近日,易烊千玺发布最新单曲《灾》,很有个人风格,上线后粉丝直接进入了欢呼模式。可好景不长,很快就有人指出易烊千玺新歌封面涉嫌抄袭。一时之间,易烊千玺被推上了风口浪尖。到底是怎么回事?一起来看看我们今天的日常英语资讯吧!
一、易烊千玺陷“抄袭门”
8月21日,易烊千玺新歌《灾》首发,引起不少网友和粉丝的共鸣。音乐响起,易烊千玺的声音一出来就给人一种很舒服的感觉。粉丝们纷纷表示:“易烊千玺进步了”,“这首歌对他而言是个很大的改变”。
On August 21st, Jackson Yi released his single "disaster", which find an echo with netizens and fans. The voice of Yi in this song gives people a very comfortable feeling. Fans speak highly of this song, "Yi have made great progress"; "He made a big change in this song".
正当粉丝们欣喜之际,有人指出新歌的封面疑似抄袭了美国艺术家Stuart Lippincott的作品。经过对比可知,除了文字和人物不同以外,两张图基本雷同。22日凌晨,易烊千玺工作室的设计总监承认抄袭,并发文道歉。
While fans were delighted, it was pointed out that the cover of the new song appeared to have copied the work of American artist Stuart Lippincott. After comparison, we can see that apart from words and main character, the two pictures are basically identical. On the morning of 22, the design director of Yi’s studio admitted plagiarizing and apologized.
二、抄袭的英文怎么说?抄袭事件虽然不是易烊千玺本人所为,但还是给他造成了很不好的影响。下面我们一起来学习下“抄袭”的各种英语表达吧。
1. copy 复制;抄袭
copy作动词可以表示“复制”,也可以表示“抄袭”;而作名词时表示“副本”。
eg: He was punished by English teacher because he copied his classmate’s answers in the final examination.
他被英语老师惩罚了,因为他在期末考试里抄袭了同班同学的答案。
2. copycat 抄袭者;盲目模仿的人
copycat作名词时是“抄袭者”的意思,通常用来骂那些盲目模仿的人。它作形容词的时表示“模仿的”。
eg: I hate those shameless copycats who always copy others’ work.
我讨厌那些经常剽窃别人作品的厚颜无耻的抄袭者。
3. plagiarize 剽窃;抄袭
plagiarize跟copy不太一样,它只有“剽窃、抄袭”的意思,指抄袭他人的作品、学说或发明等,带有很强烈的贬义。
eg: He was accused of plagiarizing his colleague's results.
他被指控剽窃同事的成果。
4. crib
抄袭