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@ 50749 八卦週刊：竊聽門事件
A 不行啊！最近我們的銷量一直在下滑。幾本新雜誌走低價路線，而且新聞越做越聳動。再這樣下去，我們可要夠嗆了。
bùxíng ā! zuìjìn wǒmen de xiāoliàng yīzhí zài xiàhuá. jǐ běn xīn zázhì zǒu dījià lùxiàn , érqiě xīnwén yuè zuò yuè sǒngdòng. zài zhèyàng xiàqu, wǒmen kě yào gòuqiàng le.
This is just no good! Recently our sales volume has been on a constant decline. Some new magazines are relying on low prices. And the news gets more and more alarmist. If it keeps on this way, we're finished!
B 我們做的新聞也挺有爆炸性的，讀者怎麼不買賬呢？真是想不通。
wǒmen zuò de xīnwén yě tǐng yǒu bàozhàxìng de, dúzhě zěnme bù mǎizhàng ne? zhēnshì xiǎng bùtōng.
Our news is also really explosive. How can the readers not be satisfied? I just don't get it.
A 想不通的事情多著呢。不過你也別怕，我們有殺手鐗。
xiǎng bùtōng de shìqing duō zhe ne. búguò nǐ yě bié pà, wǒmen yǒu shāshǒujiǎn.
There's a lot not to understand. But don't worry. We have an ace up our sleeves.
B 對了！梁朝偉和咱們的實習生！
duìle! Liáng Cháowěi hé zánmen de shíxísheng!
Oh, right! Liang Chaowei and our intern!
A 本來我想放長線釣大魚的。現在形勢逼人，不得不出擊了。
běnlái wǒ xiǎng fàngchángxiàndiàodàyú de. xiànzài xíngshìbīrén , bùdébù chūjī le.
Originally, I wanted to lay a big trap to catch big game. But now the situation demands action. We can't delay any longer.
B 你是說下週就把照片登出來？
nǐ shì shuō xiàzhōu jiù bǎ zhàopiàn dēng chūlái ?
Are you saying we should release the photos next week?
A 嗯，而且一定要頭版頭條。哎，你趕快把我們這個實習生的底細摸一下。公眾肯定好奇她是何方神聖，居然能讓梁朝偉拜倒在她的石榴裙下。
ng4, érqiě yīdìng yào tóubǎntóutiáo . āi, nǐ gǎnkuài bǎ wǒmen zhège shíxísheng de dǐxì mō yīxià . gōngzhòng kěndìng hàoqí tā shì héfāng shénshèng, jūrán néng ràng Liáng Cháowěi bàidǎo zài tā de shíliúqún xià.
Hm, and also we need to put them front and center. Ah, go find out the details about our intern. The people must be curious to see what kind of character she is. She was somehow able to make Liang Chaowei crumble with her feminine charms.
B 好，我馬上找她聊一下。
hǎo, wǒ mǎshàng zhǎo tā liáo yīxià .
OK, I'll go chat with her immediately.
A 笨啊，怎麼能讓她知道呢。她十有八九不會配合我們的。
bèn ā, zěnme néng ràng tā zhīdào ne. tā shíyǒubājiǔ búhuì pèihé wǒmen de.
You fool! We can't let her know! More likely than not, she won't want to cooperate with us!
B 對，還是你想得周到。唉，如果能竊聽她的電話就好了。
duì, háishì nǐ xiǎng de zhōudào. āi, rúguǒ néng qiètīng tā de diànhuà jiù hǎo le.
True. As usual, you've thought it through clearly. Ah, it would be great if we could bug her phone.
A 這招妙！我們放竊聽器，那還不是小菜一碟。
zhè zhāo miào! wǒmen fàng qiètīngqì, nà hái bú shì xiǎocàiyīdié.
That's great! Bugging her phone is not child's play.
B 不過竊聽他人隱私是犯法的吧。我可不想為了這個蹲監獄。
búguò qiètīng tārén yǐnsī shì fànfǎ de ba. wǒ kě bù xiǎng wèile zhège dūn jiānyù.
But listening in on people's private lives is illegal, right? I really don't want to go to jail for this.
A 哪兒會那麼嚴重？真這樣的話，我們做這行這麼多年，少說也要判個無期徒刑。
nǎr huì nàme yánzhòng? zhēn zhèyàng de huà, wǒmen zuò zhè háng zhème duō nián , shǎoshuō yě yào pàn ge wúqītúxíng.
How could it possibly be that serious? If you think like that, we've done this for so many years, we'd probably get sentenced to life imprisonment.
B 你這麼一說，才想起來我們已經投身八卦事業那麼久了。
nǐ zhème yī shuō, cái xiǎng qǐlái wǒmen yǐjīng tóushēn bāguà shìyè nàme jiǔ le.
When you say it that way, it makes me realize how long we've already been in the gossip business.
A 行了，別追憶了，快想想現在該怎麼辦吧。否則我們很快要變成歷史了。
xíngle , bié zhuīyì le, kuài xiǎngxiang xiànzài gāi zěnme bàn ba. fǒuzé wǒmen hěn kuài yào biànchéng lìshǐ le.
OK, no more reminiscing. Quick, think of what we need to do now. Otherwise, we're going to turn into history.
B 先去摸摸底，然後竊聽她的電話。派社裡最精英的狗仔團隊去跟她，24小時跟蹤，不能放過一點機會。
xiān qù mōmo dǐ, ránhòu qiètīng tā de diànhuà. pài shè lǐ zuì jīngyīng de gǒuzǎi tuánduì qù gēn tā, èrshísì xiǎoshí gēnzōng, bùnéng fàngguò yīdiǎn jīhuì.
First I'll go get a feel for things, then go bug her phone. We'll send the most elite paparazzi team to follow her and track her twenty-four hours a day. We can't let a single opportunity slip by.
A 嗯，你看你只要用心，好點子就嘩嘩地來！
ng4, nǐ kàn nǐ zhǐyào yòngxīn, hǎo diǎnzi jiù huāhuā de lái!
Ha, see, when you use your head, the good stuff just comes flooding out.
B 有你做榜樣嘛！
yǒu nǐ zuò bǎngyàng ma!
I have you as a model!
A 好了，好了。機不可失，失不再來。趕緊行動吧。這個星期我們就全力做這條新聞，其它的過得去就行。
hǎo le, hǎo le. jībùkěshī , shībùzàilái. gǎnjǐn xíngdòng ba. zhège xīngqī wǒmen jiù quánlì zuò zhè tiáo xīnwén, qítā de guòdeqù jiù xíng.
OK, OK. We can't lose this opportunity. Hurry up. This week we'll put all our energy on this bit of news. As long as the other stuff is half-way decent, that's fine.
B 好。我立馬就去摸清她的底細。
hǎo. wǒ lìmǎ jiù qù mō qīng tā de dǐxì .
Good. I'll go right away and get a feel for what's going on with her.
Key Vocabulary
路線 lùxiàn route
聳動 sǒngdòng sensationalized
夠嗆 gòuqiàng in an undesirable position
買賬 mǎizhàng to buy in
殺手鐗 shāshǒujiǎn lethal tactic
放長線釣大魚 fàngchángxiàn diàodàyú have a long-term strategy
底細 dǐxì background information
拜倒在...的石榴裙下 bàidǎozài ... de shíliúqún xià overcome by a womans charms
竊聽 qiètīng wiretap
機不可失，失不再來 jībùkěshī, shībùzàilái missed opportunities never come back
Supplementary Vocabulary
捏造 niēzào to fabricate
爆料 bàoliào to tip off
醜聞 chǒuwén scandal
炒作 chǎozuò to sensationalize
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