Park Mak-rye: South Korea's One-of-a-kind YouTube Star 南韓奶奶的 YouTube 異想世界 One of South Korea's most popular Internet celebrities is old enough to be your grandmother. 南韓最受歡迎的其中一位網路名人年紀大到可以當你奶奶了。
The rise of YouTube has created many young vloggers▼ that show off their skills, give fashion advice, or talk about life. However, few older people have joined in to share their opinions. Thankfully, a South Korean woman named Park Mak-rye is an exception. This 70-year-old grandmother has hundreds of thousands of fans on her YouTube channel.
Park started her channel after her granddaughter suggested that making videos would help her keep her memories sharp. Her videos are about her life and what it's like to grow old. Unlike many younger YouTubers who try to always look perfect, Park isn't afraid to show off her wrinkles when she does a make-up video. She also makes videos giving advice about life or sharing some of her experiences.
Young people enjoy watching Park because she is not fake or just trying to become famous. They also enjoy seeing what life is like through the eyes of an older person. Park has thanked YouTube for giving new meaning to her life. She said that before YouTube she felt like, "Since I'm 70, my life is over." Now, she believes that "life starts at 71."
1. one-of-a-kind a. 獨一無二的
Each of the handmade bags in this shop is one-of-a-kind.
這家店裡的每一個手工包包都是獨一無二的。
2. show off sth / show sth off 炫耀/賣弄某事物
Those boys like to show off their basketball skills in front of girls.
那些男生喜歡在女生面前炫耀他們的籃球技巧。
3. opinion n. 意見,看法
Roger saved the day by offering a useful opinion in the meeting.
羅傑因為在會議上提出一個有用的意見而扭轉了情勢。
4. thankfully adv. 慶幸的是,幸虧
Thankfully, we bought the house before the price went very high.
慶幸的是,我們在房價大漲之前就買下了這棟房子。
5. sharp a. 敏銳的,機靈的
Dogs have a sharp sense of smell, but their sense of taste is rather poorly developed.
狗的嗅覺很靈敏,但是牠們的味覺相當不發達。
6. wrinkle n. 皺紋,皺褶
No one can live to old age without getting wrinkles.
沒有人老了還不長皺紋的。
7. make-up n. 化妝;化妝品
Jessica has always been afraid of clowns because of their scary make-up.
潔西卡一直很害怕小丑,因為他們的妝很恐怖。
8. fake a. 虛假的;偽造的
Bridget always tricks others with her fake smiles and laughter.
布莉姬總是用她虛情假意的微笑和笑聲來騙人。
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本文副標 "One of South Korea's most popular Internet celebrities is old enough to be your grandmother." 中的「形容詞 + enough to V」表「……得可以做某事」;而另一個用法「形容詞 + enough for N」則表「對……來說足夠」或者是「對……來說具備足夠的條件」。例:
These glasses aren't strong enough to help me see clearly.
(這副眼鏡度數不夠深,無法讓我看得很清楚。)
I'd like to order a pizza. It will need to be big enough for 10 people.
(我想訂購一個披薩。它必須要夠十個人吃。)
Peter isn't old enough for this position.
(彼得擔任這個職務稍嫌年輕了點。)