时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:访谈录2009


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Late Show host David Letterman return to work today to face an audience for the first time since revealing the extortion plot. He is literally 2 just starting taping a show right now. And of course, you could imagine, hottest ticket in town, fans began lining 3 up for tickets early this morning on the hopes of hearing Letterman's response.

Eyewitness 4 News reporter Lucy Yang live in midtown with more. Lucy.

Diane, in short that they just finished taping tonight's show. And fans tell me that instead of his usual monolog, David Letterman took those few minutes to apologize to his staffers for making their life so difficult right now. As for how he is doing, Letterman told his audience well, fall is in the air. But if you think it's chilly 5 outside, you should see what it's like inside his home.

Everybody needs to get over it and move on. You know, he is a human being just like everybody else.

I think Letterman has been handling this with grace the whole time. So I'm very proud of him.

The Laws flew all the way from Honolulu to visit New York City and to take in the David Letterman show tonight. Yes, the Late Night entertainer still has many loyal fans.

I still love him. I think he is wonderful. I don’t think he did anything wrong in the first place, and life moves on.

Last week, Letterman made headlines when he revealed on his show that he had been caught in the middle of a scandal. He says a CBS producer Robert Joel Halderman tried to extort 1 two million dollars from him, threatening to expose Letterman's office affairs if Letterman did not pay up.

The creepy stuff was that I have had sex with women who worked for me on the show. My response to that was, "Yes, I have."

While Letterman tried to minimize damage control, Halderman, a well-respected producer for 48 Hours was arrested, charged, then released on 200,000 dollars bail 6. This morning, the attorney for 51-year-old producer went on "Good Morning, America" to explain we've heard only Letterman's side of the story.

Joel Halderman was at CBS for 27 years. I mean here is a guy who is an investigative journalist for so many years. He knows all about cops and wiretaps. To suggest that he was trapped into an extortion plot is sort of preposterous 7.

So what was in that alleged 8 extortion package? Well a source now tells the Associated Press that Halderman had copied parts of his former girlfriend's diary. His girlfriend used to work for David Letterman and apparently 9 wrote about her affair with him in her private journal which tonight is anything but private. Live in midtown outside Letterman's studios, Lucy Yang, Channel 7, EyeWitness News.

 



1 extort
v.勒索,敲诈,强要
  • The blackmailer tried to extort a large sum of money from him.勒索者企图向他勒索一大笔钱。
  • They absolutely must not harm the people or extort money from them.严格禁止坑害勒索群众。
2 literally
adv.照字面意义,逐字地;确实
  • He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
  • Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候,她不走到真正要昏厥了,决不肯坐下来。
3 lining
n.衬里,衬料
  • The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。
  • Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。
4 eyewitness
n.目击者,见证人
  • The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.警察询问了谋杀案的几位目击者。
  • He was the only eyewitness of the robbery.他是那起抢劫案的唯一目击者。
5 chilly
adj.凉快的,寒冷的
  • I feel chilly without a coat.我由于没有穿大衣而感到凉飕飕的。
  • I grew chilly when the fire went out.炉火熄灭后,寒气逼人。
6 bail
v.舀(水),保释;n.保证金,保释,保释人
  • One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
  • She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
7 preposterous
adj.荒谬的,可笑的
  • The whole idea was preposterous.整个想法都荒唐透顶。
  • It would be preposterous to shovel coal with a teaspoon.用茶匙铲煤是荒谬的。
8 alleged
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
9 apparently
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
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