江西 罗焕慧(译)
◆语篇导读
你用QQ或微信吗?聊天时你会发表情包吗?当下表情包已然成为中国人的聊天神器。人们热衷的表情包有图片、动画,更有图文并茂。自制表情包的手机应用软件也受年轻一族热捧,甚至有人说如今没有表情包甚至都不能好好聊天了。为什么国人如此热衷于使用和生产表情包呢?
It is probably no exaggeration to say that,these days,anyone who uses WeChat or QQ also uses memes.Memes,or biaoqingbao in pinyin,have become an important part of online chatting among Chinese.
Memes are usually pictures or GIFs of famous people,TV and film scenes or animated images.They are often paired with a line of text explaining the pictures.
You must have seen the meme of singer Huang Zitao with his famous line,“I will not easily go die.”Huang's memes are one of the users'favorites.
Others include TV hostess Dee Hsu(徐熙娣)rolling her eyes,actor Zhou Jie shouting with anger and basketball player Yao Ming laughing but looking like he is crying.
If there is something in common with these people,it is probably that they all have exaggerated facial expressions.Users make memes of them for fun.
On the other hand,memes make online messaging closer to chatting in real life than only sending text messages.They give people information in an easy,funny way.
For some people,especially youth,they can chat online only using memes without typing a single word.Sometimes this turns into a kind of competition to see who has the most or the funniest memes.
If they are tired of using the popular ones,then they can make their own memes using meme Apps.Do you want to have a try,too?
◆词语积淀
exaggeration/ɪg,zædʒə'reɪʃn/n.夸张;夸大
scene/siːn/n.场面;情景;景象;事件
animated/'ænɪmeɪtɪd/adj.生气勃勃的;活跃的
anger/'æŋgə(r)/n.怒气;怒火
common/'kɒmən/adj.常见的;共同的;普遍的
facial expressions面部表情
type/taɪp/v.打字 n.类型;典型
be tired of...对……厌倦
◆典句赏析
1.Memes,or biaoqingbao in pinyin,have become an important part of online chatting among Chinese.表情包已经成为中国人网上聊天的一个重要组成部分。
become an important part of...意为“成为……的一个重要的组成部分”。
【即时尝试】网购已经成为她生活的一个重要部分。
2.On the other hand,memes make online messaging closer to chatting in real life than only sending text messages.另一方面,表情包使得在线聊天与只发文字信息相比较更接近现实生活中的聊天。
on the other hand意为“(两方面中的)另一方面”,常用在on one hand“一方面”之后,但也常省略而直接用on the other hand。
【即时尝试】运动一方面使你更健康,另一方面也会使你更结实。
3.Sometimes this turns into a kind of competition to see who has the most or the funniest memes.有时这也转变成一场看谁有最多或者最滑稽的包情包比赛。
turn into是固定词组,意为“转变成”,有时也可以说turn...into...“把……转变成……”;“to see...”是不定式短语作名词competition的后置定语,“...see who has the most or the funniest memes”是“动词+宾语从句”的句子结构,其中who作为宾语从句的引导词,充当从句的主语。
【即时尝试】让我们看谁能获得最好的成绩。
(答案见第63页)
译文助读
毫不夸张地说,当下任何一个微信或QQ用户聊天时都用表情包。表情包已经成为中国人网上聊天的一个重要组成部分。
表情包通常是图片或者名人的动画、电视和电影的场景图像,他们经常还附带一行解释图片的文字。
你一定见过歌手黄子韬带有他那句名言的“我不会就这样轻易地去死!”的表情包,它已然成为用户们最喜欢的表情包之一。
其他的包括电视女主持人徐熙娣翻白眼、演员周杰愤怒地叫嚷和篮球运动员姚明哭笑不得的表情。
如果这些人有什么相同之处的话,那可能就是他们都有着夸张的面部表情,用户们用他们的表情包来逗乐子。
另一方面,表情包使得在线聊天与只发文字信息相比较更接近现实生活中的聊天。他们正以一种轻松有趣的方式传递信息。
对一些人而言,尤其是年经人,他们能不打一个字而只用表情包在线聊天。有时这也转变成一场看谁有最多或者最滑稽的表情包比赛。
如果他们用烦了流行的表情包,那么他们可以用表情包手机应用软件来制作他们自己的表情包。你想不想也来试一试?