【英语趣味课堂】媒体-The Media

 Todd: OK, Kerri, I'm going to ask you about the news. Do you follow the news everyday?

 

Kerri: Sometimes.

 

Todd: How do you follow the news?

 

Kerri: Well, in Japan mostly the radio or the internet.

 

Todd: Oh, really. OK. What radio station?

 

Kerri: NPR, but on the military station.

 

Todd: OK. And what internet websites do you listen to?

 

Kerri: Well, usually it is just AP news or whatever.

 

Todd: OK. How much of the news do you think is true?

 

Kerri: I don't know. That's a tough question. I think that because there're so many journalists that often what makes into the papers is fairly accurate, but unfortunately some people leak information that is untrue to sway public opinion, so you have to kind of weed through things and consider why that news story is made public.

 

Todd: Yeah. How do most people in your country get the news?

 

Kerri: I think most people in the states get the news from TV and from the main broadcasting stations. The evening news sort of thing.

 

Todd: OK. Thanks Keri.

 

学习内容：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

follow

 

How do you follow the news?

 

If you 'follow' news about something you read everything you can to learn the newest information.  Notice the following:

 

He follows the celebrity¹ gossip² like an addiction³.

Do you follow any sports?

leak

 

Some people leak information that is untrue.

 

If you give private information to the public then you are 'leaking information.'  This frequently happens with celebrity information and criminal cases.  Notice the following:

 

I told her to keep it a secret, but somehow the story leaked to our friends.

When some very secretive information appeared in the newspaper it was obvious that there was a leak on the police team.

sway

 

To sway public opinion.

 

To 'sway someone's opinion' is change his opinion by presenting information that will make him change his mind.  Notice the following:

 

He is very stubborn⁴.  You will never sway his opinion.

The more she talked, the more my opinion began to sway.

weed

 

You have to weed through things.

 

To 'weed' through information means to look through a lot of unimportant⁵ information to find something interesting or useful.  Notice the following:

 

It was very tiring to weed through all the unnecessary information in the book.

There is a lot of mail on the table.  Can you weed through it and take out the important things.

make public

 

You have to consider why a news story is made public.

 

If something is presented in the news, newspaper or on the radio it has been made public. Notice the following:

 

Many celebrities⁶ have their private lives made public through the media.

He made a public the fact that he was getting a divorce.

 

 

 

1 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

2 gossip   

n.流言蜚语，爱说长道短的人；vi.传播流言

参考例句：

• She broadcast the gossip all over the town.她将这个流言传遍全镇。
• They spread a lot of tacky gossip about his love life.关于他的爱情生活，他们散播了许多不堪的闲言闲语。

3 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。

4 stubborn   

adj.难以移动，去除的，固执的，顽固的

参考例句：

• I can not cope with that boy;he is stubborn.我对付不了那个孩子，他很固执。
• When he's in his stubborn mood,he isn't easily talked round.他那股牛劲上来了，一时不容易说服。

5 unimportant   

adj.不重要的，无意义的

参考例句：

• Let's not quarrel about such unimportant matters.我们不要为这些小事争吵了。
• Money seems unimportant when sets beside the joys of family life.与天伦之乐相比，金钱显得微不足道。

6 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目