第一次手术

lt Was an immense pressure to be in the public eye

总是在大众的注目下 造成了他无比的压力

and he kept wanting to look better and better.

他很期望让自己愈来愈好看

He was very, very self-conscious.

他对自己的长相很敏感

Michael felt under pressure

迈克尔的形象

where his image was concerned

让他倍感压力

because of who he is.

因为他的出身

He was a black guy, he was an inner-city guy.

他是个贫民区长大的黑人

How could he be the darling of white society?

怎么可能受到白种社会的青睐?

He had to change.

他必须要改变

l think all that was what led to the first plastic surgery, in 1978.

我想这就是他1978年接受第一次整形手术的主因

l went to interview Michael at his home in Encino

我到迈克尔位于伊幸诺的家中访问他

and he showed up at the door with bandages on his face

他开门时一脸的绷带

and his eyes were black and blue,

眼睛又黑又紫

and l thought that he had been in some kind of a fight.

我还以为他跟人家打架

He explained to me that he had fallen on stage

他说他从舞台上摔了下来

and broke his nose.

摔断了鼻梁

This was why he had that first surgety.

所以才进行第一次手术

His next major one was in 1981

下一次大手术是在1981年

and he stayed with me for four weeks. l took care of him.

他在我家住了一个月 由我照顾他

l always felt that he looked so good after that second one,

我一直觉得第二次手术后的他 真的很好看

he never needed to do more.

其实不用再动刀

And then after that, there were all kinds of other things that were going on

之后又发生了许多事

that it was really hard to determine,

很难去评断

you know, what he was doing and when he was doing it.

他在做什么以及何时去做的

重点讲解

1、concern

忧虑;担心

The group has expressed concern about reports of political violence in Africa.

该团体对有关非洲政治暴力的报道表示关切。

The move follows growing public concern over the spread of the disease.

针对公众对该疾病的不断蔓延日益担忧，从而出台了这一举措。

使担忧;使心烦

The growing number of people seeking refuge in Thailand is beginning to concern Western aid agencies.

到泰国寻求庇护的人日益增多，这开始引起了西方援助机构的不安。

It concerned her that Bess was developing a crush on Max.

贝丝迷上了马克斯，这让她很担心。

令人担忧的事实(或情况)

His concern was that people would know that he was responsible.

他担心大家会知道是他的责任。

Unemployment was the electorate's main concern.

选民关心的主要是失业问题。

2、show up

(使)清晰;(使)变得明显;(使)显现出来

You may have some strange disease that may not show up for 10 or 15 years.

你可能患有某种 10 年或者 15 年都看不出什么症状来的怪病。

The orange tip shows up well against most backgrounds.

橙色的尖端在大多数背景下都很醒目。

3、determine

是…的决定因素

The size of the chicken pieces will determine the cooking time.

鸡块的大小将决定烹饪时间的长短。

Social status is largely determined by the occupation of the main breadwinner.

社会地位很大程度上是由家里经济支柱的职业决定的。

确定;查明

The investigation will determine what really happened.

调查会查明到底发生了什么事情。

Testing needs to be done to determine the long-term effects on humans.

需要进行检测以确定其对人的长期影响。

决定;敲定

The Baltic people have a right to determine their own future.

波罗的海各国人民有权决定自己的未来。

The final wording had not yet been determined.

最终措辞仍未敲定。