How much would you pay to get close to your favourite star? We hear about the new trend of paying high prices for tickets to concerts and the theatre so you can get very close to the celebrities on stage.
为能接近你喜爱的明星，你肯付出多大代价？当今的发展趋势则是只要你肯出高价买票，就可以有机会和明星们同台。
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Getting Closer to the Stars 走近明星
Jo: Now Jean, can you imagine going to a Justin Timberlake concertand being close enough to touch him?
Jean: 看 Justin Timberlake 的演唱会而且还会是近的都能够得到他？当然想啦！
He's great!
Jo: Well on today's BBC Learning English entertainment programme wetalk to some people who got very close to the stars and find out ifthat really is the best way to see them. I'm Jo.
Jean: And I'm Jean. Hello!
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On his current world tour 44 admirers each night can spend ?250 to sit at barstools on the stage near enough to touch him.
Jo: So, on his current world tour. Current.
Jean: 正当前的。环球巡演。World tour.
Jo: 44 admirers each night.
Jean: 每晚可以有44 位粉丝花250 个英镑，相当于咱们人民币差不多3 千8 百块钱，就可以买一张坐在舞台上吧椅上的特殊票。
Jo: A stool. Bar stools. You can pay to sit at bar stools on the stage.
Jean: 在舞台上。
Jo: And you can be near enough to touch Justin Timberlake. Howexciting!
Jean: 确实是够让人兴奋的，不过就为这么一个特殊座位值得花这么多的钱吗？
Jo: Well here's one of those fans.
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If you're his biggest fan ever you might think he's worth 250 quid – it depends onthe kind of person you are. These seats are fantastic. They couldn't be better.
Jean: 这个女孩子是来自北爱尔兰的贝尔法斯特，这个城市也是 Justin 在英国巡演的第一站。这个女孩子的口音是非常具代表性的贝尔法斯特浓重口音，所以听她的说话感觉和听比如 Jo 的口音以及和其他地方的英国口音很不一样。
Jo: She said if you're Justin's biggest fan ever.
Jean: 如果你是 Justin 最最忠实的粉丝，那买这么贵的票还是值得的。
值得做某事。
Jo: To be worth – you might think he's worth ?250. She thought thestage seats were fantastic.
Jean: 这样的座位太棒了。她说简直是好的不能再好了。
Jo: She said the seats couldn't be better - here's another fan!
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I'd like think that I very briefly made eye contact with him – I'd been fairly coolup to that moment but then – you know he was right in front of me – there wasnothing else for me to do except stick my hands out and grab his.
Jo: She'd like to think that briefly – for a short time.
Jean: 简短的，他说他和心中的偶像简短的看了对方一眼。
Jo: To make eye contact with someone. She briefly made eye contactwith Justin Timberlake! She said she'd been fairly cool up to thatmoment.
Jean: 她一开始还是比较平静的，不过当心中偶像 Justin 出现在她面前的时候，她什么也不会做了，只是一个劲儿的伸出手去够他。– 去伸出什么就是 - Tostick something out.
Jo: To stick her hands out. There was nothing else for her to do butstick her hands out and grab his.
Jean: 啊真的？！她把 Justin Timberlake 的手抓住啦！
Jo: This is BBC Learning English and today we're talking about fansgetting very close to the stars.
Jean: 不过要想近距离接触自己心中偶像，这是最好的途径吗？最近饰演HarryPotter 的演员Daniel Radcliffe 从哈利波特的拍摄任务中脱开身，在伦敦的一部话剧之中出演了一位主要人物。
Jo: And you can get quite close to him.
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Onstage seats are going at ?30, that's ?20 cheaper than the stalls and a good tenfeet closer to the Harry Potter star.
Jean: 原来观众还可以坐到舞台上来。在前台。
Jo: Onstage seats are going at ?30.
Jean: 请大家注意这个说法going at – seats are going at ?30 就是说座位卖到了30 英镑一位，比楼下正厅前座的座位还便宜了20 镑。
Jo: The stalls – and if you sit on stage it's a good ten feet closer thanthe stalls.
Jean: Ten feet 换算下来有大约
Jo: So you're a good ten feet closer to the Harry Potter star. We askedpeople who saw the play if it was better to sit on the stage. Here'ssome language to help you – intimate.
Jean: 亲近的。
Jo: The audience.
Jean: 观众。
Jo: To be put off something. It put me off a little bit.
Jean: 对某事失去兴趣。让什么把我的兴趣打消了。
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- It was a different view – it was just kind of intimate.
From where we were sitting we got something the audience didn't from the front- you can see him moving and you can see the expression on his face.
- I felt more like one of the actors. So I was sort of looking out at the people sortof put me off a little bit.
Jo: Anyway, that's about all from BBC Learning English today but if youwant to get closer to us you can log onto our website.
Jean: www.bbcchina.com.cn. Bye everyone.
Jo: See you next time.
