访谈录 2012-04-06&04-08 著名脱口秀主持人欧伯曼再被解雇

 Another messy breakup for the cable news bad boy Keith Olbermann, the anchorman both loved and loathed¹ for his on and off era that he has just been canned, and this time it’s a former vice² president of the United States of America who gave him the boot. And Olbermann is now suing. Our Ron Clayboard is back with that story. Ron, good morning.

 

Sounds like de javu, doesn’t it?

 

Yes

 

Well, Olbermann is one of the most controversial TV host in the country and oh, he’s done it this time again, clashing with the management of former president Al Gore³’s liberal cable channel where he was working, that’s right, was as in the past tense. 

 

Brandy Mean from New York, this is a good scene,  black a drain deal, liberal Keith Olbermann on Al Gore’s progressive channel current, but the countdown to a nightmare took less than a year. It would be comical if it were not tragic⁴, Olbermann fired again, in a very public spat⁵ with his bosses. Al Gore and his partner saying in stark⁶ language that they founded their network on values of respect, openness, collegiality and loyalty⁷ to our viewers, unfortunately these values are no longer reflected in our relationship with Keith Olbermann. 

 

It’s surprising to watch Al Gore who swore he knew how to handle Keith Olbermann, essentially⁸ throw in the towel(stop trying to do something because you realize you can’t succeed.) and say, he and current TV don’t  line up any more.

 

But Olbermann is not going quietly, saying in a tweet that he’ll sue, claiming the accusations⁹ are “untrue and will be proven so in the legal actions I will be filing against them presently”. Reportedly getting $50 million for 5 years, Olbermann complained about technical problems, then he missed days at work. But tension is nothing new for him. 

 

“This advice Mr. Bush, shut the hell up.”

 

Considered one of the smartest, he’s also one of the most temperamental personalities¹⁰ on television.  

 

“You’re a fascist¹¹, get them to print you a T-shirt with fascist on it.”

 

Getting into fights with bosses and leaving in half is sort of what makes him tick, so that’s why it wasn’t altogether surprising when he left. 

 

But unlike at MSNBC, 

 

“In the mundane¹² world of television goodbyes, reality is laughably uncooperative.” 

 

Olbermann didn’t get to say goodbye to his latest countdown audience, his replacement¹³ laid into the seat was barely unmentioned. 

 

“Good evening, I’m Eliot Spitzer, welcome to current new APM show Viewpoint. “

1 loathed   

v.憎恨，厌恶( loathe的过去式和过去分词 )；极不喜欢

参考例句：

• Baker loathed going to this red-haired young pup for supplies. 面包师傅不喜欢去这个红头发的自负的傻小子那里拿原料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Therefore, above all things else, he loathed his miserable self! 因此，他厌恶不幸的自我尤胜其它！ 来自英汉文学 - 红字

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 gore   

n.凝血，血污；v.（动物）用角撞伤，用牙刺破；缝以补裆；顶

参考例句：

• The fox lay dying in a pool of gore.狐狸倒在血泊中奄奄一息。
• Carruthers had been gored by a rhinoceros.卡拉瑟斯被犀牛顶伤了。

4 tragic   

adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的

参考例句：

• The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
• Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。

5 spat   

n.口角，掌击；v.发出呼噜呼噜声

参考例句：

• Her parents always have spats.她的父母经常有些小的口角。
• There is only a spat between the brother and sister.那只是兄妹间的小吵小闹。

6 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。

7 loyalty   

n.忠诚，忠心

参考例句：

• She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
• His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。

8 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

9 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

10 personalities   

n. 诽谤，（对某人容貌、性格等所进行的）人身攻击； 人身攻击；人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
• Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。

11 fascist   

adj.法西斯主义的；法西斯党的；n.法西斯主义者，法西斯分子

参考例句：

• The strikers were roughed up by the fascist cops.罢工工人遭到法西斯警察的殴打。
• They succeeded in overthrowing the fascist dictatorship.他们成功推翻了法西斯独裁统治。

12 mundane   

adj.平凡的；尘世的；宇宙的

参考例句：

• I hope I can get an interesting job and not something mundane.我希望我可以得到的是一份有趣的工作，而不是一份平凡无奇的。
• I find it humorous sometimes that even the most mundane occurrences can have an impact on our awareness.我发现生活有时挺诙谐的，即使是最平凡的事情也能影响我们的感知。

13 replacement   

n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品

参考例句：

• We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
• They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。