《好东西》你觉得怎么样？

今天，电影《好东西》（Her Story）上映23天，总票房破6亿，你看了吗？

今天你练听力了吗？

🤔️小作业：

1. What can we infer about the changing preferences of Chinese audiences from the film's reception?

A) Viewers increasingly favor traditional, male-centered narratives.

B) The audience is now less tolerant of social critique in movies.

C) There is growing demand for stories centered on female experiences and empowerment.

D) Chinese audiences appreciate foreign feminist films.

无注释原文：

How a Feminist Comedy Came to Rule China's Box Office

From: The New York Times

The movie calls out stigmas against female sexuality and stereotypes about single mothers. It name-drops feminist scholars, features a woman recalling domestic violence.

It is China's biggest movie right now.

The success of “Her Story,” a comedy that topped China's box office for the last three weeks.

The film's reception reflects the growing appetite for female-centered stories.“Her Story,” which some have called China's answer to “Barbie,” cushions many of its social critiques with jokes.

The director of “Her Story,” Shao Yihui, has emphasized at public appearances that she is not interested in provoking “gender antagonism.”

Other recent hit movies have also been directed by and starred women, including the year's top box office performer, “YOLO.”

Still, “Her Story,” the second feature from Ms. Shao, 33, was not expected to reach anywhere near this level of success. It was low-budget and at first released only in a few major cities.

It follows two women who become neighbors in Shanghai: Xiao Ye, a free-spirited but emotionally vulnerable singer, and Wang Tiemei, a no-nonsense former journalist and single mother to 9-year-old Molly. As their friendship develops, the women team up to raise Molly; encourage each other professionally; and laugh at their clueless suitors, who try to outdo each other in quoting feminist theory and declaring their “original sin” of being born male.

Ticket sales were initially slow, but the women who did watch became fervent evangelists. The film soon became ubiquitous. It now has a 9.1 rating out of 10 on the Chinese film-rating site Douban and has taken in more than $77 million, according to Maoyan, which tracks ticket sales. It is projected to be one of China's top 15 highest-grossing films of the year.

Among young women it has spawned memes, podcast episodes and T-shirts.

Xu Tianyi, a student in the central Chinese city of Luoyang, said she had never seen a movie that directly addressed so many topics women cared about. She cited a scene in which Tiemei is shamed online for writing about her sex life, by people who suggest she's a bad mother.

But the film's heartwarming story made it accessible for people new to feminism too, said Ms. Xu, who counted herself among that group. “This movie is gentle, but it also has a little edge.” She and her friends had been quoting lines from the movie to each other. “It shows that feminism is spreading.”

The movie has its critics, including some who griped that the men in the movie are portrayed as inept or clownlike. On Hupu, a sports forum popular with male users, the movie has a rating of 4.9.

But generally, the response has been positive.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为纽约时报官方译文，仅供参考

含注释全文：

How a Feminist Comedy Came to Rule China's Box Office

From: The New York Times

The movie calls out stigmas against female sexuality and stereotypes about single mothers. It name-drops feminist scholars, features a woman recalling domestic violence.

这部电影批评了对女性性欲的污名化和对单亲妈妈的刻板印象。片中提到女权主义学者的名字，片中一位女性回想曾经经受的家庭暴力。

stigma /ˈstɪɡ.mə/ 表示“耻辱；（尤指不公正的）恶名”，英文解释为“a strong feeling of disapproval that most people in a society have about something, especially when this is unfair”举个🌰：There is no longer any stigma to being divorced. 离婚不再是什么耻辱的事了。

stereotypically /ˌster.i.əˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl.i/ 表示“刻板印象地；类型化地”，英文解释为“in the way that you would expect someone or something to be, do, behave, etc., even though this idea is often wrong”举个🌰：He is a stereotypically disheveled academic. 他是一个人们刻板印象中典型的衣冠不整的学者。

name-drop /ˈneɪmˌdrɒp/ 表示“提及名人显要（通常夸大熟识程度）以显示身价”，英文解释为“to talk about famous people that you have met, often pretending that you know them better than you really do, in order to appear more important and special”举个🌰：The company likes to name-drop famous clients. 该公司喜欢提及自己的知名客户。

It is China's biggest movie right now.

这是中国目前最卖座的电影。

The success of “Her Story,” a comedy that topped China's box office for the last three weeks.

喜剧片《好东西》在过去三周连续占据中国票房榜首。

1）表示“售票处；票房”，英文解释为“the place at a theatre, cinema/movie theater, etc. where the tickets are sold”举个🌰：The movie has been a huge box-office success (= many people have been to see it). 那部电影十分卖座。

2）表示“（电影或演员的）受欢迎，卖座”，英文解释为“a measure of how popular and financially successful a film or actor is”举个🌰：Her last movie was a surprise box-office hit. 她上一部电影出人意料地叫座。

The film's reception reflects the growing appetite for female-centered stories.“Her Story,” which some have called China's answer to “Barbie,” cushions many of its social critiques with jokes.

这部影片受到的欢迎反映了观众对以女性为主的故事越来越感兴趣。《好东西》用喜剧情节缓和了片中的许多社会批评，被一些人称为中国版的《芭比》(Barbie)。

reception /rɪˈsep.ʃən/ 1）表示“感受；反应；回应”，英文解释为“the way in which people react to something or someone”举个🌰：Her first book got a wonderful/warm/frosty reception from the critics. 评论家对她的第一本书反应很好/热烈/冷淡。

2）表示“接待；迎接；欢迎”，英文解释为“the act of welcoming someone or something”举个🌰：The new hospital was ready for the reception of its first patients. 新医院已经可以用了，准备收治第一批病人。

3）表示“（收音机或电视信号）接收效果，接收质量”，英文解释为“the degree to which mobile phone, radio, or television signals are strong and clear”举个🌰：The phone reception is really bad out here in the woods. 电话信号在这儿的树林里特别差。

4）表示“欢迎会；招待会”，英文解释为“a formal party at which important people are welcomed”

5）表示“（旅馆或办公楼的）接待处，服务台，前台”，英文解释为“the place in a hotel or office building where people go when they first arrive”举个🌰：Ask for me at reception. 要找我的话，到前台问询。

appetite /ˈæpɪtaɪt/ 1）表示“食欲；胃口”，英文解释为“physical desire for food”举个🌰：He suffered from headaches and loss of appetite. 他头痛且食欲不振。

2）表示“强烈欲望”，英文解释为“a strong desire for sth”举个🌰：The public have an insatiable appetite for scandal. 公众对丑事总是喜闻乐道。

表示“与…相当（或同样好）的人（或物）；…的对应物”，英文解释为“If something or someone is the answer to another thing or person, it is or they are considered to be similar or as good.”举个🌰：The Space Needle is Seattle's answer to the Eiffel Tower. 西雅图的太空针塔堪比艾菲尔铁塔。

📍类似的还有个词：equivalent. 1）作形容词，表示“（价值、数量、意义、重要性等）相等的，相同的”，英文解释为“equal in value, amount, meaning, importance, etc.”举个🌰：Eight kilometres is roughly equivalent to five miles. 八公里约等于五英里。

2）作名词，表示“相等的东西；等量；对应词”，英文解释为“a thing, amount, word, etc. that is equivalent to sth else”。

通常，提到Weibo时候会介绍为中国版的Twitter，常见的有几种说法：

🧣Weibo, China's Twitter-like service (SCMP)

🧣Weibo, the Chinese equivalent to Twitter (NPR NEWS)

🧣Twitter-like Weibo (Reuters)

🧣Weibo, a Twitter-like platform (NYT)

cushion /ˈkʊʃ.ən/ 作名词，1）表示“垫子；座垫；靠垫”，英文解释为“a bag made of cloth, plastic, or leather that is filled with soft material, often has an attractive cover, and is used especially on chairs for sitting or leaning on”

2）表示“起保护（或缓冲）作用的事物”，英文解释为“something that makes the effects of a bad situation less severe”举个🌰：You should aim to build up a cushion of money in case of emergencies. 你应该尽量留一些应急的钱。

作动词，表示“对（某事物的影响或力量）起缓冲作用”，英文解释为“to make the effect or force of something softer”举个🌰：The soft grass cushioned his fall. 柔软的草地减缓了他摔落时的冲力。

The director of “Her Story,” Shao Yihui, has emphasized at public appearances that she is not interested in provoking “gender antagonism.”

《好东西》的导演邵艺辉已在公开场合强调，她对挑起“性别对立”不感兴趣。

provoke /prəˈvəʊk/ 1）表示“激起，引起”，英文解释为“to cause a reaction or feeling, especially a sudden one”如：provoke debate/discussion 激起辩论/讨论。

2）表示“激怒，挑衅”，英文解释为“to make or try to make a person or an animal angry”举个🌰：It was a vicious-looking dog and I didn't want to provoke it. 那只狗看起来很凶，我可不想招惹它。

antagonism /ænˈtæɡ.ən.ɪ.zəm/ 表示“对抗，对立；敌对；敌意”，英文解释为“hate, extreme unfriendliness, or active opposition to someone”举个🌰：There's a history of antagonism between the two teams. 这两支球队是宿敌。

Other recent hit movies have also been directed by and starred women, including the year's top box office performer, “YOLO.”

最近的其他几部热门电影也由女性导演和主演，包括今年春节档的票房冠军《热辣滚烫》。

Still, “Her Story,” the second feature from Ms. Shao, 33, was not expected to reach anywhere near this level of success. It was low-budget and at first released only in a few major cities.

尽管如此，人们并没有想到33岁的邵艺辉的第二部作品《好东西》会取得今天这样的成功。这部低预算的影片最初只在几个大城市上映。

feature 1）作名词，原意表示“特色；特征；特点，功能”，英文解释为“something important, interesting or typical of a place or thing”，此前在iOS 14来了!文中就出现了多次的feature，介绍iOS 14各种新功能，新特点，举个🌰：Which features do you look for when choosing a car? 你挑选轿车时要着重哪些特点？

2）feature = feature film表示“（电影）故事片，正片”，英文解释为“a film that is usually 90 or more minutes long”

3）feature作动词，表示“以…为特色；由…主演；以…为主要组成”，英文解释为“to include a particular person or thing as a special feature”，作动词往往可以理解为“有...”（功能/特色），举个🌰：Many of the hotels featured in the brochure offer special deals for weekend breaks. 小册子列举的多家旅馆都有周末假日特别优待。The film features Cary Grant as a professor. 这部电影由卡里·格兰特饰演一位教授。

📍在英文歌中会经常看到这种说法，xxxa feat. xxxb，此处feat.实际上就是feature的缩写，大概意思是歌曲中穿插另外一个人的演唱或表演，xxxa和xxxb共同演绎，合作演出。据百度百科，feat.的是后面这个歌手（或者组合）他在这首单曲里面或者这张专辑里面并不是主角，前面那个人才是这首歌的灵魂或者主人。

It follows two women who become neighbors in Shanghai: Xiao Ye, a free-spirited but emotionally vulnerable singer, and Wang Tiemei, a no-nonsense former journalist and single mother to 9-year-old Molly. As their friendship develops, the women team up to raise Molly; encourage each other professionally; and laugh at their clueless suitors, who try to outdo each other in quoting feminist theory and declaring their “original sin” of being born male.

故事情节围绕两名在上海成为邻居的女性展开。歌手小叶自由奔放、但情感脆弱。当过记者的王铁梅严肃务实，是九岁女孩王茉莉的单亲妈妈。随着友谊加深，她们携手照顾王茉莉，在事业上互相鼓励；她们嘲笑追求她们的毫无头绪的男性，后者试图用引用女权主义理论、宣称自己生为男性是“原罪”，以此互相拆台。

no-nonsense /ˌnəʊˈnɒn.səns/ 表示“务实严肃的”，英文解释为“practical and serious, and only interested in doing what is necessary or achieving what is intended, without silly ideas or methods”如：a no-nonsense manner 务实认真的态度。

clueless /ˈkluː.ləs/ 表示“无线索的；一无所知的；一窍不通的”，英文解释为“having no knowledge of something, or of things in general”举个🌰：Most people are completely clueless about tide directions and weather conditions. 大多数人对潮汐的方向和天气状况一无所知。

suitor /ˈsuː.tər/ 1）表示“（女子的）求婚者，追求者”，英文解释为“a man who wants to marry a particular woman”

2）表示“有收购意向者”，英文解释为“a person or company who wants to take control of another company”举个🌰：PJH Corporation said it had been approached by two possible suitors who had submitted bids to buy the company. PJH公司称，递交了收购该公司标书的两家潜在的收购者已主动与之接洽。

表示“胜过，超越；优于”，英文解释为“to be, or do something, better than someone else”举个🌰：He always tries to outdo everybody else in the class. 他总是想超过班里的每一个人。

quote /kwəʊt/ 可以作名词，也可以作动词，表示“引用，引述，援引”，英文解释为“to repeat the words that someone else has said or written”举个🌰：He's always quoting from LearnAndRecord. 他总是引用《LearnAndRecord》上的内容。

📍听听力时有时候会听到「quote... unquote」指的就是“引文起…引文止”，英文解释为“said to show that you are repeating someone else's words, especially if you do not agree”，可以理解为念的是引号内的内容，举个🌰：She says they're quote "just good friends" unquote. 她说她们，引号，“只是好朋友而已”，引号完。

original sin /əˌrɪdʒ.ɪ.nəl ˈsɪn/ 表示“（基督教的）原罪”，英文解释为“in the Christian religion, the idea that all humans are born with a tendency to be evil”

Ticket sales were initially slow, but the women who did watch became fervent evangelists. The film soon became ubiquitous. It now has a 9.1 rating out of 10 on the Chinese film-rating site Douban and has taken in more than $77 million, according to Maoyan, which tracks ticket sales. It is projected to be one of China's top 15 highest-grossing films of the year.

这部电影的票房最初并不高，但看过电影的女性成了它最热情的宣传者，电影很快在全国各地上映。该片在中国电影评级网站豆瓣上的评分是9.1（满分为10）；据跟踪票房表现的猫眼网站，其票房收入已超过5.7亿元，它有望将成为中国今年票房最高的15部电影之一。

fervent /ˈfɜː.vənt/ 表示“强烈的；热情的，热诚的”，英文解释为“used to describe beliefs that are strongly and sincerely felt or people who have strong and sincere beliefs”举个🌰：It is his fervent hope that a peaceful solution will soon be found. 他热切地希望能很快找到和平解决的方案。

evangelist /ɪˈvæn.dʒə.lɪst/ 表示“（基督教）布道者，旅行传道者”，英文解释为“a person who tries to persuade people to become Christians, often by travelling around and organizing religious meetings”

ubiquitous /juːˈbɪk.wɪ.təs/表示“无所不在的”，英文解释为“If you describe something or someone as ubiquitous, you mean that they seem to be everywhere.”举个🌰：Coffee shops are ubiquitous these days. 如今好像到处都是咖啡馆。

意思相近的形容词：

📍pervasive表示“到处存在的，到处弥漫着的，遍布的”，英文解释为“Something, especially something bad, that is pervasive is present or felt throughout a place or thing.”如：the pervasive influence of mobile phones in daily life 手机在日常生活中无处不在的影响。

📍omnipresent /ˌɒm.nɪˈprez.ənt/ 表示“无所不在的，遍及各处的”，英文解释为“present or having an effect everywhere at the same time”举个🌰：The singer became an omnipresent icon of style and beauty. 这位歌手成了一个时尚与美丽的符号，无所不在。

gross /ɡrəʊs/ 可以作名词，也可以作动词，表示“总收入为，总共赚得，获得…毛利”，英文解释为“to earn a particular amount of money before tax is paid or costs are taken away”举个🌰：The film has grossed over $200 million this year. 这部电影今年总收入超过了两亿美元。

🎬电影《皮克斯的故事》（The Pixar Story）中的台词提到：making it the new highest grossing animated film in history. 成为历史上最卖座的动画电影。

Among young women it has spawned memes, podcast episodes and T-shirts.

在年轻女性中，它催生了米姆、播客和T恤衫。

spawn /spɔːn/ 作动词，表示“使大量出现，使大量产生；酿成”，英文解释为“to make a series of things happen or start to exist”举个🌰：New technology has spawned new business opportunities. 新技术创造了大量新的商机。

2）表示“（鱼或蛙）大量产卵”，英文解释为“if a fish or frog spawns, it produces eggs in large quantities at the same time”

meme (/ˈmiːm/ )是指在同一个文化氛围中，人与人之间传播的思想、行为或者风格，音译为媒母、米姆、谜米、弥母，又名模因、拟子等。其实「meme」指的就是在网上迅速传播，流行起来的一些概念（或图像、视频等）等东西，可以直接解释成我们常说「梗」、「段子」、「表情包」，词典中定义为：a type of behaviour that is passed from one member of a group to another, not in the genesbut by another means such as people copying it；举个🌰：Take a look at the top ten internet memes for this past year. 看一下去年互联网上的十大梗。

podcast /ˈpɒd.kɑːst/ 表示“播客（以数字格式储存的电台节目，可从因特网下载，然后在计算机或MP3播放机上播放）”，英文解释为“A podcast is an audio file similar to a radio broadcast, that can be downloaded and listened to on a computer or iPod.”

在电视/电影节目中，episode /ˈep.ɪ.səʊd/ 表示“一集，一节，片断”（one of the single parts into which a story is divided, especially when it is broadcast on the television or radio），也可以指“事件；（相关的）一连串事件；一段经历”，英文解释为“a single event or group of related events”举个🌰：This latest episode in the fraud scandal has shocked a lot of people. 诈骗丑闻最新爆出的这一事件让很多人瞠目结舌。

还可以指「疾病的发作，发病」，英文解释为：a finite period in which someone is affected by a specified illness.

补充：

📍第几集用的是Episode，第几季则为Season. 你下载美剧时可能就会看到S01E02，就是指的第1季第2集。最后一集 finale：the last part of a piece of music or of a show, event etc （演出的）终场，最后一幕；（音乐的）终曲；（事件等的）结尾。

🎬还有，看剧时新一集开头通常会有的一个说法：previously on ...，...的前情提要，前情回顾。

Xu Tianyi, a student in the central Chinese city of Luoyang, said she had never seen a movie that directly addressed so many topics women cared about. She cited a scene in which Tiemei is shamed online for writing about her sex life, by people who suggest she's a bad mother.

洛阳市的一名学生徐天一（音）说，她此前从未看过一部如此直接地探讨诸多女性关注话题的电影。她提到了这样一个场景：铁梅在网上因为写自己的性生活而遭到网暴，留下恶评的网民说她不是个好母亲。

But the film's heartwarming story made it accessible for people new to feminism too, said Ms. Xu, who counted herself among that group. “This movie is gentle, but it also has a little edge.” She and her friends had been quoting lines from the movie to each other. “It shows that feminism is spreading.”

但徐天一说，电影温馨的故事情节让刚接触女权主义的人也能接受。徐天一自己也属于这一群体。她说：“这部电影是柔和的，但是会有一点锐利。”她和朋友们一直在引用电影中的台词。“这是女性主义普及的现象。”

feminism /ˈfem.ɪ.nɪ.zəm/ 表示“女权主义；女权运动”，英文解释为“the belief that women should be allowed the same rights, power, and opportunities as men and be treated in the same way, or the set of activities intended to achieve this state”

The movie has its critics, including some who griped that the men in the movie are portrayed as inept or clownlike. On Hupu, a sports forum popular with male users, the movie has a rating of 4.9.

这部电影也遭遇了批评，有些人抱怨电影中的男性被描绘成无能的形象，或者显得像是小丑。在深受男性用户欢迎的体育论坛虎扑上，这部电影的评分为4.9。

表示“抱怨；怨言；牢骚”，英文解释为“to complain about sb/sth in an annoying way”举个🌰：She's always griping about the people at work. 她老是抱怨共事的人。

inept /ɪˈnept/ 表示“无能的；笨拙的；无效的”，英文解释为“not skilled or effective”如：an inept comment/remark 拙劣的评论/谈话，举个🌰：He was always rather inept at sport. 他一直不擅长体育运动。

But generally, the response has been positive.

但总体而言，关于这部电影的反响还是积极的。

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