
影片在抖音上瘋傳
Georgia Ball, a professional female golfer and golf instructor, recently posted a video on TikTok of her interaction with a man while she was practicing at a driving range.
喬治亞·鮑爾是一位專業的女高爾夫球手和高爾夫球教練,最近在抖音上發布了一段影片,影片內容呈現她在練習場練習時與一名男士的互動。
professional(adj.)(n.)專業的、專家expert(n.)專家be under one’s instruction在~的指導下interaction(n.)互動、交流
In the video, Ball is working on a new golf swing while the man gives her unwanted advice meant to help her improve.
在影片中,鮑爾正在練習新的高爾夫揮桿動作,而這名男士則給予了她一些多餘的建議,希望能夠幫助她提高揮桿水準。
work on改進、從事swing(n.)揮桿動作、盪鞦韆mood swings心情起伏She tends to have mood swings.她容易有心情起伏dish out something大量提供~advice(n.)建議、忠告a piece of advice一則建議be meant to目的是在~=be intended to
After being posted, Ball’s video went viral, gaining more than 10 million views and attracting 25,000 comments in just a few days.
影片發布後,就在短短幾天內迅速走紅,獲得了超過1,000萬次觀看,並吸引了2.5萬條評論。
Many viewers saw the incident in the video as a clear case of “mansplaining,” in which the man offers advice to Ball — a woman — most likely because he believes that he is more of a golf expert than her.
在許多觀眾看來,視頻中的事件明顯是一起「男性說教」的案例,即這名男士向身為女性的鮑爾提供建議,很可能是因為他認為自己比她更像高爾夫專家。
see A as B把A視為B=regard A as B=view A as Bthink of A as B=consider A to be Bclassic(adj.)典型的expert(n.)專家、內行、行家expertise(n.)專業知識
In fact, after continuing to give Ball unwanted advice, the man says that he “has been playing golf for 20 years” to convince Ball that she should listen to his advice.
事實上,在持續給鮑爾多餘的建議之後,這名男士表示自己「已經打20年了的高爾夫球」,想說服鮑爾聽從他的建議。
undesired(adj.)不想要的convince(v.)說服、使相信、使信服=persuadeconvince somebody to V.說服某人去做~take one’s advice採取~的建議
Ball has since responded to the viral video, telling BBC Newsbeat that its popularity had been “crazy.”
鮑爾隨後對這段瘋傳的影片做出了回應,她告訴BBC Newsbeat,這段影片的受歡迎程度「太瘋狂了」。
respond to…對~做出回應=react to…go crazy變得瘋狂=go bananaspopularity(n.)受歡迎程度
She also said that while she remained polite during her interaction with the man, she definitely thought it was an “awkward situation.”
她也表示,雖然她在與這名男性的互動中一直保持禮貌,但她確實覺得這是一個「尷尬的情況」。
remain(v.)保持=keep=stay(後加形容詞)
Furthermore, Ball noted that she rarely has to deal with mansplaining and most of her interactions with males, and other females, are far more positive.
此外,鮑爾還指出,她很少遇到男性對她說教,她與男性和其他女性的大多數互動都要正面得多。
furthermore(adv.)此外=what’s more=in additionrarely(adv.)很少=seldomdeal with面對、處理、應對