关于娱乐圈的冷知识（要先明白这些词汇）

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I know that some people will judge you for admitting that you enjoy popcorn movies but they are really popular for a real reason!

我知道一些人会因为你承认喜欢爆米花电影而指责你，但爆米花电影之所以受欢迎真的是有原因的。

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Many of the summer blockbusters that you see each year are popcorn movies but you might be surprised to realize that the ones that do the best are ones that really make you think.

你每年看到的许多夏季大片都是爆米花电影，但是你可能会惊讶地发现优秀的电影是那些真正能让你思考的电影。

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Get the show on the road

在路上进行演出，开始动起来

If someone tells you to get the show on the road they are urging you to get started on something! Rather than waiting somewhere for the preparation to finish they want you to start even if there might be some mistakes and things that hinder your progress. Many of these potential problems will sort themselves out before you have to really deal with them.

如果有人告诉你“在路上进行演出”（get the show on the road），意思是他们正在敦促你开始一些事情！他们并不是在某处等待完成准备工作，而是希望你开始进行工作，即使可能会有一些错误和阻碍你的工作进程的事情。许多潜在的问题会在你必须真正处理它们之前自行排除。

This idiom comes from the old mobile circus way of life. Circuses would move from town to town and bring all their tents animals equipment etc. with them. If they were stuck in one city doing things such as picking up supplies they would not be able to make money. Instead they needed to get the show on the road start traveling to other cities and marketing their show so that they could earn more.

这个成语来自以前移动马戏团的生活方式。马戏团带上他们的帐篷，动物，设备等，从一个城镇转移到另一个城镇。如果他们被困在了一个城市里，做一些收拾整理的事情，那么他们就没有办法赚钱。因此，与之相反，他们需要在路上进行表演，移动到其他的城市，并推广自己的表演来赚取更多的钱。

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The circus ringmaster was tired of all his employees spending time drinking and partying instead of packing up to move. He shouted “Let's get this show on the road!” to get them to move.

马戏团的领班厌倦了员工们花费时间在喝酒和聚会上，而不是打包搬家。他大声喊道：“让我们开始动起来吧”，以此来动员员工们行动起来。

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I know you are worried about leaving something important behind but we have our passports and cash for our trip to Japan so let's get this show on the road!

我知道你担心可能会落下重要的东西，但是对于我们的日本之旅，我们有护照和现金就足够了，所以让我们启程吧！

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Kick something off kick off

踢开一些东西，踢开

If you kick something off you spark its beginning. If you are sitting in a meeting and no one says anything when the boss asks for feedback it will be awkward. To make everyone more comfortable you can be the first one to speak. If you do this you kick off the conversation and get everyone started. This way the conversation can start and someone else can continue it.

如果你踢开了某件东西，你就引发了它的开始。假设你正在开会中，当老板询问反馈意见时，如果没有任何人给反应的话，场面会非常尴尬。为了让每一个人都感到舒服，你可以成为第一个发言者。如果你这么做了，表示你开启（kick off）了谈话，接下来每个人都开始发言。这样，对话就可以开始了，而其他人也可以继续谈话。

In relation to show business to kick off a show means to start it or to have the first performance out of many. You can also use the term kick off as an adjective or as a noun. A kick off celebration is some sort of party that celebrates the beginning of something. When it starts you could also simply call it a kick off; it is sometimes known as a kickoff.

对于娱乐圈来说，“kick off a show”意味着开始表演或者从第一场演出之中脱颖而出。你也可以把“kick off”当作一个形容词或者是名词来使用。“a kick off celebration”表示庆祝某件事情开始的某种派对。当它开始的时候，你也可以简单称之为“a kick off” 有时候，它也可以是“a kickoff”。

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The movie's cast and crew wanted to celebrate the release of their movie by holding a private kick offparty the night before the formal movie premiere.

这部电影的演员和工作人员想要在正式电影首映的前一晚举行私人开演派对来庆祝电影的发布。

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Our local grocery store is helping the families in the community kick off the school year right by offering lots of discounts on all kinds of back-to-school items! They have reduced prices on backpacks stationery like pens and notebooks lunches etc.

我们当地的杂货店正在通过给返校物品提供大量折扣的方式来帮助社区里的家庭准备开学事宜。他们降低了背包，笔和笔记本等文具和午餐的价格。

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Sell out

背叛，售完

Sell out has two meanings – one is positive and the other is negative. If you use sell out as a noun it is not a good thing. This means that you have completely abandoned your principles in favor of something such as money.Instead of looking to build a long-term relationship with your audience for example you are trying to make a quick buck and earn money fast. In this case sell out as a verb means to do something like this. If you endorse a bad product simply because they have paid you a lot of money you have sold out.

“sell out”有两个意义，一个是正面的，一个是负面的。这意味着你为了诸如金钱之类的东西已经完全抛弃了你的原则。例如，你不是想要与观众建立长期的关系，而是想要尽快地赚钱，快速赚钱。在这种情况之下，“sell out”作为一个动词，表示做这种类似的事情。如果你仅仅因为他们付了你很多钱，你就为一个不好的产品背书的话，那么你已经背叛了（即sell out）。

If you use “sell out”as verb or adjective describing an event this is a great thing! This term is used when you have tickets to sell. If you are sold out it means that some person has bought every single ticket available for a certain show movie concert etc.There will be the maximum number of people in the audience which is exciting for both the people putting on the show and the people who will attend it.

如果你使用“sell out”作为描述某件事件的动词或形容词，那就是一件好事！这个术语用于销售票务的时候。如果你卖完了，那就意味着有人买了一张可用于某个表扬，电影，或者音乐会等的票，并且观众人数将达到最多。这对于参加演出的人们和观看演出的人们来说都是令人兴奋的。

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I spent two years building up this blog and I will not sell out my brand for any amount of money by letting a bad service advertise on it.

我花费了两年的时间来建立这个博客，我是不会发布糟糕的服务广告来出卖我的品牌的。

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If we are able to sell out the first show of our musical we can show all these people that there is a market for the stories that we can tell and that people will like them!

如果我们可以卖光我们的第一场音乐剧的门票，我们就可以向所有人展示，我们讲的故事是有市场的，而且大家喜欢这些故事。

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Live up to the hype

符合宣传炒作

If something (typically a movie or a show) lives up to the hype it means two things. First it means that there is enough interest in it or hype. People (such as movie critics bloggers etc.) will get excited for something by generating hype for it. Before the release date of one of Taylor Swift’s albums for example they will typically announce the date everything will be released and continually tease people about the songs that will be on it. This generates a lot of excitement and hype and more importantly expectation.

如果某件事情（特别是电影或者节目）符合宣传炒作，这意味着两件事情。一是，这意味着对这件事件有足够的话题性或者炒作宣传。人们（例如影评人，博主）会热衷于为这件事情宣传炒作。例如，在泰勒·斯威夫特（Taylor Swift）的专辑发行日之前，他们通常会将会发布日期告诉大家，并不断用专辑中的歌曲来挑逗大家。这就产生了很多炒作，更重要的是，期望。

If some show movie or music album is to live up to this hype it has to be as good as people hope it will be. This is in general difficult to live up to if there is a lot of hype. However the best products are able to generate a lot of excitement before they are released and deliver something that is so high quality that the majority of fans end up loving it.

如果某个表演，电影或音乐专辑是要做到符合炒作宣传的话，它必须像人们希望的那样好。一般来说，如果有大量的炒作，就很难做到与前期的炒作宣传相符。然而，最好的产品在发布之前总能够引起人们的兴奋，并且提供高质量的东西，最终使得大多数的粉丝都喜欢它。

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I was not too sure how many details I wanted to share with my audience before the launch of my new podcast because I wanted it to live up to the hype.

在推出新播客之前，我不太确定我会与听众分享多少细节，因为我希望它不会辜负大众的期望。

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Jerry thought for sure the new Marvel Cinematic Universe movie Spiderman Homecoming was going to fall short of the expectations of the fans. To his surprise however it really lived up to the hype!

杰里以为新的漫威电影“蜘蛛侠回归”（Spiderman Homecoming）会辜负粉丝们的期望。然而，令他惊喜的是，它完全没有辜负大家的期待！

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Jump the shark

跳鲨鱼，哗众取宠，（电视系列剧，电影）为求新奇而加入牵强情节（显示质量的下降）

This is a semi-derogatory term used to describe certain television shows (and occasionally some films) that have decreased in quality. It used to be something completely amazing and worth watching but they have for one reason or another begun to use far-fetched plots and special effects to maintain ratings. Instead they should have kept their story telling quality high in some other way.Over time this term has come to apply to shows and movie series but also bands celebrities and other public figures (including politicians). They are now doing things that are off brand and that they would probably have frowned upon if they were their younger selves looking at the current version of themselves.

这是一个半贬义的术语，用来描述一些质量下降的电视节目（偶尔也会用来形容一些电影）。这些节目曾经是非常了不起的值得关注的节目，但是由于种种原因，它们开始加入牵强的情节和特效来维持收视率。但是，他们本应该以其他方式来维持节目的质量。随着时间的推移，这个短语已经适用于表演和电影系列，而且还包括乐队，名人，以及其他公众人物（包括政治家）。他们现在正在做一些脱离自有品牌的东西。如果他们年轻时候的自己，看到现在的自己，他们可能会皱起眉头。

To jump the shark comes from the TV show Happy Days. It was a sitcom from the 1970s and early 1980s about an idealized life of some teenagers in the Midwestern United States. In one episode in the fifth season the main character literally jumps over a shark. This went against the character’s personality. As a result this scene was seen as a ridiculous plot device that marked the beginning of a decline in ratings.

“跳鲨鱼”来自电视剧《欢乐时光》（Happy Days）。这是二十世纪七十年代和八十年代初的一部关于美国中西部一些青少年理想化生活的情景喜剧。在第五季的某一集中，主角跳过了一个鲨鱼。这个情节违背了角色的个性。结果，这一幕被认为是一个荒谬可笑的情节设计，也标志着评分下降的开始。

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I thought that there were lots of story lines that the writers of my favorite TV show could have developed which would have brought in more viewers. However they decided to jump the shark and have two characters that should have hated each other start to date instead.

我为人，我最喜欢的电视节目的编剧们本来可以发展许多故事线，吸引到更多的观众。但是，他们却决定跳鲨鱼，让两个本应该互相憎恨彼此的人物角色开始约会。

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It takes a lot of time and energy to create a television show that really appeals to a lot of viewers and turn those viewers into dedicated fans. Still I believe that it would be better for the TV network to decide to end a series when it should end rather than jump the shark simply for the ratings. It ruins the show!

制作一个真正吸引很多观众并能将这些观众变成忠实粉丝的电视节目，需要花费大量的时间和精力。但是，我认为电视网应该在电视节目该结束的时候结束系列节目，而不是仅仅为了评分而跳鲨鱼。这样做会毁了节目！

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