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21st Century Romance 爱在微博时代
发布于2011-2-17 17:30
21st Century Romance 爱在微博时代
Reading 1: Can a Tweet Ever Be a Grand Romantic Gesture? 一条微博信息能否成为一个经典的浪漫之举？
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Picture the scene. It is dark except for the dim yellow candlelight; it is silent except for the scratching of a pen. A young lover pours out his heart in a letter to his loved one, who, days later, tears it open with a beating heart and in the strictest privacy.
The love letter has an important place in our cultural imagination, but does it have a place on social networking sites and microblogs? What is the shape of 21st century courtship?
How tweet: Shane Warne and Liz Hurley
The end of 2010 saw the kindling of a romance between the Australian cricketing star Shane Warne and the British model Elizabeth Hurley on the social networking site Twitter.
Hurley and Warne didn't just update their relationship status. The celebrities exchanged flirtatious messages in public, before Hurley had announced the end of her marriage to Arun Nayar.
So can a tweet ever count as a grand romantic gesture? Judge for yourself, with this recent message from Hurley to Warne about her parrot Ping Pong:
"Baby Ping now says 'Hello Darling' and 'Hello Little Girl'. Sweet!"
But although the pair have flirted openly online, in real life they still enjoy their privacy. Special screens around Warne's home prevented photographers from snapping the couple during Hurley's visit to Australia last week.
Glossary 词汇表 (收听发音, 请单击英语单词)
- dim 昏暗的
- candlelight 烛光
- scratching 划或刮东西的声音
- to pour out one's heart 倾诉衷肠
- loved one 喜爱的人
- social networking sites 社交网站
- microblog 微博
- courtship 求爱期、追求爱人的阶段
- the kindling of a romance 点燃爱情之火
- flirtatious 调情的
- tweet 微博信息
- grand romantic gesture 经典的浪漫之举
- screen 屏风、遮蔽隔板
- snapping 拍摄、拍照片