雙語脫口秀《老外來了》:外媒報道吳亦凡，都“漏”了一個英文詞！

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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.這確實是一個有爭議的話題。

*a controversial topic: 有爭議的話題

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

controversial /?kɑ?ntr??v??r?l/ 形容詞，有爭議的

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 （sub是一個前綴，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，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？

一個叫都美竹的大學生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，英文報紙怎么報道？

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

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

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

按照英語語法，“被批捕”“被控”應該有be動詞來表示被動，比如，“Kris Wu was arrested.”但英文標題中，be動詞都省略了，這是為什么呢？

1.新聞標題必須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.在紙媒時代，版面寸土寸金。

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