粉丝如何谈论他们的热情 ⏲️ 6分钟英语：英语精读讲义

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Hello.

大家好。

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这是 BBC Learning English 的《六分钟英语》。

I'm Beth.

我是贝丝。

And I'm Neil.

我是尼尔。

If you really love something, 語法

如果你真心热爱某样东西，

maybe a sport or a hobby,

也许是一项运动或爱好，

a music band or a TV show,

一个乐队或一部电视节目，

you might call yourself a fan. 短語搭配

你可能会称自己为“粉丝”。

Nowadays, thanks to the internet, 短語搭配

如今，多亏了互联网，

fans from around the world can meet online to share their passion. 講解

来自世界各地的粉丝可以在网上相聚，分享他们的热情。

And this has led to a new word, fandom. 短語動詞

这催生了一个新词：fandom（粉丝圈）。

Fandom is more than simply being a fan. 語法

粉丝圈不仅仅是作为一个粉丝那么简单。

It's a whole culture created by a community of people to share their love of the same thing. 講解

它是由一群热爱同样事物的人组成的一个完整的社群文化。

What's more, fandom has started to develop its own language. 講解

更重要的是，粉丝圈已经开始发展出自己的语言。

In this program, we'll be taking a trip into the world of fandoms 習語

在本期节目中，我们将带大家走进粉丝圈的世界，

and as usual,

和往常一样，

we'll be learning some new and useful vocabulary too.

我们也会学习一些有用且新的词汇。

But before that, I have a question for you, Neil. 表達脈絡

但在此之前，我有个问题要问你，尼尔。

The original word fan was first used about Americans in the early 20th century.

最初的 fan（粉丝）一词在 20 世纪初最早是用来形容美国人的。

But what were these Americans fans of?

但这些美国人是什么的粉丝呢？

Was it A, Hollywood movie stars?

是 A、好莱坞电影明星吗？

B, baseball?

B、棒球？

Or C, Disney cartoons?

还是 C、迪士尼卡通？

I'll guess they were fans of Disney cartoons. 語氣意圖

我猜他们是迪士尼卡通的粉丝。

Okay, Neil.

好的，尼尔。

We'll find out later in the program. 表達脈絡

我们在稍后的节目中揭晓答案。

Michael Bond is the author of a new book, Fans.

迈克尔·邦德是一本新书《粉丝》的作者。

Here, he discusses the meaning of fandom with BBC Radio 4 program Word of Mouth.

在这里，他在 BBC Radio 4 节目《口口相传》中讨论粉丝圈的含义。

Kings rule their kingdoms.

国王统治他们的王国。

Fans certainly rule their fandoms. 習語

粉丝当然统治着他们的粉丝圈。

It taps into that ancient human impulse to belong to a group of um like-minded people. 講解

它触动了人类古老的本能，即渴望归属于一群志同道合的人。

And of course, being a fan by yourself can be a challenging thing because fannish pursuits can look quirky and odd to... Or even obsessive, 講解

当然，独自追星可能会很有挑战性，因为狂热的追求在别人看来可能很古怪……甚至是痴迷，

Yes, obsessive and you get often mocked. 語法

是的，痴迷，而且往往会被嘲笑。

And I mean, if you're Jane Austen fan and you want to dress up in uh bonnet and um gown of the Regency era, 講解

我的意思是，如果你是简·奥斯汀的粉丝，并且想穿上摄政时代的无檐帽和长袍，

it's difficult to do that sort of by yourself in public.

在公共场合你很难独自做到这一点。

But once you join a fandom, uh there's no problem. 語法

但一旦你加入了一个粉丝圈，这就不成问题了。

Fans are groups of like-minded people.

粉丝是一群志同道合的人。

They share similar opinions, ideas, or interests.

他们拥有相似的观点、想法或兴趣。

They do all kinds of weird and wonderful things together, 習語

他们一起做各种离奇又美妙的事情，

such as dressing up as Harry Potter characters, 短語動詞

比如打扮成哈利·波特里的角色，

behavior which might be called quirky,

这种行为可以被称为 quirky（古怪的），

an adjective meaning odd or unusual,

这是一个形容词，意思是奇怪或不寻常的，

but in an interesting way.

但是以一种有趣的方式。

Unfortunately, this quirky behavior also means fans sometimes get mocked.

不幸的是，这种古怪的行为也意味着粉丝有时会被人嘲笑。

To mock somebody means to insult them by laughing at them in an unkind way. 語法

嘲笑（mock）某人是指通过不友好的取笑来侮辱他们。

But this hasn't discouraged fans who have started using new words and phrases to show they belong to a particular fandom. 講解

但这并没有打击到粉丝，他们已经开始使用新词和短语来表明他们属于特定的粉丝圈。

Here's Michael Bond again explaining the meaning of two new words about the behavior of football fans to BBC Radio 4 program Word of Mouth.

迈克尔·邦德在 BBC Radio 4 的节目《口口相传》中再次解释了两个关于足球迷行为的新词含义。

Academics who study fandoms,

研究粉丝圈的学者，

they love to use acronyms and abbreviations 用詞

他们喜欢使用首字母缩写词和缩略语，

and they've got several phrases which they use to describe the behavior of football fans. 用詞

他们有几个短语用来描述足球迷的行为。

And BIRGing, uh so that means basking in reflected glory. 文化背景

比如 BIRGing，意思是沐浴在反射的荣光中（沾光）。

Oh, I love that.

哦，我喜欢这个词。

When your team wins, everyone wants a bit of the action.

当你的球队获胜时，每个人都想分一杯羹。

You take to the streets, dance around, 習語

你走上街头，手舞足蹈，

and so the antithesis of that is CORFing, 講解

它的反义词是 CORFing，

which means cutting off reflected failure.

意思是切断反射的失败（划清界限）。

And that is what people sometimes do when their team loses

这就是人们有时在他们的球队输球时所做的，

and they don't want to be associated with that loss, 短語搭配

他们不想与那种失败、

that sense of failure.

那种挫败感联系在一起。

BIRGing is made of an acronym of the words basking in reflected glory.

BIRGing 是 basking in reflected glory（沐浴在反射的荣光中）这几个词的首字母缩写。

It means feeling good about yourself when the football team you support wins. 短語搭配

它的意思是你支持的足球队获胜时，你感觉自己很棒。

Fans say we won,

粉丝们会说“我们赢了”，

even though it was the players on the pitch, 講解

即使进球的是球场上的球员，

not the fans who scored the goal.

而不是粉丝。

When their team wins,

当他们的球队获胜时，

fans cheer and want a piece of the action, 習語

粉丝们会欢呼，并且想要 a piece of the action（分一杯羹/参与其中），

an idiom meaning that they take part in celebrations and other exciting group activities 短語搭配

这是一个习语，意思是他们参加庆祝活动和其他激动人心的集体活动，

and feel the success of the team as a personal success.

并把球队的成功当成个人的成功。

The opposite of BIRGing is CORFing, another acronym.

BIRGing 的反义词是 CORFing，这是另一个首字母缩写。

This time of the words cutting off reflected failure.

这次是 cutting off reflected failure（切断反射的失败）这几个词。

CORFING involves distancing yourself from the team you support when they lose. 短語搭配

CORFING 指的是当你支持的球队输球时，与他们保持距离。

Instead of saying we won, 語法

与其说“我们赢了”，

you say they played rubbish. 用詞

你会说“他们踢得太垃圾了”。

Of course, true fans never CORF.

当然，真正的粉丝永远不会 CORF。

In fact,

事实上，

some football fans take a kind of strange pessimistic pleasure when their team loses week after week. 短語搭配

一些足球迷在他们的球队周复一周输球时，会产生一种奇怪的悲观快感。

I can't imagine that's true of the Americans you mentioned, Beth. 短語搭配

我无法想象这适用于你提到的美国人，贝丝。

So, what was the correct answer to your question?

那么，你问题的正确答案是什么？

I asked who the original word fan was used to describe. 語法

我问最初的 fan 这个词是用来形容谁的。

You said it was fans of Disney cartoons,

你说是迪士尼卡通的粉丝，

which was the wrong answer, I'm afraid. 語氣意圖

恐怕你答错了。

Actually,

实际上，

it was baseball fans,

是棒球迷，

or fanatics,

或狂热分子（fanatics），

as they were called at the time. 語法

正如他们当时被称为的那样。

Okay, let's recap the vocabulary we've learnt, 表達脈絡

好了，让我们来复习一下学过的词汇，

starting with like-minded, 表達脈絡

从 like-minded（志同道合的）开始，

an adjective describing people who share similar opinions,

这是一个形容词，描述分享相似观点、

ideas, or interests.

想法或兴趣的人。

Quirky means odd or unusual,

Quirky 意思是古怪或不同寻常的，

but in an attractive or interesting way.

但带有一种吸引人或有趣的味道。

If you mock someone,

如果你 mock（嘲笑）某人，

you insult and laugh at them in an unkind way.

你就是用不友好的方式侮辱并取笑他们。

BIRGing is short for basking in reflected glory. 短語搭配

BIRGing 是 basking in reflected glory 的缩写。

It means feeling good about yourself when the team you support wins.

它的意思是你支持的球队获胜时，你自我感觉良好。

The opposite of this is CORFing,

它的反义词是 CORFing，

an acronym of cutting off reflected failure, 用詞

是 cutting off reflected failure 的缩写，

which means distancing yourself from your favorite team when they lose.

意思是你最喜欢的球队输球时与他们保持距离。

And finally,

最后，

if you want a piece or a slice of the action,

如果你想要 a piece or a slice of the action（分一杯羹），

you want to take part in a celebration or other exciting group activity

意味着你想参加庆祝活动或其他激动人心的集体活动，

to include yourself in a collective success.

让自己融入到集体的成功中。

Once again,

再一次，

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暂且告辞。

Bye.

再见。

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