A look behind the name 盛名背後
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Martha Stewart. You may have heard the name in the news recently. She's the 1)author of several books, she has hosted radio and TV programs, and most recently, she's been in trouble for 2)illegally 3)trading 4)stock. But just who is this 5)goddess of 6)homemaking? How did she become so successful?
瑪莎史都華。也許最近你在新聞裡聽過這個名字。她是好幾本書的作者、主持過廣播及電視節目，最近卻因為非法股票交易而惹上麻煩。可是，這位居家生活女神到底是何方神聖？她如何變得這麼成功？
‧ 中級單字
1) author (n.) 作者，作家
2) illegally (adv.) 非法地
3) trade (v.) 交易
4) stock (n.) 股票
5) goddess (n.) 女神
6) homemaking (n.) 家政
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1)Ironically, Martha's first job was as a 2)stockbroker. She was one of the first women stockbrokers on Wall Street. But she soon 3)switched 4)careers and had success running a 5)catering company. Martha found she had a 6)talent for finding nice, 7)neat, and easy ways to do things around the house. This was the real start of her career.
諷刺的是，瑪莎的第一份工作就是股票營業員。她是華爾街首批女性營業員中的一員。可是她很快就轉換跑道，成功經營起一家外燴公司。瑪莎發現自己的才華：能夠找出整潔、簡單、輕鬆做家事的方法。這才真正是她事業的起步。
‧ 中級單字
1) ironically (adv.) 諷刺地，反諷地
2) stockbroker (n.) 股票營業員
3) switch (v.) 轉換，調換
4) career (n.) 事業，生涯
5) catering (n.) 外燴
6) talent (n.) 才華，才幹
7) neat (a.) 整潔的，很棒的
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In 1982 she wrote a book called 1)Entertaining. It was a very successful book that gave housewives lots of helpful advice. “She took women's work seriously,” said writer Naomi Wolf. “She took seriously the traditions of caring about the home, making beautiful things. And she found a huge market of people who cared.”
一九八二年，她寫了一本叫做《宴客》的書，賣得很好，書中提供家庭主婦很多有用的建議。作家娜奧米沃爾夫說︰「她認真看待女人的工作。她很嚴肅對待料理家務與製作漂亮東西的傳統。她也找到一個廣大的市場，有許多人關心這方面的問題。」
‧ 中級單字
1) entertain (v.) 款待，娛樂（賓客）
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And this huge market made Martha a very rich woman. In 1999 she started a company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. The company brought together her products, TV programs, and magazine under one name. The problem is, when she illegally sold her stock (based on insider information given by a friend), both her name and her 1)reputation were damaged.
這個廣大市場也讓瑪莎史都華成為富婆。一九九九年，她成立一家公司名為「瑪莎史都華生活全媒體」。公司把她的產品、電視節目與雜誌都納入一個品牌名下。問題是，當她非法出售股票（根據朋友的內線消息），她的品牌與名聲同時受到重創。
‧ 中級單字
1) reputation (n.) 名譽
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