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Can celebs have the privacy Jodie Foster calls for?
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＊標題解說
celeb: 口語用法(informal)= celebrity 名人（名詞）celebs（複數型）
privacy: 隱私，不受到大眾的關注 （名詞）
the state of being free from the attention of the public
freedom of speech and the right to privacy
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/privacy
Can celebrities have the privacy (that 省略) Jodie Foster calls for?
Jodie Foster: 茱蒂·福斯特（註一）
＊內文解析
■ 表現卓越的著名女演員在週日的金球獎典禮，利用接受Cecil B. DeMille獎之際，發表了數項個人表述──其中包括一些不完全清楚的陳述。
The celebrated actress took the occasion of receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award at Sunday's Golden Globes ceremony to make several personal statements -- including a few that weren't exactly clear.
簡化來看：
X took the occasion of Y to make several personal statements.
X＝The celebrated actress（就是 Jodie Foster）
Y＝receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award at Sunday's Golden Globes ceremony
take the occasion of __ to do something: 用 __ 場合做某事（動詞片語）
receive the award at Golden Globes ceremony: 在金球奬典禮中接受獎項
The Golden Globes: The Golden Globes Awards 金球奬（注意 Globes，複數型）
■ 跟這個協會Hollywood Foreign Press Association（HFPA-好萊塢外國記者協會）有密切關係: 這個協會開始於 1940年代，當珍珠港事變把美國捲入二次大戰之際，大眾渴求排解戰爭壓力的娛性節目 http://www.goldenglobes.org/about-the-hfpa/ 看金球獎官方網站：
Today’s organization has its roots in the early 1940s when Pearl Harbor had drawn America into World War II. Audiences, hungry for diversion, were seeking out films offering escape, inspiration and entertainment
celebrated: 以卓越出名（形容詞）famous for having good qualities
a celebrated painter
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/celebrated
make several personal statements: 發表數項個人表述（動詞片語）
■ 但有一件事Foster明確表示的是她非常重視個人隱私。
But one thing Foster was definitive about was how much she values her privacy.
definitive: 確定，不可改變的（形容詞）
final; not able to be changed
a definitive agreement/answer/statement
The definitive version of the text is ready to be published.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/definitive
someone be definitive about something: 某人對某事很確定
Foster was definitive about one thing
在此把 one thing 拿到前面: one thing Foster was definitive about
value one’s privacy: 重視個人隱私（動詞片語）
■ 50歲的福斯特在讓許多人感動的演講中，深刻地談到她從三歲開始的演藝事業，這演說看來也是為回應有關她個人性取向的八卦。
In a speech that many found to be touching and which appeared to address gossip about her sexual orientation, the 50-year-old Foster reflected on being in show business since she was 3 years old.
簡化來看：
In a speech, Foster reflected on being a show business since she was 3 years old.
In a speech 後面接兩個子句，說明這個演講的效果（感人）和目的（回應八卦）
（1）that many found to be touching
（2）which appears to address gossip about her sexual orientation,
深思後說：to think or say (something) after careful thought
worse. ▪ “It could have been worse,” she reflected.
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/reflect
address: 回應問題（動詞）to think about a problem or a situation and decide how you are going to deal with it
address something Your essay does not address the real issues.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/address_2
sexual orientation: 性取向（名詞）
gossip: 八卦（名詞，不可數）
informal talk or stories about other people's private lives, that may be unkind or not true
Don't believe all the gossip you hear.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/gossip
to address gossip about her sexual orientation：回應有關她性取向的八卦
■ 「如果你從一個蹣跚學步的孩子就是公眾人物， 如果你必須排除一切困難，來過真實的，誠實的和正常的生活， 那麼也許你也會重視隱私高於一切」，她對金球獎歡呼的人群說。
"If you had been a public figure from the time that you were a toddler, if you'd had to fight for a life that felt real and honest and normal against all odds, then maybe you, too, might value privacy above all else," she said, to cheers from the Golden Globes crowd.
public figure: 公眾人物（名詞）
toddler: 蹣跚學步的孩子（名詞）
against all odds: 排除萬難，頂風而上（片語）
odds: 阻礙成功的因素（名詞，複數型）
something that makes it seem impossible to do or achieve something
They secured a victory in the face of overwhelming odds.
Against all (the) odds, he made a full recovery.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/odds
above all else: 高於其它一切（片語）
■ 在一個這樣的時代，許多名人依賴他們的社交媒體跟粉絲連接多過傳統的行銷機制，同時他們生活的每一刻都有媒體爭相報導的時代，期待私隱能有多實際？
But how realistic is the expectation of privacy in an age where many celebrities depend on their social media connection to fans more than they do traditional marketing machines and every moment of their lives is reported in the media?
簡化來看：
How realistic is X in an age where Y happens and Z happens?
X= the expectation of privacy
Y= many celebrities depend on their social media connection to fans more than they do traditional marketing machines（depend on A more than they depend on B，they do 代替 they depend on）
Z= every moment of their lives is reported in the media
註一： 得獎感言全文
在維基百科的介紹
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8C%B1%E8%BF%AA%C2%B7%E7%A7%91%E5%A3%AB%E6%89%93
她2006年五月在賓州大學畢業演講影片，鼓勵同學以熱情迎接人生挑戰
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3PzBkkvvMc
2006 Penn Commencement - Jodie Foster
演講全文
http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v52/n34/commence06-jf.html
You have the privilege of creating meaning in your life so that others might also come to enjoy that privilege. Do not waste it trying to become someone you’re not. Use it to become who you are already.
＊字彙整理
要粉絲，又要隱私，名人的兩難，Jodie Foster的演講讓我們有機會再認識她的卓越，也趁機學習談論公眾人物需要隱私的用語：
金球奬：The Golden Globes Awards
名人：celeb 口語用法(informal)= celebrity（名詞）celebs（複數型）
隱私，不受到大眾的關注：privacy（名詞）
重視個人隱私：value one’s privacy（動詞片語）
發表數項個人表述：make several personal statements（動詞片語）
公眾人物：public figure（名詞）
性取向：sexual orientation（名詞）
八卦：gossip（名詞，不可數）
蹣跚學步的孩子：toddler（名詞）
排除萬難，頂風而上：against all odds（片語）
以卓越出名：celebrated（形容詞）celebrated actress
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