雙語脫口秀《老外來了》:外媒報(bào)道吳亦凡，都“漏”了一個(gè)英文詞！

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今天，我們用英語聊一聊吳亦凡，以及what is going on with him（發(fā)生在他身上的事）.

That indeed is a controversial topic now.這確實(shí)是一個(gè)有爭(zhēng)議的話題。

*a controversial topic: 有爭(zhēng)議的話題

controversy /?kɑ?ntr?v??rsi/是名詞，爭(zhēng)議。比如引發(fā)了大量的爭(zhēng)議，可以說： lead to numerous controversies

controversial /?kɑ?ntr??v??r?l/ 形容詞，有爭(zhēng)議的

一.Who is Wu Yifan？吳亦凡是誰？

a Chinese Canadian actor, singer, record producer（音樂制作人）, rapper（說唱歌手）, and model

*Chinese Canadian加拿大籍華人

*ABC ( America born Chinese / American Chinese ) 美籍華人

a former member of South Korean Chinese boy band EXO and its subgroup EXO-M

*former member 前成員

*subgroup 子群，子隊(duì) （sub是一個(gè)前綴，表示附屬的，在……之下）

has starred in several No. 1 box office hits like Mr. Six, Journey to the west

*star in 主演（star v. 擔(dān)任主角）

*No. 1 box office hits 票房冠軍

*Mr. Six《老炮兒》

*Journey to the West《西游記》

二.What happened to Wu Yifan? 發(fā)生什么事了？

He was detained by Beijing police on rape allegations on 31 July 2021.

*be detained被拘留（detain /d??te?n/ v. 拘留）

*allegation /??l??ɡe??n/ n. 指控

And officially detained on 16 August , 2021, when Procuratorate of Chaoyang District of Beijing approved his arrest on suspicion of rape. 8月16日，吳亦凡正式被捕。

*procuratorate /?pr?kj??re?t?r?t/n. 檢察院

*approve /??pru:v/ v.批準(zhǔn)，通過

*arrest /??rest/ n. 逮捕

*on suspicion of... 涉嫌……（suspicion /s??sp??n/ n. 嫌疑）

What exactly happened?具體怎么回事？

一個(gè)叫都美竹的大學(xué)生posted allegations online on 8 July. Essentially accusing Kris Wu of a pattern of sexual assault，包括多名女性，some underage。

*post allegations發(fā)起指控

post 在網(wǎng)上發(fā)表……，比如“發(fā)朋友圈”：post on the moments online

*assault /??s?:lt/ 侵犯

*harassment /h??r?sm?nt/ 騷擾

*underage未成年的

三.How did the English newspapers reported？吳亦凡事件，英文報(bào)紙?jiān)趺磮?bào)道？

USA TODAY《今日美國(guó)》：Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu arrested on suspicion of rape

The Guardian《衛(wèi)報(bào)》：Pop star Kris Wu arrested in Beijing on suspicion of rape

South China Morning Post《南華早報(bào)》：Singer Kris Wu charged with rape in China

按照英語語法，“被批捕”“被控”應(yīng)該有be動(dòng)詞來表示被動(dòng)，比如，“Kris Wu was arrested.”但英文標(biāo)題中，be動(dòng)詞都省略了，這是為什么呢？

1.新聞標(biāo)題必須brief with key words（短小精悍），這樣才能catch the readers’ attention（吸引讀者的注意），and more people want to read it.

2.在紙媒時(shí)代，版面寸土寸金。

所以，新聞標(biāo)題里，很多冠詞、系動(dòng)詞等常常被省略（left out），這是新聞標(biāo)題的一種特色。