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0Hello guys! Welcome to my channel! My name is JC, a University Lecturer in the UK. 哈喽大家好，欢迎来到我的频道——每天学点经济学人英语。我叫JC，是一名在英国高校工作的大学老师。In this channel, I hope to share with you some latest news happening around the world, and some useful words and expressions to talk about them. 那么这个频道呢主要是和大家分享一些最新的热门话题，以及如何用地道的词汇和短语进行表达。我们选用的语料主要来源于《经济学人》: 一本诙谐幽默的英文新闻周报。选用它主要是因为它的用词相当日常，而且常常带有梗的成分,可以说是学习英语的不二之选。那么话不多说——let’s jump right in!
Hey guys! It's July 5th 2024. Today’s news is about a meme that recently got popular – city or not city. It was made by an American vlogger who travels in China – and he uploaded a short video on Douyin which later has gone viral.
【听力原文】An American vlogger in China has shot to fame on mainland social media – and attracted the interest of celebrities – with his invention of the “city or not city” meme.
Known as “Hug Hug Bear” or Bao Bao Xiong in Chinese, Ashton captured viral attention with a vlog during a visit to the Great Wall in Beijing with his sister, garnering more than 380,000 likes on Douyin, China’s version of TikTok.
In the video, Ashton, speaking in less-than-fluent Mandarin, asks his sister: “Is the Great Wall beautiful?” to which she replies: “Beautiful.”
He followed this with: “City or not city? Ah,” to which she responds: “Not city, ah.”
“Not city in nature, right?” he continues, and she concludes: “Absolutely not city, ah!”
【参考译文】近日，一位美国视频博主在中国大陆的社交媒体上一炮而红，并引起了明星们的兴趣，因为他发明了“是否是城市”的表情包。
被称为“抱抱熊”或“宝宝熊”的阿什顿在和妹妹一起游览北京长城时，在视频博客上引起了广泛关注，在抖音(中国版的TikTok)上获得了超过38万个赞。
在视频中，阿什顿用不太流利的普通话问妹妹:“长城漂亮吗?她回答说:“很美。”
他接着说:“是城市还是不是城市?她回答说:“不是城市，啊。”
“本质上不是城市，对吧?”她的结论是:“绝对不是城市，啊!”
【逐句分析】
①An American vlogger in China has shot to fame on mainland social media – and attracted the interest of celebrities – with his invention of the “city or not city” meme.
近日，一位美国视频博主在中国大陆的社交媒体上一炮而红，并引起了明星们的兴趣，因为他发明了“是否是城市”的表情包。
Vlog: [/ˈvlɒɡ/] – video blog合成：影音博客; 播客
Shoot/rise to fame: 一夜之间成名
阿丽娜·雷耶斯几年前凭借她那非凡的小说处女作迅速成名。
Meme: 模因，模仿传递行为(原为生物学概念)，现指表情包/视频等
在这个表情包中，蘑菇头指着自己说：“你在跟我说话吗？”
②Known as “Hug Hug Bear” or Bao Bao Xiong in Chinese, Ashton captured viral attention with a vlog during a visit to the Great Wall in Beijing with his sister, garnering more than 380,000 likes on Douyin, China’s version of TikTok.
被称为“抱抱熊”或“宝宝熊”的阿什顿在和妹妹一起游览北京长城时，在视频博客上引起了广泛关注，在抖音(中国版的TikTok)上获得了超过38万个赞。
Be known as…: 被称为：如果某人或某物被称为特定的名字，那么这个人或物就被称为那个名字。
Viral: adj. 病毒的；病毒性的；病毒引起的 < a viral infection> 病毒性感染
Adj. 迅速传播的
Garner: v. to obtain or collect sth such as information, support, etc.获得，得到，收集（信息、支持等） SYN gather, acquire.
他为他的提议赢得了广泛的支持。
③In the video, Ashton, speaking in less-than-fluent Mandarin, asks his sister: “Is the Great Wall beautiful?” to which she replies: “Beautiful.”
He followed this with: “City or not city? Ah,” to which she responds: “Not city, ah.”
“Not city in nature, right?” he continues, and she concludes: “Absolutely not city, ah!”
在视频中，阿什顿用不太流利的普通话问妹妹:“长城漂亮吗?她回答说:“很美。”
他接着说:“是城市还是不是城市?她回答说:“不是城市，啊。”
“本质上不是城市，对吧?”她的结论是:“绝对不是城市，啊!”
Mandarin: [U] n. （中文）普通话
n. 柑橘 ~juice
in nature: 本质上，事实上
< The rise of a major power is both economic and military in nature.>
一个大国的崛起本质上既是经济上的，也是军事上的。
