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@ 50805 河莉秀
A 河莉秀居然結婚了！她的老公真有勇氣，娶一個變性人。
Hé lìxiù jūrán jiéhūn le ! tā de lǎogōng zhēn yǒu yǒngqì, qǔ yī ge biànxìngrén .
What a surprise, He Lixiu got married! Her husband must really be brave, marrying someone who had a sex change.
B 是啊。換作是我，我可下不了那麼大的決心。雖然她現在是個火辣的女人，不過總感覺有點彆扭。
shì ā. huàn zuò shì wǒ, wǒ kě xiàbuliǎo nà me dà de juéxīn. suīrán tā xiànzài shì ge huǒlà de nǚrén, bùguò zǒng gǎnjué yǒudiǎn bièniu.
Yeah. If it were me, I really wouldn't be able to make such a big decision. Even though she's a hottie now, I would always feel a little awkward about it.
A 只要他們覺得好就行了。你操哪門子的心啊？不過，像他這麼天生麗質，做男人實在可惜。你看過她變性前的照片嗎？比女孩子還漂亮呢！
zhǐyào tāmen juéde hǎo jiù xíng le . nǐ cāo nǎ mén zi de xīn ā? bùguò, xiàng tā zhè me tiānshēnglìzhì, zuò nánrén shízài kěxī. nǐ kàn guo tā biànxìng qián de zhàopiàn ma? bǐ nǚháizi hái piàoliang ne!
As long as they think it's good, that's fine. But for someone with natural feminine beauty like her, it would really be a shame to be a man. Have you seen the pictures of her before the sex change? She was prettier than a woman!
B 他說從小就覺得自己是女人。所以一直很受煎熬，活得很不快樂。有能力以後，就毅然決然做變性手術了。
tā shuō cóngxiǎo jiù juéde zìjǐ shì nǚrén. suǒyǐ yīzhí hěn shòu jiān áo, huó de hěn bù kuàilè. yǒu nénglì yǐhòu, jiù yìránjuérán zuò biànxìngshǒushù le.
He said ever since he was a child he felt that he was a woman. So he was constantly feeling tormented, and his life was miserable. When he had the ability, he firmly decided to have a sex change operation.
A 變了以後，還進入娛樂圈，讓全天下知道。
biàn le yǐhòu, hái jìnrù yúlèquān, ràng quán tiānxià zhīdào.
After the change, she entered the entertainment industry, and let the whole world know about it.
B 這就是賣點嘛。娛樂圈美女一抓一大把，但是變性美女有幾個？所以她就一炮而紅了。
zhè jiùshì màidiǎn ma. yúlèquān měinǚ yī zhuāyīdàbǎ, dànshì biànxìng měinǚ yǒu jǐ ge? suǒyǐ tā jiù yīpào érhóng le.
That's her selling point. In the entertainment industry, pretty girls are a dime a dozen. But how many post-sex-change-beauties are there? So she got famous in no time at all.
A 其實我還挺佩服她的。在那麼大的輿論壓力下，仍然能堅持自己的想法。走自己的路，讓別人說去吧。我們有時候就是缺少這樣一股韌勁，沒有她那麼灑脫。
qíshí wǒ hái tǐng pèifú tā de. zài nà me dà de yúlùn yālì xià, réngrán néng jiānchí zìjǐ de xiǎngfǎ. zǒu zìjǐ de lù, ràng biérén shuō qu ba. wǒ men yǒushíhou jiùshì quēshǎo zhè yàng yī gǔ rènjìn , méiyǒu tā nàme sǎtuō.
Actually I really admire her. Under so much pressure from public opinion, she kept true to herself. She did her own thing without worrying about what others said. Sometimes what we're lacking is just that kind of decisiveness. We're not as liberated as her.
B 是啊。她還是挺堅強的。而且也挺有真本事的，唱歌跳舞樣樣都會。不是那種光靠特殊身份在娛樂圈混的人。
shì ā. tā hái shì tǐng jiānqiáng de. érqiě yě tǐng yǒu zhēn běnshì de, chànggē tiàowǔ yàngyàng dōu huì. bù shì nà zhǒng guāng kào tèshū shēnfèn zài yúlè quān hùn de rén.
True. She's really determined. And she also has real talents-- singing, dancing, she can do it all. She's not one of those people who just relies on their special identity to coast through the entertainment world.
A 所以現在好多人都摘下有色眼鏡，公正地看待她。
suǒyǐ xiànzài hǎo duō rén dōu zhāi xià yǒusèyǎnjìng, gōngzhèng de kàndài tā.
So now many people are taking off their tinted glasses and seeing her as she is.
B 好像現在大眾對待變性這個問題也比以前寬容多了。說不定這裡面還有河莉秀的功勞呢。她讓大眾瞭解到性別錯位的痛苦，還有做真實的自己的勇氣。
hǎoxiàng xiànzài dàzhòng duìdài biànxìng zhè ge wèntí yě bǐ yǐqián kuānróng duō le. shuōbudìng zhè lǐmiàn hái yǒu Hé lìxiù de gōngláo ne. tā ràng dàzhòng liǎojiě dào xìngbié cuòwèi de tòngkǔ, hái yǒu zuò zhēnshí de zìjǐ de yǒngqì.
It seems like most people have gotten a lot more tolerant about the issue of sex changes. Maybe He Lixiu can take some credit for that. She made people realize the pain of being born the wrong sex, and has the courage to do her own stuff.
A 聽說河莉秀還很有語言天賦。她為了來中國發展，努力學中國話，現在她的中文說得超好。
tīngshuō Hé lìxiù hái hěn yǒu yǔyán tiānfù. tā wèile lái Zhōngguó fāzhǎn, nǔlì xué Zhōngguó huà, xiànzài tā de Zhōngwén shuō de chāohǎo .
I hear He Lixiu has a real knack for languages, too. To perform in China, she diligently studied Chinese. Now her Chinese is incredibly good.
B 我在一些電視節目中看過她，是說得不錯。前面你說她老公有勇氣，我覺得她才有勇氣呢。
wǒ zài yīxiē diànshì jiémù zhōng kàn guo tā, shì shuō de bùcuò. qiánmian nǐ shuō tā lǎogōng yǒu yǒngqì, wǒ juéde tā cái yǒu yǒngqì ne.
I've seen her on some TV programs, she really does speak well. You said before that her husband was brave. Actually, I think she's the brave one.
Key Vocabulary
變性人 biànxìngrén transsexual
火辣 huǒlà hot and sexy
彆扭 bièniu awkward
天生麗質 tiānshēnglìzhì a born beauty
受煎熬 shòu jiān'áo to suffer
毅然決然 yìránjuérán resolved
賣點 màidiǎn selling point
一炮而紅 yīpào érhóng sudden popularity
輿論 yúlùn public opinion
韌勁 rènjìn resilient
灑脫 sǎtuō carefree
有色眼鏡 yǒusèyǎnjìng biased view
性別錯位 xìngbié cuòwèi gender crisis
Supplementary Vocabulary
男扮女裝 nánbànnǚzhuāng transvestite
反串 fǎnchuàn to play a different role
風流倜儻 fēngliútìtǎng cassanova-type
人妖 rényāo lady man
大紅大紫 dàhóngdàzǐ extremely popular
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