8.Consequently，bereft of cultural heroes，we have latched onto cultural icons…
As a result，when we no long have national heroes to admire and worship，we have become crazy about cultural icons…因此，缺少了民族英雄，我們就迷上了通俗文化偶像。
Consequently：As a result因此，于是
bereft of：失去；缺少bereft（bereave的過去式、過去分詞）
The boy is bereft of hope.這孩子失去了希望。
latch onto/on to sb./sth.：（informal） to become very interested in sb./sth.，often finding them so useful that we don't want to let them go
對某人或某事產(chǎn)生極大的興趣，往往不愿意放棄（這里作者的意思是：人們開始迷上了文化偶像之后，就一發(fā)不可收拾，對他們的崇拜愈來愈狂熱。）
9.… who are simply famous for being famous.
…who are well-known just because they are frequently seen in public，so that a lot of people know them or know about them （not because they possess unusually fine qualities or because they have made great contributions to society）。僅僅因?yàn)橛忻擅娜恕?BR> be famous for：be known for
10.They are people who manage to transcend celebrity，who are legendary，who somehow manage to become mythic.——Cultural icons make themselves more famous than celebrities；they inspire great admiration；and to a certain degree，they become important people.他們超越了名流，成為傳奇式人物，甚至在某種程度上已是神話式的人物。
注意：此句此句用三個由Who引導(dǎo)出的并列的定語從句來修飾 people，界定“文化偶像”的三個特點(diǎn)：比名流名氣更大，受到崇拜，成為重要人物。
11.In part，their lives have the quality of a story.——Part of the reason is that their lives are unusual，full of ups and downs like people in legends or myths.部分的原因是由于他們的生平帶有傳奇故事的色彩。
In part：partly；to a certain extent 在一定程度上，部分地
He failed in the exams in part because he was careless.他沒通過考試在一定程度上是由于他粗心。
12.Good looks certainly help.漂亮的長相當(dāng)然有用。
Attractive appearance is surely very useful in the making of an icon.
help：to improve a situation or to make sth.happen起作用
Wisdom，not strength helps in the matter. 在這方面智慧起作用，力量無濟(jì)無事。
To be young and single definitely help when you're looking for a job 年輕又單身在找工作時是有得的條件。
Material incentives alone won't help（to） increase production. 光憑物質(zhì)刺激無助于提高生產(chǎn)。
13.So does a special indefinable charisma，with the help of the media.——
A particular great charm that is hard to define also proves useful.The media help to impress people with it.在媒體的抄作下某種難以描述的、特殊的個人魅力也起作用。
這是個倒裝句，A special indefinable charisma 是主語，does 是謂語，代表helps，介詞短語 with the help of the media作狀語。
14.But nothing becomes an icon more than a tragic and early death然而悲劇性地過早離開這個世界，卻是造成偶像最重要的因素。
become：適合；與——相稱
Purple becomes her.紫色很適合她
Don't be rude，it doesn't become you.別動粗，這同你的身份不相稱。
more than：Nothing could satisfy him more than money.沒有比錢更能滿足他的東西了。
15.Being Somebody《當(dāng)名人》
somebody：an important person名人；重要人物
It is said that his father is somebody in the show business. 據(jù)說他的父親是演藝界的大腕人物。
He spoke as if he was somebody in the department. 他說話的樣子好像他是系里了不起的人物似的。
Cf.something：a thing or a person that thought to be important or worth noting有見地；有道理；了不起
There's something in what the boy says. 那男孩子的話還真有道理。
Christy has learned to write with his left foot.It's really something.克里斯蒂學(xué)會用左腳寫字了，真了不起。
You've done it，Chris.You're really something. 克里斯，你成功了。你可真了不起。
17.Their accomplishments are still evident in our own day.
Today we still see or feel what they achieved in the past.
18.Today's celebrities，however，often do not become known for any enduring achievement.——But，today，people often do not become famous because they've achieved something （a great book，an invention，a discovery，a way of thinking，etc.） that will last or influence people for a long time.然而，當(dāng)今的名人往往并不是由于他們所取得的成就而聞名。
Be/become known for：to be/become famous because of
Suzhou is known for its beautiful gardens. 蘇州因其美麗的園林而聞名。
He became known for a book he wrote when he was 17.他因17歲時寫的一本書而出名。
Cf.be known as：to be called，regarded as，looked upon as以——而著稱
In China，Suzhou and Hangzhou are known as “paradises on earth” 在中國，蘇州和杭州被稱為“人間天堂”。
The girl has an unusually large vocabulary and is known as a “walking dictionary”。
那女孩知道的詞真多，被稱為“活字典”。
Singapore is known as a garden city.新加坡以花園城而聞名。
19.The year before，that distinction went to President Carter's wife，Rosalynn.——The year before，the title / honour was given to President Carter's wife，Rosalynn./The year before，President Carter's wife，Rosalynn，won the honour.前一年，這個稱號又送給了卡特總統(tǒng)夫人，羅薩琳。
（prize，title，honour，property，etc.） go to sb./sth.：to be given to，awarded to，or inherited by sb.贈送給，授予
The money they raised from the concert all went to the flooded area.舉辦音樂會所得款項(xiàng)全部捐贈給水災(zāi)地區(qū)。
The title “The Best Woman Football Player of the Millenium” went to a Chinese，Sun Wen.
“千年女足運(yùn)動員”的稱號授予了中國運(yùn)動員孫雯。
The house was left to his son，and all the paintings went to his daughter.
房子留給了他的兒子，女兒繼承了所有繪畫。
The 2000 Nobel Prize for Peace went to Kim Dae Chong. 2000年諾貝爾和平獎授予了金大中。
20.The hero was distinguished by his accomplishment；the celebrity by his image or trademark.
The hero was different from ordinary people because of what he had achieved；the celebrity differs from ordinary people merely because he is well-known.英雄因其成就而出眾，而名流則因其形象或其特征而出名。
As a result，when we no long have national heroes to admire and worship，we have become crazy about cultural icons…因此，缺少了民族英雄，我們就迷上了通俗文化偶像。
Consequently：As a result因此，于是
bereft of：失去；缺少bereft（bereave的過去式、過去分詞）
The boy is bereft of hope.這孩子失去了希望。
latch onto/on to sb./sth.：（informal） to become very interested in sb./sth.，often finding them so useful that we don't want to let them go
對某人或某事產(chǎn)生極大的興趣，往往不愿意放棄（這里作者的意思是：人們開始迷上了文化偶像之后，就一發(fā)不可收拾，對他們的崇拜愈來愈狂熱。）
9.… who are simply famous for being famous.
…who are well-known just because they are frequently seen in public，so that a lot of people know them or know about them （not because they possess unusually fine qualities or because they have made great contributions to society）。僅僅因?yàn)橛忻擅娜恕?BR> be famous for：be known for
10.They are people who manage to transcend celebrity，who are legendary，who somehow manage to become mythic.——Cultural icons make themselves more famous than celebrities；they inspire great admiration；and to a certain degree，they become important people.他們超越了名流，成為傳奇式人物，甚至在某種程度上已是神話式的人物。
注意：此句此句用三個由Who引導(dǎo)出的并列的定語從句來修飾 people，界定“文化偶像”的三個特點(diǎn)：比名流名氣更大，受到崇拜，成為重要人物。
11.In part，their lives have the quality of a story.——Part of the reason is that their lives are unusual，full of ups and downs like people in legends or myths.部分的原因是由于他們的生平帶有傳奇故事的色彩。
In part：partly；to a certain extent 在一定程度上，部分地
He failed in the exams in part because he was careless.他沒通過考試在一定程度上是由于他粗心。
12.Good looks certainly help.漂亮的長相當(dāng)然有用。
Attractive appearance is surely very useful in the making of an icon.
help：to improve a situation or to make sth.happen起作用
Wisdom，not strength helps in the matter. 在這方面智慧起作用，力量無濟(jì)無事。
To be young and single definitely help when you're looking for a job 年輕又單身在找工作時是有得的條件。
Material incentives alone won't help（to） increase production. 光憑物質(zhì)刺激無助于提高生產(chǎn)。
13.So does a special indefinable charisma，with the help of the media.——
A particular great charm that is hard to define also proves useful.The media help to impress people with it.在媒體的抄作下某種難以描述的、特殊的個人魅力也起作用。
這是個倒裝句，A special indefinable charisma 是主語，does 是謂語，代表helps，介詞短語 with the help of the media作狀語。
14.But nothing becomes an icon more than a tragic and early death然而悲劇性地過早離開這個世界，卻是造成偶像最重要的因素。
become：適合；與——相稱
Purple becomes her.紫色很適合她
Don't be rude，it doesn't become you.別動粗，這同你的身份不相稱。
more than：Nothing could satisfy him more than money.沒有比錢更能滿足他的東西了。
15.Being Somebody《當(dāng)名人》
somebody：an important person名人；重要人物
It is said that his father is somebody in the show business. 據(jù)說他的父親是演藝界的大腕人物。
He spoke as if he was somebody in the department. 他說話的樣子好像他是系里了不起的人物似的。
Cf.something：a thing or a person that thought to be important or worth noting有見地；有道理；了不起
There's something in what the boy says. 那男孩子的話還真有道理。
Christy has learned to write with his left foot.It's really something.克里斯蒂學(xué)會用左腳寫字了，真了不起。
You've done it，Chris.You're really something. 克里斯，你成功了。你可真了不起。
17.Their accomplishments are still evident in our own day.
Today we still see or feel what they achieved in the past.
18.Today's celebrities，however，often do not become known for any enduring achievement.——But，today，people often do not become famous because they've achieved something （a great book，an invention，a discovery，a way of thinking，etc.） that will last or influence people for a long time.然而，當(dāng)今的名人往往并不是由于他們所取得的成就而聞名。
Be/become known for：to be/become famous because of
Suzhou is known for its beautiful gardens. 蘇州因其美麗的園林而聞名。
He became known for a book he wrote when he was 17.他因17歲時寫的一本書而出名。
Cf.be known as：to be called，regarded as，looked upon as以——而著稱
In China，Suzhou and Hangzhou are known as “paradises on earth” 在中國，蘇州和杭州被稱為“人間天堂”。
The girl has an unusually large vocabulary and is known as a “walking dictionary”。
那女孩知道的詞真多，被稱為“活字典”。
Singapore is known as a garden city.新加坡以花園城而聞名。
19.The year before，that distinction went to President Carter's wife，Rosalynn.——The year before，the title / honour was given to President Carter's wife，Rosalynn./The year before，President Carter's wife，Rosalynn，won the honour.前一年，這個稱號又送給了卡特總統(tǒng)夫人，羅薩琳。
（prize，title，honour，property，etc.） go to sb./sth.：to be given to，awarded to，or inherited by sb.贈送給，授予
The money they raised from the concert all went to the flooded area.舉辦音樂會所得款項(xiàng)全部捐贈給水災(zāi)地區(qū)。
The title “The Best Woman Football Player of the Millenium” went to a Chinese，Sun Wen.
“千年女足運(yùn)動員”的稱號授予了中國運(yùn)動員孫雯。
The house was left to his son，and all the paintings went to his daughter.
房子留給了他的兒子，女兒繼承了所有繪畫。
The 2000 Nobel Prize for Peace went to Kim Dae Chong. 2000年諾貝爾和平獎授予了金大中。
20.The hero was distinguished by his accomplishment；the celebrity by his image or trademark.
The hero was different from ordinary people because of what he had achieved；the celebrity differs from ordinary people merely because he is well-known.英雄因其成就而出眾，而名流則因其形象或其特征而出名。