外國人最想和你聊的名人話題：麥當娜

　About Madonna　關(guān)于麥當娜

     Madonna is an American recording artist and actress. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983. She followed it with a series of albums in which she found immense popularity by pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream popular music and imagery in her music videos, which became a fixture on MTV. Throughout her career, many of her songs have hit number one on the record charts, including "Like a Virgin", "Papa Don't Preach", "Like a Prayer","Vogue", "Frozen", "Music", "Hung Up", and "4 Minutes". Critics have praised Madonna for her diverse musical productions while at the same time serving as a lightning rod for religious controversy.
     Her career was further enhanced by film appearances that began in 1979, despite mixed commentary. She won critical acclaim and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for her role in Evita (1996), but has received harsh feedback for other film roles. Madonna's other ventures include being a fashion designer, children's book author, film director and producer. She has been acclaimed as a businesswoman, and in 2007, she signed an unprecedented US $120 million contract with Live Nation.
     Madonna has sold more than 300 million records worldwide and is recognized as the world's top-selling female recording artist of all time by the Guinness World Records. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is the best-selling female rock artist of the 20th century and the second top-selling female artist in the United States, behind Barbra Streisand, with 64 million certified albums. In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked Madonna at number two, behind only The Beatles, on the Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists, making her the most successful solo artist in the history of the Billboard chart. She was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the same year. Considered to be one of the "25 Most Powerful Women of the Past Century" by Time for being an influential figure in contemporary music, Madonna is known for continuously reinventing both her music and image, and for retaining a standard of autonomy within the recording industry.
     身為"搖滾女王"，麥當娜給搖滾樂注入了新的活力，全世界無數(shù)次為她瘋狂，直到現(xiàn)在，麥當娜的巨星光芒依然不減，盡管時代在變，一代又一代人，麥當娜證明了她的流行并不是紅極一時，而是超越時間的當紅。麥當娜已在20世紀和新世紀的流行樂史上烙下了深深的印記。
     自1982年發(fā)行第一支單曲之后，麥當娜便展開她全面征服、無人能及的流行霸業(yè)王朝。無論是歌手、音樂制作人、電影制作人、演員、舞者、慈善家、童書作者、女性主義者、母親或是設(shè)計師，她都能以這些不同身份，淋漓盡致地成功展現(xiàn)出令人贊嘆的多元色彩。麥當娜在全球的專輯累積銷量，早已輕松突破兩億大關(guān)成為全球銷量最高女歌手，而每次推出新的音樂作品，也都能同時兼顧商業(yè)市場走向及音樂創(chuàng)新，成為潮流尖端的出色指標。

     I can't stand Madonna!
     我真不能忍受麥當娜！
     Where can I find Madonna's new album?
     我在哪里能找到麥當娜的新專輯？
     Madonna is a mega-star.
     麥當娜是個超級明星。
     At that time Madonna was a 20-year-old dancer.
     麥當娜當時是一個20歲的舞女。
     As her fans point out, that's true Madonna style.
     正如麥當娜的歌迷們說的那樣，這是真正的麥當娜風格。
     Listen, that is Madonna's song. I like it very much.
     聽，這是麥當娜的歌。我特別喜歡這首歌。
     I thought it was great! Madonna is my favorite rock star.
     我認為棒極了！麥當娜是我最喜歡的明星。
     With the release of her eighth album, "Music", last week, Madonna had done it again.
     隨著她的第八張唱片"音樂"在上周的發(fā)行，麥當娜又一次成功了。
     After months of speculation, Madonna has announced her separation from her film-maker husband Guy Ritchie.
     經(jīng)過了數(shù)月的慎重考慮，麥當娜宣布與她的電影制作老公蓋·里奇分道揚鑣。
     Madonna had won a Grammy.
     麥當娜曾獲格萊美獎。
     Madonna adopted a one-year-old Malawian child, whose mother died after childbirth.
     麥當娜收養(yǎng)了一名母親生產(chǎn)之后死去的一歲孤兒。
     US rock Madonna launches of her first children's book.
     美國歌壇天后麥當娜出版了她的第一本兒童讀物。
     The stage of Madonna show in the French city of Marseille is cancelled after a deadly stage collapse.
     麥當娜在馬賽站的演唱會因舞臺在搭建過程中坍塌而取消。
     Madonna performed a sell-out global tour this year.
     麥當娜今年舉行了一次環(huán)球巡演。
     They're talking about banning cigarette smoking now in any place that's used by ten or more people in a week, which, I guess, means that Madonna can't even smoke in bed.
     他們現(xiàn)在在任何地方都在談?wù)摻麩?，?yīng)該被用于一周之內(nèi)的十個或更多的人，我猜，那就是說，麥當娜甚至不能在床上抽煙。
     The taxis travel to the rhythms of Madonna.
     出租車司機伴著麥當娜的節(jié)奏開車。
     Madonna fell off a horse on the weekend at Long Island.
     麥當娜周末在紐約長島騎馬時從馬身上摔下。
     German prosecutors will be keeping a close eye on Madonna's show there this weekend.
     德國檢察官將密切注視麥當娜這個周末的演出。
     They hope to halt Madonna's adoption of a 13-year old baby boy for the moment.
     他們希望叫停麥當娜收養(yǎng)13歲男孩一事。

     Mike: Listen, that's Madonna's song.
     麥克：你聽，那是麥當娜的歌。
     Daisy: Yes, it's the famous song Like a virgin.
     黛西：那是她著名的歌《Like a virgin》。
     Mike: I really like this song, it's very brisk.
     麥克：我非常喜歡這首歌，它很輕快。
     Daisy: I remember Britney perform this song in a ceremony with Madonna.
     黛西：我記得有一次布蘭妮和麥當娜在一次典禮上一起演唱了這首歌。
     Mike: I saw that video too.
     麥克：我也看過這個視頻。
     Daisy: Britney and Madonna are not very popular now.
     黛西：布蘭妮和麥當娜現(xiàn)在都不是很紅了。
     Mike: Yes, the musical world changes fast.
     麥克：是的，音樂界變化很快。
     Daisy: But I will always love Madonna's songs.
     黛西：但我會永遠喜歡麥當娜的歌。
     Mike: Her song is very revolutionary.
     麥克：她的歌非常有開拓性。
     Daisy: I remember I heard you sang Don't cry for me Argentina in a competition.
     黛西：我記得你在一次比賽中唱了《阿根廷別為我哭泣》。
     Mike: Don't mention it, my performance was awful.
     麥克：別提了，我的表現(xiàn)很差勁。
     Daisy: I like it.
     黛西：我覺得很不錯。
     Mike: I feel like singing now, do you want to go the KTV?
     麥克：我現(xiàn)在很想唱歌，你想去KTV嗎？
     Daisy: Ok, let's go.
     黛西：好啊，我們走吧。