托福阅读背景之“安妮·海瑟薇综合症”

 　When you work hard, when that work is awarded, when your body and beauty match societal standards, when you check every box, and still everyone tells you you're doing it wrong, that's Anne Hathaway Syndrome¹.

　　当你辛勤工作，当你付出的努力获得了认可，当你的身材和美貌已符合大众标准，当你做到十全十美时，每个人却都告诉你，你的所作所为都是错的，这就是安妮·海瑟薇综合症。

　　对于完美如她却如此招恨的原因，各界众说纷纭：

　　Hathaway could simply be a victim of what the British call "tall poppy syndrome" — the bloom that pokes² above the others is the first to get cut, according to The New York Times.

　　据《纽约时报》分析，海瑟薇可能只是英国人所说的“高罂粟花综合征”的受害者——长得最高的花是第一个被摘掉的。

　　"We love authenticity³, that's why we have a billion reality shows," said Neal Gabler, an author of several best-selling books on Hollywood culture and history. "And here comes Anne Hathaway. Everything she does seems managed, calculated or rehearsed. Her inauthenticity - or the feeling of her inauthenticity - is now viral."

　　写过好几部关于好莱坞文化历史畅销书的尼尔·加布勒表示：“我们都热爱真实，这就是为什么我们有那么多的真人秀。而现在来说说安妮·海瑟薇，她做的每件事似乎都是精心策划、经过计算或事先排练过的。她的不真实——或者说她给人的不真实的感觉——是如今的大忌。

　　No one, it should be noted⁴, accuses her of doing anything wrong. Rather, Hathaway seems to have become a mirror for our own inadequacies, said Sarah Nicole Prickett, a writer for Vice⁵ and The New Inquiry⁶, a culture and commentary site. "It's not really Anne Hathaway I 'hate,'" she said. "It's all the lesser⁷, real-life Anne Hathaways I have known — princessy, theater-schooled girls who have no game and no sex appeal and eat raisins⁸ for dessert."

　　Vice网站和文化与评论网站The New Inquiry的撰稿人莎拉·妮科尔·普里克特称，必须指出的是，没人认为她做错了什么。相反，海瑟薇似乎成了一面照亮我们不足的镜子。“其实我‘讨厌’的不是安妮·海瑟薇，而是我认识的所有那些不那么优秀的、更真实的安妮·海瑟薇——那些上过戏剧学校的、公主般的女孩，她们没有心计，不性感，把葡萄干当甜点。”

　　"Why Do Women Hate Anne Hathaway (But Love Jennifer Lawrence)?" Ann Friedman asked on New York magazine's fashion and women's issues blog, The Cut. "We simply don't find successful 'perfect' women all that likable," she wrote, adding that women prefer sassy best-friend types like Jennifer Lawrence, with her Oscar-night podium stumbles and self-effacing jokes about Spanx and cheese steaks.

　　“为什么女人讨厌安妮·海瑟薇却喜爱詹妮弗·劳伦斯呢?”安·弗里德曼在《纽约》杂志关于时尚和女性话题的博客The Cut中这样问道。“我们只是觉得成功、‘完美’的女人不那么可爱，”她写道。她又补充说，女人更喜欢活泼的、闺蜜型的女人，比如詹妮弗·劳伦斯，她在奥斯卡领奖台上摔倒以及关于塑身裤和奶酪牛排的谦逊笑话都显得那么可爱。

1 syndrome   

n.综合病症；并存特性

参考例句：

• The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
• Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。

2 pokes   

v.伸出( poke的第三人称单数 )；戳出；拨弄；与（某人）性交

参考例句：

• He pokes his nose into everything. 他这人好管闲事。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Only the tip of an iceberg pokes up above water. 只有冰山的尖端突出于水面。 来自辞典例句

3 authenticity   

n.真实性

参考例句：

• There has been some debate over the authenticity of his will. 对于他的遗嘱的真实性一直有争论。
• The museum is seeking an expert opinion on the authenticity of the painting. 博物馆在请专家鉴定那幅画的真伪。

4 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

5 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

6 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

7 lesser   

adj.次要的，较小的；adv.较小地，较少地

参考例句：

• Kept some of the lesser players out.不让那些次要的球员参加联赛。
• She has also been affected,but to a lesser degree.她也受到波及，但程度较轻。

8 raisins   

n.葡萄干( raisin的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• These raisins come from Xinjiang,they taste delicious. 这些葡萄干产自新疆，味道很甜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Mother put some raisins in the cake. 母亲在糕饼中放了一些葡萄干。 来自辞典例句