{"id":10242,"date":"2019-11-18T15:48:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T15:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-reading\/special-effects-te-xiao\/"},"modified":"2019-11-18T15:48:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T15:48:48","slug":"special-effects-te-xiao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/special-effects-te-xiao\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Effects \u7279\u6548"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A video parody adapted from a shampoo commercial featuring kungfu star Jackie Chan went viral online, leading Internet users to coin a word "Duang", an o<\/em>nomatopoetic word which doesn’t correlate with any particular Chinese character and refers to special effects.
\u4e00\u6bb5\u6076\u641e\u529f\u592b\u660e\u661f\u6210\u9f99\u4ee3\u8a00\u7684\u6d17\u53d1\u6c34\u5e7f\u544a\u89c6\u9891\u5728\u7f51\u7edc\u4e0a\u8d70\u7ea2\uff0c\u5e76\u7531\u6b64\u8bde\u751f\u4e86\u4e00\u4e2a\u70ed\u95e8\u8bcd\u8bedduang. Duang \u662f\u4e00\u4e2a\u62df\u58f0\u8bcd\uff0c\u4e0d\u5bf9\u5e94\u4efb\u4f55\u6c49\u5b57\uff0c\u6307\u7684\u662f“\u7279\u6548”\u3002<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Special<\/p>\n

\"SpecialThe video begins with Chan flashing his black,sleek(\u6709\u5149\u6cfd\u7684)<\/strong> <\/span>hair, which would have beenflawless(\u5b8c\u7f8e\u7684) except(\u9664…\u5916)<\/strong> <\/span>that it was not his real hair,<\/strong> <\/span>to the tune of o<\/em>nline hit, "My Skating Shoes", known for its coarse melody and the singer’s <\/span>strong southern Mandarin dialect(\u5f88\u91cd\u7684\u5357\u65b9\u53e3\u97f3).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Next, a smug Chan <\/span>co<\/em>nfesses(\u627f\u8ba4),<\/strong> <\/span>to the repetitive, rhythmical sounds of "Duang", "I refused toendorse(\u4ee3\u8a00)<\/strong> <\/span>this product when they first came to me because of my thin hair, but the director insisted, saying <\/span>special effects(\u7279\u6548)<\/strong> <\/span>could be used to make my hair look healthy on the screen. Now you see. It’s all special effects. It’s not real."<\/p>\n

The original advertisement became the target of regulators’ <\/span>crackdown(\u6253\u51fb)<\/strong> <\/span>for <\/span>overhyping(\u8fc7\u5ea6\u5ba3\u4f20)<\/strong> <\/span>the effects of the shampoo after it was broadcast in 2004.<\/p>\n

\u91cd\u70b9\u8bcd\u6c47 Key Words:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u7279\u6548 tè xiào<\/strong>
special effects<\/p>\n

n.  Eg.<\/p>\n

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  •          \u8fd9\u90e8\u65b0\u7684\u7cfb\u5217\u5267\u5c06\u4f1a\u662f\u4e00\u573a\u7279\u6548<\/strong>\u548c\u821e\u7f8e\u7684\u76db\u5bb4\u3002
               This new series promises a feast of special effects and set designs.<\/li>\n
  •           \u8fd9\u90e8\u7535\u5f71\u7684\u7279\u6548<\/strong>\u672a\u80fd\u51fa\u5f69\u3002
              The movie’s special effects fail to dazzle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \u627f\u8ba4 chéng rèn<\/strong>
    confess\/admit\/recognize<\/p>\n

    v. Eg. <\/p>\n

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    •           \u6211\u7acb\u523b\u5c31\u60f3\u627f\u8ba4<\/strong>\u6211\u9519\u4e86\u3002
                Right off I want to co<\/em>nfess that I was wrong.<\/li>\n
    •           \u6211\u627f\u8ba4<\/strong>\u8fd9\u628a\u6211\u96be\u5012\u4e86\u3002
                  I admit it’s got me baffled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      \u9664…\u5916 chú …wài<\/strong> <\/span>
      except\/except for<\/p>\n

      Eg.<\/p>\n

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      • \u9664<\/strong>\u661f\u671f\u5929\u5916<\/strong>\uff0c\u6211\u4eec\u6bcf\u5929\u90fd\u5de5\u4f5c\u3002
        We work every day except Sunday.<\/li>\n
      • \u9664<\/strong>\u4e0b\u4e86\u4e00\u9635\u5927\u96e8\u5916<\/strong>,\u5929\u6c14\u8fd8\u662f\u5f88\u597d\u7684. <\/span>
        The weather was good except for an occasio<\/em>nal shower.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n