从一只黑天鹅到一名模特

By Heather/金家军（译注）

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中国人向来崇尚“一白遮三丑”,以白为美。你是否因为自己的肤色稍微有点黝黑而自惭形秽、缺乏自信，甚至有过被嘲讽的经历呢？一名来自塞内加尔的黑人中学生就有过成长过程中多次被嘲讽、起绰号的经历。那么，她是如何面对欺凌，又是如何看待自己的肤色的呢？

Khoudia Diop is a 19-year-old Senegalese model who was once bullied because of her color.But now the selfcalled “Melanin Goddess” is taking the Internet by storm with her beautifully rich skin color.

“I was laughed at a lot growing up,because of my skin color,”Khoudia,who works in Paris at the moment,told the Daily Mail.“And now even online sometimes,people will make comments.Growing up,I faced it by facing the bullies.As I grew,I learned to love myself more every day,and not pay attention to the negative people.”Since then Khoudia,who started modelling when she was 17,has won the Internet with her beautiful pictures that have brought her a following of over 235k on Instagram（一款照片分享软件）.She’s also encouraging people to take their differences,writing that“If you’re lucky enough to be different,don’t ever change.”We couldn’t agree more.

“They called me darky,daughter of the night.”

“The message I have for my sisters is that how you look doesn’t matter,as long as you feel beautiful inside.”

“One of my goals is to make all my dark-skinned sisters out there and laugh at those with their ‘beauty standards’.”

Khoudia only started modelling 2 years ago when she was just 17,but she already has over 235k followers on Instagram.

◆词语积淀

model/΄mɒdl/n.模型；模范；模特儿

bully/΄bʊli/vt.欺负；威吓

goddess/΄gɒdIs/n.女神；受崇拜的女性

comment/΄kɔment/n.评论；闲话

negative/΄negətIv/adj.消极的；否定的

encourage/In΄kʌrIdʒ/v.鼓励；促进；支持

darky/΄dɑːki/n.黑人；黑家伙

李站长沉吟片刻，说，罚五万！何泽说，太高了吧？这树顶多价值五万。李站长扑哧一声笑了，说何泽呀何泽，你骗别人也不能骗我这个林学科班生，你那棵金弹子树少说树龄也在两百年之上，当前的市价若低于了二十万，我把脑壳割下来给你当夜壶。

dark-skinned/΄dɑːksk΄Ind/adj.深肤色的

standard/΄stændəd/n.标准；水准

◆典句赏析

1.Since then Khoudia,who started modelling when she was 17,has won the Internet with her beautiful pictures that have brought her a following of over 235k on Instagram（一款照片分享软件）.柯迪亚17岁时开始做模特，此后她获得了互联网的青睐，她在照片分享软件上的美丽的照片为她赢得了超过235000个粉丝。

句子“who started modelling when she was 17”是非限制性定语从句，对前面的名词Khoudia作补充说明；介词短语“with her beautiful pictures”作方式状语，修饰动词win；“that have brought her a following of over 235k on Instagram（一款照片分享软件）”是that引导的定语从句，修饰名词pictures，作后置定语。

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2.“The message I have for my sisters is that how you look doesn’t matter,...” “我给我的姐妹们的话是，你的外表看上去是怎样的并不重要，……”

该句的主要结构为 “The message...is...”，其中省略了引导词that的定语从句I have和介词短语for my sisters同时修饰前面的名词message；从句和介词短语作定语时，都要后置。“how you look doesn’t matter”是be动词后接的表语从句，其中表语从句的主语则是由主语从句“how you look”来充当。

译文助读

柯迪亚·迪奥普是一名19岁的塞内加尔女模特，一度由于她的肤色而被欺负。但是现在自称是“黑色素女神”的她正凭借非常滋润的肤色在互联网上掀起风暴。

“成长的过程中由于肤色我经常被嘲笑，”现在在巴黎工作的柯迪亚告诉《每日邮报》。“现在甚至在网上，有时人们还会评头论足。成长的过程中，我直面欺凌。随着我的成长，我学会了每一天更爱自己，而不去留意那些消极的人。”柯迪亚17岁时开始做模特，此后她获得了互联网的青睐，她在照片分享软件上的美丽的照片为她赢得了超过235000个粉丝。她也正鼓舞着人们接受不同，她写道,“如果你足够幸运与众不同的话，永远不要改变自己。”我们完全赞同。

“他们叫我黑妞，黑夜之女。”

“我给我的姐妹们的话是，你的外表看上去是怎样的并不重要，只要你在内心感到自己是美丽的就可以了。”

“我的目标之一就是让我所有的深色皮肤的姐妹们站出来，嘲笑那些固守所谓‘美的标准’的人。”

柯迪亚两年前才开始做模特的，那时她才17岁，但是她已经在照片分享软件上拥有了235000个粉丝。