英语博客：ESL Podcast 805 – Listening to Shock Jocks
时间：2019-01-01 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
英语课
I like listening to the radio on my morning commute 1 each day. This morning, though, my favorite DJs weren’t on the air.
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Howard: Do you know what happened to the Kelvin and Ben show this morning?
Robin 2: Kelvin and Ben are both on suspension. The FCC fined the radio station. Apparently 3, Kelvin and Ben said some things on the air two weeks ago that the FCC found objectionable.
Howard: That’s crazy! Kelvin and Ben are shock jocks. They’re supposed to say things that are provocative 4. They work in a big market producing a morning show with a lot of competition. They have to push the envelope.
Robin: That may be true, but the FCC said that they went too far. On Mother’s Day, they invited several mothers to be in-studio guests for a segment. They cursed them, said sexually explicit 5 things, and called them obscene names.
Howard: They did that?!
Robin: I guess you weren’t listening that morning.
Howard: No, I wasn’t. Now I’m truly shocked!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
vi.乘车上下班；vt.减(刑)；折合；n.上下班交通
- I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
- Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。
n.知更鸟，红襟鸟
- The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
- We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。
adv.显然地；表面上，似乎
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的
- She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
- His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。