人物:奥利维亚·牛顿-约翰：关于我健康的真相(1)

Olivia Newton-John The Truth About My Health

奥利维亚·牛顿-约翰：关于我健康的真相

The singer and Grease star reveals the recent health scare that fueled death rumors² — and how she's really handling stage 4 breast cancer

这位歌手兼《油脂》里的演员揭露了最近引发死亡谣言的健康恐慌——以及她是如何真正面对第四阶段乳腺癌的

Olivia Newton-John just learned how to Skype. Seated in her home office wearing a comfy-looking shawl and large reading glasses on Feb. 21, she peers questioningly into the computer screen for her People video interview, only to erupt with Sandy-like joy.

奥利维亚·牛顿-约翰刚刚学会了Skype。2月21日，她坐在家里的办公室里，披着一条看上去很舒服的披肩，戴着一副大大的老花镜。她带着质疑的目光盯着电脑屏幕，准备接受《人物》(People)的视频采访，结果却像桑迪一样爆发出喜悦。

"It's working! There you are," she says as she settles in with the new technology. The next step is a bit trickier³: opening up about her life now.

“这是工作！你来了，”她边说边适应了这项新技术。下一步就有点棘手了：公开她现在的生活。

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It's the first time Newton-John has fully⁴ addressed the state of her health after multiple tabloid⁵ reports in January all but had her at death's door, claiming that the beloved Grease star and "Physical" singer, 70, had nearly (or fully) succumbed⁶ to the stage 4 breast cancer that is an ongoing⁷ fact of her life.

一月，各家小报的报道把她逼到了死亡的边缘，这些报道声称这位深受喜爱的《油脂》里的演员和《Physical》演唱者，现年70岁，几乎(或完全)死于第四阶段乳腺癌，她确实一直有这种病。这是自那以来牛顿-约翰第一次全面介绍她的健康状况。

"Those things are so stupid. Why not just go, 'Here I am, and I'm fine!'" she says of immediately taking to social media with a smiley video denial.

“那些东西太愚蠢了。为什么不直接说，我在这，我很好!’”她说自己立即在社交媒体上发布了一个笑脸视频辟谣。

"We just nipped it in the bud." She's certainly not saying her farewells, but Newton-John admits that the last few months have been challenging.

“我们只是把它扼杀在萌芽状态。”她当然没有说再见，但牛顿-约翰承认，过去几个月一直充满挑战。

Nearly two years after learning her breast cancer had returned for a third time—she was first diagnosed in 1992 and secretly overcame a bout¹ in 2013— Newton-John reveals that she's spent the last six months recovering from a fractured pelvis, a side effect of the weakening of her bones due to cancer, which this time has spread to her sacrum.

大约两年前她的乳腺癌第三次复发，她在1992年首次确诊，2003年秘密康复，牛顿-约翰称她过去六个月骨盆骨折痊愈，这是癌症导致的骨骼变弱的副作用，这次已蔓延至骶骨。

The star goes into detail about the latest ordeal⁸ and a lifetime full of other ups and downs in the American version of her new memoir⁹ Don't Stop Believin'.

在她的新回忆录《一直相信》的美国版中，这位明星详细描述了最近的磨难以及她一生中其他起起落落的经历。

The title, she says, fits perfectly¹⁰. "I always felt empowered when I sang it," says Newton-John of her 1976 song (not to be confused with Journey's anthem).

她说，这个标题非常合适。“当我唱这首歌的时候，我总是觉得很有力量，”牛顿-约翰在谈到她1976年的那首歌(不要和《Journey》的主题曲混淆)时说。

The song's message particularly resonates, she says. "You'll get by and bad days will hurry by—what could be more perfect?"

她说，这首歌传达的信息特别能引起共鸣。“你会熬过去，糟糕的日子会过得很快——还有什么比这更完美的呢?”

The Australian native had this strong brand of optimism long before she and John Travolta danced and sang themselves into household names back in 1978.

早在1978年她和约翰·特拉沃尔塔(John Travolta)载歌载舞、家喻户晓之前，这位澳大利亚人就有这种强烈的乐观情绪。

Dubbed¹¹ Pollyanna by her older sister Rona growing up, Newton-John hasn't changed much.

在成长过程中，纽顿-约翰被姐姐罗娜称为波莉安娜，她并没有多大改变。

Rather than dwell on the valleys of her life—like the mysterious disappearance¹² of boyfriend Patrick McDermott in 2005 or the heartbreaking loss of Rona to brain cancer in 2013—she counts her blessings¹³, such as husband of 11 years John Easterling, daughter Chloe Lattanzi, 33, and her wildly successful movie and music career.

她没有在人生低谷一蹶不振——比如男友帕特里克·麦克德莫特在2005年神秘失踪，或在2013年罗娜死于脑癌，她有她的福报，比如11年的丈夫约翰·伊斯特林， 33岁的女儿克洛伊·朗丹泽，她非常成功的电影和音乐事业。

1 bout   

n.侵袭，发作；一次(阵，回)；拳击等比赛

参考例句：

• I was suffering with a bout of nerves.我感到一阵紧张。
• That bout of pneumonia enfeebled her.那次肺炎的发作使她虚弱了。

2 rumors   

n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 trickier   

adj.狡猾的( tricky的比较级 )；（形势、工作等）复杂的；机警的；微妙的

参考例句：

• This is the general rule, but some cases are trickier than others. 以上是一般规则，但某些案例会比别的案例更为棘手。 来自互联网
• The lower the numbers go, the trickier the problems get. 武器的数量越低，问题就越复杂。 来自互联网

4 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

5 tabloid   

adj.轰动性的，庸俗的；n.小报，文摘

参考例句：

• He launched into a verbal assault on tabloid journalism.他口头对小报新闻进行了抨击。
• He believes that the tabloid press has behaved disgracefully.他认为小报媒体的行为不太光彩。

6 succumbed   

不再抵抗（诱惑、疾病、攻击等）( succumb的过去式和过去分词 )； 屈从； 被压垮； 死

参考例句：

• The town succumbed after a short siege. 该城被围困不久即告失守。
• After an artillery bombardment lasting several days the town finally succumbed. 在持续炮轰数日后，该城终于屈服了。

7 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

8 ordeal   

n.苦难经历，（尤指对品格、耐力的）严峻考验

参考例句：

• She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
• Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。

9 memoir   

n.[pl.]回忆录，自传；记事录

参考例句：

• He has just published a memoir in honour of his captain.他刚刚出了一本传记来纪念他的队长。
• In her memoir,the actress wrote about the bittersweet memories of her first love.在那个女演员的自传中，她写到了自己苦乐掺半的初恋。

10 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

11 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 disappearance   

n.消失，消散，失踪

参考例句：

• He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
• Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

13 blessings   

n.（上帝的）祝福( blessing的名词复数 )；好事；福分；因祸得福

参考例句：

• Afflictions are sometimes blessings in disguise. 塞翁失马，焉知非福。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We don't rely on blessings from Heaven. 我们不靠老天保佑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》