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0Episode: Celine Dion Is Back: 9 Million Want Tickets
Duration: approximately 7 minutes
Level: B1 (Intermediate)
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[Mike]: Welcome back to Learn English with Podcasts! Sarah, what would you do if 9 million people wanted tickets to your show, but you only had 480,000 seats?
zh:欢迎回到 Learn English with Podcasts！Sarah，如果有900万人想买你演出的票，但你只有48万个座位，你会怎么办？
[Sarah]: I would panic. That is almost 20 people fighting for every seat. Whose show is this crazy?
zh:我会慌。每张票差不多有20个人抢。这是谁的演出，这么疯狂？
[Mike]: Celine Dion. The voice behind My Heart Will Go On, from the movie Titanic. She is 58 years old now.
zh:席琳·迪翁。就是电影《泰坦尼克号》主题曲《我心永恒》背后的声音。她现在58岁了。
[Sarah]: Oh, the Queen. I grew up with that song. But she has been quiet for years, right?
zh:哦，那位天后。我是听着那首歌长大的。但她已经安静很多年了吧？
[Mike]: Almost 6 years. No full concert since the end of 2020. Last week in Paris, she finally came back, with a full 2.5-hour show.
zh:将近6年。从2020年底起就没开过完整演唱会。上周在巴黎，她终于回来了，带来一场完整的两个半小时演出。
[Sarah]: 6 years away, then 2.5 hours on stage? That is brave. What stopped her for so long?
zh:离开6年，一回来就唱两个半小时？真勇敢。这么久她为什么停下来？
[Mike]: Health. In 2022, she told the world she has stiff-person syndrome. It is a rare nerve illness. Her muscles tighten and shake without control.
zh:健康原因。2022年，她告诉全世界自己得了僵人综合征。这是一种罕见的神经疾病。她的肌肉会不受控制地收紧和痉挛。
[Sarah]: That sounds painful. Can she still walk and sing with that?
zh:听起来很疼。那她还能走路和唱歌吗？
[Mike]: Sometimes walking is hard. Singing the old way is hard too. She canceled many shows. She worked with doctors every day, just to get back on stage.
zh:有时候走路都困难。像以前那样唱歌也很难。她取消了很多演出。每天和医生一起训练，只为重返舞台。
[Sarah]: And now she is back in Paris. Where exactly? A big tour around the world?
zh:现在她在巴黎复出了。具体在哪儿？是全球巡演吗？
[Mike]: No, this is special. It is a residency. That means all the shows stay in one place, the arena in Paris. No traveling city to city.
zh:不，这次很特别。是驻场演出。意思是所有场次都在同一个地方，巴黎的那个竞技场。不用一座城市一座城市跑。
[Sarah]: Ah, a residency is smarter for her health. How many shows in total?
zh:啊，驻场对她的身体更友好。一共多少场？
[Mike]: 26 shows in total. The first 16 run from September 12 to October this year. Then 10 more next May, from May 8 to May 29.
zh:一共26场。前16场是今年9月12日到10月。再加10场在明年5月，从5月8日到5月29日。
[Sarah]: That is called the biggest concert event in French history? 26 shows in one arena, wow.
zh:这被称为法国历史上规模最大的演唱会？在一个场馆连开26场，哇。
[Mike]: Yes. And no back-to-back nights. Shows are only on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. That gives her body time to rest between shows.
zh:是的。而且没有连开。演出只在每周三、周五和周六。这样她的身体在两场之间有时间恢复。
[Sarah]: Very human plan. So how was the first night? Was her voice okay?
zh:很人性化的安排。那首演当晚怎么样？她嗓音还好吗？
[Mike]: At the start, yes, a little shaky. She was so emotional. She sang 27 songs in English and French. After the first few songs, she took control of the whole room.
zh:开场时，是的，有点抖。她太激动了。她唱了27首英法语歌曲。唱完前面几首，她就掌控了全场。
[Sarah]: 27 songs in one night, after 6 years away. Did she cry?
zh:离开6年，一晚唱27首。她哭了吗？
[Mike]: Many times. She said, I promised myself I would not cry. These are tears of joy. The fans cried with her.
zh:哭了好几次。她说，我答应自己不哭的。这是喜悦的泪水。粉丝和她一起哭。
[Sarah]: I can picture it. Loyal fans waited outside her hotel for days, right? Some flew across the world just to see her.
zh:我能想象那个画面。忠实粉丝在她酒店门口等了好几天吧？有人飞越大半个地球只为见她。
[Mike]: Exactly. And Paris went crazy for her. The city lit the Olympic flame again in the garden. They put her name on a big balloon. They even renamed a metro station Celine Station for the concerts.
zh:没错。整个巴黎都为她疯狂。城市在花园里重新点燃奥运圣火。在大气球上投影她的名字。甚至把演唱会附近的地铁站临时改名叫席琳站。
[Sarah]: A metro station with your name? That is bigger than a gold medal. Now tell me about the tickets. 9 million people, really?
zh:地铁站用你的名字？这比金牌还厉害。跟我说说抢票的事。真有900万人吗？
[Mike]: Really. About 9 million people joined the lottery system to try to buy tickets. Only 480,000 tickets for the first 16 shows. They sold out in 4 days.
zh:真的。约900万人通过抽签系统抢票。前16场只有48万张票。4天就抢光了。
[Sarah]: So less than 1 in 18 got a ticket. No wonder the ticket websites crashed many times. Too much traffic.
zh:所以不到十八分之一的人能抢到。难怪票务网站瘫痪了好几次。流量太大了。
[Mike]: Right. It set a record for this kind of concert sale. Everyone in France seems to be talking about one question, who got a ticket, and who did not.
zh:对。这创下了这类演唱会售票纪录。全法国好像都在聊一个问题，谁抢到了票，谁没抢到。
[Sarah]: Okay, she sings, fans cry, tickets crash websites. But I heard something even bigger, about money and the whole country?
zh:好，她唱歌，粉丝哭，网站瘫痪。但我听说还有更大的事，和钱、和整个国家有关？
[Mike]: Yes. Reports say her Paris shows may bring 1 billion euros to France. That is about 7.7 billion yuan. More than stars like Beyonce ever brought.
zh:是的。有报道说她巴黎的演出可能给法国带来10亿欧元。约合77亿元人民币。比碧昂丝这些歌手带来的都多。
[Sarah]: 1 billion euros from singing? That equals one fifth of the Paris Olympics income. One singer, one fifth of the Olympics?
zh:靠唱歌带来10亿欧元？相当于巴黎奥运会收益的五分之一。一位歌手，奥运会的五分之一？
[Mike]: That is what the media says. One magazine even put her photo on the cover and asked, will Celine Dion save the 2027 budget?
zh:媒体就是这么说的。一家杂志甚至把她照片放上封面，问，席琳·迪翁会拯救2027年的预算吗？
[Sarah]: From hospital room to saving the national budget. What a comeback story. But Mike, she is already a legend, right? Two hundred million albums?
zh:从病房到拯救国家预算。多么传奇的复出。但Mike，她本来就是传奇吧？两亿张专辑？
[Mike]: Over 200 million albums around the world. Two albums each sold over 30 million copies. 5 Grammy Awards, 12 World Music Awards, 21 Juno Awards from Canada.
zh:全球超过两亿张专辑。其中两张各卖了3000多万张。5座格莱美、12座世界音乐奖、21座加拿大朱诺奖。
[Sarah]: And in China, many people know her from Titanic, and from the 2013 Spring Festival Gala, when she sang Jasmine Flower with Song Zuying.
zh:在中国，很多人因为《泰坦尼克号》认识她，还因为2013年春晚，她和宋祖英合唱《茉莉花》。
[Mike]: Right. So this comeback is not just a concert. For many fans, it is like seeing an old friend win against a hard illness, step by step.
zh:对。所以这次复出不只是一场演唱会。对很多粉丝来说，就像看着一位老朋友一步步战胜重病。
[Sarah]: You know what touches me most? She cannot control her muscles, yet she controlled a 2.5-hour night. The woman who sometimes cannot walk easily made 9 million people run for tickets.
zh:你知道最打动我的是什么吗？她控制不了自己的肌肉，却掌控了两个半小时的夜晚。这位有时走路都困难的女人，让900万人为票奔跑。
[Mike]: That is the perfect line to end today. Thanks for listening to Learn English with Podcasts. Did Celine's story remind you of someone who never gave up?
zh:这句总结太完美了。感谢收听今天的 Learn English with Podcasts。席琳的故事让你想起了哪个永不放弃的人？
[Sarah]: Share this episode with them. Maybe listen to My Heart Will Go On together tonight. See you next time.
zh:把这期分享给那个人吧。今晚可以一起听听《我心永恒》。下期再见。
