时间:2019-01-16 作者:英语课 分类:2018年NPR美国国家公共电台3月


英语课

 


ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:


It's been nearly two years since we heard someone say...


(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "AMERICAN IDOL 1")


RYAN SEACREST: This is "American Idol."


SHAPIRO: ABC is bringing back the one-time hit musical competition on Sunday. The show was canceled by Fox, its first home. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says there are several reasons why this program should not have returned, but there's one powerful reason why it could work.


ERIC DEGGANS, BYLINE 2: After watching ABC's two-hour premiere of its "American Idol" reboot, I'm still not sure they answered the most important question. Why bring back this faded music competition now?


(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "AMERICAN IDOL")


CARRIE UNDERWOOD: And so the adventure begins to uncover the finest talent this nation has to offer.


DEGGANS: That's Carrie Underwood, one of the most successful "Idol" alums. She kicks off Sunday's episode speaking over a montage of video images but doesn't actually appear in the episode outside of a clip from her 2005 win. Still, her cameo might remind viewers of "Idol's" two other big-name alums - Kelly Clarkson and Jennifer Hudson. They actually appear on rival NBC's blockbuster singing competition "The Voice," which reminds me of something judge Luke Bryan says that hints at another problem for "Idol" 2.0.


(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "AMERICAN IDOL")


LUKE BRYAN: When you look at what we're trying to do with "American Idol," it's not about what me and Lionel and Katy are doing. It's about watching the star be born right there in front of your eyes.


DEGGANS: Country star Bryan joins pop star Katy Perry and R&B legend Lionel Richie as judges. And yet, as he says, the focus remains 3 squarely on the hopeful contestants 4.


(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "AMERICAN IDOL")


UNIDENTIFIED SINGER #1: (Singing) But someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection...


DEGGANS: But focusing on unknowns keeps the new "Idol" from making a big splash. "The Voice" became one of NBC's most popular shows by focusing on its superstar judges instead of the contestants. And then there's Ryan Seacrest.


(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "AMERICAN IDOL")


SEACREST: Welcome back home to the place where superstars are born.


DEGGANS: Even though he's the host, Seacrest isn't featured much in the first episode. But he is the most visible link to "Idol's" past years ago as TV's most-watched show. His brand has been tarnished 5 recently by allegations of sexual harassment 6 that he denies. But there's one big thing the new "Idol" has in its favor. It has a huge heart. We see a geeky, super awkward girl deliver a wonderful original song.


(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "AMERICAN IDOL")


UNIDENTIFIED SINGER #2: (Singing) People on the airwaves always preach who I should be, how to dress, how to talk, maybe how to breathe.


DEGGANS: And we hear from another hopeful who survived a tough childhood.


(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "AMERICAN IDOL")


UNIDENTIFIED MAN: And my dad was murdered when I was 5. Growing up without a dad, it was really tough.


DEGGANS: This is a show that often goes down like comfort food, full of sentimentality and positive emotion. We do see a few terrible auditions 7.


(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "AMERICAN IDOL")


UNIDENTIFIED SINGER #3: (Singing) Nobody likes me. Everybody hates me just because I eat worms.


DEGGANS: But the show doesn't savor 8 their awfulness or make fun of them like it did in the past back when tough Brit Simon Cowell was on the judges' table. In fact, Bryan, Perry and Richie seem to get along much better than some past judge lineups on "American Idol." Yeah, Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj, I'm talking about you. This new show doesn't come at you like the aggressive, pointedly 9 grandiose 10 hit that it used to be. But at a time when real-life events have left audiences hungry for familiar, soothing 11 television, ABC's version of "American Idol" just might fit that bill. I'm Eric Deggans.


(SOUNDBITE OF NATHAN EAST'S "LIFECYCLE")



n.偶像,红人,宠儿
  • As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子,他是父母的宠儿。
  • Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。
n.署名;v.署名
  • His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
  • We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
n.竞争者,参赛者( contestant的名词复数 )
  • The competition attracted over 500 contestants representing 8 different countries. 这次比赛吸引了代表8个不同国家的500多名参赛者。
  • Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency. 两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。 来自《简明英汉词典》
(通常指金属)(使)失去光泽,(使)变灰暗( tarnish的过去式和过去分词 ); 玷污,败坏
  • The mirrors had tarnished with age. 这些镜子因年深日久而照影不清楚。
  • His bad behaviour has tarnished the good name of the school. 他行为不轨,败坏了学校的声誉。
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。
n.(对拟做演员、歌手、乐师等人的)试听,试音( audition的名词复数 )
  • Find modeling auditions, casting calls& acting auditions, all in one place. 找一个立体感试听,铸造呼叫和表演试听一体的地方。 来自互联网
  • We are now about to start auditions to find a touring guitarist. 我们现在准备找一个新的吉他手。 来自互联网
vt.品尝,欣赏;n.味道,风味;情趣,趣味
  • The soup has a savor of onion.这汤有洋葱味。
  • His humorous remarks added a savor to our conversation.他幽默的话语给谈话增添了风趣。
adv.尖地,明显地
  • She yawned and looked pointedly at her watch. 她打了个哈欠,又刻意地看了看手表。
  • The demand for an apology was pointedly refused. 让对方道歉的要求遭到了断然拒绝。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.宏伟的,宏大的,堂皇的,铺张的
  • His grandiose manner impressed those who met him for the first time.他那种夸大的举止给第一次遇见他的人留下了深刻的印象。
  • As the fog vanished,a grandiose landscape unfolded before the tourists.雾气散去之后,一幅壮丽的景观展现在游客面前。
adj.慰藉的;使人宽心的;镇静的
  • Put on some nice soothing music.播放一些柔和舒缓的音乐。
  • His casual, relaxed manner was very soothing.他随意而放松的举动让人很快便平静下来。
学英语单词
a bit of muslin
abnormal hearing
adipocytes
aerodynamic maneuver
alkylantimony halide
aloe chinensis bak.
Ambohibary
analog-digital-analog conversion system
atonest
autograt
be up to one's old tricks
Brooklynite
brunei b.
bull gear reducer
calcium 5'-ribonuucleotide
caveated
cerous hydropyrophosphate
chelseas
Chetopir
Chirita monantha
combining
constant formula diet
copesmate
corporation library
counter-balance piece
davuls
debris storage capacity
decolonialized
descanted
ductography
Duggendorf
encylical
Fanta Shet'
feathering paddle-wheel
finance statistics
fusible interlining
glutinane
go down to
golpe
goodstein
gotterleben
gyffe
have one's fingers in the till
heredo-familial corneal dystrophy
iced-tea spoons
implementation requirement
in view of
inclosure(enclosure)
inner ring axis
internal dielectric membrane
inuredness
inwardmost
kiet
lacewear
large pill
learning activity package
Marquess of Queensberry rules
maximum grinding hole diameter
megalomycin
minelaying
morticer
multi-gradient magnetic separator
multispectral remote sensing system
omit function
overtoils
oxandrin
peace camp
pectinellus
pentagrid converter
Pierofanina
pilot's automatic telephone weather answering service
powder-like fur
pro-europeans
pure clay
pyrophosphatases
qusternary syphilis
r-l-c oscillator
ratchet-toothed escape wheel
raw gasoline
recognized component
revised price
Rubia mandersii
run-on sentences
scheerer
seminal cyst
shell tap
soft emplacement
sowing plot
spongio-
spontaneous request
tank block
tavarus
technofetishist
to smash
tobicillin
total derived functor
triple deck screen
two lined octave
vaccinoids
whitetailed
wrightstown
zawadski