How to say it in American English

Donny 在北京學(xué)漢語(yǔ)，他的中國(guó)朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)的詞，就會(huì)來(lái)請(qǐng)教他。今天是吳瓊要問(wèn)的：竄紅。

Donny: Wuqiong，你看什么雜志呢, and who's the girl on the cover?

WQ: 這是最新一期的時(shí)尚周刊。這個(gè)女生現(xiàn)在可紅了。你肯定猜不到，她是我高中時(shí)的好朋友！拍了一部電影，一下就竄紅了！

Donny: No kidding! Introduce her to me! 對(duì)了，你說(shuō)她“竄紅”，什么意思啊？

WQ: 就是紅得很快，suddenly 她就 famous了！

Donny: I got it. She became famous overnight.

WQ: overnight，我知道，o-v-e-r-n-i-g-h-t, overnight 就是一夜之間。To become famous overnight 就是“一夜成名”！

Donny: That's right. You can also say "she's an instant hit". Instant is spelled i-n-s-t-a-n-t, hit is spelled h-i-t.

WQ: 哦，說(shuō)一個(gè)人火速竄紅還可以用 an instant hit.

Donny: Yeah. In the case of this old friend of yours, you can say "her exceptional performance in the new movie made her an instant hit."

WQ: 對(duì)，我這個(gè)同學(xué)特別會(huì)演戲，電影一出來(lái)，她馬上就竄紅了。

Donny: WQ, I just thought of another way to put it—She catapulted to fame with her first movie!

WQ: cata 什么？怎么拼？

Donny: catapult, c-a-t-a-p-u-l-t, catapult, 有“彈弓”的意思，as a verb, it means to launch.

WQ: 我明白了，catapult 是彈弓，所以 catapult to fame， 就是“一炮而紅”！我這個(gè)朋友演了一部電影就紅了，所以說(shuō) She catapulted to fame with her first movie.

Donny: That's right! Now, WQ, tell me what you've learned today!

WQ: 第一，to become famous overnight，一夜成名；

第二，to be an instant hit, 火速竄紅；

第三：to catapult to fame， 就是“一炮而紅”！

A: 快查查今年的吃熱狗大賽是什么時(shí)候，I'll be an instant hit! 一炮而紅！

B: 好吧……等會(huì)下班給你查……

A: 一言為定！好了同學(xué)們，這次節(jié)目時(shí)間就到這里。 如果你對(duì)我們的節(jié)目有什么建議，或者想提什么問(wèn)題，請(qǐng)發(fā)電子郵件到meiyu@voanews.com.

B: And don't forget to tune in next time for American English Mosaic!

A: See you next time!