英语听力：探索发现 2014-05-09 Sex for Sale -23

  In 1968,  a Storey county judge ordered his brothel close and he wanted a thousand dollars per month for the next five months. Joe paid the thousand dollars but  stayed open.

He knows the police would come by and they didn't do anything and he thinks all they want is money. And he decides just right there and then I just give one thousand dollars a month, which is like nothing and I can just keep going the way I am.

  And for two years, Conforte has a legitimate¹ agreement: pay the fine and the law would look the other way until the authority get worried about the hit from fads². 

The country is getting smaller and technology is getting better, then there is somebody in the federal authority that might come down upon them for taking money from this popular brothel owner, and doing nothing about the business. So they came up with the idea that they had to legalize it. If they make it legal, they can collect tax on it. The tax is probably much beyond a thousand dollars a month. They were talking hundreds of  thousands of dollars over years. So that's what they decided³ to do.

  On December the twenty-fifth, Christmas Day, Joe's brothels became legal. sort of Christmas present. It's now legal in every county, sold legal  in the county under population of about a hundred thousand.

  This leads to the option for legalizing prostitution in eleven counties in Nevada. And while Les Vegas was too big to have sate-sanctioned prostitution, it's perfectly⁴ legal in Joe's county. Joe was now legally in business.

He became sort of this weird⁵  national hero. It is kind of funny that this guy from a small town in Italy was able to do what he did. He is very smart. He is very lucky. He had the three Bs. He called them brains, balls and breaks. I came to think a lot of people today who'd have the audacity⁶ to try to attempt something like this. That just won't happen.

  The world's oldest profession may also be its most enduring with global impact, constant demand, and unlimited⁷ supply. Chances are the sex trade is never going out of business and history will continue to be changed by sex for sale.

1 legitimate   

adj.合法的，合理的，合乎逻辑的；v.使合法

参考例句：

• Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
• That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。

2 fads   

n.一时的流行，一时的风尚( fad的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• It was one of the many fads that sweep through mathematics regularly. 它是常见的贯穿在数学中的许多流行一时的风尚之一。 来自辞典例句
• Lady Busshe is nothing without her flights, fads, and fancies. 除浮躁、时髦和幻想外，巴歇夫人一无所有。 来自辞典例句

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

5 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

6 audacity   

n.大胆，卤莽，无礼

参考例句：

• He had the audacity to ask for an increase in salary.他竟然厚着脸皮要求增加薪水。
• He had the audacity to pick pockets in broad daylight.他竟敢在光天化日之下掏包。

7 unlimited   

adj.无限的，不受控制的，无条件的

参考例句：

• They flew over the unlimited reaches of the Arctic.他们飞过了茫茫无边的北极上空。
• There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris.在技术方面自以为是会很危险。