align="center">Etiquette guide offers sleaze tips for posh girls
For hundreds of years, Debrett's has guided Britain's aristocracy(1) through the niceties(2) of meeting royalty, going to the races or eating soup in the correct way.
Now the publishers of the bible of blue-blooded(3) behavior are straying into previously unmentionable(4) areas of the life of a modern girl -- with a new book offeringguidance on adultery(5), toplessness(6) and celebritygossip.
align="center">
The first edition of Debrett's Peerage(7) and Baronetage(8) -- known in Britain as the "toff's(9) bible" was published in 1769, and its tome on manners, Debrett's Correct Form, has guided high society for decades.
But according to its editor, Jo Aitchison, the new book "Etiquette for Girls" is a sign that the traditional arbiters(10) of civility are catching up with the times.
"It's a nod to the modern day," she told Reuters. "We're pulling Debrett's out of Victorian times and trying to make it relevant to today." The book's advice ranges from how to conduct a sleaze(11)-free office fling or a disease-free one night stand(12), to how to smoke at social occasions and what to do when you meet a celebrity.
"Avoid dark-alley groping and unladylike fumbling(13) in the back of a cab," the guide says on the subject of one night stands. "Discuss the necessaries to avoid planting any love children or disease, and you're away."
On smoking it decrees: "Always use a proper ashtray -- never a wine bottle, flower pot or used plate -- and avoid allowing smoke to billow out of the nostrils(14). It is also inelegant to leave the cigarette unsupported in the mouth..."
But Aitchison insists the book is not all about *, lies and partying. The core values of Debrett's remain -- elegance, composure(15) and dignity are all important, whether you are dining with the Queen or cheating on your husband.
"We are trying to give girls confidence to behave in the correct way," she said. "It's a bit like a survival guide for modern life, so we have had to include certain subject matters that are new for Debrett's."
The world of celebrity is "peopled by psycho fans and fame hags," the book says, and is best treated with caution.
As well as advice on affairs, Aitchison points out that the book also includes suggestions on less risqué(16) subjects: How to behave properly on the way to work -- "don't sit on the bus and bellow(17) down your mobile phone" -- and what to take to a music festival -- "earplugs and a pillow."
align="center">
数世纪以来，《德布雷特英国贵族年鉴》指导贵族们如何得体地接见皇室成员、进入贵族社会或者姿态优美地喝汤。
现在，贵族行为圣经的发行人们开始关注原来一直不屑提及的现代女孩生活新书将指导女孩如何通奸、穿暴露的衣服和谈论名人绯闻。
1769年发行的第一版《德布雷特贵族与公爵》被誉为英国的"纨绔圣经"；以礼仪为主要内容的《德布雷特正确礼仪》则引导上流社会长达几十年。
德布雷特编辑乔艾奇逊说，新书《女子礼仪》是传统礼仪权威与时俱进的标志。
她对路透社记者说："这是对现代生活的肯定。我们把德布雷特拉出维多利亚时代，努力与当今生活紧密相关。" 本书给出了大量建议，从如何策划一次"体面"的办公室嘲弄或者"卫生"的一夜情，到如何在社交场合吸烟和如何在名人面前表现得体。
对于一夜情，书上说："避免在黑暗小巷中和在出租车后座发生非贵妇行为的乱来。讨论避免产生爱情结晶或者疾病的必要性，然后就离开。"
对于吸烟，它说："永远使用得体的烟灰缸永远不要使用酒瓶、花盆或者盘子不要让烟从鼻孔中翻腾而出。不用手指夹着，而只靠嘴叼着烟也是不雅的。"
但是艾奇逊说本书并非只是有关性、谎言和聚会。德布雷特的核心理念依然是典雅、沉着和高贵，无论你是在和女王吃饭还是背叛你的丈夫。
"我们试图给女孩子们表现得体的信心。本书有点像现代生活生存手册，因此我们不得不加入某些原来德布雷特没有的新话题。"
名流世界充斥着"心理学粉丝和名望女巫"，书上说：你最好小心行事。
除了对风流韵事的建议，艾奇逊说书中还有对一些不太伤风败俗的事情的建议：如何在上班的路上表现得体不要坐在汽车上大声喊电话去音乐节应该带的东西耳塞和垫子。
中国国际广播电台 译
align="center">
1. aristocracy：贵族
2. nicety：细微之处的优雅
3. blue-blooded：贵族的
4. unmentionable：不宜说的，说不出口的
5. adultery：通奸
6. toplessness：穿没有遮住胸部的衣服
7. peerage：贵族地位
8. baronetage：准男爵
9. toff：有钱人，花花公子
10. tome：册，卷
11. arbiter：权威人士
12. sleaze：不名誉的状况
13. one night stand：一夜情
14. fumbling：乱摸
15. nostril：鼻孔
16. composure：沉着
17. risque：淫秽的，败坏风俗的
18. bellow：咆哮
关键字:双语新闻
生词表:
For hundreds of years, Debrett's has guided Britain's aristocracy(1) through the niceties(2) of meeting royalty, going to the races or eating soup in the correct way.
Now the publishers of the bible of blue-blooded(3) behavior are straying into previously unmentionable(4) areas of the life of a modern girl -- with a new book offeringguidance on adultery(5), toplessness(6) and celebritygossip.
align="center">
The first edition of Debrett's Peerage(7) and Baronetage(8) -- known in Britain as the "toff's(9) bible" was published in 1769, and its tome on manners, Debrett's Correct Form, has guided high society for decades.
But according to its editor, Jo Aitchison, the new book "Etiquette for Girls" is a sign that the traditional arbiters(10) of civility are catching up with the times.
"It's a nod to the modern day," she told Reuters. "We're pulling Debrett's out of Victorian times and trying to make it relevant to today." The book's advice ranges from how to conduct a sleaze(11)-free office fling or a disease-free one night stand(12), to how to smoke at social occasions and what to do when you meet a celebrity.
"Avoid dark-alley groping and unladylike fumbling(13) in the back of a cab," the guide says on the subject of one night stands. "Discuss the necessaries to avoid planting any love children or disease, and you're away."
On smoking it decrees: "Always use a proper ashtray -- never a wine bottle, flower pot or used plate -- and avoid allowing smoke to billow out of the nostrils(14). It is also inelegant to leave the cigarette unsupported in the mouth..."
But Aitchison insists the book is not all about *, lies and partying. The core values of Debrett's remain -- elegance, composure(15) and dignity are all important, whether you are dining with the Queen or cheating on your husband.
"We are trying to give girls confidence to behave in the correct way," she said. "It's a bit like a survival guide for modern life, so we have had to include certain subject matters that are new for Debrett's."
The world of celebrity is "peopled by psycho fans and fame hags," the book says, and is best treated with caution.
As well as advice on affairs, Aitchison points out that the book also includes suggestions on less risqué(16) subjects: How to behave properly on the way to work -- "don't sit on the bus and bellow(17) down your mobile phone" -- and what to take to a music festival -- "earplugs and a pillow."
align="center">
数世纪以来，《德布雷特英国贵族年鉴》指导贵族们如何得体地接见皇室成员、进入贵族社会或者姿态优美地喝汤。
现在，贵族行为圣经的发行人们开始关注原来一直不屑提及的现代女孩生活新书将指导女孩如何通奸、穿暴露的衣服和谈论名人绯闻。
1769年发行的第一版《德布雷特贵族与公爵》被誉为英国的"纨绔圣经"；以礼仪为主要内容的《德布雷特正确礼仪》则引导上流社会长达几十年。
德布雷特编辑乔艾奇逊说，新书《女子礼仪》是传统礼仪权威与时俱进的标志。
她对路透社记者说："这是对现代生活的肯定。我们把德布雷特拉出维多利亚时代，努力与当今生活紧密相关。" 本书给出了大量建议，从如何策划一次"体面"的办公室嘲弄或者"卫生"的一夜情，到如何在社交场合吸烟和如何在名人面前表现得体。
对于一夜情，书上说："避免在黑暗小巷中和在出租车后座发生非贵妇行为的乱来。讨论避免产生爱情结晶或者疾病的必要性，然后就离开。"
对于吸烟，它说："永远使用得体的烟灰缸永远不要使用酒瓶、花盆或者盘子不要让烟从鼻孔中翻腾而出。不用手指夹着，而只靠嘴叼着烟也是不雅的。"
但是艾奇逊说本书并非只是有关性、谎言和聚会。德布雷特的核心理念依然是典雅、沉着和高贵，无论你是在和女王吃饭还是背叛你的丈夫。
"我们试图给女孩子们表现得体的信心。本书有点像现代生活生存手册，因此我们不得不加入某些原来德布雷特没有的新话题。"
名流世界充斥着"心理学粉丝和名望女巫"，书上说：你最好小心行事。
除了对风流韵事的建议，艾奇逊说书中还有对一些不太伤风败俗的事情的建议：如何在上班的路上表现得体不要坐在汽车上大声喊电话去音乐节应该带的东西耳塞和垫子。
中国国际广播电台 译
align="center">
1. aristocracy：贵族
2. nicety：细微之处的优雅
3. blue-blooded：贵族的
4. unmentionable：不宜说的，说不出口的
5. adultery：通奸
6. toplessness：穿没有遮住胸部的衣服
7. peerage：贵族地位
8. baronetage：准男爵
9. toff：有钱人，花花公子
10. tome：册，卷
11. arbiter：权威人士
12. sleaze：不名誉的状况
13. one night stand：一夜情
14. fumbling：乱摸
15. nostril：鼻孔
16. composure：沉着
17. risque：淫秽的，败坏风俗的
18. bellow：咆哮
关键字:双语新闻
生词表:
文章标签:双语新闻
京公网安备 11011202003401号
