Madonna Celebrates 50th Birthday 麦当娜庆寿

Madonna, the best selling female artist in the world and a chart-topper for over 20 years, turns 50 today. Sky's Sara Merchant reports on a career as diverse and difficult to define as the icon herself.

("Got no boundaries and no limits...")

The Madonna hitting the big 50 is just an excuse for a party.

("Give it to get the love, arrest me...")

But even she is not planning to pause for a reflection, an icon reaching the half century milestone prompts much musing on how the queen of pop manages to cling onto her crown in an industry that rewards youth.

"Every time she needs to reinvent herself, she manages to do it. From the sexy kind of symbolism that she brings to her clothing to this more sophisticated glamour now. I mean, I mean she is ever-changing. "

The material girl has gone from lace to leotards, Marilyn to conical bras, and dominatrix to lady of the manor.

I would like people to think of me as a revolutionary.

("Like a Virgin，Hey，touch for the very first time.."）

As a mistress of reinvention she defies convention,

("Faster than the speeding light she's flying")

and even her own expectations,

I wanted to be a dancer and quite frankly had no idea that my life was going to turn out the way that it did.

"The view then was: oh it's just another white girl singing soul, you know. I then said:" no, she has a bit more to this one." I fixed up to interview her, to first interview her, it was in England, first in the afternoon. No one else turned up."

("You must be my lucky star...")

That same young singer went on to become a super star,

("Music makes the people come together...")

She’s now sold 200 million records.

("Don't cry for me Argentina")

Her film career has been inconsistent, but her taste for controversy hasn’t. Religion, sex, there are few taboos. And she defied international disapproval in 2006 by adopting a young boy from Malawi.

("Tick up, tick up, break that…")

Fortunately for Madge, the high priests of Kabbalah have calculated her spiritual age and may make her just 36. But for those who count in human years, the clock is definitely ticking.

And yet Madonna's greatest skill is making sure nothing she does ever gets old.

Sara Merchant, Sky News.

leotard: n. A leotard is a tight-fitting piece of clothing, covering the body but not the legs, that some people wear when they practise dancing or do exercise.

dominatrix: n. A female dominator or ruler.

参考中文翻译：

世界最卖座女明星，20年来都位于音乐榜首的麦当娜今天迎来50岁生日。来自Sky的SaraMerchant报道说她的演艺之路多样化而且充满艰辛。

“没有界限，没有限制……”

麦当娜的50岁大寿只是开派对的一个接口而已。

即使她不计划停下来反思，这昭示这她已经走过了生命的半个世纪的里程碑也使人们好奇，在这个吃青春饭的行业里，这位流行音乐天后怎样一直保持了天后的皇冠的。

“每次她需要彻底改造自己的形象，她都成功的做到了。从她的性感的着装路线到现在的成熟世故的魅力。我的意思是，她是千变万化的。”

物质型的女孩的衣服从蕾丝到紧身短装，从“玛丽莲”到圆锥体型的胸罩，从控制型的女人到庄园女主人。

我希望人们把我当做一个革命者。

“就像一个处女，第一次接触……”
甚至就连她自己也期待，“我想做舞蹈演员，非常坦白的说，我不知道我的生活会是现在这个样子。”

“他们的观点是：她是又一个歌唱自己的灵魂的女孩。我说，不，她不仅仅如此。我安排了在英国对她的一个采访，第一次是在下午。没有其他人。”

（“你一定非常幸运……”）

同是那一个年轻的歌唱者现在变成了超级巨星。

“音乐把大家聚在了一起……”

“她现在已经出售了2亿多张唱片”

（“阿根廷不要为我哭泣”）

她的电影演艺生涯并不一致，但是她对争议的口味一直没有变化。宗教，性，当然有一些禁忌。2006年的时候她不顾国际舆论的反对，收养了马拉威的一个小男孩。

“但是时间一点一点的过去，永不停止……”

“对马奇来说幸运的是，Kabbalah的神父帮她计算了精神年龄，说她只有36岁。但是对于一个普通人来说，她的年龄确实已经比较大了。”

但是，麦当娜最大的本领就是确保她做的一切都不会变老。

单词注解：

leotard：紧身的，通常无腿的衣服，通常人们跳舞或者运动时穿着。
dominatrix：女性统治者。