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Ahead Of Revival¹, 'Gilmore Girls' Fans Descend² On The 'Real' Stars Hollow

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The fictional⁴ town of Stars Hollow is the backdrop for the "Gilmore Girls" TV show. Stars Hollow is based on a real town called Washington, Conn. This weekend, some fans are making a pilgrimage to Washington, Conn., to celebrate the show's return to screens later this year. Davis Dunavin of member station WSHU reports.

DAVIS DUNAVIN: In case you haven't seen it yet, "Gilmore Girls" is about a mother and a daughter in a New England town full of eccentric characters.

(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "GILMORE GIRLS")

LAUREN GRAHAM: (As Lorelai) Hi, everyone. Welcome to the Dragonfly Inn.

LIZ TORRES: (As Miss Patty) Oh, will you look at this place.

SALLY STRUTHERS: (As Babette) It's a paradise. Oh, Lorelai, the babies that are going to be conceived on this property.

DUNAVIN: That inn was inspired by Washington's Mayflower Grace Inn. Manager Monica Neumann says the show's creator, Amy Sherman-Palladino, hatched the idea during a weekend stay.

MONICA NEUMANN: She was really just captivated by the feel of the inn and the town of Washington, which is very much a small country town.

DUNAVIN: There's a locally owned grocery store and a diner in Washington, too, just like in the show. Neumann says it's a close-knit town where people see their neighbors on the street everyday.

NEUMANN: It is a little bit of a step back in time. But that - it refreshes and revives you and restores your faith in the community.

DUNAVIN: But Stars Hollow has a level of quirk⁶ that maybe no real town can match. There's a wandering town troubadour with a guitar. A second troubadour shows up to challenge him, so he takes up the dispute at a town meeting.

(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "GILMORE GIRLS")

GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS: (As Grant) And there's no room for a second troubadour in Stars Hollow.

TED⁵ ROONEY: (As Morey) Clearly.

MICHAEL WINTERS: (As Taylor) This is, hands down, the silliest thing I have ever heard.

PHILLIPS: (As Grant) All I'm asking is that the town troubadour laws be enforced.

WINTERS: (As Taylor) There are no town troubadour laws.

DUNAVIN: Mark Lyon is Washington's first selectman. He says he didn't know anything about "Gilmore Girls" - not even its connection to Washington, Conn. - until he got a call from someone who wanted to organize a three-day festival for fans.

MARK LYON: I'll admit that I have watched six episodes now. And while I don't recognize myself, or anybody in particular, it portrays⁷ Stars Hollow as a caring community where people know each other. And we have some idiosyncrasies, all of us do.

DUNAVIN: Lyon says not everybody's happy about all the attention from outsiders. People here value their privacy. But he thinks the hubbub⁸ will quiet down, and things will go back to how they've pretty much always been.

LYON: The Land of Steady Habits can be pretty well-defined by Washington. I don't see any big, dramatic changes. I mean, the town will continue on.

DUNAVIN: But this weekend, the town's offering fans some familiar sights from the fictional Stars Hollow, including, of course, a town troubadour.

For NPR News, I'm Davis Dunavin in Connecticut.

1 revival   

n.复兴，复苏，（精力、活力等的）重振

参考例句：

• The period saw a great revival in the wine trade.这一时期葡萄酒业出现了很大的复苏。
• He claimed the housing market was showing signs of a revival.他指出房地产市场正出现复苏的迹象。

2 descend   

vt./vi.传下来，下来，下降

参考例句：

• I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。
• We're not going to descend to such methods.我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。

3 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

4 fictional   

adj.小说的，虚构的

参考例句：

• The names of the shops are entirely fictional.那些商店的名字完全是虚构的。
• The two authors represent the opposite poles of fictional genius.这两位作者代表了天才小说家两个极端。

5 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

6 quirk   

n.奇事，巧合；古怪的举动

参考例句：

• He had a strange quirk of addressing his wife as Mrs Smith.他很怪，把自己的妻子称作史密斯夫人。
• The most annoying quirk of his is wearing a cap all the time.他最令人感到厌恶的怪癖就是无论何时都戴著帽子。

7 portrays   

v.画像( portray的第三人称单数 )；描述；描绘；描画

参考例句：

• The museum collection vividly portrays the heritage of 200 years of canals. 博物馆的藏品让运河200 年的历史再现眼前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The film portrays Gandhi as a kind of superman. 这部电影把甘地描绘成一个超人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 hubbub   

n.嘈杂；骚乱

参考例句：

• The hubbub of voices drowned out the host's voice.嘈杂的声音淹没了主人的声音。
• He concentrated on the work in hand,and the hubbub outside the room simply flowed over him.他埋头于手头的工作，室外的吵闹声他简直象没有听见一般。