成為一名美妝網紅 - 6分鐘英語：英語精讀講義

Six Minute English from BBCLearningEnglish.com.

來自 BBCLearningEnglish.com 的六分鐘英語。

Hello,

你好，

this is Six Minute English from BBC Learning English.

這是 BBC 英語教學的六分鐘英語節目。

I'm Neil.

我是 Neil。

And I'm Sam.

我是 Sam。

In the UK,

在英國，

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

有一款著名的兒童遊戲叫《快樂家庭》。

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

玩家必須收集屬於同一個家庭的所有卡片。

There's a butcher,

裡面有屠夫、

a baker,

麵包師、

a carpenter,

木匠、

a doctor,

醫生，

and a tailor.

以及裁縫。

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

這些都是英國人幾個世紀以來一直從事的一些傳統職業。

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

但自從網際網路和社群媒體發明以來，

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

21世紀最新版的職業清單將會大不相同。

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

它將包括以前不存在的現代職業。

Online jobs like web designer and YouTuber.

比如網頁設計師和 YouTuber 這樣的線上工作。

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

這些新的數位職業中最不尋常的之一就是網紅（influencer）。

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

這種人由公司出錢，在社群媒體上推廣他們的品牌，

encouraging people to buy their products. 文法

鼓勵人們購買他們的產品。

In this program,

在本次節目中，

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

我們將認識兩位來自世界不同地方的美妝網紅，

Nigeria and Pakistan.

分別來自奈及利亞和巴基斯坦。

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

我們將探索這些女性如何利用她們的線上影響力來改變人們對女性美的看法。

And as usual,

和往常一樣，

we'll learn some related vocabulary too.

我們也會學習一些相關的詞彙。

But first,

但首先，

I have a question for you, Sam.

Sam，我有個問題要問你。

YouTube makeup tutorials are very modern,

YouTube的彩妝教學非常現代，

but makeup has been around for a long time. 慣用語

但化妝品存在已經很久了。

So,

那麼，

when was lipstick first used?

口紅第一次被使用是在什麼時候？

Was it A,

是 A，

around 3,000 years ago by the ancient Celts?

大約3000年前由古塞爾特人使用的？

B,

B，

around 4,000 years ago by the ancient Egyptians?

大約4000年前由古埃及人使用的？

Or C,

還是 C，

around 5,000 years ago by the ancient Sumerians?

大約5000年前由古蘇美人使用的？

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

我猜它是5000年前由古蘇美人使用的。

Okay,

好的，

Sam.

Sam。

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

我們稍後會看看你是否正確。

Dimma Umeh is a beauty influencer from Nigeria.

Dimma Umeh 是一位來自奈及利亞的美妝網紅。

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

八年來，她一直在為有色人種女性製作彩妝教學影片，

and has hundreds of thousands of followers. 文法

並擁有數十萬粉絲。

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

她的影片內容涵蓋了從修眉技巧到在奈及利亞最大城市購物的各個方面，

Lagos.

這座城市是拉哥斯。

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

下面是 Dimma 向 BBC 世界服務節目《The Conversation》講述

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

她作為網紅的生活是如何開始的。

So,

所以，

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

我在2017年做了一期關於化妝該做與不該做（dos and don'ts）的影片。

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

在那之前我看到過幾個人做過類似的事情，

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

我是以一種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

可能開了一些關於當時某些人做事情的方式，或者說是那些不太好的方式的玩笑。

And that video just took off. 片語動詞

然後那段影片就爆紅了。

In 2017,

2017年，

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

Dimma 製作了一期關於化妝 dos and don'ts 的 YouTube 影片。

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

這些規則是關於在特定情況下該做什麼和不該做什麼的，

or when doing a certain activity.

或者是在進行某項活動時。

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

Dimma 並不是第一個在 YouTube 上發布影片的奈及利亞網紅，

but the difference was her humor. 表達脈絡

但她的不同之處在於她的幽默。

The way she laughed and cracked,

她大笑和拋出——

or told,

或者說講述——

jokes.

笑話的方式。

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

越來越多的人開始看 Dimma 的化妝影片，並且這些影片很快就 took off，

meaning they suddenly became successful and popular.

意思是它們突然變得成功並受歡迎。

Our next beauty influencer is Rammal Mehmud,

我們的下一位美妝網紅是 Rammal Mehmud，

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

她是一位從攝影師轉行的化妝師，現居巴基斯坦的

Pakistan.

伊斯蘭堡。

As well as makeup tips, 文法

除了化妝技巧，

Rammal creates colorful face painting designs which, she says,

Rammal 還創作了色彩豐富的臉部彩繪設計，她說，

helped her through a period of depression. 片語搭配

這幫助她度過了一段憂鬱期。

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

她擁有廣受歡迎的 Instagram 和 YouTube 帳號，在上面分享內容以幫助其他女性建立自信並改善心理健康。

Like Dima,

和 Dimma 一樣，

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

Rammal 現在的 Instagram 粉絲數量也達到了數十萬。

So,

那麼，

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

她是如何決定在她的部落格和影片中分享什麼的呢？

What boundaries does she set for her followers?

她為粉絲設定了什麼界線？

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

下面是 Rammal 告訴 BBC 世界服務節目《The Conversation》的內容。

Well,

嗯，

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

人們對你作為部落客的個人生活非常好奇。

That's a given, 慣用語

這是必然的（a given），

but you need to have strong boundaries. 片語搭配

但你需要有堅固的界線。

I do share about my family and friends. 文法

我確實會分享關於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

實際上你必須問人們是否覺得在你的平台上露面感到自在。

Rammal says her followers are intrigued about her personal life.

Rammal 說她的粉絲對她的私生活很好奇（intrigued）。

If you're intrigued,

如果你很 intrigued，

you are very interested in someone,

說明你對某人非常感興趣，

often because of something unusual or unexpected about them.

通常是因為他們身上有一些不同尋常或出乎意料的事情。

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

Rammal 承認她的粉絲對她的私生活感興趣是 a given，

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

這指的是被視為事實或注定要發生的事情。

For example,

例如，

you could say,

你可以說，

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

"在典型的英國婚禮上肯定會有香檳，這已經是 a given 了，"

meaning it's certain,

意思是這是肯定的，

it's a fact,

這是事實，

there will be champagne.

肯定會有香檳。

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

但僅僅因為她的粉絲對她生活的興趣是 a given，

that doesn't mean Rimmal shares everything with them.

並不意味著 Rammal 會和他們分享一切。

She has to set boundaries. 片語搭配

她必須設定界線。

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

Dimma 和 Rammal 都是靠做美妝網紅賺錢的，

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

但令人驚奇的是，她們如何利用社群媒體發起對話，

about what beauty means to women in their country

探討在她們國家美對女性意味著什麼，

and sharing some great lipstick tips as well.

同時還分享一些很棒的口紅技巧。

And speaking of lipstick, 表達脈絡

說到口紅，

let's reveal the answer to my question,

讓我們揭曉我問題的答案，

Sam.

Sam。

I asked you when lipstick was first used.

我問你口紅第一次被使用是什麼時候。

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

我說大約在5000年前由古蘇美人使用。

Which was the correct answer.

這是正確的答案。

Ancient Sumerians,

古蘇美人，

both men and women, 文法

包括男人和女人，

painted their faces, eyes, and lips,

在她們的臉、眼睛和嘴唇上塗顏料，

a very early kind of lipstick. 用詞

那是一種非常早期的口紅。

Okay,

好的，

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

讓我們複習一下這期關於網紅（influencers）節目的詞彙，

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

指的是那些影響他們社群媒體粉絲去嘗試不同產品的人。

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

Dos and don'ts 是關於在特定情況下你應該做什麼和不應該做什麼的規則。

To crack a joke means to tell a joke.

To crack a joke 的意思是講個笑話。

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

動詞片語 take off 的意思是突然變得受歡迎或成功。

If you are intrigued, you are interested in someone,

如果你很 intrigued，說明你對某人感興趣，

often because of something unusual about them.

通常是因為他們身上有些不同尋常的地方。

And finally,

最後，

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

a given 描述的是被視為事實或注定會發生的事情。

Once again,

再一次，

our six minutes are up. 慣用語

我們的六分鐘時間到了。

Goodbye for now.

暫且再見。

Bye-bye.

拜拜。

Six Minute English from the BBC.

來自 BBC 的六分鐘英語。