地道英语在线听-Spam 垃圾广告电邮

Helen: This is Real English from BBC Learning English. I’m Helen.

Zoë: 你好, 欢迎收听地道英语, 我是刘佳.

Helen: Today we’re going to look at words and phrases that have recently become part of the English language.

Zoë: 地道英语和大家一起学习原汁原味的英式英语, 尤其是那些最新出现的流行词汇和习惯表达. 那Helen,今天我们要学的词是?

Helen: Today’s new word is spam. S.P.A.M. – spam.

Zoë: What is spam, Helen?

Helen: Spam is advertising¹ material that you receive by e-mail, even though you didn’t ask for it.

Zoë: 哦, 原来spam就是我们在email里经常收到的那些不知道从哪儿来的广告资料

Helen: Yes. Do you know the type of thing I mean? You check your post, and 90% of it is things like adverts² for mobile phones, new credit cards and the like.

Zoë: Yes, Helen.

Helen: Yes, so you can say I get a lot of spam in my e-mail.

Zoë: Ok or my e-mail is full of spam.

Helen: That’s right.

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A: Oh look! We’ve got 100 new messages in our e-mail inbox!

B: Yes, but it’s probably all spam. Don’t get excited.

Zoë: Do you get a lot of spam, Helen?

Helen: Sometimes I get hundreds of messages in one day. I spend half my time on the Internet just deleting spam.

Zoë: I know.

Helen: Anyway, let’s recap – spam

Zoë: 就是那些我们经常在邮箱里收到的 不知道从哪儿来的广告. Well, it looks like that’s all we have time for.

Helen: Yes, I’m afraid it is. You’ve been listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. Join us again soon for more up-to-the-minute Real English. Bye.

Zoë: See you next time.

1 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

2 adverts   

advertisements 广告，做广告

参考例句：

• the adverts on television 电视广告
• The adverts are not very informative. 这些广告并没有包含太多有用信息。