本课您将学到:fist and foremost(首要的是......),in addition to和in addition的区别,关于"选美"
Move over Miss Universe, make room for Miss Captivity(囚禁), a contest to pick the most attractive female inmate(囚犯) serving jail time(服刑期间) in Lithuania.
The organizer of the event, television producer Arunas Valinskas, announced(宣布) that he finalized(完成) a deal with the Baltic(波罗的海的) country's sole(唯一的) female prison and already had accepted applications(申请) from 36 contestants. "We'll attempt(试图) to find beauty where you might think there is none," he said at a news conference. "The prisoners are, after all, women first and foremost."
Top Lithuanian fashion designers(设计师) will make the contestants' clothes and local dignitaries would serve as the judges, selecting a winner based on "beauty and elegance(优雅)". In addition to what many might see as the dubious(暧昧的) honor of being crowned Miss Captivity, the winner and runners-up will qualify(使具有资格) for 10,000 litas in prizes though they'd only receive them after completing their jail terms.(刑期)
【世博读书笔记】
一边去,环球小姐,给"在押小姐"腾个地方(make room for Miss Captivity)--立陶宛即将举办比赛以选出最有魅力的在押女犯。(a contest to pick the most attractive female inmate serving jail time in Lithuania)
这段里的move over意思是"挪开、过去点",比如:
Move over and let the little girl sit down.
挪过去点,让这小女孩坐。
赛事主办者、(The organizer of the event)电视制片人(television producer)阿朗纳斯-瓦林斯卡宣布他已经同这个波罗的海国家惟一的女子监狱达成了协议,(announced that he finalized a deal with the Baltic country's sole female prison)并已接受了36人的参赛申请。(had accepted applications from 36 contestants)"我们想在人们认为美不存在的地方找到美,"他在记者招待会(a news conference)上说。"不管怎样,(after all)这些囚犯首先是女人。"(The prisoners are women first and foremost)