The British are supposed to be famous for laughing at themselves, but even their sense of humour has a limit, as the British retailer Gerald Ratner found out to his cost.

英国人本应以自嘲著称，但就连他们的幽默感也有限度，英国零售商杰拉尔德·拉特纳在付出一定的代价之后才明白了这一点。

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Spain used to be famous for its strong armada.

西班牙曾以其强大的舰队而著称。

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If I am not mistaken, BMW used to be famous for its 6-cylinder engine.

如果我没弄错的话，宝马以前的6缸引擎很出名。

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Now I would like to read to you from the footnote to Howl, Allen Ginsberg's famous poem, that for many people embodied at the time what it meant to be engaged in this new literary project.

现在我再给你们读一段《嚎叫》的脚注，这是艾伦金斯堡的著名诗歌，对于很多当时的人来说,参与这项新文学事业意义深远。

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But how could I want to be famous for these false reports about the death of my baby?

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She says she wrote Tallulah and the Teen Stars because she got "so depressed" with young people wanting to be famous for the sake of it.

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In a time when it is possible to be famous simply for being famous (and moreover wealthy for simply being famous) it is an understandable temptation.

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