Musician 3: I think it’s determination and 3)naked ambition. You know, she has a drive and she stays focused until she achieves it. Whether it’s 4)commercially successful or not, you know, she will see it through if it’s her 5)vision.
Fan 1: I like the way she acts because I think all women should be able to act like they want, without been 6)run down by men at all.
Fan 2: Like Marilyn Monroe again, except a much harder Marilyn Monroe.
Maripol (Stylist): What would be more perfect than to have a girl called, Madonna, coming to me to get some my design and having her wear the crosses on her ears and her heart, around her neck and peace sign? Because there was an element of a little political messages to my drawing. I had tons of letters from these young kids. They would call me “Madonna jewelry designer” and if anything, I was like “excuse me, I am not Madonna’s exclusive jewelry designer.” But they were so naive, kids from all over the world would send me letter “I want this cross,” ”I want this,” and the cross was a symbol of rebellion, the fact that you put it in your ears. But it was also perfect. She is Madonna and she wears crosses. All of a sudden she didn’t need all that and out of the window. So that did hurt me because a department store, right when my merchandising line was ready to go into the stores, was...caput this never went nowhere.
And every time Madonna makes another image change, her fans have to play catch up with their hard earned cash. Patrick, Thomas, Jennifer, and Jonathan have 7)collectively spent $20,000 on Madonna merchandise.
Journalist: You’re all loyal fans, does Madonna love you enough because she is fleecing you at the same time she is taking all your money, do you feel bad about that?
Jonathan: I don’t feel like she is fleecing us. She’s been a contribution to our lives as far as bringing different points of view, and different artistry and music into our lives and I think that’s a blessing, if anything.
Thomas: I feel that she gives us really all that she can, I mean, she is always making more albums for us to listen to, more and more videos.
Journalist: Albums to buy as well. You’re not just getting them for free, are you?
Jennifer: We used to do performances at a club out in Long Island. And it was a matter of time before we had a bunch of young girls dressing like her. We had to kind of push it along a little bit, you know, “$20 here,” “$30 here,” “why don’t you go get a dress like that?” “why don’t you...” You know, we started it just like Brian Epstein paid people to scream for the Beatles, I mean, we began to get a following and to have girls 8)emulate her.
Patrick: Any artist is taking their likeness and putting it on a T-shirt, or on a cap and selling it. She doesn’t get all the money, she gets a small percentage of it but there is nothing wrong in that.
Jonathan: I don’t think her whole motivation is being rich, I think it’s just a by-product of what she has become. I think what it is, is that she enjoys performing. When somebody enjoys what they do, they are gonna excel, they are gonna succeed, they are gonna do stuff, they are going to reach that plateau. That’s the way I see it, so everything else is just a part of life.
Camille (Madonna’s first manager): Right before the final break up, she came to me and said that “You’re a bitch and I am a bitch, however, we do work very well together, let’s try and make this work out.” In 9)hindsight I know I should have said “sure, yeah”, you know that was it, but I discovered her, I developed her and I basically wanted to manage her.
Burt (Madonna’s second manager): I never spoke to her since July 1996. Never spoke to her. I got a call from her secretary. And her secretary told me, “Burt, I have to tell you bad news. ”Oh,” I said, “Can I talk to her?” So she said, “Well, you know Madonna, she doesn’t like to talk about these things.” Which is the truth. She doesn’t like to say goodbyes.
Vinne (Madonna’s friend): You see, if you are not pulling your weight, you are out. Gone. That’s not a control 10)freak, that’s just a sensible person. Someone who has got their marbles in the right places. Because she is up there and done so well, she doesn’t want to risk, ever, slipping down a little bit, that’s why she works so hard, you know?
百面麦当娜
音乐人1∶我觉得她就像只变色龙。她特别善于吸收周围的灵感，把那变成自己的东西，从中学习，然后应用到自己的事业上，使事业更上台阶。
音乐人2∶有时候在事业上，你需要借助各方面的影响力来更上一层楼。我认为她能够聪明地知道自己想做什么，要走哪些步骤，要结交什么样的人，人们各有所长，她向人们学习。能用则用。
音乐人3∶我认为，她的成功靠的是决心，还有毫不掩饰的雄心壮志。她勇往直前，会全身心投入直至成功为止。无论有没有赚到钱，只要是她看准了的，她都会坚持到底。
歌迷1∶我喜欢她的行为方式，因为我认为女性就应该想做什么就做什么，巾帼不让须眉。
歌迷2∶她很像玛丽莲·梦露，但是个更强硬的玛丽莲·梦露。
玛丽普（设计师）∶麦当娜来找我做设计，她在耳朵上戴起十字架，胸前别着十字架，颈链上也挂着和平标志--这真是再好不过了。我的作品表达了少许的政治色彩。我收到青少年源源不断的来信。他们称我是麦当娜的珠宝设计师什么的，而我就说“对不起，我可不是麦当娜的专人设计师。”但他们天真极了，还是从世界各地寄信给我说“我要这个十字架”，“我要这个”，事实上十字架当耳环戴就成为了一种反叛标志。买卖太好了。麦当娜戴着十字架耳环。可是接着她突然之间又不戴了，全副扔掉。这对我的打击太大了，因为那时候我的产品销售计划刚要打进百货商店，结果货物无处可销。
随着麦当娜每次变换形象，她的歌迷们挥洒血汗钱也要追随她的潮流。帕屈克、托马斯、詹妮弗、乔纳森通共花在麦当娜商品上的钱高达两万美元。
记者∶你们果然是铁杆歌迷，麦当娜有那么爱你们吗，她可从你们身上榨了不少呢，你们是不是感觉很糟？
乔纳森∶我没有觉得她在榨我们。她对我们的生活有利无弊，她带来另一种观念，给我们带来不同的艺术与音乐，我觉得那怎么说也是件好事。
托马斯∶我认为她在尽力为我们做贡献，我是说，她总是制作更多的专辑给我们听，制作更多的录像带。
记者∶唱片专辑可是要买的。但你不可能不掏钱就买到这些，对吧？
詹妮弗∶我们曾经在长岛的一家俱乐部做表演。没过多久就看见有好些打扮像她的女孩子。我们会搞点小推销：“这件卖20美元。”“那件卖30美元。”“你怎么不买件那款裙子？”“你怎么不买……”一开始我们就像布莱恩花钱请人为甲壳虫乐队尖叫一样，我们让女孩子去追随、模仿麦当娜。
帕屈克∶艺术家的肖像印在T恤衫和帽子上出售。不是所有的钱都归她，她只拿了很少一部分，那并没有什么不妥。
乔纳森∶我认为她的动机不是赚大钱，那只是她成名后的一个附带结果。我认为她是真的热爱表演。当一个人做到享受自己所做的事情时，他们就一定会出人头地，就一定会迈向成功，就能有所为，能成大业。所以我的看法是，这一切都是为了生活。
卡米尔（麦当娜的第一任经纪人）∶就在我们闹翻前，她来找我说∶“你是泼妇，我也是泼妇，不过我们在一起工作得还很愉快，让我们想个法子解决好问题。”现在想想当时真应该说∶“好的，对”，可事情已经弄成这样了，而且是我发现了她，是我栽培了她，所以我当然想当她的经纪人。
巴特（麦当娜的第二任经纪人）∶打从1996年7月以后我就没和她说过一句话。没说过一句。我接到她秘书的电话。她的秘书跟我说：“巴特，我有个坏消息告诉你。”我说：“哦，我跟她谈谈行吗？”秘书说：“你是了解麦当娜的，她不喜欢谈这些事。”这话是真的。她不喜欢和人道别。
维尼（麦当娜的朋友）∶表现不好的话就会给淘汰。她并不是事事要管，而是明智行事。一个人就该在适当的时候铁面无情。因为她高高在上，那么出类拔萃，她一点儿也不想冒风险退步，所以她才那么勤奋地工作，你明白了吗？
注释:
1) chameleon n. 变色龙
2) phase n. 阶段
3) naked a. 无掩饰的，无证据的
4) commercially adv. 商业上地
5) vision n. 眼力
6) run down 压制
7) collectively adv. 全体地，共同地
8) emulate v. 欲赶上或超过
9) hindsight n. 后见之明
10) freak n. 怪人
★★《2003年07月号-第41期-Disc01-09》★★
Summer Travel Tips
First, the best beach - Maui. Even the name is 1)soothing.
Maui is Hawaii's hottest island. Traditionally, one of the most popular places to go. Whether you're a beach nut or ya love going through the 2)jungles, because they have great rain forests. The beautiful Haleakula volcano, 10,000 feet high, it's a visually 3)stunning place to visit.
T&L recommends several Maui hotels including the Hotel Hana-maui, which is generally about $295 a night, and the Kapalua Bay Hotel for $360 a night.
If you want to hit the links, there's Travel and Leisure's pick for best golf 4)getaway, the Grand Cypress in Orlando, Florida.
The courses are great - 45 holes - they're Jack Nicklaus-designed, always in 5)superb shape. The staff is incredible, and the weather's always good.
Green fees are $175, but that includes a golf cart with GPS and they'll even clean your 6)clubs.
If your sporting 7)appetite is for something a little more dramatic, there's T&L's Best Adventure Getaway, New Zealand.
In New Zealand, adventure is king. I'll tell you this, the 8)Kiwi's are absolute adventure nuts. They'll try anything. In fact, they're going out of their way to invent new adventure sports in New Zealand.
It’s a long flight - 9)roughly 12 hours -- from the US, but the adventure menu is 10)unparalleled. Try a 11)helicopter ride starting at fifty-two US dollars for 10 minutes.
Unless you’d rather be skiing, in which case there’s the best ski 12)resort, Whistler-Blackcomb, in Canada’s British Columbia. Lift tickets here are 43 US dollars.
The mountains are just fantastic, wonderful restaurants, wonderful nightlife, and a great family atmosphere as well.
Looking for a good deal? Try the best bargain getaway -- Las Vegas.
There’s so many hotels in Las Vegas right now, vying for your dollars, that they are battling for customers. The way they’re battling is by lowering the prices.
Prices like $75 a night at Bally’s, Luxor for $69 a night, and Circus Circus for as low as 34 13)bucks a night.
Maybe you’re looking for something more family oriented. T&L’s pick for best family getaway is the US Virgin Islands. Whether it’s St. Crois, St. Thomas or St. John, the Virgin Islands offer a wide array of great beaches, water sports, hiking and nightlife. Prices run the 14)gamut. There’s the Ritz-Carlton St. Thomas for $550 a night; or for a more natural setting, try the Concordia Eco-tents on St. John for $130 a night.
But if it’s the ultimate you 15)crave, The best Fantasy Getaway is Bora Bora in French Polynesia.
Bora Bora is a tall, high green mountain surrounded by a ring of small 16)islets called Motus. It is right in the middle of a dark blue 17)lagoon that just is going to be heart-stopping once you see it.
Bora Bora’s not cheap. The Bora Bora Nooee Resort and 18)Spa runs $505 per night. But if you crave the ultimate, this is your fantasy island!
Whatever your choice for best getaway, Travel and Leisure’s editors say you should spend lots of time on the Internet to get the best air fares and package deals before you spend your money. Airlines and travel companies are struggling - bad for them, but good for you.
夏日旅游小贴士
首先，最棒的海滩--毛伊岛，光听名字就让人觉得心旷神怡。
毛伊是夏威夷最受欢迎的岛屿，是传统上人们最爱去的地方之一。喜爱海滩或丛林穿越的人都能心满意足，因为这儿有一片很大的雨林。还有美丽的哈利库拉火山，高达一万英尺，壮丽的景色准让你大饱眼福。
《旅游与休闲》杂志向您推荐几家毛伊酒店：哈纳毛伊酒店一晚的住宿费通常是295美元，卡普鲁拉海湾酒店是每晚360美元。
如果你想打高尔夫球，《旅游与休闲》为您挑选打高尔夫的最好去处：佛罗里达州奥兰多的大塞普里斯。
这里的球场棒极了，有45个洞--全是杰克·尼克拉斯专门设计的，保养得很好。球童殷勤周到，天气天天晴好。
场租是175美元，费用包括一辆带定位系统的球车，他们还代为清洁球棒。
如果你想玩些更刺激的运动，《旅游与休闲》给你介绍绝佳的冒险乐园--新西兰。
新西兰是冒险乐园。我要对你说的是：新西兰人对冒险运动如痴如醉。他们什么都去尝试。事实上，新西兰人常创新冒险运动。
路途遥遥--从美国出发大约要飞行12个小时，不过这里冒险活动的种类丰富却是无以伦比的。尝试直升飞机，10分钟的起价是52美元。
喜欢滑雪的人要留意这个滑雪胜地了--加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省的惠斯勒黑梳山。缆车票价是43美元一张。
奇异雄伟的山景、一流的餐馆、美妙的夜生活，很适合一家大小来玩。
想找些便宜去处？试试最价廉物美的去处--拉斯维加斯吧。
现在拉斯维加斯有很多家旅馆为了争取盈利正在抢夺顾客。他们竞争的方法就是降低房价。
巴利酒店每晚75美元，拉舍酒店每晚69美元，舍科斯·舍科斯酒店甚至低至一晚34美元。
也许你想找个更适合全家出游的地方。《旅游与休闲》杂志为你挑选最适合全家出游的去处是：美属维尔京群岛。无论是圣科罗斯岛、圣托玛斯岛，还是圣约翰岛，维尔京群岛为你提供了大片宽阔的海滩、水上运动、远足，还有丰富的夜生活。酒店什么价位的都有：圣托玛斯岛的丽晶·卡尔顿酒店每晚550美元;要想住在更富有大自然气息的地方，那就试一下圣约翰岛的肯考迪娅伊科田酒店，130美元一晚。
但是如果你想要终极享受，最妙的去处是法属玻利尼西亚的波拉波拉山。
波拉波拉山是一座高耸、挺拔、苍翠的山脉，四周环绕着茅图斯小群岛。它位于深蓝色的泻湖中央，那种美看了让人屏息。
波拉波拉山的消费并不便宜。波拉波拉山的奴伊温泉渡假胜地每晚要505美元。不过如果你渴望终极享受的话，这就是你梦想中的国度！
无论你选择什么地方作为休闲去处，《旅游与休闲》的编辑建议你应该多花时间在因特网上搜寻，找到最便宜的机票及最佳出行旅游路线后再把钱花出去也不晚。航空公司和旅行社的竞争激烈--那对他们来说不好受，但对你却是好事一件。
注释:
1) soothing a. 使人镇定宽心的
2) jungle n. 丛林
3) stunning a. 足以使人晕倒的，极好的
4) getaway n. 逃亡，逃走
5) superb a. 极好的
6) club n. 高尔夫球的球棒
7) appetite n. 爱好
8) Kiwi n. （口语）新西兰人
9) roughly adv. 概略地
10) unparalleled adj. 无比的，无双的
11) helicopter n. 直升飞机
12) resort n. 胜地
13) buck n. （美国口语）美元
14) gamut n. 全部，整个范围
15) crave v. 渴望
16) islet n. 小岛
17) lagoon n. 泻湖，礁湖
18) spa n. 温泉
★★《2003年07月号-第41期-Disc01-10》★★
Diamond
“I love this woman!”----There’s a better way to do it, says the ad: Give her a diamond, or a 1)bunch of them, and she’ll love you back. Which makes me ask, “Why a diamond?” Why not a ruby or an 2)emerald, or, what the 3)heck, a 4)toaster or a 5)kitten? Why did diamonds get to be the “Love and marriage” thing? Why, everywhere, do couples, who wish to declare their love, go out and pay big bucks for diamonds? One reason we’re given is that diamonds are so 6)scarce. So, ah, is it true?
Donna: No.
Marketing professor, Donna Bergenstock, points out their 7)scarcity is a myth created long ago by DeBeers, the South African company that’s dug up most of the world’s diamonds.
Donna: There are billions of dollars of diamonds sitting in 8)vaults in London, in South Africa, that DeBeers specifically keeps off the market in order to 9)artificially raise the price of diamonds.
The supply’s so vast that if DeBeers hadn’t controlled the world market for decades, diamonds would be much cheaper.
Donna: A diamond really’s just a piece of 10)carbon. It’s a just a rock.
Advert: A diamond is forever.
So why is this rock a symbol of love? Because DeBeers told us it was. Since 1940, DeBeers’ brilliant ad campaign’s been convincing Americans that diamonds mean love.
Garfield: Unlike most advertising, people just completely bought it.
Bob Garfield, of Advertising Age Magazine, says it’s one of the best ad campaigns ever done.
Garfield: It created, out of whole cloth, the 11)notion that at your engagement, you must give your 12)intended a diamond.
But years of listening to this 13)propaganda has convinced us that giving diamonds is an age-old tradition. This is just a sales 14)pitch.
钻石代表我的心
“我爱她！”--有一个比大喊大叫更好的办法，广告上这么说：“送她一颗钻石，或一条钻链，她就会爱你”。这不禁让我想问：“为什么一定要送钻石呢？”为什么不送红宝石、绿宝石，或者，去他的，就送个烤面包机或小猫咪好了？为什么钻石象征着“爱和婚姻”？为什么各地的情侣宣布他们的爱情时，就会去花大把票子买钻石呢？我们听到的理由是：钻石太稀有了。所以说，啊哈，真是这样的吗？
唐娜：不是。
营销学教授唐娜·伯根斯多克指出“钻石稀有”是德比尔公司--一家挖掘出世界上大部分钻石的南非公司--在多年以前虚构出来的童话。
唐娜：在伦敦、南非的地下存放着价值亿万美元的钻石，德比尔公司有意不将它们投放市场，目的就是要人为地抬高钻石的价格。
钻石的销量很大，如果不是数十年来德比尔公司一直在控制着全球市场，钻石的价格可能会便宜得多。
唐娜：其实钻石就是一颗碳，就是一块石头而已。
广告：钻石恒久远.
可为什么这块石头成了爱的象征？因为德比尔公司告诉我们它是。自1940年以来，德比尔公司魅惑人心的广告深入美国人心，使人们认为钻石代表着爱。
嘉菲德：与大部分广告效果不同的是，人们全深信不疑。
《广告时代杂志》的鲍伯·嘉菲德说，这是有史以来最成功的广告宣传。
嘉菲德：它凭空地制造出一个概念：订婚时必须送给爱人一颗钻石。
多年来一直听到这种宣传，让我们相信了送钻石是一个历史渊源的传统。其实，这纯粹是个销售手段。
注释:
1) bunch n. 串
2) emerald n. 绿宝石
3) heck n.地狱 What the heck! 去他的！
4) toaster n. 烤面包机
5) kitten n. 小猫
6) scarce a. 稀有的
7) scarcity n. 稀有
8) vault n. 地窖，地下室
9) artificially adv. 人为地
10) carbon n. 碳
11) notion n. 概念，观点
12) intended n. 已经订婚的人
13) propaganda n. 宣传
14) pitch n. 顶点
★★《2003年07月号-第41期-Disc01-11》★★
They Did It With Mirrors!
You can’t stand in front of the paintings of the old masters and not wonder, how did 1)Frans Hals make that lace seem so real? How did 2)Van Dyck make his armor so gleamingly 3)metallic? How did 4)Caravaggio make his faces so expressive and lifelike? The theory is they had help; the help of lenses or 5)concave mirrors. If someone, say, like me, stands outside, bathed in light, an image can be projected inside, onto a wall, upside down; something like this. That projected image can then be copied. The man with the mirror is David Hockney, one of our best-known artists, and it’s his theory the old masters used the early technology of 6)optics and kept it secret.
Hockney: I’m suggesting that artists saw these projections. They’re very simple to make, and when you make them, they’re very beautiful and exciting.
