韩国的娱乐业很发达，制造了一大批偶像。最近，几名男明星卷入了性丑闻，导致其演艺生涯面临着终结。而在这件事背后，有着深层次的原因，那就是韩国有严重的男女不平等问题。
K-Pop in crisis
by Jake Kwon, Sophie Jeong and James Griffiths
South Korea's entertainment industry is a cultural juggernaut that has allowed the East Asian nation to punch well above its weight in terms of global soft power. But a digital sex scandal that police say involves some of K-Pop's biggest stars has rocked the K-Pop world, leaving it facing a reckoning from which some believe it might not recover.★
entertainment /ˌentəˈteɪnmənt/ n. 娱乐（由entertain加后缀-ment变成名词）
juggernaut /ˈdʒʌɡənɔːt/ n. 重型卡车（引申为无法抗拒的强大力量）
East Asian /ˈeɪʒ(ə)n/ 东亚的
nation /ˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ n. 国家
punch /pʌntʃ/ above one's weight 取得了超出其体量的成功
well /wel/ adv. 远远（表示强调）
in terms of 就…而言
global /ˈɡləʊb(ə)l/ adj. 全球的
soft power 软实力
scandal /ˈskænd(ə)l/ n. 丑闻
K-Pop 韩国流行音乐
rock /rɒk/ v. 使震惊
face /feɪs/ v. 面对、面临
reckon /ˈrek(ə)n/ v. 思考
recover /rɪˈkʌvə(r)/ v. 恢复、复原
★ 这句话里第二个some指some people，这种用法还是比较常见的
In the past month, four major K-Pop idols have apologized or announced early retirement after being linked to a group chat in which members shared sexual videos of women who were allegedly filmed without their consent. Last week, singer Jung Joon-young was arrested in connection with the scandal.
major /ˈmeɪdʒə(r)/ adj. 主要的
idol /ˈaɪd(ə)l/ n. 偶像
apologize /əˈpɒlədʒaɪz/ v. 道歉
retirement /rɪˈtaɪəmənt/ n. 退休、退役（由retire加后缀-ment变成名词）
link /lɪŋk/ v. 联系、关联
group chat （网上的）群聊
sexual /ˈsekʃʊəl/ adj. 跟性有关的
allegedly /əˈledʒɪdli/ adv. 据称
film /fɪlm/ v. 拍摄电影
consent /kənˈsent/ n. 同意、允许
Jung Joon-young 郑俊英（图片中的男子）
arrest /əˈrest/ v. 逮捕
in connection /kəˈnekʃ(ə)n/ with 跟…有关
K-Pop stars have long been placed on pedestals, with management companies highly protective of their clean images. Allegations linking some to the dirty world of online voyeurism（偷窥） have rocked South Korea, and exposed how the longstanding problem of toxic masculinity（男性气质） – the idea that the male role involves violence, dominance and devaluing women – has penetrated every level of society.
place someone on a pedestal /ˈpedəst(ə)l/ 认为某人是完美的（文中用了被动）
management /ˈmænɪdʒmənt/ n. 经营管理（由manage加后缀-ment变成名词；management company指艺人的经纪公司）
highly /ˈhaɪli/ adv. 高度地（由high加后缀-ly变成副词）
protective /prəˈtektɪv/ adj. 保护的、保护性的（由protect加后缀-ive变成形容词）
image /ˈɪmɪdʒ/ n. 形象
allegation /ˌæləˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/ n. 指控
expose /ɪkˈspəʊz/ v. 揭露、曝光
longstanding /lɒŋˈstændɪŋ/ adj. 长期存在的
toxic /ˈtɒksɪk/ adj. 有毒的、极其有害的
violence /ˈvaɪəl(ə)ns/ n. 暴力
dominance /ˈdɒmɪnəns/ n. 优势地位、支配地位
devalue /diːˈvæljuː/ v. 贬低
penetrate /ˈpenɪtreɪt/ v. 穿透、渗透
level /ˈlev(ə)l/ n. 层级
Park Kwi-cheon, a labor law professor at Ewha Law School in Seoul, said that because Korean men often view women as merely sexual objects, they might not fully understand why filming a sexual partner without consent is wrong.
labor /ˈleɪbə(r)/ n. 劳动、劳工
Seoul /səʊl/ n. 首尔（韩国首都）
view /vjuː/ v. 看待
merely /ˈmɪəli/ adv. 仅仅
object /ˈɒbdʒɪkt/ n. 物品
"For example, in colleges there have been incidents when male students would secretly take pictures of female students or disparage women sexually in group chats," Park said. "There is a culture where they don't think of such behavior as crimes but think of it as a kind of game."
incident /ˈɪnsɪd(ə)nt/ n. （不好的）事件
secretly /ˈsiːkrətli/ adv. 秘密地、偷偷地（由secret加后缀-ly变成副词）
disparage /dɪˈspærɪdʒ/ v. 贬损、（用言语）贬低
sexually /ˈsekʃuəli/ adv. 跟性有关地（由sexual加后缀-ly变成副词）
K-Pop is not just an industry that only produces male stars – scantily clad female groups including Girls' Generation and Red Velvet are also wildly popular. But the highly sexualized image of female K-Pop stars has been blamed by some of driving the objectification of women.
scantily /ˈskænt(ə)li/ clad /klæd/ 穿着暴露的
generation /ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/ n. 一代人（Girls' Generation译作少女时代）
velvet /ˈvelvɪt/ n. 天鹅绒
wildly /ˈwaɪldli/ adv. 极其、非常
sexualize /ˈsekʃuəlaɪz/ v. 使性感（由sexual加后缀-ize变成动词）
blame /bleɪm/ v. 指责
objectification /ɒbˌdʒektɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ n. 物化（把人看成物品）
"The mistreatment of women in Korean society, particularly the voyeuristic（偷窥的） and sexually objectifying treatment of women's bodies, is deeply enmeshed（困住） in K-Pop," said CedarBough Saeji, an expert in Korean culture and society at the University of British Columbia.
mistreatment /mɪsˈtriːtmənt/ n. 亏待、对某人不好（由treatment加上表示“不好”的前缀mis-）
objectify /əbˈdʒektɪfaɪ/ v. 物化（由object加后缀-ify变成动词）
treatment /ˈtriːtmənt/ n. 对待
deeply /ˈdiːpli/ adv. 深深地（由deep加后缀-ly变成副词）
"Videos of male idols often feature objectified female dancers, and videos of female idols objectify the idols themselves," Saeji said. "Young women and men are being sold the idea that a woman's success is tied to being an object, and this has dangerous ramifications for society."
feature /ˈfiːtʃə(r)/ v. 以…为特色
ramification /ˌræmɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ n. 可能的后果
"You can never feel comfortable in your own body if you're a woman here," one spy cam victim said. "Just because I'm born as a woman, people objectify me. People objectify my body, even when I'm in the most private place."
spy cam 指偷窥用的摄像头
victim /ˈvɪktɪm/ n. 受害者
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