访谈录 2008-09-07&09-08 奥运之后，名利涌来

The average Olympian is so focused on wining an event, they are often ill-prepared for the morning after. Even Bruce Jenner knows what an Olympic hangover feels like.

“I was devastated¹, what will I do tomorrow, my entire life had been revolving² for the last 12 years of my life around this one moment.”

The night after he won the Olympic decathlon in 1976, Jenner recalls pondering his future in a Montreal hotel suite³, he had no idea.

“I didn’t have a dinner reservation that night, I mean, I, I planned for nothing after it was over with.” Adding to his sense of unease, he says, were those around him. “Honestly, some of the people who knew me before err⁴, were very upset because they were thinking now I am a different person that they can’t really be your friend anymore, you are like on a different level. I mean, I didn’t change at all, but everybody around you does change quite a bit.”

TV offers came his way, starting with Battle of the Network Stars.

And to Bruce Jenner…

Congratulations! First time up there, right down the middle…

That's right.

I never held a microphone before, I was fortunate that I was kind of the Michael Phelps, from the games in 1976, I was kind of that front guy that they put out there.

Hi, I am Bruce Jenner, for Tropicana.

His Olympic profile helped Jenner do everything from endorsements⁵ to the feature film Can’t Stop the Music.

So let’s get go, I got a place to hit this afternoon right around here.

Why can't see ya?

With the village people

Why can't see ya?"

Now just another day, baby, it’s another day, oh, Michelle, let's go

Now Jenner is a regality TV fixture⁶ on Keeping Up With the Kardashian,  stepfather to a clan⁷ that includes one woman boutiquier Kim  Kardashian. Yet it was a contract with Wheaties, that changed his life forever just three months after winning the gold.

The guy goes, congratulations, you are a millionaire.

I was…me? I was living on 10,000 dollars a year, okay, I was living on 145 dollars-a-month apartment, okay, driving a 63-Volkswagen bug⁸, I paid 175 dollars for it, okay, and this guy was like, um, give me that paper.

1 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

2 revolving   

adj.旋转的，轮转式的；循环的v.（使）旋转( revolve的现在分词 )；细想

参考例句：

• The theatre has a revolving stage. 剧院有一个旋转舞台。
• The company became a revolving-door workplace. 这家公司成了工作的中转站。

3 suite   

n.一套(家具)；套房；随从人员

参考例句：

• She has a suite of rooms in the hotel.她在那家旅馆有一套房间。
• That is a nice suite of furniture.那套家具很不错。

4 err   

vi.犯错误，出差错

参考例句：

• He did not err by a hair's breadth in his calculation.他的计算结果一丝不差。
• The arrows err not from their aim.箭无虚发。

5 endorsements   

n.背书( endorsement的名词复数 )；（驾驶执照上的）违章记录；（公开的）赞同；（通常为名人在广告中对某一产品的）宣传

参考例句：

• He must make much money on those tennis shoe endorsements he does. 他替那些网球鞋珍重广告，就赚了不少钱。 来自互联网
• But celebrity endorsements remain an important promotional tool for marketers. 尽管如此，邀明星助阵仍是营销人员重要的推广手段之一。 来自互联网

6 fixture   

n.固定设备；预定日期；比赛时间；定期存款

参考例句：

• Lighting fixture must be installed at once.必须立即安装照明设备。
• The cordless kettle may now be a fixture in most kitchens.无绳电热水壶现在可能是多数厨房的固定设备。

7 clan   

n.氏族，部落，宗族，家族，宗派

参考例句：

• She ranks as my junior in the clan.她的辈分比我小。
• The Chinese Christians,therefore,practically excommunicate themselves from their own clan.所以，中国的基督徒简直是被逐出了自己的家族了。

8 bug   

n.虫子；故障；窃听器；vt.纠缠；装窃听器

参考例句：

• There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
• The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。