Chapter 19

Gossipgirl.net HEY PEOPLE! A STAR IS BORN AND SHE COULDN'T CARE LESS Remember a few months back when a certain shaven-headed, Brooklyn dwelling¹, filmmaking genius won her school film contest? The prize was a trip to Cannes Film Festival to compete for the Most Promising² New Filmmaker award. Any normal girl would have been shopping for the right dress, the right shoes, the right hairstyle, the right escort, as soon as she'd found out that she'd won. She would have been counting the days. Winning the award would be like being queen for a day. Not that our filmmaking genius friend even cares. She skipped the whole thing, and festival MC and independent filmmaker Ken³ Mogul had to accept the award on her behalf, calling her "the most original voice in filmmaking, since Charlie Chapman." Not necessarily a compliment, since Charlie Chapman made silent films. Still, it's not every day that thousands of fabulously⁴ dresses celebrities⁵ rise to their feet to applaud you. Most of us would have wanted to be there. One thing's for sure, she'd not in it for the clothes or the fame- something I find impossible to understand! NOW ABOUT HER FILM... Remember a few months back when a certain shaven-headed filmmaker was camped out in the park, interviewing any senior kid who was willing to talk about schools they'd gotten into or not gotten into and how their lives sucked or didn't suck? Well guess what film won the New Filmmaker award in Cannes? Do we dare show our faces in France ever again? Your e-mail: Q: Dear GG, I was wait-listed at Yale and I just got a letter from them this morning. A rejection⁶ letter. I heard no one's getting of the wait list cuz everyone who applied⁷ is going. 2 bad 4 me. -dumdum A: Dear dumdum, You are so not a dumdum for not getting in. Your guidance councilor wouldn't let you apply if she didn't think you had a chance. I know lots of crazily smart people who didn't get in, and some dumdums who did. Anyway, does this mean everyone who's on the wait list will be hearing back this week? Guess we'll find out soon enough... -GG Q: Dear GG Please tell me how to win back the heart of the boy I love. He is depressed⁸ because his father won't let him go out of the house because he is being punished for a crime. But I love him and I must see him or I will die. -tristesse A: Dear tristesse, I take it English is not your first language. Let me put it into simple terms: maybe the boy in question isn't as into you as you are into him, n'est ce pas? -GG Sightings: B and S at the Five and Dime⁹ in Williamsburg on movie night, drinking cosmos¹⁰ and lip-synching along with Audrey Hepburn in Charade¹¹. V and A at the Mousy Brown salon¹² in Williamsburg. Tell me he's not getting his head shaved to match hers! K and I making laminated NO BOYS ALLOWED signs at an Upper East Side Kinko's. Silly girls don't they know that's just asking for trouble? A dark-haired French girl in a fringed Prada poncho¹³ and a Fendi moccasins scaling the walls of N's East-Side town house. He certainly has a penchant¹⁴ for crazy women. J and the rest of the Raves¹⁵, on the lead singer's roof, singing her heart out in the middle of the night- Sunday night, that is. Guess who spent the whole weekend partying at a certain rock star's house? Now there's a girl who'd in it for the fame. Is she trying to get her face in the papers, or does it just come naturally to her? Now we have something to talk about in school on Monday- as if we're ever lacking things to talk about! P.S Thursday night is the long-awaited Archibald Benefit Cruise to the Hamptons. Don't forget to bring your monogrammed Louis Vuitton life jacket! You know you love me, Gossip Girl

1 dwelling   

n.住宅，住所，寓所

参考例句：

• Those two men are dwelling with us.那两个人跟我们住在一起。
• He occupies a three-story dwelling place on the Park Street.他在派克街上有一幢3层楼的寓所。

2 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

3 ken   

n.视野，知识领域

参考例句：

• Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
• Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.

4 fabulously   

难以置信地，惊人地

参考例句：

• The couple are said to be fabulously wealthy. 据说这对夫妇家财万贯。
• I should say this shirt matches your trousers fabulously. 我得说这衬衫同你的裤子非常相配。

5 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

6 rejection   

n.拒绝，被拒，抛弃，被弃

参考例句：

• He decided not to approach her for fear of rejection.他因怕遭拒绝决定不再去找她。
• The rejection plunged her into the dark depths of despair.遭到拒绝使她陷入了绝望的深渊。

7 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

8 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

9 dime   

n.（指美国、加拿大的钱币）一角

参考例句：

• A dime is a tenth of a dollar.一角银币是十分之一美元。
• The liberty torch is on the back of the dime.自由火炬在一角硬币的反面。

10 cosmos   

n.宇宙；秩序，和谐

参考例句：

• Our world is but a small part of the cosmos.我们的世界仅仅是宇宙的一小部分而已。
• Is there any other intelligent life elsewhere in the cosmos?在宇宙的其他星球上还存在别的有智慧的生物吗？

11 charade   

n.用动作等表演文字意义的字谜游戏

参考例句：

• You must not refine too much upon this charade.你切不可过分推敲这个字谜。
• His poems,despite their dignity and felicity,have an air of charade.他的诗篇虽然庄严巧妙，却有猜迷之嫌。

12 salon   

n.[法]沙龙；客厅；营业性的高级服务室

参考例句：

• Do you go to the hairdresser or beauty salon more than twice a week?你每周去美容院或美容沙龙多过两次吗？
• You can hear a lot of dirt at a salon.你在沙龙上会听到很多流言蜚语。

13 poncho   

n.斗篷，雨衣

参考例句：

• He yawned and curled his body down farther beneath the poncho.他打了个呵欠，把身子再蜷拢点儿，往雨披里缩了缩。
• The poncho is made of nylon.这雨披是用尼龙制造的。

14 penchant   

n.爱好，嗜好；（强烈的）倾向

参考例句：

• She has a penchant for Indian food.她爱吃印度食物。
• He had a penchant for playing jokes on people.他喜欢拿人开玩笑。

15 raves   

n.狂欢晚会( rave的名词复数 )v.胡言乱语( rave的第三人称单数 )；愤怒地说；咆哮；痴心地说

参考例句：

• She raves about that singer. 她醉心地谈论那位歌手。 来自辞典例句
• His new play received raves in the paper. 他的新剧本在报纸上受到赞扬。 来自辞典例句