万花筒 2008-05-31&-06-01

Reuters.

 

Sharon Stone is big in China, but this picture may soon be removed. Christian¹ Dior is pulling adverts² featuring the Hollywood actress after / comments she made last week. She suggested the recent earthquake could be bad karma or punishment for the government’s policy in Tibet.

 

"I think she is ridiculous, people from all over the world have shown their sympathy for the disaster. She is an international super star went too far saying something like that. It’s just proved she is not a good character. "

 

The Basic Instinct/ star made her comments during the Cannes Film Festival last week. Just a year before that she was receiving / awards in Shanghai.

 

It's been an extrodinary experience for me to come to China, and  experience the amazing aspects of your culture.

 

At least, 68,000 people died as a result of the recent earthquake, it took place just / months after China’s handling of unrest in Tibet sparked³ an international outcry. Like most Tibetans Stone is Buddhist⁴.  And her comments have now reached China’s Foreign Ministry⁵.

 

"We are aware of the comments that Ms. Stone made, today I also notice that she passed on her apologies to the Chinese people through her agent. We hope that the efforts made by the Chinese government and the Chinese people can be recognized fully⁶ by the international community."

 

The Beijing Times claims Chinese cinema won’t be showing any Stone/ films. But the number of foreign movies distributed is limited anyway and it seems Stone does regret what she says. Perhaps, say some, she is the one experiencing the bad karma.

 

1 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

2 adverts   

advertisements 广告，做广告

参考例句：

• the adverts on television 电视广告
• The adverts are not very informative. 这些广告并没有包含太多有用信息。

3 sparked   

发出火星，发出闪光（spark的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The incident sparked off a whole series of events that nobody had foreseen. 那一事件引发出一连串谁都没有料到的事。
• The trouble was sparked off by an apparently harmless phrase. 这场麻烦是由一句明显无恶意的话引起的。

4 Buddhist   

adj./n.佛教的，佛教徒

参考例句：

• The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
• In the eye of the Buddhist,every worldly affair is vain.在佛教徒的眼里，人世上一切事情都是空的。

5 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

6 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。