又一届“时尚界奥斯卡”上演， “她”也受邀出席【健谈英语】

【头条播报】

Winter Olympian Eileen Gu set Chinese social media alight after she attended Met Gala in a figure-hugging Louis Vuitton mini-dress. Appearing on the red carpet just days after leaving Chinafor the US, the freestyle skier was -- within hours of the event -- the second most talked-about topic on the Twitter-like platform Weibo. Organized and presided over by Anna Wintour since 1995, the Met Gala has become a much-loved annual celebration of fashion. Considered a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, the event raises eight-figure sums year after year.

【分句讲解】

①Winter Olympian Eileen Gu set Chinese social media alight after she attended Met Gala in a figure-hugging Louis Vuitton mini-dress.

冬奥会选手谷爱凌身穿一条紧身路易威登迷你裙参加Met Gala后，在国内的社交媒体上引起了广泛的讨论。

1. alight adj. 燃烧的，着火的

He was smoking in bed and set his pillow alight by accident.

他在床上抽烟，不小心把枕头给点燃了。

2. Met Gala/Ball 纽约大都会艺术博物馆慈善舞会

全称：Metropolitan Museum of Art'sCostume Institute (in New York City)

3. Gilded Age 镀金时代（美国作家马克·吐温与查尔斯·沃纳合写的长篇小说）

4. figure n. 形状，身材

She's got a beautiful figure.

她身材很好。

figure-hugging adj. 紧身的，贴身的（form-fitting）

a figure-hugging/form-fitting dress 一条紧身裙

②Appearing on the red carpet just days after leaving China for the US, the freestyle skier was -- within hours ofthe event -- the second most talked-about topic on the Twitter-like platform Weibo.

离开中国飞赴美国后，自由滑雪运动员谷爱凌亮相Met Gala红毯，数小时内引发热议，成为微博（类似于推特的平台）热搜第二。

1. freestyle skier 自由式滑雪运动员

freestyle skiing 自由式滑雪项目

2. talked-about adj. 谈论的

a widely talked about topic 一个被广泛谈论的话题

3. twitter-like adj. 和推特类似的

a child-like face 一张娃娃脸

a life-like oil painting 一幅逼真的油画

③Organized and presided over by Anna Wintour since 1995, the Met Gala has become a much-loved annual celebration of fashion.

Met Gala自1995年以来由安娜·温图尔组织筹备，已经成为备受人们喜爱的年度时尚庆典。

1. organize v. 组织，筹划

2. preside over sth. 负责某事（= be in charge of sth.）

preside over a wedding ceremony 主持一场婚礼

preside over a meeting 负责一场会议

3. Anna Wintour 安娜·温图尔

Vogue《时尚》杂志的美国版主编

时尚行业领军人物

电影《穿普拉达的女王》米兰达人物原型

4. much-loved adj. 备受喜爱的

Eileen Gu is a much-loved freestyle skier.

谷爱凌是深受人们喜爱的自由式滑雪运动员。

④Considereda fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, the event raises eight-figure sums year after year.

Met Gala是为纽约大都会艺术博物馆举办的捐募活动，该活动每年筹集上千万美金。

1. fundraiser n. 募捐活动；募捐人

2. figure n. 数字，位数

single - figure 一位数的

double - figure 两位数的