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Shanghai model protest

 

究竟發生什麼事，連模特兒也要上街？上海一班女模特兒向丐幫「犀利哥」偷師，一身破衣，走街頭風格發不平鳴，是噱頭，還是內有冤情？

 

The models stood on the streets of Shanghai, dressed in ripped clothing with dirt smudged across their faces, carrying beggar's sticks and asking for food. They held signs protesting the Shanghai Auto Show’s new ban on scantily clad models, a ban that the protesters said denied them a job.

 

smudge（擦拭後留下的）汙跡，污痕

(verb 動詞)

 

例子： Mary cried so much during the movie that she smudged her mascara.

 

scantily 穿得很少，穿得很暴露

(adverb 副詞)

 

例子：The girls looked cold in their scantily dressed gowns.

 

clad（指人）穿…衣服的；（指物）覆蓋著…的

(adjective 形容詞)

 

例子： The models were criticised for their scantily clad protest.

 

面對網上鋪天蓋地的批評指摘，一眾女模辯說自己的動作不過是「行為藝術」，以突顯她們的困境：

 

The models defended their actions as “performance theatre” designed to draw attention to the plight of models.

 

plight 困境，窘境

(noun 名詞)

 

例子：We must direct our effort to relieving the plight of the children living in poverty.

 

請模特兒出席車展，無非為了吸引買家入場兼製造話題。可惜過了火位，主辦單位反而嫌「與蛇共舞」之類的噱頭格調低，而且喧賓奪主：

 

Car companies in China have come under fire for using scantily-clad models to draw crowds at annual car shows. Event organisers have lamented that vulgar stunts such as nearly nude women dancing with snakes distract visitors from the cars the women are allegedly there to promote.

 

lament 對…感到悲痛，對…表示失望，痛惜

(verb 動詞)

 

例子：The tourists lamented on the lack of public toilet facilities in the city.

 

vulgar 粗俗的；庸俗的；不雅的

(adjective 形容詞)

 

例子：The boys made vulgar comments to the scantily-clad models.

 

今年上海車展謝絕女模，就是為了防止參展商的「踩界」推銷手法：

 

This year, the Shanghai Auto Show banned models from serving as eye-candy at the event, a restriction that companies appear to be skirting by recruiting exceedingly attractive sales representatives and candy distributors.

 

留意skirt除了指裙子，用作動詞還有「踩界」的意思。

 

內地社交網絡一片聲討之聲，又反映什麼心態？

 

Images of the protest drew widespread condemnation on Chinese social media, with microbloggers berating the women for relying on their bodies to earn a living.

 

condemnation 譴責，指責，聲討

(noun 名詞)

 

例子： There was very strong international condemnation on the violent bomb attacks.

 

berate 嚴責，訓斥

(verb 動詞)

 

例子： His mother berated him for lying.

 

Crystal’s Slang Time

 

中文有「讓眼睛吃冰淇淋」的說法，「眼睛的冰淇淋」英文就是eye-candy!

 

eye-candy 外貌吸引的事物

(noun 名詞)

 

例子： Many companies use beautiful models as eye-candy to attract clients.

   
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