英語暢談中國文化50主題 39 Blogging Fever 博克熱
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A：Have you ever heard of Xu Jinglei? She is a movie star and her blogs are very popular.
B：Yes. Her blogs received 10 million hits in less than four months.
A：Actually, her blogs are boring. People like her because she is candid and doesn’t have the pretentiousness that is typical of many other actresses. People are tired of the entertainers who rely on seductive and absurd content to attract eyeballs. I much prefer another blogger. Her name is
Hong Huang, a woman in her 40’s. She does not have the pretty looks of a movie star but she is extremely intelligent. She studied in the US when she was only 12, so
there is a strong Western influence in her articles. Although she talks a lot about herself, she is able to reflect on some of the social issues, which give her blogs a broader view. She is knowledgeable, unpretentious and has a sense of humor
and her articles are always short and to-the-point, which makes them very easy to read on the computer screen.
B：But, she doesn’t receive as many hits as Xu Jinglei. Is it because she’s not as pretty?
A：That definitely is a reason. Another reason is that she is not a movie star. People who read Hong Huang tend to be more reasonable, thoughtful and mature.
B：Are more and more movie stars running their own blogs as a result of Xu’s success?
A：Yes. Many of them have launched their own blogs. They are eager to tell people they can do more things than just being a movie star. In fact, many ordinary people are
publishing blogs too. Maybe, this is because there aren’t many other channels for people to express themselves. Originally, blogs were just an additional source of information beside the mainstream media. Now it has become a platform for people to show their personalities.
B：Some Shanghai people are writing blogs in English.
A：Yes. The Shanghai Blogger is probably the most popular. It attracts over a million hits a month. It has very thorough information about the scenic spots, local custom, dining, wining, and transportation in Shanghai. According to the bloggers, writing in English has allowed them to think in different dimensions.
B：The Shanghai Blogger sounds like an interesting place. I’ll check it out. It could be an additional source of income.
A：你聽說過徐靜蕾嗎?她是個女演員，她的博客被大家追捧。
B：聽說了。據(jù)說她的博客在不到4個月內點擊率達到了1 000萬次。
A：其實，她的博客沒有太大意思，我猜人們喜歡她是因為她率真，沒有女演員的矯情。在她之前一些女性用情色、荒謬的博客吸引眼球，現(xiàn)在大家對這種不健康的表達厭煩了。我更喜歡另一個叫洪晃的人寫的博客。她差不多40歲，長相平平，但智慧似乎高于一般人。她在12歲的時候到美國學習，所以她的博客有很強的西方文化的痕跡。她的博客也是講述自己的一些經歷，她能夠反思社會上的一些問題，因此具有更寬的視角。她有學識、不矯情，而且有幽默感。她寫的文章短小，不兜圈子，這樣在電腦屏幕上讀起來很容易。
B：但是，為什么她沒有徐靜蕾那樣高的點擊率？難道因為她長相平平嗎？
A：這肯定是原因之一。另外也因為她不是電影明星。所以看洪晃博客的人應該是一些更理性、更智慧、更成熟的人。
B：是不是有更多的演員開自己的博客，因為徐給了她們一個在網上成功的榜樣？
A：你說對了。不少演員開了博客，她們想表明他們除了作演員還能做其他更多的事情。事實上，不少普通人也開博客。這也許是因為人們沒有太多表達自己的渠道。起初，博客只是除了主流媒體之外的另一個信息來源。現(xiàn)在它成為展示個性的平臺。
B：上海的一些人用英文寫博客。
A：對。 “上海博客”最有名，每個月有超過百萬的點擊量。那里有一些關于上海的景點、風俗、餐飲、交通等非常詳細的信息。據(jù)那些寫英文博客的人說，用英文寫作使他們可以從另一個角度思考。
B：看來這是一個對我有用的平臺，聽上去是個有趣的地方。我要去試一試。這可能成為另一個收入來源。
