粉絲如何談論他們的熱情 ⏲️ 6分鐘英語：英語精讀講義

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Hello.

大家好。

This is Six Minute English from BBC Learning English.

這是 BBC Learning English 的《六分鐘英語》。

I'm Beth.

我是貝絲。

And I'm Neil.

我是尼爾。

If you really love something, 文法

如果你真心熱愛某樣東西，

maybe a sport or a hobby,

也許是一項運動或嗜好，

a music band or a TV show,

一個樂團或一部電視節目，

you might call yourself a fan. 片語搭配

你可能會稱自己為「粉絲」。

Nowadays, thanks to the internet, 片語搭配

如今，多虧了網路，

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

來自世界各地的粉絲可以在線上相聚，分享他們的熱情。

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

這催生了一個新詞：fandom（粉絲圈）。

Fandom is more than simply being a fan. 文法

粉絲圈不僅僅是作為一個粉絲那麼簡單。

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

它是由一群熱愛同樣事物的人組成的一個完整的社群文化。

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

更重要的是，粉絲圈已經開始發展出自己的語言。

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

在本期節目中，我們將帶大家走進粉絲圈的世界，

and as usual,

和往常一樣，

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

我們也會學習一些有用且新的詞彙。

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

但在此之前，我有個問題要問你，尼爾。

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

最初的 fan（粉絲）一詞在 20 世紀初最早是用來形容美國人的。

But what were these Americans fans of?

但這些美國人是什麼的粉絲呢？

Was it A, Hollywood movie stars?

是 A、好萊塢電影明星嗎？

B, baseball?

B、棒球？

Or C, Disney cartoons?

還是 C、迪士尼卡通？

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

我猜他們是迪士尼卡通的粉絲。

Okay, Neil.

好的，尼爾。

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

我們在稍後的節目中揭曉答案。

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

麥可·龐德是一本新書《粉絲》的作者。

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

在這裡，他在 BBC Radio 4 節目《口耳相傳》中討論粉絲圈的含義。

Kings rule their kingdoms.

國王統治他們的王國。

Fans certainly rule their fandoms. 慣用語

粉絲當然統治著他們的粉絲圈。

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

它觸動了人類古老的本能，即渴望歸屬於一群志同道合的人。

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

當然，獨自追星可能會很有挑戰性，因為狂熱的追求在別人看來可能很古怪……甚至是痴迷，

Yes, obsessive and you get often mocked. 文法

是的，痴迷，而且往往會被嘲笑。

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，如果你是珍·奧斯汀的粉絲，並且想穿上攝政時代的無簷帽和長袍，

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

在公共場合你很難獨自做到這一點。

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

但一旦你加入了一個粉絲圈，這就不成問題了。

Fans are groups of like-minded people.

粉絲是一群志同道合的人。

They share similar opinions, ideas, or interests.

他們擁有相似的觀點、想法或興趣。

They do all kinds of weird and wonderful things together, 慣用語

他們一起做各種離奇又美妙的事情，

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

比如打扮成哈利波特裡的角色，

behavior which might be called quirky,

這種行為可以被稱為 quirky（古怪的），

an adjective meaning odd or unusual,

這是一個形容詞，意思是奇怪或不尋常的，

but in an interesting way.

但是以一種有趣的方式。

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

不幸的是，這種古怪的行為也意味著粉絲有時會被人嘲笑。

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

嘲笑（mock）某人是指透過不友好的取笑來侮辱他們。

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

但這並沒有打擊到粉絲，他們已經開始使用新詞和短語來表明他們屬於特定的粉絲圈。

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.

麥可·龐德在 BBC Radio 4 的節目《口耳相傳》中再次解釋了兩個關於足球迷行為的新詞含義。

Academics who study fandoms,

研究粉絲圈的學者，

they love to use acronyms and abbreviations 用詞

他們喜歡使用首字母縮寫詞和縮略語，

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

他們有幾個短語用來描述足球迷的行為。

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榮光中（沾光）。

Oh, I love that.

喔，我喜歡這個詞。

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

當你的球隊獲勝時，每個人都想分一杯羹。

You take to the streets, dance around, 慣用語

你走上街頭，手舞足蹈，

and so the antithesis of that is CORFing, 講解

它的反義詞是 CORFing，

which means cutting off reflected failure.

意思是切斷反射的失敗（劃清界限）。

And that is what people sometimes do when their team loses

這就是人們有時在他們的球隊輸球時所做的，

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

他們不想與那種失敗、

that sense of failure.

那種挫敗感聯繫在一起。

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

BIRGing 是 basking in reflected glory（沐浴在反射的榮光中）這幾個詞的首字母縮寫。

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

它的意思是你支持的足球隊獲勝時，你感覺自己很棒。

Fans say we won,

粉絲們會說「我們贏了」，

even though it was the players on the pitch, 講解

即使進球的是球場上的球員，

not the fans who scored the goal.

而不是粉絲。

When their team wins,

當他們的球隊獲勝時，

fans cheer and want a piece of the action, 慣用語

粉絲們會歡呼，並且想要 a piece of the action（分一杯羹/參與其中），

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

這是一個習語，意思是他們參加慶祝活動和其他激動人心的集體活動，

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

並把球隊的成功當成個人的成功。

The opposite of BIRGing is CORFing, another acronym.

BIRGing 的反義詞是 CORFing，這是另一個首字母縮寫。

This time of the words cutting off reflected failure.

這次是 cutting off reflected failure（切斷反射的失敗）這幾個詞。

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

CORFING 指的是當你支持的球隊輸球時，與他們保持距離。

Instead of saying we won, 文法

與其說「我們贏了」，

you say they played rubbish. 用詞

你會說「他們踢得太垃圾了」。

Of course, true fans never CORF.

當然，真正的粉絲永遠不會 CORF。

In fact,

事實上，

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

一些足球迷在他們的球隊週復一週輸球時，會產生一種奇怪的悲觀快感。

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

我無法想像這適用於你提到的美國人，貝絲。

So, what was the correct answer to your question?

那麼，你問題的正確答案是什麼？

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

我問最初的 fan 這個詞是用來形容誰的。

You said it was fans of Disney cartoons,

你說是迪士尼卡通的粉絲，

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

恐怕你答錯了。

Actually,

實際上，

it was baseball fans,

是棒球迷，

or fanatics,

或狂熱分子（fanatics），

as they were called at the time. 文法

正如他們當時被稱為的那樣。

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

好了，讓我們來複習一下學過的詞彙，

starting with like-minded, 表達脈絡

從 like-minded（志同道合的）開始，

an adjective describing people who share similar opinions,

這是一個形容詞，描述分享相似觀點、

ideas, or interests.

想法或興趣的人。

Quirky means odd or unusual,

Quirky 意思是古怪或不同尋常的，

but in an attractive or interesting way.

但帶有一種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並取笑他們。

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

BIRGing 是 basking in reflected glory 的縮寫。

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

它的意思是你支持的球隊獲勝時，你自我感覺良好。

The opposite of this is CORFing,

它的反義詞是 CORFing，

an acronym of cutting off reflected failure, 用詞

是 cutting off reflected failure 的縮寫，

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

意思是你最喜歡的球隊輸球時與他們保持距離。

And finally,

最後，

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

意味著你想參加慶祝活動或其他激動人心的集體活動，

to include yourself in a collective success.

讓自己融入到集體的成功中。

Once again,

再一次，

our six minutes are up. 慣用語

我們的六分鐘到了。

Join us again next time

下次請繼續加入我們，

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and useful vocabulary here at Six Minute English.

和有用的詞彙。

Bye for now.

暫且告辭。

Bye.

再見。

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