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维多利亚·贝克汉姆:从时髦辣妹到职业辣妈
作者:文/Sarah Lyall 译/宋怡秋 来源:《新东方英语》2014年第10期
她是昔日的乐坛偶像“时髦辣妹”, 她是足坛巨星贝克汉姆的优雅贤妻, 她还是拥有四个孩子的潮流辣妈。 然而,维多利亚·贝克汉姆 并不满足于仅仅拥有上述身份, 她希望自己能跻身时尚界, 打造属于自己的时尚帝国。 短短几年间, 她凭借自己不懈的努力 和无所畏惧的开拓精神 成为特立独行的时尚先锋, 完美实现了
从歌手到职业时尚设计师的华丽蜕变。
Past the closed-circuit cameras, past the nondisclosure-agreement-wielding security guard, past the Damien Hirst1) pictures, past the hyper-organized assistant and the bold monochrome2) walls and the sumptuous3) gray sofas and the three giant orchids—past all the accouterments4) of the celebrity household—a toddler sat on the floor, playing with her nanny.
The nanny, a minute5), seemingly nondescript6) person in a careless ponytail, was doing the decorating. She looked up. “I’m sorry—I’ll be looking after her while we do this,” she said, a remark that prompted a moment of severe cognitive dissonance7), because this was not