NPR边听边练218:色情短信丑闻大幅降低纽约市长候选人支持率

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　　1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。

　　2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。

　　3、复述新闻。

　　A big drop in the polls for New York mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner _1_ new sexting revelations. NPR's Dan Bobkoff reports an NBC 4 New York/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll out today shows Weiner 9 points behind the frontrunner.

　　民调显示，纽约市长候选人安东尼·韦纳因新一波色情短信丑闻支持率大幅下跌。据NPR新闻的丹·鲍勃科夫报道，今天，由NBC纽约4台、《华尔街日报》和玛丽斯特学院共同进行的民调显示，韦纳的支持率落后领先者9个百分点。

　　Weiner had been the improbable frontrunner in the race for New York mayor. Up five points over City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, but that was before he _2_ to communicating sexually with women long after _3_ from Congress for that very reason. With Weiner again embroiled¹ in scandal, Quinn now leads Weiner 25% to 16% among Democratic voters. And as old boss in the House, Nancy Pelosi _4_, calling the behavior of men like him reprehensible².

　　韦纳曾是纽约市长候选人的领先者。他比市议会议长克里斯蒂·奎因的支持率高出5个百分点，但那是这次丑闻曝光之前，韦纳离职国会就是因色情短信曝光。他再次卷入丑闻，现在奎因在民主党选民中以25%的支持率领先得到16%支持率的韦纳。作为众议院曾经的领袖，南希·佩洛西称像韦纳这样的男子行为应受到谴责。

　　"It's so disrespectful of women and what's really stunning³ about it is they don't even realize it."

　　“这太不尊敬女性了，更让人震惊的是他们竟然没有意识到这点。”

　　Meanwhile, Weiner admitted that he may have communicated with as many as three women since _5_ Congress. He vows⁴ to stay in the race. Dan Bobkoff, NPR News, New York.

　　同时，韦纳承认他在离开国会后，最多与3名女性有过这种不当交流。他发誓会继续参加选举。NPR新闻，丹·鲍勃科夫纽约报道。

　　词汇解析：

　　1、revelation

　　n. 启示；揭露；出乎意料的事；被揭露的真相

　　eg:the seemingly everlasting⁵ revelations about his private life.

　　…有关他私生活的似乎永无休止的披露。

　　eg:Degas's work had been a revelation to her.

　　德各斯的工作曾是她的一大发现。

　　2、embroiled in

　　卷入

　　eg:When someone says great interest, that's a euphemism⁶ for embroiled in controversy⁷.

　　当人们说有极大的兴趣时，那是对卷入争议的一种赞美。

　　3、stun

　　vt. 使震惊；打昏；给以深刻的印象

　　n. 昏迷；打昏；惊倒；令人惊叹的事物

　　eg:He's stunned⁸ by today's resignation of his longtime ally.

　　他被自己的长期助手今天的辞职所震惊。

　　参考答案：

　　1、following 2、admitted 3、resigning

　　4、spoke out 5、leaving

1 embroiled   

adj.卷入的；纠缠不清的

参考例句：

• He became embroiled in a dispute with his neighbours. 他与邻居们发生了争执。
• John and Peter were quarrelling, but Mary refused to get embroiled. 约翰和彼得在争吵，但玛丽不愿卷入。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 reprehensible   

adj.该受责备的

参考例句：

• Lying is not seen as being morally reprehensible in any strong way.人们并不把撒谎当作一件应该大加谴责的事儿。
• It was reprehensible of him to be so disloyal.他如此不忠，应受谴责。

3 stunning   

adj.极好的；使人晕倒的

参考例句：

• His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
• The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。

4 vows   

誓言( vow的名词复数 )； 郑重宣布，许愿

参考例句：

• Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
• The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。

5 everlasting   

adj.永恒的，持久的，无止境的

参考例句：

• These tyres are advertised as being everlasting.广告上说轮胎持久耐用。
• He believes in everlasting life after death.他相信死后有不朽的生命。

6 euphemism   

n.婉言，委婉的说法

参考例句：

• Language reflects culture and euphemism is a mirror of culture.语言反映文化,而婉语则是各种文化的一面镜子。
• Euphemism is a very common and complicated linguistic phenomenon.委婉语是一种十分常见而又非常复杂的语言现象。

7 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

8 stunned   

adj. 震惊的，惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。
• The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。