成为一名美妆博主 - 6分钟英语：英语精读讲义

Six Minute English from BBCLearningEnglish.com.

来自 BBCLearningEnglish.com 的六分钟英语。

Hello,

你好，

this is Six Minute English from BBC Learning English.

这是 BBC 英语教学的六分钟英语节目。

I'm Neil.

我是 Neil。

And I'm Sam.

我是 Sam。

In the UK,

在英国，

there's a well-known children's game called Happy Families. 文化背景

有一款著名的儿童游戏叫《快乐家庭》。

Players have to collect all the cards belonging to one family. 語法

玩家必须收集属于同一个家庭的所有卡片。

There's a butcher,

里面有屠夫、

a baker,

面包师、

a carpenter,

木匠、

a doctor,

医生，

and a tailor.

以及裁缝。

Some of the traditional jobs that people in the UK have been doing for centuries. 語法

这些都是英国人几个世纪以来一直从事的一些传统职业。

But since the invention of the internet and social media, 語法

但自从互联网和社交媒体发明以来，

a more up-to-date list of jobs in the 21st century would be very different. 講解

21世纪最新版的职业清单将会大不相同。

It would include modern jobs which didn't exist before.

它将包括以前不存在的现代职业。

Online jobs like web designer and YouTuber.

比如网页设计师和 YouTuber 这样的在线工作。

One of the most unusual of these new digital jobs is the influencer. 語法

这些新的数字职业中最不寻常的之一就是网红（influencer）。

Someone who is paid by a company to promote their brand on social media, 短語搭配

这种人由公司出钱，在社交媒体上推广他们的品牌，

encouraging people to buy their products. 語法

鼓励人们购买他们的产品。

In this program,

在本次节目中，

we'll meet two beauty influencers from different parts of the world,

我们将认识两位来自世界不同地方的美妆博主，

Nigeria and Pakistan.

分别来自尼日利亚和巴基斯坦。

We'll discover how these women are using their online influence to change attitudes towards female beauty. 短語搭配

我们将探索这些女性如何利用她们的在线影响力来改变人们对女性美的看法。

And as usual,

和往常一样，

we'll learn some related vocabulary too.

我们也会学习一些相关的词汇。

But first,

但首先，

I have a question for you, Sam.

Sam，我有个问题要问你。

YouTube makeup tutorials are very modern,

YouTube的化妆教程非常现代，

but makeup has been around for a long time. 習語

但化妆品存在已经很久了。

So,

那么，

when was lipstick first used?

口红第一次被使用是在什么时候？

Was it A,

是 A，

around 3,000 years ago by the ancient Celts?

大约3000年前由古凯尔特人使用的？

B,

B，

around 4,000 years ago by the ancient Egyptians?

大约4000年前由古埃及人使用的？

Or C,

还是 C，

around 5,000 years ago by the ancient Sumerians?

大约5000年前由古苏美尔人使用的？

I'll say it was being used 5,000 years ago by the ancient Sumerians.

我猜它是5000年前由古苏美尔人使用的。

Okay,

好的，

Sam.

Sam。

We'll find out if you're right later on. 短語動詞

我们稍后会看看你是否正确。

Dimma Umeh is a beauty influencer from Nigeria.

Dimma Umeh 是一位来自尼日利亚的美妆博主。

She's been creating makeup video tutorials for women of color for eight years 用詞

八年来，她一直在为有色人种女性制作化妆视频教程，

and has hundreds of thousands of followers. 語法

并拥有数十万粉丝。

Her videos go from eyebrow shaping tips to shopping trips in Nigeria's biggest city, 短語搭配

她的视频内容涵盖了从修眉技巧到在尼日利亚最大城市购物的各个方面，

Lagos.

这座城市是拉各斯。

Here's Dimma telling BBC World Service program The Conversation 表達脈絡

下面是 Dimma 向 BBC 世界服务节目《The Conversation》讲述

how her life as an influencer got started. 短語動詞

她作为网红的生活是如何开始的。

So,

所以，

I did a makeup dos and don'ts and video in 2017. 習語

我在2017年做了一期关于化妆该做与不该做（dos and don'ts）的视频。

I had seen a couple of people do it prior to that, 用詞

在那之前我看到过几个人做过类似的事情，

but then, you know,

但是，你知道，

I kind of did it in a way that was a bit funny. 語氣意圖

我是以一种稍微有些搞笑的方式去做的。

Maybe cracked a couple of jokes around the ways or the maybe not so great ways some people were doing things at the time. 講解

可能开了一些关于当时某些人做事情的方式，或者说是那些不太好的方式的玩笑。

And that video just took off. 短語動詞

然后那段视频就火了。

In 2017,

2017年，

Dimma made a YouTube video of makeup dos and don'ts.

Dimma 制作了一期关于化妆 dos and don'ts 的 YouTube 视频。

Rules about what to do and what not to do in a certain situation

这些规则是关于在特定情况下该做什么和不该做什么的，

or when doing a certain activity.

或者是在进行某项活动时。

Dimma wasn't the first Nigerian influencer to post videos on YouTube,

Dimma 并不是第一个在 YouTube 上发布视频的尼日利亚网红，

but the difference was her humor. 表達脈絡

但她的不同之处在于她的幽默。

The way she laughed and cracked,

她大笑和抛出——

or told,

或者说讲述——

jokes.

笑话的方式。

More and more people started watching Dima's makeup videos and they soon took off, 短語搭配

越来越多的人开始看 Dimma 的化妆视频，并且这些视频很快就 took off，

meaning they suddenly became successful and popular.

意思是它们突然变得成功并受欢迎。

Our next beauty influencer is Rammal Mehmud,

我们的下一位美妆博主是 Rammal Mehmud，

a photographer turned makeup artist based in Islamabad, 短語搭配

她是一位从摄影师转行的化妆师，现居巴基斯坦的

Pakistan.

伊斯兰堡。

As well as makeup tips, 語法

除了化妆技巧，

Rammal creates colorful face painting designs which, she says,

Rammal 还创作了色彩丰富的脸部彩绘设计，她说，

helped her through a period of depression. 短語搭配

这帮助她度过了一段抑郁期。

She has popular Instagram and YouTube accounts on which she shares content to help other women with their confidence and mental health. 講解

她拥有广受欢迎的 Instagram 和 YouTube 账户，在上面分享内容以帮助其他女性建立自信并改善心理健康。

Like Dima,

和 Dimma 一样，

Rammal now has Instagram followers numbering in the hundreds of thousands. 短語搭配

Rammal 现在的 Instagram 粉丝数量也达到了数十万。

So,

那么，

how does she decide what to share in her blogs and videos?

她是如何决定在她的博客和视频中分享什么的呢？

What boundaries does she set for her followers?

她为粉丝设定了什么界限？

Here's what Rammal told BBC World Service program The Conversation.

下面是 Rammal 告诉 BBC 世界服务节目《The Conversation》的内容。

Well,

嗯，

people are very intrigued about your personal life as a blogger. 用詞

人们对你作为博主的个人生活非常好奇。

That's a given, 習語

这是必然的（a given），

but you need to have strong boundaries. 短語搭配

但你需要有坚固的界限。

I do share about my family and friends. 語法

我确实会分享关于我的家人和朋友的事情。

You actually have to ask people if they are comfortable being on your platform or not. 講解

实际上你必须问人们是否觉得在你的平台上露面感到自在。

Rammal says her followers are intrigued about her personal life.

Rammal 说她的粉丝对她的私生活很好奇（intrigued）。

If you're intrigued,

如果你很 intrigued，

you are very interested in someone,

说明你对某人非常感兴趣，

often because of something unusual or unexpected about them.

通常是因为他们身上有一些不同寻常或出乎意料的事情。

Rammal accepts that her followers' interest in her personal life is a given,

Rammal 承认她的粉丝对她的私生活感兴趣是 a given，

something that is considered to be a fact or that is certain to happen. 語法

这指的是被视为事实或注定要发生的事情。

For example,

例如，

you could say,

你可以说，

"It's a given that there will be champagne at a typical British wedding," 語法

"在典型的英国婚礼上肯定会有香槟，这已经是 a given 了，"

meaning it's certain,

意思是这是肯定的，

it's a fact,

这是事实，

there will be champagne.

肯定会有香槟。

But just because her followers' interest in her life is a given, 語法

但仅仅因为她的粉丝对她生活的兴趣是 a given，

that doesn't mean Rimmal shares everything with them.

并不意味着 Rammal 会和他们分享一切。

She has to set boundaries. 短語搭配

她必须设定界限。

Both Dimma and Rammal make money as beauty influencers, 短語搭配

Dimma 和 Rammal 都是靠做美妆博主赚钱的，

but what's amazing is how they're using social media to start conversations 講解

但令人惊奇的是，她们如何利用社交媒体发起对话，

about what beauty means to women in their country

探讨在她们国家美对女性意味着什么，

and sharing some great lipstick tips as well.

同时还分享一些很棒的口红技巧。

And speaking of lipstick, 表達脈絡

说到口红，

let's reveal the answer to my question,

让我们揭晓我问题的答案，

Sam.

Sam。

I asked you when lipstick was first used.

我问你口红第一次被使用是什么时候。

I said it was around 5,000 years ago by the ancient Sumerians.

我说大约在5000年前由古苏美尔人使用。

Which was the correct answer.

这是正确的答案。

Ancient Sumerians,

古苏美尔人，

both men and women, 語法

包括男人和女人，

painted their faces, eyes, and lips,

在他们的脸、眼睛和嘴唇上涂颜料，

a very early kind of lipstick. 用詞

那是一种非常早期的口红。

Okay,

好的，

let's recap the vocabulary from this program on influencers, 表達脈絡

让我们复习一下这期关于网红（influencers）节目的词汇，

people who influence their social media followers to try different products.

指的是那些影响他们社交媒体粉丝去尝试不同产品的人。

Dos and don'ts are rules about what you should and shouldn't do in certain situations.

Dos and don'ts 是关于在特定情况下你应该做什么和不应该做什么的规则。

To crack a joke means to tell a joke.

To crack a joke 的意思是讲个笑话。

The phrasal verb take off means to suddenly become popular or successful.

动词短语 take off 的意思是突然变得受欢迎或成功。

If you are intrigued, you are interested in someone,

如果你很 intrigued，说明你对某人感兴趣，

often because of something unusual about them.

通常是因为他们身上有些不同寻常的地方。

And finally,

最后，

a given describes something that is considered to be a fact or that is certain to happen.

a given 描述的是被视为事实或注定会发生的事情。

Once again,

再一次，

our six minutes are up. 習語

我们的六分钟时间到了。

Goodbye for now.

暂且再见。

Bye-bye.

拜拜。

Six Minute English from the BBC.

来自 BBC 的六分钟英语。