英语悠选脱口秀 第142期:追求梦想永远不晚

 讲解

Today's key word is Burlesque¹.

Burlesque b-u-r-l-e-s-q-u-e

滑稽模仿

A burlesque is a performance or a piece of writing that makes fun of something by copying it in an exaggerated（夸张的） way.

Here is an example:

Dorothy Williams proves that you are never too old to follow your dreams with her burlesque act.

威廉姆·桃乐西用她的滑稽表演证明追求梦想永远不晚！

So who is Dorothy Williams?

She is a 90-year-old lady from Hawaii in the United States.

She just performed in a show called “America's Got Talent” 美国达人秀。

这个90岁的美国老太太，穿了一身红色蕾丝透视裙参加了美国达人秀。

She performed a dance, similar to strip dance, which is sexy and normally performed by young girls.

当然老奶奶的表演不能算是所谓的脱衣舞，只是对脱衣舞的滑稽模仿。

但老奶奶一开始表演，底下的观众和毒舌评委全都惊了！

Here is what she said:

“When I get on that stage, I want to prove that you are never too old to follow your dreams.”

现场的气氛很是热烈，大家都被老奶奶的热情和勇气打动。

有评价说：

Respect to you, grandma. A lot of people will never be as energetic as you are at the age of 90.

No walker, no cane² and she's dancing. 

I see that some 50 year old people can't do what she just did.?但也有很多人表示，这是什么鬼！？

BG said on youtube that: America's got problems, definitely！

So what's your opinion?

看一个90岁的老奶奶到选秀舞台上去跳脱衣舞的滑稽模仿，你会支持她吗？

还是觉不太合适？

1 burlesque   

v.嘲弄，戏仿；n.嘲弄，取笑，滑稽模仿

参考例句：

• Our comic play was a burlesque of a Shakespearean tragedy.我们的喜剧是对莎士比亚一出悲剧的讽刺性模仿。
• He shouldn't burlesque the elder.他不应模仿那长者。

2 cane   

n.手杖，细长的茎，藤条；v.以杖击，以藤编制的

参考例句：

• This sugar cane is quite a sweet and juicy.这甘蔗既甜又多汁。
• English schoolmasters used to cane the boys as a punishment.英国小学老师过去常用教鞭打男学生作为惩罚。