VOA慢速英语2016 外国社交媒体兴起模仿塑料模特挑战

AS IT IS 2016-11-17 Have You Seen the Mannequin Challenge? 外国社交媒体兴起模仿塑料模特挑战

This is What’s Trending Today.

这是今天的新闻。

A mannequin is a plastic model used in clothing stores.

人体模型是服装店用来展示服装的塑料模型。

A storeowner puts clothing on the mannequin to show shoppers how the clothing looks on the human body. Unlike a human being that moves, the mannequins stay in one place.

店主把衣服穿在人体模型上，向购物者展示这件衣服穿上身的效果。人体模特和人类不一样，它们不会移动，只会呆在一个地方。

Starting in late October, videos with the hashtag #MannequinChallenge started coming out on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.

从10月下旬开始，带有#MannequinChallenge主题标签的视频发布在YouTube、Facebook和Twitter。

The videos show people freezing in place while the camera moves around them. In the background, you sometimes can hear a song called “Black Beatles” by the hip-hop group Rae Sremmurd.

这个视频显示了当人体在某种状态下静止且摄像机围绕他们移动时会出现的画面。你有时可以听到背景音乐，那是由嘻哈组合Rae Sremmurd演唱的《Black Beatles》。

At first, high school students and college sports teams were doing the Mannequin Challenge. One story about the development of the video trend says a Twitter user¹ posted the first Mannequin Challenge video on October 26. It showed some students at a high school in Florida.

起初，高中生和大学运动队进行模特挑战。关于这个视频流行起来的一个说法是Twitter用户在10月26日发布了第一个模特挑战视频。它记录了一些佛罗里达州的高中生。

Then it started to catch on. Hillary Clinton did a video on her airplane on November 8.

然后这个视频就开始流行起来。11月8日希拉里·克林顿在飞机上录制了类似的视频。

Just two days later, the NBA champion basketball team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, visited President Barack Obama at the White House. While the players were there, they made a Mannequin Challenge video with Michelle Obama.

在两天后，NBA冠军篮球队克利夫兰骑士队在白宫访问了奥巴马总统。运动员们在白宫与米歇尔·奥巴马一起录了一个模特挑战视频。

LeBron James was not perfect, however. He blinked² his eyes when the camera passed by. He posed⁵ taking a selfie with Michelle Obama.

然而，勒布朗·詹姆斯并不完美。当相机拍到他时，他刚好在眨眼睛。他提出了与米歇尔·奥巴马的自拍照。

Other sports teams have done videos, too.

其他的运动员队伍也制作了视频。

The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League, or NFL, did a video that showed players talking to media members, along with other locker⁶ room scenes.

国家足球联赛的匹兹堡钢人，简称NFL，录制了一个球员接受采访以及在更衣室说话场景的视频。

The challenge seems like fun for the participants and viewers. But not everyone is impressed by them.

参与者和观众似乎都对这个挑战感兴趣。但不是每个人都喜欢这些视频。

For example, the Spanish national soccer team posted a video after its game with England on Tuesday night. During the game, England scored a goal and did the Mannequin Challenge on the field as part of its celebration.

例如，西班牙国家足球队在周二晚上与英国的比赛后发布了一个视频。在比赛中，英格兰队进球，并在球场上进行模特挑战作为庆祝活动的一部分。

Neither team succeeded in winning the game, which ended in a 2-2 tie.

两支球队都没有赢得这场比赛，这场比赛以2-2的比分结束。

One sports newspaper from Spain said the video was better than the team's performance on the field.

西班牙的一份体育报纸表示，录制的视频比球队在球场的发挥更好。

Words in This Story

blink³ – v. to close and then open your eyes very quickly

pose⁴ –v. to stand, sit or hold some position without moving, often as a model photograph or painting

scene – n. a view or sight that looks like a picture

participant – n. a person who is involved in an activity or event

viewer – n. a person who sees or looks at something

1 user   

n.用户，使用者

参考例句：

• The company is the biggest user of oil.该公司是最大的石油用户。
• The umbrella keeps the rains off the user.雨伞使撑伞人免受雨淋。

2 blinked   

眨眼睛( blink的过去式 )； 闪亮，闪烁

参考例句：

• He blinked in the bright sunlight. 他在强烈的阳光下直眨眼睛。
• The boy blinked up at me in some surprise. 那男孩有些吃惊地眨着眼看我。

3 blink   

vi.眨眼睛，闪烁；vt.眨（眼睛），使闪烁

参考例句：

• In a blink of an eye he had disappeared.一眨眼的工夫他就没影了。
• The boy disappeared around the corner in a blink of an eye.一眨眼，这男孩就在拐角处不见了。

4 pose   

vt.造成，陈述；vi.摆姿势，装腔作势；n.姿势

参考例句：

• He sat in a relaxed pose.他轻松自如地坐着。
• He always strikes such a dignified pose before his girlfriend.他总是在女友面前摆出这种庄严的姿态。

5 posed   

使摆姿势( pose的过去式和过去分词 )； 以…身份出现； 招摇； 炫耀

参考例句：

• The players strutted and posed for the cameras. 运动员昂首阔步，摆好姿势让记者拍照。
• After the wedding we all posed for a photograph. 婚礼之后，我们全体排好拍了一张照片。

6 locker   

n.更衣箱，储物柜，冷藏室，上锁的人

参考例句：

• At the swimming pool I put my clothes in a locker.在游泳池我把衣服锁在小柜里。
• He moved into the locker room and began to slip out of his scrub suit.他走进更衣室把手术服脱下来。