英语听力：奥普拉：脱口秀女王-5

 Welcome Roger.

 

Nice to be here. Thank you. Thank you.

 

Roger Ebert and I had gone on a date. Roger Ebert and I had gone out, and now I guess that’s what it was. I think it was a date. We went out. We went to a movie and yeah, I think it was.

 

They are never really gonna sell that manyvideos and…

 

Roger Ebert told me that syndication would be a good thing for my show and that there were people who had syndicated his show who would be interested in talking to me about it. I was shooting The Color Purple at the time these syndication talks and agreements were going on. And I was really at the time more interested in developing a movie career for myself. I was so excited about being in the Color Purple that I wanted that more than I wanted anything else ever in the world. And so when I was told that you’re gonna make this, you’re gonna have this big syndication deal. I was like, ok. I had done the scene in the Color Purple where Sofia hit the Mayor¹.

 

No, Miss Sofia. No, Miss Sofia, No…

 

I can’t believe you did this!

 

Get my children out of here!

 

I did that scene and was rushing through that scene because I needed to get to Chicago in time to make the big press announcement and sign the deal. So I did that--came signed the deal, went right back shooting tthe Color Purple.

 

In less than two months, a new show will debut² here on Channel 6. It’s called Oprah. She is the reigning³ queen of TV talk in Chicago and it’s a title she hopes to claim nationwide.

 

I had a feeling that it was something remarkable⁴ I was embarking⁵ upon. I had no idea it would put me here 20 years later, talking about it. But I could feel that it was something special.

 

I read across a journal⁶ the other day I was cleaning up my drawer. So this is Sept. 8th, midnight, 1986, exactly the day before, 8 hours exactly before my national first show. I keep wondering how my life will change if it will change--what all this means; why have I been so blessed

1 mayor   

n.市长

参考例句：

• The new mayor said he would clean the city up.新市长说，他要整顿本市。
• The mayor hurried into his office,brushing off the reporters.市长赶快走进办公室，拒不接见记者。

2 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

3 reigning   

adj.统治的，起支配作用的

参考例句：

• The sky was dark, stars were twinkling high above, night was reigning, and everything was sunk in silken silence. 天很黑，星很繁，夜阑人静。
• Led by Huang Chao, they brought down the reigning house after 300 years' rule. 在黄巢的带领下，他们推翻了统治了三百年的王朝。

4 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

5 embarking   

乘船( embark的现在分词 )； 装载； 从事

参考例句：

• He's embarking on a new career as a writer. 他即将开始新的职业生涯——当一名作家。
• The campaign on which were embarking was backed up by such intricate and detailed maintenance arrangemets. 我们实施的战争，须要如此复杂及详细的维护准备。

6 journal   

n.日志，日记；议事录；日记帐；杂志，定期刊物

参考例句：

• He kept a journal during his visit to Japan.他在访问日本期间坚持记日记。
• He got a job as editor of a trade journal.他找到了一份当商业杂志编辑的工作。