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magazine cover/杂志封面 / (zázhì fēnɡmiàn)

A: I heard you love reading magazines. Which magazine cover design to you like the most? 

听说你很爱看杂志,你觉得哪个杂志的封面设计最让你喜欢呢？

(tīnɡshuō nǐ hěnài kàn zázhì, nǐ juédé nǎɡè zázhì de fēnɡmiàn shèjì zuì rànɡnǐ xǐhuān ne?)

B: Hard to say. Because different magazines focus on different content, so their cover designs are also different.   

这个很难说,因为不同杂志关注的内容不同,杂志封面的设计也会不同。

(zhèɡè hěnnán shuō, yīnwéi bùtónɡ zázhì ɡuānzhù de nèirónɡ bùtónɡ, zázhì fēnɡmiàn de shèjì yěhuì bùtónɡ.)

A: Did you hear that recently a men's lifestyle type of magazine was criticized for its cover?  

你知道最近有一本关注男性生活的杂志因为它的封面而被人诟病吗？

(nǐ zhīdào zuìjìn yǒu yīběn ɡuānzhù nánxìnɡ shēnɡhuó de zázhì yīnwéi tāde fēnɡmiàn ér bèirén ɡòubìnɡ ma?)

B: I didn't hear about that. Tell me what happened. 

我不知道,你说说看吧。

(wǒ bùzhīdào, nǐ shuōshuō kàn bā.)

A: This magazine purposefully used an overly sexualized model to grab male readers' attention and it caused controversy because the cover design tried to objectify women.

这本杂志故意选用大胆性感的女性模特试图吸引更多男性读者,并且封面设计尝试物化女性,引发了争议。

(zhèběn zázhì ɡùyì xuǎnyònɡ dàdǎn xìnɡɡǎn de nǚxìnɡ mótè shìtú xīyǐn ɡènɡduō nánxìnɡ dúzhě, bìnɡqiě fēnɡmiàn shèjì chánɡshì wùhuà nǚxìnɡ, yǐnfā le zhēnɡyì.)

B: I will try to boycott this type of magazine.  

我会坚决抵制这类杂志。

(wǒhuì jiānjué dǐzhì zhèlèi zázhì.)

A: Yes, I'll boycott it too.

是的,我也会抵制它。

(shìde, wǒ yěhuì dǐzhì tā.)

Illustrations: Liu Xidan/GT