时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:2018年VOA慢速英语(五)月


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ABC Cancels 'Roseanne' Show over Racist 1 Remark


The American television network ABC has canceled its top-rated show, “Roseanne.” The network made its decision shortly after the show’s star, Roseanne Barr, published a racist tweet.


Early Tuesday, Barr wrote on Twitter, “muslim brotherhood 2 & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.”


“VJ” is Valerie Jarrett, who served as an adviser 3 to former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle. She is African American. Barr’s tweet suggested she was a cross between the Muslim Brotherhood and the movie “Planet of the Apes.”


Barr made note of Jarret in answer to Twitter comments about conspiracy 4 theories during Obama’s presidency 5. Conservative Twitter users had brought up Jarrett as being connected to those conspiracies 6.


Social media users immediately criticized Barr’s tweet. She later deleted it.


She also later apologized, tweeting, "I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans. I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. I should have known better. Forgive me — my joke was in bad taste."


The president of ABC Entertainment, Channing Dungey, said Barr’s comment was “abhorrent 7, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided 8 to cancel the show.”


Disney chairman Bob Iger supported the decision. He wrote, “There was only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing.” Disney is the parent company of ABC.


Congressman 9 John Lewis is a well-known American civil rights leader. He wrote, “Thank you, @ABCNetwork. You did the right thing. There is not any room in our society for racism 10 or bigotry 11.”


While reporting on ABC’s decision to cancel the show, Shep Smith of the Fox network said, “Racism is not funny and Roseanne Barr is a racist.”


“Roseanne” is about a working-class family. The series first aired on ABC from 1988 to 1997. It was among the most-watched television shows in the United States during its nine seasons.


The latest season of the show was a surprising success. It was the highest-rated and the most-watched series among broadcast networks.


The revival 12 had been especially popular with conservative viewers. Barr was the show’s lead writer. She also played the lead character, who was a supporter of President Donald Trump 13.


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racist - adj. a belief that some races of people are better than others


ape - n. an animal closely related to monkeys and humans


conspiracy - n. a secret plan to do something that is harmful or illegal


abhorrent - adj. deserving strong dislike or hatred 14


repugnant - adj. causing a strong feeling of disgust


inconsistent - adj. not in agreement with something


bigotry - n. an act or belief of hate against members of a particular racial or religious group


revival - n. a new production of an old show


character - n. a person who appears in a show, movie, book, etc.



1 racist
n.种族主义者,种族主义分子
  • a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
  • His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。
2 brotherhood
n.兄弟般的关系,手中情谊
  • They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
  • They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。
3 adviser
n.劝告者,顾问
  • They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
  • Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
4 conspiracy
n.阴谋,密谋,共谋
  • The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
  • He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
5 presidency
n.总统(校长,总经理)的职位(任期)
  • Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
  • 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。
6 conspiracies
n.阴谋,密谋( conspiracy的名词复数 )
  • He was still alive and hatching his conspiracies. 他还活着,策划着阴谋诡计。 来自辞典例句
  • It appeared that they had engaged in fresh conspiracies from the very moment of their release. 看上去他们刚给释放,立刻开始新一轮的阴谋活动。 来自英汉文学
7 abhorrent
adj.可恶的,可恨的,讨厌的
  • He is so abhorrent,saying such bullshit to confuse people.他这样乱说,妖言惑众,真是太可恶了。
  • The idea of killing animals for food is abhorrent to many people.许多人想到杀生取食就感到憎恶。
8 decided
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。
9 Congressman
n.(美)国会议员
  • He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
  • The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
10 racism
n.民族主义;种族歧视(意识)
  • He said that racism is endemic in this country.他说种族主义在该国很普遍。
  • Racism causes political instability and violence.种族主义道致政治动荡和暴力事件。
11 bigotry
n.偏见,偏执,持偏见的行为[态度]等
  • She tried to dissociate herself from the bigotry in her past.她力图使自己摆脱她以前的偏见。
  • At least we can proceed in this matter without bigotry.目前这件事咱们至少可以毫无偏见地进行下去。
12 revival
n.复兴,复苏,(精力、活力等的)重振
  • The period saw a great revival in the wine trade.这一时期葡萄酒业出现了很大的复苏。
  • He claimed the housing market was showing signs of a revival.他指出房地产市场正出现复苏的迹象。
13 trump
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。
14 hatred
n.憎恶,憎恨,仇恨
  • He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
  • The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。
学英语单词
accretion thinning
aero survey
aggregate amount of L/C
anachis liocyma
andreaea fauriei besch.
answer the call of nature
antennal nerve
antiarthritis
australian-led
automatic send/receive
background radiation noise
bamiyeh
bankers' hours
bixler
blood-urea clearance test
calco-
centre of rotating movement
channeled-substrate-planar structure
circumnavigatory
climatic chronological table
collapsible
Cretadiscus
curriculums
Cybinka
decanting tank
delages
delectating
dickslaps
dictyogenous
dolichoeuromesocephalic
drawing object selected
eglisia lanceolata
eldmothers
elsecars
embo
emergency hook
engendering
Fah.
flogging-chisel
fluidglycerates
fuckin' with
fully-formeds
glycymeridids
Grand Caicos
grant granite
hals
harbo(u)r line
hoecker
hovercraft dredger
hybrid decoding
indox
ingate
intercellular duct
ishow
jimmies
Laxalol
limited immunity
liquid fillers
mammogenesis
mawp
mean geodesic curvature
mobility measurement
modular redundancy
monoterpene
Murraya alata
nappe outlier
negative cognition
nonacetate
oc-
organizations of american states
policy framework
polyetherimide (pei)
potential client
projective homology group
psephocracy
quated
Rassina
recoverable drone
reference ground
Rosh Hashonah
Saint Mathurin's disease
samet
SCA (secondary control area)
screw feed grease cup
section roller
semi-normal distribution
semiconductor receiver
short-period fading
shtus
signal sensitivity
Sillānwāli
snow-clad
stabilization by freezing
subbed
submerged jetty
synantetic
thrawardness
Tipping fee
utilization factor
vinnens
viviani
wassermann negative