时间:2019-01-16 作者:英语课 分类:2017年NPR美国国家公共电台7月


英语课

 


LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST:


A young upstart reporter at a national news network, a political newcomer fresh from Hollywood, his opponent - a female senator firmly rooted in the establishment, a ratings-obsessed media mogul - does any of this sound familiar to you yet? Amazingly, Alisyn Camerota, a veteran news anchor and host of CNN's morning show "New Day," started writing her new novel years ago. And now the book "Amanda Wakes Up" seems like a crystal ball. Alisyn Camerota joins me from our studios in New York. Welcome to the program.


ALISYN CAMEROTA: Thank you, Lulu. Great to be with you.


GARCIA-NAVARRO: So are you psychic 1? (Laughter).


GARCIA-NAVARRO: Well, there were many times, many times in the writing of this that my agent editor and I thought I was. But I think, what it turns out, is that there are some perennial 2 favorite themes in politics and in presidential races. And I hit on them because you can predict with some certainty what will come back around.


GARCIA-NAVARRO: But I want to make sure that people understand this isn't a book about 2016 and the sort of endless slog of presidential politics. This is a really fun and funny book. And it's like a coming of age novel in a way. So tell us about the main character, Amanda Gallo.


CAMEROTA: Amanda Gallo is a young, idealistic journalist trying to make her way, you know, up the ladder. And she starts, as so many of us do in TV news, in - at a small station that, of course, doesn't have enough money or any of the fun toys. And she's desperate to get to a network. And then she does. And she lands her dream job of being a morning anchor. And much of the book is sort of about what you're willing to sacrifice for success.


GARCIA-NAVARRO: Yeah. Amanda, at the beginning of her new job, gets an exclusive interview with the outsider in the presidential race. His name is Victor Fluke. Describe Victor Fluke for us.


CAMEROTA: Well, Victor Fluke is a sort of a larger-than-life character. He was a television star. He was in a hit series. And by the time Amanda encounters him, he's a little washed up. He was also known for being in a series of aftershave commercials that were really popular. But he's looking for a comeback.


And, you know, the seeds of this, quite frankly 3, were planted in 2012 when I was a morning show host on Fox. And that race - you know, it's hard to remember now because 2016 eclipses everything. But 2012 was also pretty crazy. And there was a whole cast of colorful characters. There was Newt Gingrich. There was Rick Perry. There was Michele Bachmann. There was Mitt 4 Romney. And there was Herman Cain. And a lot of these scenes were first crafted with Herman Cain in mind because he was an outsider. My boss at the time, Roger Ailes, was sort of enamored of his life story.


GARCIA-NAVARRO: The former late head of Fox News.


CAMEROTA: That's right. And so he was pretty enamored of Herman Cain's life story - that he was this, you know, pizza magnate and that he had this 9-9-9 plan. And he was very kind of compelling character.


GARCIA-NAVARRO: So not necessarily the current president?


CAMEROTA: Well, no. But, I mean, I can't say that, you know, Donald Trump 5 doesn't invade the psyche 6 a little bit. I was around Donald Trump quite a bit during those years. And I did interview him quite a bit. So he also permeated 7 some of my thought process. But that wasn't who I was channeling.


GARCIA-NAVARRO: So much of this book, you are talking about the kind of difficulties in the modern media environment and the modern political environment that you face - having to sort of navigate 8 exactly what you say, how you talk to people, who you talk to. And the main character in this book, obviously, forms this relationship with Victor fluke. They're constantly having Victor Fluke on. And it becomes part of the show's success. And they're accused of having, you know, made his presidential career. Obviously, that seems like it has a lot of resonance 9 to today.


CAMEROTA: Yeah. Again, when I was hosting "Fox And Friends" on the weekends, and then often filling in on the weekday, Donald Trump started coming on once a week. And those segments always rated, as we say. They got high ratings. They popped. And so that told the producers and all of us that there was something about him. And then they kept booking him. You know, it becomes this whole sort of cycle where somebody comes on, and they rate. You book them again. They rate more. You book them again.


You know, this is sort of what happens in a ratings-driven news cycle. That is an interesting phenomenon in TV news because are you just ratings hungry? Are you booking somebody because they give you good ratings? Sometimes. But also, that is your finger on the pulse of what viewers are interested in. So I saw that happen, you know, in real life.


At CNN, I didn't see that happen as much because by the time we were well into the primary, Donald Trump had stopped coming on my show - my show "New Day" in the morning. My co-host and I, Chris Cuomo, had been, you know, aggressive with him in interviews - not purposely. We just had asked tough questions. And he had decided 10 that he would stop coming on our show somewhere in the middle of the primary.


GARCIA-NAVARRO: I want to take you back to Fox. And what was it like when you started there?


CAMEROTA: When I started at Fox, I was really excited. I was excited that I had made it to the national level. It was a new network. Not many people had heard of it. It wasn't in every household yet. And Fox at that time was not yet seen as a conservative network. And I didn't feel that it was a conservative network. And nobody ever told me that it was a conservative network. I was hired without ever meeting the bosses. They hired me based on a resume tape.


And then over the course of a couple of years, I noticed it sort of morphing into having more of an angle, certainly, around the Bill Clinton impeachment 11 stuff and then, certainly, 9/11. It just started, I thought, moving. Maybe that was always Roger Ailes' intention. But there were a couple of years where I was a straight news reporter. And I didn't have any sense of that.


GARCIA-NAVARRO: What was the atmosphere like?


CAMEROTA: Well, the atmosphere - look, the atmosphere of Fox was, for the most part, positive. But obviously, there were overtones. It's hard for me to put my finger on it. I mean, there were times that were great. And there were times that were sort of unpleasant around Roger and what he wanted. And I mean, in the editorial sense and, of course, the stories that have come out about the sexual harassment 12.


GARCIA-NAVARRO: You came out publicly and said that you were one of the women who was sexually harassed 13 by Roger Ailes. May I ask you why you didn't make a complaint while you worked there?


CAMEROTA: I wish I had, you know? I wish I had. That's the lesson now in the aftermath of all this. And so many of the women and I have spoken now since then and said, my God, why didn't we reach out to each other? I know why we didn't. And it's that everything happened alone, you know, in a room. And I think that Roger is - one of the things that Roger did was sort of silo everybody.


And at the time, I didn't reach out to anyone for help because, A, I was embarrassed. It's humiliating to have to tell these stories. It feels sort of just kind of vulnerable and revealing and also because Roger was the king. There was no court of higher authority. There was no one else to go to. So I just knew that telling someone - an underling would be futile 14.


GARCIA-NAVARRO: Do you think it's going to be different for younger women?


CAMEROTA: Well, look, in terms of sexual harassment, I want to believe that it's changing. Though, recent media stories would suggest otherwise. But I have to believe that it's changing because we are talking about it. And I believe that talking removes the taboo 15. And that's part of why I talk about it. And so I feel that conversation starting to happen. And I hope that that means that things are changing even if slowly.


GARCIA-NAVARRO: What do you tell young women who want to get into the media business?


CAMEROTA: I tell them that it's thrilling. That it's thrilling. And if they have the bug 16 and if this is in their blood and in their veins 17, then by all means they should do it. If you get a visceral rush, as I do, from the news, from telling people the news, from telling people stories, from breaking news, then it's just the best business you could ever be in. It's exciting. I've traveled to all sorts of countries. I've been on the frontlines of things. I've watched history in the making. It's an important business. And I'm glad when people are enthusiastic about it.


GARCIA-NAVARRO: Alisyn Camerota's book is called "Amanda Wakes Up." She's the host of "New Day" on CNN. That was really fun (laughter). Thank you.


CAMEROTA: A pleasure, Lulu. Thank you.



n.对超自然力敏感的人;adj.有超自然力的
  • Some people are said to have psychic powers.据说有些人有通灵的能力。
  • She claims to be psychic and to be able to foretell the future.她自称有特异功能,能预知未来。
adj.终年的;长久的
  • I wonder at her perennial youthfulness.我对她青春常驻感到惊讶。
  • There's a perennial shortage of teachers with science qualifications.有理科教学资格的老师一直都很短缺。
adv.坦白地,直率地;坦率地说
  • To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说,我一点也不赞成这个主意。
  • Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说,我不反对改革。
n.棒球手套,拳击手套,无指手套;vt.铐住,握手
  • I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日,我送给他一只棒球手套。
  • Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
n.精神;灵魂
  • His exploration of the myth brings insight into the American psyche.他对这个神话的探讨揭示了美国人的心理。
  • She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche.她毕生探索人类心灵的奥秘。
弥漫( permeate的过去式和过去分词 ); 遍布; 渗入; 渗透
  • The smell of leather permeated the room. 屋子里弥漫着皮革的气味。
  • His public speeches were permeated with hatred of injustice. 在他对民众的演说里,充满了对不公正的愤慨。
v.航行,飞行;导航,领航
  • He was the first man to navigate the Atlantic by air.他是第一个飞越大西洋的人。
  • Such boats can navigate on the Nile.这种船可以在尼罗河上航行。
n.洪亮;共鸣;共振
  • Playing the piano sets up resonance in those glass ornaments.一弹钢琴那些玻璃饰物就会产生共振。
  • The areas under the two resonance envelopes are unequal.两个共振峰下面的面积是不相等的。
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • 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。
n.弹劾;控告;怀疑
  • Impeachment is considered a drastic measure in the United States.在美国,弹劾被视为一种非常激烈的措施。
  • The verdict resulting from his impeachment destroyed his political career.他遭弹劾后得到的判决毁了他的政治生涯。
n.骚扰,扰乱,烦恼,烦乱
  • She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
  • The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。
adj.无效的,无用的,无希望的
  • They were killed,to the last man,in a futile attack.因为进攻失败,他们全部被杀,无一幸免。
  • Their efforts to revive him were futile.他们对他抢救无效。
n.禁忌,禁止接近,禁止使用;adj.禁忌的;v.禁忌,禁制,禁止
  • The rude words are taboo in ordinary conversation.这些粗野的字眼在日常谈话中是禁忌的。
  • Is there a taboo against sex before marriage in your society?在你们的社会里,婚前的性行为犯禁吗?
n.虫子;故障;窃听器;vt.纠缠;装窃听器
  • There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
  • The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。
n.纹理;矿脉( vein的名词复数 );静脉;叶脉;纹理
  • The blood flows from the capillaries back into the veins. 血从毛细血管流回静脉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I felt a pleasant glow in all my veins from the wine. 喝过酒后我浑身的血都热烘烘的,感到很舒服。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
a.w.p.
acquire by fraud
African Queen
aileron response factor
Algerian Saharan Arabic
alloisomerism
amalgamatize
anthericiol
aphidilutein
arylamidase
as never before
ass munches
babrahams
beta-naphthoquinone
biodesulfurization
book entry government bond
boroson
broadly-defined
by bicycle
caninelaugh
canonical assembly
cantilever form
cedrelas
chin rests
clothes moth
coal road
colo(u)r map
coordinate graph
core matrices
cytoreducing
desmogleins
determination of semen
dictyostelium giganteum
disk construction
dopable
East Kilbride
educates
examination of disbursement vouchers
faryab
Fide-Jussor
fingernail clam
fluid purification system
fluorescence quantum efficiency
fopping
forward search for program alignment function
functional parts
GCFBR
genus forficulas
good middling
grant gratuity
half-assed
high-speed planing machine
hip, hip, hurrah
hnRNA
humate
information collection and processing
inhaling and exhaling through the nose
international expositions
islamic republic of pakistans
joing
Krishnai R.
laser space-to-ground voice link
laxative salt
less vibration
lumpy stool
manganous nitrate (manganese nitrate)
monok
normal operating losses
notice and take down
on load voltage ratio adjuster
one drop
oval edged steel flat
oversearched
photosensitive nonsilver paper
planetary dynamics
Plectania
potato peeling
pre-romanesque
pruning knife
pulp sales
refractory fibre reinforced plastic
Rickards
roomette car
screened wire
selective attack
serratus posterior superiors
sheltered accommodation
Staphylococcus candicans
tegestologists
telesphorus
Timbédra
ultimate of frequency
undersealed
uppermost in my mind...
Venkata
venues
Viburnum farreri
vincanol
winter worm
Zeegse