英语听力精选进阶版 6255
时间：2019-02-21 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力精选进阶版
Reading 1: Can a Tweet Ever Be a Grand Romantic Gesture? 一条推特信息能否成为一个经典的浪漫之举？
Picture the scene. It is dark except for the dim yellow candlelight; it is silent except for the scratching of a pen. A young lover pours out his heart in a letter to his loved one, who, days later, tears it open with a beating heart and in the strictest privacy.
The love letter has an important place in our cultural imagination, but does it have a place on social networking sites and microblogs? What is the shape of 21st century courtship?
Shane Warne and Liz Hurley
How tweet: Shane Warne and Liz Hurley
The end of 2010 saw the kindling 1 of a romance between the Australian cricketing star Shane Warne and the British model Elizabeth Hurley on the social networking site Twitter.
Hurley and Warne didn't just update their relationship status. The celebrities 2 exchanged flirtatious 3 messages in public, before Hurley had announced the end of her marriage to Arun Nayar.
So can a tweet ever count as a grand romantic gesture? Judge for yourself, with this recent message from Hurley to Warne about her parrot Ping Pong:
"Baby Ping now says 'Hello Darling' and 'Hello Little Girl'. Sweet!"
But although the pair have flirted 4 openly online, in real life they still enjoy their privacy. Special screens around Warne's home prevented photographers from snapping the couple during Hurley's visit to Australia last week.
Glossary 词汇表
dim
昏暗的
candlelight
烛光
scratching
划或刮东西的声音
to pour out one's heart
倾诉衷肠
loved one
喜爱的人
social networking sites
社交网站
microblog
微博
courtship
求爱期、追求爱人的阶段
the kindling of a romance
点燃爱情之火
flirtatious
调情的
tweet
微博信息
grand romantic gesture
经典的浪漫之举
screen
屏风、遮蔽隔板
snapping
拍摄、拍照片
- 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
- a flirtatious young woman 卖弄风情的年轻女子
- Her flirtatious manners are intended to attract. 她的轻浮举止是想引人注意。 来自《简明英汉词典》