英伦广角 Issue 120 麦当娜庆祝50大寿
("Got no boundaries and no limits...")
The Madonna hitting the big 50 is just an excuse for a party.
("Give it to get the love, arrest me...")
But even she is not planning to pause for a reflection, an icon 1 reaching the half century milestone 2 prompts much musing 3 on how the queen of pop manages to cling onto her crown in an industry that rewards youth.
"Every time she needs to reinvent herself, she manages to do it. From the sexy kind of symbolism that she brings to her clothing to this more sophisticated glamour 4 now. I mean, I mean she is ever-changing. "
The material girl has gone from lace to leotards, Marilyn to conical bras, and dominatrix to lady of the manor 5.
I would like people to think of me as a revolutionary.
("Like a Virgin，Hey，touch for the very first time.."）
As a mistress of reinvention she defies convention,
("Faster than the speeding light she's flying")
and even her own expectations,
I wanted to be a dancer and quite frankly 6 had no idea that my life was going to turn out the way that it did.
"The view then was: oh it's just another white girl singing soul, you know. I then said:" no, she has a bit more to this one." I fixed 7 up to interview her, to first interview her, it was in England, first in the afternoon. No one else turned up."
("You must be my lucky star...")
That same young singer went on to become a super star,
("Music makes the people come together...")
She’s now sold 200 million records.
("Don't cry for me Argentina")
Her film career has been inconsistent, but her taste for controversy 8 hasn’t. Religion, sex, there are few taboos 9. And she defied international disapproval 10 in 2006 by adopting a young boy from Malawi.
("Tick up, tick up, break that…")
Fortunately for Madge, the high priests of Kabbalah have calculated her spiritual age and may make her just 36. But for those who count in human years, the clock is definitely ticking.
And yet Madonna's greatest skill is making sure nothing she does ever gets old.
Sara Merchant, Sky News.
- They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
- Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。
- The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
- I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。
- Foreign travel has lost its glamour for her.到国外旅行对她已失去吸引力了。
- The moonlight cast a glamour over the scene.月光给景色增添了魅力。
- The builder of the manor house is a direct ancestor of the present owner.建造这幢庄园的人就是它现在主人的一个直系祖先。
- I am not lord of the manor,but its lady.我并非此地的领主，而是这儿的女主人。
- To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
- Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。
- Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
- Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。
- That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
- We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。
- She was unhorsed by fences, laws and alien taboos. 她被藩蓠、法律及外来的戒律赶下了马。
- His mind was charged with taboos. 他头脑里忌讳很多。
- The teacher made an outward show of disapproval.老师表面上表示不同意。
- They shouted their disapproval.他们喊叫表示反对。