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Luxury fashion house Prada has dropped a popular Chinese actress at the centre of a row over surrogacy.

It has been alleged that Zheng Shuang abandoned two children born to surrogates abroad, after splitting up with her partner.

Condemnation of the actress poured out online after the news broke, with many calling for her to be barred from the entertainment industry.

语言点

1. house n. 某些类型的公司(company)(especially one involved in a particular area of business)

· publishing house 出版社

· software house 软件公司

2. drop v. 把某人除名，解雇，解约(If someone is dropped by an organization, they are not included in that organization.)

· The player was dropped from the team.

这位运动员被球队解约了。

3. row n. 争吵，分歧

· at the centre of a row over 处于......争论的中心

· Bill Clinton was at the centre of the scandal over love affair.

克林顿曾经处于风流韵事丑闻的中心。

4. surrogacy n. 代孕

5. allege v. 指称(往往暗含着某事尚未被证实)

6. split up with 和……分开

7. condemnation n. 谴责

8. pour out (某种情感或憋在心里很久的话)一吐为快

· His girlfriend poured out all her troubles to him.

他女朋友向他倾诉了所有的烦恼。

9. call for 呼吁

10. bar/stop from 阻止(某人)做某事

· be barred from the movie industry 在电影行业被封杀

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