recession-proof (a) 可以抗經濟蕭條的；不受景氣影響的
-proof跟其它字結合，就有「防止」之意；其它常出現的造字有water-proof(防水); bullet-proof(防彈); idiot-proof(防呆)
A: It’s insane! Do you see all those people there, fighting to get the limited edition?
B: Yeah, I guess luxury is recession-proof.
A: 真是瘋了！你看到那堆要搶購限量版的人了嗎？
B: 恩，奢侈品大概不受景氣影響吧。
fly off the shelves (verb phr) 銷售極佳
iPods continue to fly off the shelves as Apple keeps coming up with successful advertising campaigns and marketing strategies.
在Apple不斷的推出成功的廣告活動跟行銷策略之下，iPods還是持續熱賣。
C:That's the way how they keep earning money from customers! Some people just get crazy for those famous brand and will buy the newest one even the old one isn't broken. I strongly condemn those companies and please do something for our future!
steamy (a) 水氣的；煽情的
這裡主持人使用steamy story有一語雙關的作用；story這裡指的一方面是這個新聞報導news story；另一方面也是指報導中的浪漫愛情故事 (romance novels/romance stories)。
These steamy bed scenes on prime time TV have angered many parents; as a result, the TV station is flooded with protest calls.
電視在黃金時段播放鹹濕場面惱怒了不少父母親；結果是電視台湧入了大量的抗議電話。
C: That's also another way to poison our young generation--overwhelmed by steamy scenes/words.
boost (n) 提升，增加
The lowering of interest rates, may experts believe, would give a great boost to the house market.
許多專家相信，利率調降可以大大的帶動房市買氣。
economic stimulus package (n phr) 刺激經濟方案
With fears of a deepening recession, legislators consider a large, new economic stimulus package.
憂心經濟蕭條加劇，立法委員正考慮一個規模較大的新刺激經濟方案。
a tall tale (n phr) 誇張的故事
Tom told me a tall tale about how he met his current girlfriend in a trip to Sun Moon Lake.
Tom跟我說了一個很扯的故事，說他是怎麼在日月潭旅遊時認識現在的女友的。
C:Suddenly feel that there're many tall tales in my life~
bodice (n) 女子的上衣
bodice-ripper這個詞本身就是指「充滿情愛場景的故事」或「言情小說」，因為在此類小說裡，男女主角常常「脫去衣物」的情愛場面是一大賣點；這裡故意使用一語雙關(pun)，"to rip the bodice of the literary competition"，意指情愛小說已經征服了這書籍市場，脫去了書籍市場的上衣。
She looks amazing in that low-cut bodice which reveals her excellent figure.
她穿上那件低胸上衣真是美極了，展露了好身材。
C: I don't think that's my style. But sometimes those apparels really look attrative!
happy-ever-after (a) 從此後無憂無慮的
童話故事裡常用的表達是動詞的片語結構“live happily ever after”，指的是王子與公主從此過著無憂無慮快樂的生活
A: How old are you, my dear? Do you still live your life in a world where the prince and the princess live happily ever after?
B: Come on. I am just thirty. I am still legitimately young to believe in true love.
A: 親愛的，你都幾歲了？你怎麼好像還相信王子跟公主從此會過著幸福快樂的日子？
B: 拜託，我也才三十而已。我這年紀還相信真愛，還很OK好嗎？
spike (a) 突然的成長；高峰
This online game company expects to see a spike in sales after launching a series of controversial TV commercials that are criticized as objectifying women.
播放了被批評是物化女性的一系列爭議性電視廣告後，這間線上遊戲公司預期業績量會大增。
C:Never mind~Anyway our society and culture are already polluted by western hegemonies.
Expressions in the news
It turns out in tough times people aren’t just looking for a boost with the economic stimulus package; they are also looking to be stimulated by something else—tall tales of lusty love.
在困難的時局之中，人們不只想要從經濟刺激方案中得到鼓舞，他們還想尋求別的刺激鼓舞─纏綿悱惻的愛情故事。
At Barnes and Noble, while overall sales are down, romance novels sales are up.
Barnes and Noble(書商)整體銷售量都下滑，只有浪漫愛情故事異軍突起。
It is something that makes you feel good.
這東西就是會讓你覺得舒服。
People are looking for the hope. They look for the comfort and security, knowing that there’s a better place and a better time.
人們在找尋希望。他們想要得到撫慰與安全感，想要知道還有一個更好的時代在前等待。
And for now, people can take a piece of that instantly.
人們現在就想要得到點(幸福的感覺)。
(這裡的that在新聞中指的就是安全感、幸福等。)
And every time you walk in the room, I hear that kind of music.
每次你走進來，我就會聽到那種音樂。
(這裡指的音樂就是那種浪漫情境的背景音樂。意思是被對方迷住了，所以會聽到那種浪漫的背景音樂。)
Source：
本標題仿照馬奎斯(García Márquez)「愛在瘟疫蔓延時」 (Love in the Time of Cholera) 書名而來。
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