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The
artist
Andy
Warhol
famously
said
that
he
thought
everybody
would
be
famous
for
fifteen
minutes
,
艺术家安迪·沃霍尔有句众所周知的话:每个人都会出名15分钟,
and
with
the
increasing
power
of
the
internet
,
that's
more
true
today
than
ever
.
而随着互联网的不断壮大,这句话在今天比在以往要更加正确。
Anybody
with
an
internet
connection
and
a
computer
can
now
become
a
cewebrity
.
现如今,任何能够上网并拥有一台电脑的人,都可以成为一个网络名人。
A
cewebrity
is
somebody
who
is
only
,
or
perhaps
mostly
famous
through
their
presence
on
the
internet
,
网络名人就是指那些只在互联网,或者说主要是在互联网上走红的人,
an
internet
personality
who
crosses
over
to
the
mainstream
.
A
web
celebrity
.
A
cewebrity
.
也可以指从网络跨界到主流媒体的名人。一个网上的名人,就是
cewebrity
。
As
people
rely
on
the
internet
more
and
more
for
their
entertainment
needs
,
随着人们越来越依赖互联网来满足他们的娱乐需求,
it
is
becoming
increasingly
attractive
as
a
platform
for
new
writing
,
music
,
film
,
and
art
.
作为一个新的写作、音乐、电影和艺术的平台,它正变得越来越有吸引力。
The
writer
Stephen
King
has
published
books
only
on
the
internet
作家史蒂芬·金就只在互联网上出版图书,
and
some
musicians
get
a
recording
contract
through
the
popularity
they
build
up
on
the
web
.
而一些音乐人则是凭借他们在网上建立起来的声望,以此来获得一份唱片合约。
Recently
an
American
newspaper
,
the
Seattle
PI
decided
to
abandon
its
paper
copy
and
only
publish
online
.
最近,《西雅图邮报》这份美国报纸,决定放弃其纸质印刷,只在线上刊印。
As
its
audience
grows
,
the
internet
is
becoming
more
powerful
in
making
people
famous
,
随着受众人群的增加,互联网在让人们出名这方面正变得越来越有作用,
and
some
videos
which
are
posted
on
the
internet
become
incredibly
popular
,
being
seen
by
millions
of
people
in
a
short
space
of
time
.
而发布在互联网上的一些视频则变得非常流行,在很短的一段时间内就会被数以百万计的人观看。
This
is
an
age
where
a
video
of
someone
dancing
and
pretending
to
sing
a
famous
song
can
get
them
an
appearance
on
TV
shows
and
magazines
.
这是个只要发个跳舞或者假装翻唱名曲的视频,就能让你在电视节目和杂志上露露脸的时代。
It's
an
age
of
cewebrity
!
这是一个网络名人的时代!