Mirror, Mirror on the Wall… 瘦身魔镜
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In the old fairy tale, the Queen inquired “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” “Thou, O Queen,” was the ready answer. But the modern version of the talking mirror is going to give a very different kind of answer, and the intrepid inquirer had better not take it sitting down.
在古老的童话故事中，皇后询问：「魔镜啊，墙上的魔镜！谁是世上最美的女子？」「阁下您啊，皇后！」是最现成的答案。但现代版的魔镜将有非常不同的答案，大胆的询问者最好不要坐着聆听。
This new mirror won’t be talking, but it will have a lot to say –through pictures. A new system, being developed by Accenture Technology in France, will use an array of cameras to photograph your entire body. Other cameras placed around the house will assess how much time you spend on the couch, or running on the treadmill. When a camera sees you eating, it will ask, “Is that a cookie or a carrot?” All the data will be analyzed to generate a profile of your lifestyle.
虽然新镜子不会说话，但它将藉由照片表达许多看法。法国埃森哲科技公司所研发的新系统，将运用一批照相机拍你的全身。放置在屋子四周的照相机会评估你在沙发上花多少时间，或在跑步机上跑多久。当一个照相机拍到你在吃饭，它会问你：「那是饼干或是红萝卜？」照相机拍摄到的所有数据将被分析，以勾勒你的生活型态。
Coupled with the pictures of your body, the data will be fed into an image- processing computer. The computer will calculate how your face and body changes day by day, year by year, and pound by pound. The result will be displayed on an LCD TV.
这些资料结合你身体的照片，会被输入处理图像的计算机。这计算机会计算你的脸孔和身体每天、每年、每磅的变化。而结果将显示在液晶电视上。
And be prepared for the shocking result. Accenture lab director Martin Illsey hopes that by seeing how you’ll look in the future, you’ll be spurred to change your poor dietary habits and start doing more exercise. If you’re looking for a healthier lifestyle, look into the mirror!
准备迎接令人震撼的结果！埃森哲实验室主任马丁伊瑟希望，藉由看到自己未来的面貌，人们会被激励而改变自己贫乏的饮食习惯，并开始做更多运动。如果你在找更健康的生活型态，照照镜子吧！
−by Howard Weston
Vocabulary
单词发音
array [əˋre] n.（排列整齐的）一批；一系列；大量[S][（+of）]
profile [ˋprofaɪl] n. 人物简介；概况
calculate [ˋkælkjə͵let] v. 计算
spur [spɝ] v. 鞭策，鼓励
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inquire [ɪnˋkwaɪr] v. 讯问；查问
fair [fɛr] adj.【旧】（妇女）美丽的
thou [ðaʊ] n.【古】（第二人称单数主格）汝，尔，你
version [ˋvɝʒən] n. 版本
intrepid [ɪnˋtrɛpɪd] adj. 勇敢的；大胆的
assess [əˋsɛs] v. 评价﹐评定
treadmill [ˋtrɛd͵mɪl] n.（运动使用的）跑步机
feed into 输入; 送入, 装进
Snow White - The Evil Queen's Transformation
Slave in the magic mirror,
come from the farthest space,
...through wind and darkness
I summon thee.
Speak!
Let me see thy face.
What wouldst thou know,
my Queen?
Magic mirror on the wall,
who is the fairest one of all?
Famed is thy beauty, Majesty.
But hold, a lovely maid I see.
Rags cannot hide her gentle grace.
Alas, she is more fair than thee.
Alas for her!
Reveal her name.
Lips red as the rose.
Hair black as ebony.
Skin white as snow.
Snow White!
Take her far into the forest.
Find some secluded glade
where she can pick wildflowers.
Yes, Your Majesty.
And there,
my faithful Huntsman,
you will kill her!
But, Your Majesty,
the little Princess!
Silence!
You know the penalty
if you fail.
Yes, Your Majesty.
But to make doubly sure...
you do not fail,
bring back her heart...
in this.
Take her far into the forest.
Find some secluded glade
where she can pick wildflowers.
Yes, Your Majesty.
And there,
my faithful Huntsman,
you will kill her!
But, Your Majesty,
the little Princess!
Silence!
You know the penalty
if you fail.
Yes, Your Majesty.
But to make doubly sure...
you do not fail,
bring back her heart...
in this.
Magic mirror on the wall,
who now is
the fairest one of all?
Over the seven jewelled hills,
beyond the seventh fall,
in the cottage
of the Seven Dwarfs,
dwells Snow White,
fairest one of all.
Snow White lies dead
in the forest.
The Huntsman has brought me proof.
Behold, her heart.
Snow White still lives,
the fairest in the land.
'Tis the heart of a pig
you hold in your hand.
The heart of a pig!
Then I've been tricked!
The heart of a pig!
The blundering fool!
I'll go myself
to the dwarfs' cottage...
in a disguise so complete
no one will ever suspect.
Now, a formula to transform
my beauty into ugliness.
Change my queenly raiment
to a peddler's cloak.
"Mummy Dust" to make me old.
To shroud my clothes, the black of night.
To age my voice,
an old hag's cackle.
To whiten my hair,
a scream of fright.
A blast of wind...
to fan my hate!
A thunderbolt...
to mix it well.
Now...
begin thy magic spell.
Look! My hands!
My voice!
My voice!
A perfect disguise.
And now, a special...
sort of death for one so fair.
What shall it be?
Ah! A poisoned apple!
"Sleeping Death."
"One taste
of the Poisoned Apple...
"and the victim's eyes
will close forever...
in the Sleeping Death."