something wrong with your taste. To put a nice gloss on it, she's the-girl-next-door. Actually, she's a country bumpkin. In China, prettier girls than her are a dime a dozen. Her face is nothing great, and neither is her figure. Her face is yellow and there's no meat on her bones. She's just not getting enough nutrition. If you had her stand in a crowd, no one would pay attention to her. It's just that when she got to Hollywood, rare things are more valuable, and she was put on a pedestal. They thought she was an unspeakably beautiful Eastern lady.
A: 得了，你別吃不到葡萄就說葡萄酸。章子怡的身材比那種胸大無腦的女人強多了。再說，她有今天的成就也不是光憑長相。她的演技也是有目共睹的。而且還特別努力。我看過一篇報導，說她經常是一邊化妝、一邊背臺詞，還和老師練習英語。你沒發覺她的英語好多了嗎？
dé le, nǐ bié chībudào pútao jiù shuō pútao suān. zhāng Zǐyí de shēncái bǐ nàzhǒng xiōngdàwúnǎo de nǚrén qiáng duōle. zàishuō, tā yǒu jīntiān de chéngjiù yě bù shì guāng píng zhǎngxiàng. tā de yǎnjì yě shì yǒumùgòngdǔ de. érqiě hái tèbié nǔlì. wǒ kàn guo yī piān bàodǎo, shuō tā jīngcháng shì yībiān huàzhuāng、 yībiān bèi táicí, hái hé lǎoshī liànxí yīngyǔ. nǐ méi fājué tā de yīngyǔ hǎo duōle ma?
That's enough! Don't get all ''sour grapes." Zhang Ziyi's figure is much better than any of those buxom, brainless bimbos. Plus, her success is not just based on her appearance. Her acting ability is plain to see. And she's extremely hard-working. I saw an article that said she often recites her lines while she's putting on makeup, and she practices English with her teacher. Haven't you noticed that her English has gotten much better?
B: 好了一點也沒必要到處賣弄吧。虧你還覺得她有演技？真是笑掉大牙。誰不知道她有今天都是靠男人。每拍一部戲都和導演或男主角傳緋聞，男朋友像走馬燈一樣換。什麼張藝謀、成龍、現在又搭上了美國大亨。真是服了她了。
hǎo le yīdiǎn yě méi bìyào dàochù màinòng ba. kuī nǐ hái juéde tā yǒu yǎnjì? zhēnshì xiàodiào dàyá. shéi bù zhīdào tā yǒu jīntiān dōu shì kào nánrén. měi pāi yī bù xì dōu hé dǎoyǎn huò nánzhǔjué chuán fēiwén, nánpéngyou xiàng zǒumǎdēng yīyàng huàn. shénme Zhāng Yìmóu、 Chéng Lóng、 xiànzài yòu dāshàng le Měiguó dàhēng. zhēnshì fú le tā le.
After it's gotten a little better there's no need to go all over showing off. And you still think she's a good actor? That's truly laughable. Everyone knows that she got where she is today by relying on men. Every time she makes a movie there's a scandal about her and the director or male star. She changes boyfriends so fast it would make your head spin. Zhang Yimou, Jackie Chan, and now she's got an American tycoon. She is really something.
A: 你這麼說她對你有什麼好處？那些都是狗仔隊炒出來的，明眼人一看就知道。再說了，人家也有戀愛自由啊。誰規定明星不能談戀愛了？
nǐ zhème shuō tā duì nǐ yǒu shénme hǎochu? nàxiē dōu shì gǒuzǎiduì chǎo chūlai de, míngyǎnrén yī kàn jiù zhīdào. zàishuō le, rénjiā yě yǒu liàn'ài zìyóu a. shéi guīdìng míngxīng bùnéng tán liàn'ài le?
What good does it do you to talk about her that way? That stuff is all stirred up by the paparazzi, you can tell at first glance. In any case, she has the liberty to date. Who says that celebrities can't date?
B: 是能談，但也沒必要那麼快，那麼多，那麼宣揚吧，生怕有人不知道。你說說，她哪點夠格拿幾百萬美金的片酬？而且我覺得她假得夠嗆，成天裝清純。真讓人受不了。
shì néng tán, dàn yě méi bìyào nàme kuài, nàme duō, nàme xuānyáng ba, shēngpà yǒurén bù zhīdào. nǐ shuōshuo, tā nǎ diǎn gòugé ná jǐbǎiwàn měijīn de piànchóu? érqiě wǒ juéde tā jiǎ de gòuqiàng, chéngtiān zhuāng qīngchún. zhēn ràng rén shòubuliǎo.
Well, she can date. But does she have to change boyfriends so fast, frequently and with so much publicity as if she wanted the whole world to know? Do you really think she deserves the multi-million dollar paychecks for her films? I also think she is feally fake. She pretends to be innocent all the time. It's totally unbearable.
A: 奇怪，她又沒招你惹你，你要這麼說她？而且社會上跟你一樣無聊的人還真不少，什麼都看不慣，顯得自己多清高，多有水平似的。可憐人家章子怡，外表看著風光，活得還真不容易啊。
qíguài, tā yòu méi zhāo nǐ rě nǐ, nǐ yào zhème shuō tā? érqiě shèhuì shàng gēn nǐ yīyàng wúliáo de rén hái zhēn bùshǎo, shénme dōu kànbuguàn, xiǎnde zìjǐ duō qīnggāo, duō yǒu shuǐpíng shìde. kělián rénjiā zhāng Zǐyí, wàibiǎo kànzhe fēngguāng, huó de hái zhēn bù róngyì a.
It's not like she intentionally offended you, Why would you say such things about her? There are many people like you who pick on anything and anyone as if they themselves were flawless and intelligent. Poor Zhang Ziyi. She might seem glamorous on the outside, but what a tough life!
B: 她不容易？吃香的喝辣的，坐奔馳，開寶馬，住別墅。還有一群保鏢跟著，要有多威風就有多威風。要不怎麼說，女人有心計就能成功。
tā bù róngyì? chī xiāng de hē là de, zuò Bēnchí, kāi Bǎomǎ, zhù biéshù. hái yǒu yī qún bǎobiāo gēn zhe, yào yǒu duō wēifēng jiù yǒu duō wēifēng. yàobu zěnme shuō, nǚrén yǒu xīnjì jiù néng chénggōng.
Her life is tough? She wines and dines, rides in Mercedes and drives a BMW and lives in a villa. She has a big entourage wherever she goes. What a charmed life! She exemplifies how a calculating and manipulative woman can succeed in life.
A: 暈，你一個大男人還這麼小肚雞腸，難怪被人甩。
yūn, nǐ yī ge dànánrén hái zhème xiǎodùjīcháng, nánguài bèi rén shuǎi.
Gosh, you are such a mean man. No wonder you were dumped.
Key Vocabulary
平步青雲 píngbùqīngyún to have a rapid rise
拆臺 chāitái to undercut
出道 chūdào to make one's public debut
土包子 tǔbāozi country bumpkin
面黃肌瘦 miànhuángjīshòu emaciated and disheveled
物以稀為貴 wùyǐxīwéiguì rarity begets value
沉魚落雁 chényúluòyàn unequaled beauty
有目共睹 yǒumùgòngdǔ to be obvious to all
笑掉大牙 xiàodiào dàyá to laugh one's head off
緋聞 fēiwén sex scandal
走馬燈 zǒumǎdēng lantern which casts shadows of figures
大亨 dàhēng bigwig
狗仔隊 gǒuzǎiduì paparazzi
明眼人 míngyǎnrén discerning person
夠格 gòugé qualified
夠嗆 gòuqiàng unbearable
清高 qīnggāo distinguished
小肚雞腸 xiǎodùjīcháng narrow-minded
Supplementary Vocabulary
炒作 chǎozuò to stir up interest
八卦新聞 bāguà xīnwén tabloid news
妒忌 dùjì to envy
隱私 yǐnsī personal matters
閉月羞花 bìyuèxiūhuā outshines the moon and shames flowers (of a woman's beauty)
傾國傾城 qīngguóqīngchéng stunningly beautiful
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