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E90807 | 优衣库联名美少女战士,即将开卖(会员)

 杨林玲 2019-08-22

【编者按】

今日话题:

优衣库的联动UT又将要推出新品了,官方宣布将推出《美少女战士》联动T恤。这次的T恤将采用漫画作者武内直子的历代插图作为设计素材,有多种图案可供选择,预计从8下旬起在全球26个国家和地区发售,根据以往的经验,估计中国也会在其中。
A ‘’Sailor Moon’’ Clothing Line Is Coming to Uniqlo
优衣库将推出“美少女战士”系列服装

①If you've long fantasized of joining the Sailor Scouts and harnessing your moon power to save the world, you may want to make a run to Uniqlo in August.
①如果你一直幻想着加入美少女战队,用月亮的力量拯救世界,那么八月份的时候,你可能想去一趟优衣库。

②Sadly, the retailer can't bless us with a magical, talking animal to guide us through life or give us perfect space buns with the tap of a compact, ③but it is teaming up with Sailor Moon on a collection of clothing themed around everyone's favorite moonlight crimefighter.
②悲伤的是,这家零售商不能赐予我们一只会说话的魔力动物来在生活中帮助我们,也不能给我们紧凑的包包头,③但是优衣库和美少女战士合作,推出系列服装,主题是大家都爱的月光犯罪打击者。

④Arriving on a to-be-confirmed date in August, Uniqlo UT will release a series of Sailor Moon clothing items, including graphic tees, a purple tie-dye shirt with Sailor Moon's signature catchphrase, and more, Hypebae reports.
④Hypebae报道说,优衣库将在8月份推出一系列美少女战士服装,包括图案T恤、有美少女战士标志流行语的紫色扎染衬衫,以及更多产品。

BGM】ムーンライト伝説

(by 高橋美鈴)


【句读精讲】

A ‘’Sailor Moon’’ Clothing Line Is Coming to Uniqlo
优衣库将推出“美少女战士”系列服装

sailor
英 [ˈseɪlə(r)]  美 [ˈselɚ]
n.水手,海员;驾船人

【英】A sailor is someone who works on a ship or sails a boat. 水手;船员;海员

【例】He went about in the disguise of a sailor.
他伪装成海员到处流窜。

【例】sailor moon:美少女战士(日本少女动漫名)

Uniqlo

优衣库
(日本服装品牌名)

①If you've long 
fantasized of joining the Sailor Scouts and harnessing your moon power to save the world, you may want to make a run to Uniqlo in August.
①如果你一直幻想着加入美少女战队,用月亮的力量拯救世界,那么八月份的时候,你可能想去一趟优衣库。

fantasize
英 [ˈfæntəsaɪz]  美 [ˈfæntəˌsaɪz]
vt.想像;幻想
vi.沉溺于幻想

【英】If you fantasize about an event or situation that you would like to happen, you give yourself pleasure by imagining that it is happening, although it is untrue or unlikely to happen. 幻想;想象

【例】He sometimes fantasized about emigrating.
他有时幻想移居国外。

【例】I fantasized about writing music.
我幻想着谱写乐曲。

【例】Her husband died in 1967, although she fantasized that he was still alive.
她丈夫已于1967年去世,但她幻想他还活着。

【原】And instead of talking about how it had made them realize that money doesn't lead to happiness, everyone instantly started saying, ' You know what I would do if I won the lottery? ' and fantasizing about what they'd do. (TED 演讲)
但他们谈论不是这篇文章如何让他们意识到金钱无法带来快乐,大家一窝蜂地开始谈论:你知道我中了乐透后会做什么吗?然后开始幻想他们会做什么。

scout
英 [skaʊt]  美 [skaʊt]
n.搜索,侦察;侦察员, 侦察机, 侦察舰 ,童子军;(牛津大学的)校工
vt.侦察;跟踪,监视;发现
vi.侦察;巡视;嘲笑

【英】A scout is someone who is sent to an area of countryside to find out the position of an enemy army. 侦察员

【例】They sent two men out in front as scouts.
他们派两人在前面侦察。


harness

英 [ˈhɑ:nɪs]  美 [ˈhɑrnɪs]
n.马具,挽具;背带;系带
vt.利用;给(马等)套轭具;控制

【英】If you harness something such as an emotion or natural source of energy, you bring it under your control and use it. 控制(情感);利用(自然力)

【例】Scientists have known how to harness the limitless power of the sun.
科学家们已知道如何利用无穷尽的太阳能。

【例】to harness a river to make electricity:利用河流发电

【原】We've trained dogs for thousands of years to work with us, harnessing their incredible physical abilities. (BBC News / 英音)
几千年来,我们训练狗来协助我们,充分利用了它们难以置信的体能。


②Sadly, the retailer can't bless us with a magical, talking animal to guide us through life or give us perfect space buns with the tap of a compact, ③but it is teaming up with Sailor Moon on a collection of clothing themed around everyone's favorite moonlight crimefighter.
②悲伤的是,这家零售商不能赐予我们一只会说话的魔力动物来在生活中帮助我们,也不能给我们紧凑的包包头,③但是优衣库和美少女战士合作,推出系列服装,主题是大家都爱的月光犯罪打击者。

bun 
 英  [bʌn]  美  [bʌn]
n. 小圆面包,圆髻

【英】N-COUNT 圆发髻
If a woman has her hair in a bun, she has fastened it tightly on top of her head or at the back of her head in the shape of a ball.

compact
英 [kəmˈpækt]  美 [ˈkɑmˈpækt]
vt.& vi.压紧,(使)坚实;把…弄紧密,把…弄结实;使(文体)简洁,简化;变紧密,变结实
adj.紧凑的;简洁的,(文体等)紧凑的;小巧易携带的;(物质)致密的,(体格)结实的
n.协议;条约;带镜小粉盒;小汽车

【英】Compact things are small or take up very little space. You use this word when you think this is a good quality. 小而紧凑的

【例】compact structure:紧致结构

【例】It was a compact package.
这是个捆得很紧的包裹。

crimefighter
罪犯打击者

④Arriving on a to-be-confirmed date in August, Uniqlo UT will release a series of Sailor Moon clothing items, including graphic tees, a purple tie-dye shirt with Sailor Moon's signature catchphrase, and more, Hypebae reports.
④Hypebae报道说,优衣库将在8月份推出一系列美少女战士服装,包括图案T恤、有美少女战士标志流行语的紫色扎染衬衫,以及更多产品。

graphic
英 [ˈgræfɪk]  美 [ˈɡræfɪk]
adj.图解的,用图表示的; 用文字表示的; 形象的,生动的

【英】Graphic means concerned with drawing or pictures, especially in publishing, industry, or computing. 绘画的;绘图的;图像的

【例】When you send an e-mail you can also send a sound or graphic file as an attachment. 
在发送电子邮件时,你也可以附上一份声音或图片文件。

【例】graphic art: 平面艺术

【原】This is Volkeno, students learn web development, digital marketing or graphic design.
这家公司名为Volkeno。学生们在这里学习网页开发、数字营销和平面设计等课程。 (VOA News / 美音)

【原】She has a full-time job teaching graphic design at Jeddah International College. (VOA Special / 美音)
她的全职工作是在吉达国际学院教授平面设计。

tie-dye 
 英  ['taidai]  美  ['taidai]
v. 扎染(织物)
n. 手工扎染法;扎染布料

signature
英 [ˈsɪgnətʃə(r)]  美 [ˈsɪɡnətʃɚ]
n.签名; 署名; 识别标志,鲜明特征; [医]药的用法说明

【英】Your signature is your name, written in your own characteristic way, often at the end of a document to indicate that you wrote the document or that you agree with what it says. 签名;署名;签字

【例】I was writing my signature at the bottom of the page. 
我正往那页纸的底部签名。

【例】a petition containing 170 signatures:有 170 人签名的请愿书

catchphrase
英 [ˈkætʃfreɪz]
n.(常指名人常说的)时髦话,流行语

【英】A catch-phrase is a sentence or phrase which becomes popular or well-known, often because it is frequently used by a famous person.(常指名人常说的)时髦话,流行语

【扩展阅读】
⑤The complete line, which also reportedly includes a sky-blue tee with a depiction of the entire Sailor Scout lineup surfaced on Sora News 24, Hypebae pointed out.

⑤Hypebae还指出,Sora News 24显示,完整的系列据称包括天蓝T恤,上面印有整个美少女战队的阵容。

depiction
英 [dɪ'pɪkʃn]  美 [dɪˈpɪkʃən]
n.描写,叙述

【英】A depiction of something is a picture or a written description of it. 描绘;描画;描写;描述;刻画

【例】The book's strength lay in its depiction of present-day Tokyo. 
该书的精彩之处在于其对现今东京的描写。

【例】The lecture will trace the depiction of horses from earliest times to the present day. 
这个讲座将探究从古至今的画马艺术。


⑥Other reported items feature graphics with a blend of Japanese and English text, a purple shirt that has Sailor Moon calling for 'Moon Healing Escalation', and a navy tee that includes colorful character depictions.
⑥其他受到报道的衣服的特色是,图案上印有日语和英语文字的混合。一件紫色衬衫上有美少女战士喊着“Moon Healing Escalation”的字样(月光治疗升级)。一件海军蓝的T恤上印有彩色的人物描述。

⑦It's reported that the line will be available in 26 countries, but Uniqlo hasn't yet detailed whether that includes an arrival to the States.
⑦据报道,这个系列将在26个国家销售,但是优衣库还没有确定是否该系列是否会来到美国。

⑧In the meantime, fans can always get excited about an impeding theater debut for Sailor Moon Eternal, a brand new movie arriving later next year.
⑧同时,粉丝们可以兴奋起来了,《美少女战士永恒》很快将迎来首映,这是一部全新的电影,明年上映。

debut
英 ['deɪbju:]  美 [deˈbju, ˈdeˌbju]
n.初次露面,初次表演,首次出场,处女秀
v.初次表演,初次登台
adj.首张的,首场的,首次的

【英】The debut of a performer or sports player is their first public performance, appearance, or recording. (表演者或运动员的)首次登台,初次露面;(歌手的)首次录音

【例】She was scarcely 18 when she made her debut. 
首次出镜时,她刚满18岁。


⑨Hypebae noted that the clothing is meant to coincide with the forthcoming film.
⑨Hypebae还提到,衣服计划与即将到来的电影同步推出。

forthcoming
英 [ˌfɔ:θˈkʌmɪŋ]  美 [ˌfɔrθˈkʌmɪŋ]
adj.即将到来的; 现成的; 唾手可得的; 乐于助人的
n.来临; 临近

【英】A forthcoming event is planned to happen soon. 即将来临的;即将发生的

【例】He gave me a list of their forthcoming books. 
他给了我一张他们即将出版图书的目录。


⑩Sailor Moon has continued to influence the modern-day world, inspiring a past makeup palette, a phone with accompanying selfie stick, and a figure skating routine.
⑩美少女战士持续影响着现代世界,激励了过去的化妆盘、带自拍杆的手机,以及花式滑冰的惯例。

selfie
[selfi]
n. 自拍照(尤指那些自拍后上传到社交网站的照片)

【例】Would you join me in a selfie? 
想和我来张自拍吗?


⑪Plus, the cartoon and its accompanying properties from manga to movies have centered on the always important message of feminism.
⑪此外,这部动画和它从漫画到电影的伴随财产一直都很关注女权这个重要讯息。

feminism
英 [ˈfemənɪzəm]  美 [ˈfɛməˌnɪzəm]
n.女权主义; 争取女权的运动

【英】Feminism is the belief and aim that women should have the same rights, power, and opportunities as men. 女权主义;女权运动;男女平等主义

【例】Feminism may have liberated the feminists, but it has still to change the lives of the majority of women. 
女性运动也许解放了女权主义者,但尚未改变大多数女性的生活。


⑫Now if only I could find a talking cat that will remind me to purchase these clothes in August. (Teen Vogue)
⑫现在,要是我能找到一只会说话的猫就好了。它能提醒我8月份买这些衣服。

【结语】

很多时候消费者把购买的欲望转化为行动需要一个理由或者trigger,商家总是在帮消费者尽力去找寻一个又一个动因。可最后消费者总会发现自己买了多少无用的东西……



陈昊
2019.8.07

在节目《iPhone11要来了,新功能曝光》的最后家留下的思考题

你是苹果手机的用户吗?为什么?

本期思考题:

你喜欢优衣库吗?为什么?

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