The script of this programme 本节目台词

Diarmuid: Hello everybody and welcome to another Authentic Real English from BBC Learning English with me, Diarmuid.

Wang Fei: And me, Wang Fei.

Diarmuid: So what's that you're reading, Wang Fei?

Wang Fei: It's a celebrity magazine. I'm looking at these beautiful female celebrities. 你看，这些女明星个个都漂亮！有些人都岁数一大把了，也有的已经生儿育女了，看上去仍然这么年轻!简直让人难以置信。

Diarmuid: Ooh, let's have a look.

Wang Fei: Look at them. They are all so perfect. How do they do it? They must spend all day in the gym.

Diarmuid: Wow! They do look good, don't they? Too good to be true really.

Wang Fei: What do you mean they look too good to be true?

Diarmuid: Come on, Wang Fei. You don't believe these photos are real, do you?

Wang Fei: 不是真的？！Diarmuid 为什么说这不是真的？Diarmuid, are you saying that these pictures are not real?

Diarmuid: Of course they're real. But that doesn't mean they haven't been airbrushed.

Wang Fei: Airbrushed. What do you mean by airbrush?

Diarmuid: Airbrushed. That's two words put together: air.

Wang Fei: Air. 空气。

Diarmuid: And brush.

Wang Fei: Brush 刷子。

Diarmuid: Airbrush. A.I.R.B.R.U.S.H.

Wang Fei: And the meaning?

Diarmuid: An airbrush originally meant a tool used to spray paint to cover a surface.

Wang Fei: Oh! Airbrush 就是喷油漆的喷雾器，喷漆枪。

Diarmuid: But it also refers to a photographictechnique used to make corrections to photographs.

Wang Fei: Oh! 明白了. Airbrushing 就是对照片加以精工细作的粉刷美化，特别是让照片上的人，看上去比实际要好看很多。

Diarmuid: Let's hear some examples.

Examples

A: Have you seen those photos of Madonna? She looks amazing.

B: They're probably airbrushed. She can't still look that good at her age.

A: What do you think of airbrushed photos of celebrities in magazines?

B: I disagree with it. It means people grow up hating their own bodies because they're not like these fake images.

Wang Fei: Diarmuid, do people really use an airbrush to alter these photographs?

Diarmuid: In the past yes, but nowadays people use computer programmes like Photoshop to change digital images.

Wang Fei: 确实如此，用图片处理软件一处理，照片就会比实际好看很多了。

Diarmuid: So don't believe everything you see in magazines and websites. That's all for today folks.

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Diarmuid: Bye for now.

Wang Fei: Bye.

• welcome [´welkəm]   a.受欢迎的；可喜的   (初中英语单词)
• learning [´lə:niŋ]   n.学习；学问；知识   (初中英语单词)
• reading [´ri:diŋ]   n.(阅)读；朗读；读物   (初中英语单词)
• female [´fi:meil]   a.女(性)的 n.女人   (初中英语单词)
• computer [kəm´pju:tə]   n.计算机；电子计算器   (初中英语单词)
• saying [´seiŋ, ´sei-iŋ]   n.言语；言论；格言   (高中英语单词)
• originally [ə´ridʒənəli]   ad.本来；独创地   (高中英语单词)
• authentic [ɔ:´θentik]   a.真实的；可靠的   (英语四级单词)
• script [skript]   n.笔迹；手稿；剧本   (英语六级单词)
• celebrity [si´lebriti]   n.名声；名人   (英语六级单词)
• photographic [,fəutə´grɑ:fik]   a.摄影(术)的；逼真的   (英语六级单词)
• technique [tek´ni:k]   n.技术；技巧；方法   (英语六级单词)
• madonna [mə´dɔnə]   n.圣母玛利亚；圣母像   (英语六级单词)
• disagree [,disə´gri:]   vi.不同意   (英语六级单词)