美国国家公共电台 NPR--Met Gala celebrates fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld, who died in 2019

Met Gala celebrates fashion icon¹ Karl Lagerfeld, who died in 2019

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The annual Met Gala fundraiser takes place Monday night in New York City. This year's theme pays tribute to desiger Karl Lagerfeld, who has a controversial legacy³ in the fashion industry.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

Later today, a red carpet rolls down the steps of the Metropolitan⁴ Museum of Art in New York in preparation for the Met Gala, an event some call the Super Bowl of fashion.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

And this year's theme for the charity fundraiser honors the late designer Karl Lagerfeld.

REBECCA JENNINGS: People think of him as creating what we think of wealth - like, and what wealth looks like on American and European women.

FADEL: Rebecca Jennings is a senior correspondent for Vox. She says Lagerfeld is best known for reviving the luxury brand Chanel.

JENNINGS: From the '80s to the '90s, he modernized⁵ all the classic elements of what Chanel was - the tweed, the quilted bags, the chains, this very black-and-white stark⁶ color scheme - and made it cool to a younger generation.

MART?NEZ: But it would be impossible to talk about Chanel's creative director without mentioning his views about the people who buy and sometimes promote high fashion.

JENNINGS: He said some really awful things. He had a particular hatred⁷ of fat women and curvy women and basically anyone who was not rail thin.

FADEL: Yeah. Apparently⁸, wealth to Lagerfeld is skinny. He has a history of deriding⁹ women as too fat, and he's opposed the fashion industry starting to at least try to be more inclusive, to show women as we actually are - in a range of sizes and shapes.

JENNINGS: He's also been pretty candid¹⁰ about which celebrities¹¹ he approves of and doesn't approve of. He's described Adele as a little too fat and then said he was referring to Lana Del Rey.

MART?NEZ: The German-born designer was also criticized for remarks he made in 2017 about Syrian refugees in Germany.

JENNINGS: He said to a French television show that one cannot, even if there are decades between them, kill millions of Jews so that you can bring millions of their worst enemies in their place.

FADEL: Yikes. And those words - that's why Jennings says she thinks the choice to idolize Lagerfeld at the Met Gala, which she'll be covering, reflects poorly on the industry.

JENNINGS: It is sort of, in its own way, saying that we're still okay with the things that Karl Lagerfeld believed and did and said.

MART?NEZ: The Met red-carpet event begins streaming tonight on social media starting at 6:30 p.m. Eastern. And, Leila, when - and this is going to happen - when they finally get around to inviting¹² me, I have a triple-striped, teal-velour tracksuit that is so red-carpet ready. I mean...

FADEL: Oh, I'm so sure you're going to get invited. And they're...

MART?NEZ: With a MORNING EDITION cap...

FADEL: ...Going to love that track suit.

MART?NEZ: ...And a MORNING EDITION shirt.

FADEL: (Laughter) I don't think so.

MART?NEZ: Break the internet.

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1 icon   

n.偶像，崇拜的对象，画像

参考例句：

• They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
• Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

4 metropolitan   

adj.大城市的，大都会的

参考例句：

• Metropolitan buildings become taller than ever.大城市的建筑变得比以前更高。
• Metropolitan residents are used to fast rhythm.大都市的居民习惯于快节奏。

5 modernized   

使现代化，使适应现代需要( modernize的过去式和过去分词 )； 现代化，使用现代方法

参考例句：

• By 1985 the entire railway network will have been modernized. 等到1985年整个铁路网就实现现代化了。
• He set about rebuilding France, and made it into a brilliant-looking modernized imperialism. 他试图重建法国，使它成为一项表面华丽的现代化帝业。

6 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。

7 hatred   

n.憎恶，憎恨，仇恨

参考例句：

• He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。

8 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

9 deriding   

v.取笑，嘲笑( deride的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The girls are deriding that boy's foolishness. 姑娘们在嘲笑那个男孩的愚笨。 来自互联网

10 candid   

adj.公正的，正直的；坦率的

参考例句：

• I cannot but hope the candid reader will give some allowance for it.我只有希望公正的读者多少包涵一些。
• He is quite candid with his friends.他对朋友相当坦诚。

11 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

12 inviting   

adj.诱人的，引人注目的

参考例句：

• An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
• The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人，使人感到亲切温馨。