Children of 'BBC Dad' Inspire New Show
时间：2018-12-07 作者：英语课 分类：2017年VOA慢速英语(五)月
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Do you remember Robert E. Kelly? He is the professor from South Korea who quickly became world famous earlier this year.
On March 10, Kelly was giving an interview to the BBC about the impeachment 2 of President Park Geun-hye when his two young children burst into his home office.
His four-year-old daughter, Marion, opened the door to Kelly’s home office and marched confidently up to her father. Her baby brother, James, followed. He entered the room in a walker, a device with wheels for babies who cannot yet walk.
Not long after, Kelly’s wife, Jeong-ah Kim, ran into the office. She quickly tried to gather the children so that Kelly could continue with his interview.
The video of Kelly’s interview spread quickly on the Internet. In two days, more than 20 million people watched it.
The incident started an online discussion about the roles of men and women, and whether Kim should have been so concerned about the children interrupting Kelly’s interview.
An Australian television comedy show even made a parody 3 video of the moment. Only this time, the politics expert was the mother.
A few days after the BBC interview, the whole Kelly family held a news conference and appeared together on several television news programs. Many people who watched these talked about young Marion’s stylish 4 look. She wore glasses and a trench 5 coat.
Now, about six weeks later, the New York Times has an update on the Kellys.
The Times reported that the Kelly kids inspired an animated 6 show. It is called “The Adventures of Mina and Jack 7.” Two New Yorkers are producing the show.
The first episode 8 is short; it runs less than three minutes. In the video, Mina and Jack join their father on a business trip and help catch a thief who stole bars of gold.
The creators are hoping the show may someday run on children’s television networks.
The Kellys themselves have nothing to do with the cartoon show. But they say they enjoy it.
So far the video has about 200,000 views on YouTube. And many who have watched the episode wrote that they hope “The Adventures of Mina and Jack” becomes a full television series.
Words in This Story
impeach 1 – v. to charge (a public official) with a crime done while in office
parody – n. a piece of writing, music, etc., that imitates the style of someone or something else in an amusing 9 way
stylish – adj. following the popular style
inspire - v. to give (someone) an idea about what to do or create
animated – adj. produced by the creation 10 of a series of drawings, pictures, etc., that are shown quickly one after another : produced through the process of animation 11
cartoon – n. a film or television show made by photographing a series of drawings : an animated film or television show
trench coat – n. a usually long raincoat with deep pockets and a belt
- We must impeach the judge for taking bribes.我们一定要检举法官收受贿赂。
- The committee decided to impeach the President.委员会决定弹劾总统。
- 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。
- The parody was just a form of teasing.那个拙劣的模仿只是一种揶揄。
- North Korea looks like a grotesque parody of Mao's centrally controlled China,precisely the sort of system that Beijing has left behind.朝鲜看上去像是毛时代中央集权的中国的怪诞模仿，其体制恰恰是北京方面已经抛弃的。
- He's a stylish dresser.他是个穿着很有格调的人。
- What stylish women are wearing in Paris will be worn by women all over the world.巴黎女性时装往往会引导世界时装潮流。
- The soldiers recaptured their trench.兵士夺回了战壕。
- The troops received orders to trench the outpost.部队接到命令在前哨周围筑壕加强防卫。
- His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
- We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。
- I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
- He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
- The episode was a huge embarrassment for all concerned.这段小插曲令所有有关人员都感到非常尴尬。
- This episode remains sharply engraved on my mind.这段经历至今仍深深地铭刻在我的心中。
- The girl was amusing herself with a doll.那女孩在玩洋娃娃自娱。
- He related some amusing stories in his childhood to his children.他向孩子们述说了他少年时代的一些趣事。