身处多元化的时代，经常会发生一些令人意想不到的事。本期开言英语电台节目《潘吉Jenny告诉你》，就带大家了解最近大火的50岁机车网红大叔，看他如何变身为小萝莉。

　　Azusa Gakuyuki, a young, attractive girl who had been entertaining her Twitter followers with photos of herself indulging in her biggest passions (motorcycle riding, mountain hiking, skiing and other outdoorsy activities) went on popular television program Monday Late Show (から夜ふかし) to reveal something that left everyone flabbergasted. The beautiful girl, who appeared to be in her early 20s, was actually a 50-year-old man using the popular app FaceApp to alter his appearance and pass himself off as a woman.

　　indulging in 沉溺于

　　flabbergast ['flæbəˌɡɑːst] 大吃一惊，瞋目结舌

　　觉幸梓是个妙龄美女，热衷骑摩托、登山、滑雪等户外活动，通过在推特上分享这些照片，“她”吸引了大量粉丝，最终登上了日本著名电视节目《周一深夜脱口秀》，节目上，“她”一展真容，把所有人都惊掉下巴：

　　这名如花似玉的20来岁美女，竟然是是一名50岁大叔，用FaceApp加滤镜扮成的。

　　When asked why he went through the trouble of turning himself into an attractive girl on Twitter, the middle-aged man gave an answer that has become very common in this social media age when people look for approval in the forms of likes and comments.

　　look for approval 寻求认同

　　身处在一个通过博赞求认同的社交媒体时代，当被问及为什么要如此大费周章，男扮女装时，大叔给出的答案并不令人意外。

　　Apparently, when he first started posting photos of himself on Twitter, he only received a handful of reactions from people, so he started looking into ways of attracting attention on social media. Right about 2019, FaceApp was gaining prominence, so he decided to give it a try and was blown away by the possibilities.

　　a handful of 很少的

　　be blown away 震惊于

　　gain prominence 出名，逐渐兴起

　　最初，大叔在推特上发自拍，回复寥寥无几，为博取眼球，大叔只好剑走偏锋。正好2019年，FaceApp逐渐走红，大叔决定小试牛刀，无意间开启了新世界的大门。

　　After playing around with the app’s filters, the man managed to turn his face into that of a young, attractive woman, and noticed a change in people’s reactions as soon as he posted his first photo as Azusa Gakuyuki. I guess he got hooked on the attention, because he has been posting as her for the last two years, and getting several thousand likes on each picture he posts.

　　get hooked on 被吸引，无法自拔

　　在滤镜的加持下，大叔成功变身妙龄美女。化名觉幸梓，第一张“照骗”发布后，大叔发现，人们的反应，跟他发真实自拍的反应，差距可不是一般的大。

　　从此大叔一发而不可收拾，过去两年间，顶着觉幸梓的马甲狂发照骗，每张都能收获几千赞。

　　So why make the huge revelation now, after all this time? Well, according to several sources, there had been some controversy online regarding one of his recent Twitter photos, in which the reflection of a man taking the photo was spotted in the mirror of a motorcycle. But while some found it odd, most just assumed that he was Azusa’s father taking a photo of her.

　　revelation [ˌrevəˈleɪʃn] 启示;揭露

　　问题来了，玩了那么久，大叔现在为啥又公开真身了呢?

　　一切都源于大叔最近在推特更新的一张照片，这张“穿帮”照掀起一番争议。

　　网民发现，美女的自拍照里，摩托车的反光镜中，竟然映出一张大叔的脸。

　　虽然有人觉得不对劲，但大多数人还是不敢相信这就是觉幸梓真容，劝自己这是美女爸爸在帮“她”拍照。

　　After getting wind of the controversy surrounding this beautiful Twitter influencer, the Monday Late Show production team got in touch with her and asked if she was willing to meet them in person. The revelation was caught on camera, with the attractive girl arriving at the meeting site on a motorcycle, and taking off her helmet to reveal her real face.

　　get wind of 风闻

　　《周一晚间秀》节目组闻风而动，主动联系了当事人，询问“她”是否愿意线下见面。于是，就有了镜头下的这一幕惊天揭秘:

　　万人迷小姐姐骑着摩托车入场，摘下头盔，一展沧桑真容。

　　Going back to examine Azusa’s Twitter photos after learning the truth, I did get a feeling that some had been over-edited, but I never would have imagined that the protagonist wasn’t even female…

　　over-edited 过度加工的

　　protagonist [prəˈtæɡənɪst] 主角

　　得知真相后，我回过头去看觉幸梓的推特照片，确实能感觉到有些照片被过度加工，但我从来没想过主角竟然都不是女的……

　　As you can imagine, both the show’s audience and Azusa Gakayuki’s fans were left stunned by the revelation, but while a few criticized the man for deceiving his followers, many lauded his editing skills and his outside-the-box approach to gaining a following online. Believe it or not, Azusa’s following has been growing at an even faster rate since “her” TV appearance.

　　laud [lɔːd] 赞扬; 赞美

　　outside-the-box approach 标新立异的方式

　　believe it or not 信不信由你

　　可以想象，无论是觉幸梓的粉丝还是节目观众此时此刻都目瞪口呆。有人批评大叔骗粉，但很多人被他鬼斧神工的P图术和独辟蹊径的吸粉策略所折服。你可能想不到，自从“她”在电视上曝光真容，觉幸梓涨粉反而更快了。

　　This is certainly not the first time we’ve featured men passing themselves off as girls on the internet, but most others relied on makeup and angles to hide their true gender. But with the technology opening up all kinds of opportunities, stories like Azusa’s were inevitable.

　　pass oneself off 伪装成别人

　　inevitable [ɪnˈevɪtəbl]不可避免的

　　这显然不是第一起男扮女装车祸现场，不过别人都是通过妆容和角度来达到雌雄莫辨的效果。随着技术的发展，天知道接下来还会出现什么，世界已经无法阻挡更多觉幸梓的涌现了。

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