本期内容:
On screen, Li Ziqi’s life seems to defy the rules of reality.
With 58 million fans worldwide, the Chinese internet celebrity is famous for her videos where she performs the work of a farmer with the grace of a fairy.
In one video, she picks flowers on horseback in a red cape, invoking the image of Red Riding Hood. In another, she builds a bamboo furniture set using traditional Chinese techniques.
defy vt. 对抗,违抗;无法……,难以……
• 近义表达: resist
• defy description 理解
• The beauty of the scene defies description.
这景色美到无法用言语形容。
internet celebrity: 网红
perform vt. 展示
work n. 工作成果(result)
• Send a résumé and examples of your work.
请把您的简历和往期作品发过来。
on horseback:(美)在马背上
• on horse:(英)骑马
invoke vt. 浮现,使联想
• Jay Chou’s music invoke memories of youth.
周杰伦的音乐唤起了青春的回忆。
• conjure up: 使浮现于脑海;想起
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