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The leader of North Korea apparently has learned a lesson from Hollywood： Image is everything.
北韓領導人顯然從好萊塢那裡學到一課：形象就是一切。
The man known to the Western world as running a country that starves its population and menaces neighboring countries with a nuclear weapons program is a rock star, a photo released by North Korea’s Central News Agency would have you believe.
北韓中央通信社發布的一張照片會讓你相信，這名西方世界熟知以讓人民餓肚子來治國，並利用核武計畫威嚇鄰國的男子，是一位搖滾巨星。
More Lil’ Kim than Kim Jong Un, the picture shows the leader mobbed by workers at a mushroom farm. From the looks of it, the leader is loved by his people.
與其說像金正恩，不如說更像美國女饒舌歌手Lil’ Kim，這張照片顯示，這位領導人被一座蘑菇農場的工人包圍。看樣子，這位領導人深受他的人民愛戴。
Dressed in dark shirt and pants, the 29-year-old stands in the middle of a crowd of women wearing immaculate white jumpsuits, with some grabbing his arms and others who appear to be weeping.
穿著深色上衣與褲子，這位29歲的領導人矗立於一群身穿潔白工作服的女性中間，有些人抓著他的手臂，還有些人顯然喜極而泣。
Is it staged? Reuters, which distributed the photo, notes that it is unable to "independently verify the authenticity, content, location, or date of this image."
這是事先刻意安排好的嗎？發布這張照片的路透指出，無法「獨立確認此影像的真實性、內容、地點與（拍攝）日期。」
新聞辭典
for real：俚語，表示是認真的，沒在開玩笑。例如：A： I won the lottery jackpot; B： For real?（Ａ：我中了樂透頭彩；Ｂ：真的假的？）
photo op：慣用語，photograph opportunity的縮寫，拍照機會，指（自然或刻意安排）讓被拍攝者曝光，以便塑造形象的拍照場合。
stage：動詞，為製造效果之刻意安排。例句：They staged a car accident to get insurance money.（他們刻意製造一場車禍以詐取保險金。）
本文引用至 自由時報電子報 http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/
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