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章子怡的魅力

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ID: 0610 Advanced
你知道章子怡是谁吗？你喜欢章子怡吗？你觉得她长得漂亮吗？你觉得她是中国最漂亮的女人吗？喜欢或不喜欢章子怡的人都很多，在你心目中她是怎样的一个人呢？
Thu Aug 16 2007 | Jenny , 肖霞
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
平步青云 píngbùqīngyún to have a rapid rise
拆台 chāitái to undercut
出道 chūdào to make one's public debut
土包子 tǔbāozi country bumpkin
章子怡真是越来越漂亮了！瞧，这气质......。
Zhāng Zǐyí zhēnshì yuèláiyuè piàoliang le ！qiáo ，zhè qìzhì ......。
Zhang Ziyi really gets more beautiful all the time. Look, what a temperament...
啊？你是什么眼光？她也算漂亮？我看就是一个再普通不过的北京小姑娘了。只不过是运气好，遇上了贵人，才平步青云，一路爬到了好莱坞，捡了个头号中国女星的封号。哎，运气来了，挡都挡不住啊！
ǎ ？nǐ shì shénme yǎnguāng ？tā yě suàn piàoliang ？wǒ kàn jiùshì yī ge zài pǔtōng bùguò de Běijīng xiǎogūniang le 。zhǐ bùguò shì yùnqi hǎo ，yùshàng le guìrén ，cái píngbùqīngyún ，yīlù pádào le Hǎoláiwù ，jiǎn le ge tóuhào Zhōngguó nǚxīng de fēnghào 。āi ，yùnqi lái le ，dǎng dōu dǎngbuzhù a ！
Huh? What are you talking about? You call her beautiful? I think she's an extremely ordinary Beijing girl. It's just that she's had good luck. She bumped into the right high-level people. That's the only reason she had such a meteoric rise. On the way, she went to Hollywood and got a lucky number as the first Chinese star there. When you get that lucky, there's no stopping you.
你这是什么心态？我们自己人在外发展得好，应该为她高兴才对。你怎么还拆人家的台呢？我觉得子怡挺好的。长相清秀，刚出道时像个邻家小女孩儿。这几年见了世面，就越发有韵味了。
nǐ zhè shì shénme xīntài ？wǒmen zìjǐrén zàiwài fāzhǎn de hǎo ，yīnggāi wèi tā gāoxìng cái duì 。nǐ zěnme hái chāi rénjiā de tái ne ？wǒ juéde Zǐyí tǐng hǎo de 。zhǎngxiàng qīngxiù ，gāng chūdào shí xiàng ge línjiā xiǎonǚháir5 。zhèjǐnián jiàn le shìmiàn ，jiù yuèfā yǒu yùnwèi le 。
What in the world do you mean? One of our own got far in the outside world. We should be happy for her. Why are you raining on her parade? I think Ziyi is great. She looks clean and fresh. When she first got started she looked like the-girl-next-door. In the last few years she's gotten to see the world, and so she gets more charming all the time.
所以说你的品味有问题嘛。说得好听点是邻家小女孩儿，其实就一土包子。中国比她漂亮的女孩儿一抓就是一大把。她要脸蛋没脸蛋，要身材没身材。面黄肌瘦，简直就是营养不良。扔在人群里绝对没人注意。只是到了好莱坞，物以稀为贵，才被捧上了天，觉得她是沉鱼落雁的东方美人。
suǒyǐ shuō nǐ de pǐnwèi yǒuwèntí ma 。shuō de hǎotīng diǎn shì línjiā xiǎonǚháir5 ，qíshí jiù yī tǔbāozi 。Zhōngguó bǐ tā piàoliang de nǚháir5 yī zhuā jiùshì yīdàbǎ 。tā yào liǎndàn méi liǎndàn ，yào shēncái méi shēncái 。miànhuángjīshòu ，jiǎnzhí jiùshì yíngyǎng bùliáng 。rēng zài rénqún lǐ juéduì méirén zhùyì 。zhǐshì dào le Hǎoláiwù ，wùyǐxīwéiguì ，cái bèi pěngshàng le tiān ，juéde tā shì chényúluòyàn de dōngfāng měirén 。
So that's why I say there's something wrong with your taste. To put a nice gloss on it, she's the-girl-next-door. Actually, she's a country bumpkin. In China, prettier girls than her are a dime a dozen. Her face is nothing great, and neither is her figure. Her face is yellow and there's no meat on her bones. She's just not getting enough nutrition. If you had her stand in a crowd, no one would pay attention to her. It's just that when she got to Hollywood, rare things are more valuable, and she was put on a pedestal. They thought she was an unspeakably beautiful Eastern lady.
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