VOA慢速英语--观众发现电视记者脖子有“肿块”

Viewer Warns TV Reporter About ‘Lump¹’

It is the job of many television news reporters to give important information to people watching them.

But recently, that responsibility was reversed². Someone watching the news gave helpful – possibly lifesaving – information to the reporter.

Victoria Price is a news reporter for the television station WFLA in Tampa, Florida. While giving a news report recently, a viewer saw a lump, or raised area, on Price's neck. The viewer emailed Price and advised her to see a doctor.

Price followed the advice. A doctor looked at the lump and told her she had cancer.

The news reporter tweeted that she was having an operation on Monday, July 27. She had the cancerous tumor³ removed along with parts of her neck.

"Doctor said it's spreading, but not too much," she said. Price added that she is hopeful this will be her "first and last procedure⁴."

The viewer emailed Price last month. In the email, she told Price that the lump reminded her of one she had had.

Twenty-eight-year-old Price is an investigative reporter. She often reports on issues that help her viewers. The catchphrase of her television station on channel 8 in Tampa is "8 On Your Side."

"But the roles recently reversed when I found a viewer on MY side," Price told the Associated Press.

She said that she will always be thankful to "the woman who went out of her way to email me, a total stranger."

"She had zero obligation⁵ to," said Price, "but she did anyway."

Then she joked about her television station's catchphrase. She said the viewer's action is great of example of someone "being on your side."

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Words in This Story

reversed –v. to switch, to change to the opposite or back to how it once was

viewer –n. a person who watches a program

tumor –n. a mass of tissue⁶ made up of cells that are not normal

procedure –n. an operation

catchphrase –n. a group of words used to represent a group or idea

role –n. the part that someone plays in an activity, cause or situation

obligation –n. something that must be done because of a law, rule or promise

1 lump   

n.块状，瘤，很多；v.使...成块状，混在一起，忍耐

参考例句：

• I thanked him with a lump in my throat.我哽咽着向他道谢。
• If you don't like it,you may lump it.你不喜欢，也得容忍一下。

2 reversed   

v.（使）反转( reverse的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）颠倒；（使）翻转；推翻adj.颠倒的

参考例句：

• The new president reversed many of the policies of his predecessor. 新任总统彻底改变了其前任的许多政策。
• The appeal court reversed the original verdict and set the prisoner free. 上诉法庭撤销了原判，把那个犯人释放了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 tumor   

n.（肿）瘤，肿块(英)tumour

参考例句：

• He was died of a malignant tumor.他死于恶性肿瘤。
• The surgeons irradiated the tumor.外科医生用X射线照射那个肿瘤。

4 procedure   

n.程序，手续，步骤；常规的做法

参考例句：

• The results show clearly that this procedure is correct.事实充分说明这种做法是正确的。
• It has passed through an interesting procedure of evolution.它经过了一个有趣的进化过程。

5 obligation   

n.（法律、道德上的）义务，责任

参考例句：

• Every player is under an obligation to keep the rules.每个选手都必须遵守这些规则。
• It is the obligation of citizens to perform military service.服兵役是每个公民的义务。

6 tissue   

n.组织；薄纱，薄纸，手巾纸

参考例句：

• As we age we lose muscle tissue.肌肉组织会随着我们日趋衰老而萎缩。
• Athletes have hardly any fatty tissue.运动员几乎没有什么脂肪组织。