时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:2018年NPR美国国家公共电台1月


英语课

 


RAY SUAREZ, HOST:


Staying on the topic of words of the year, let's talk about one of the winners from two years ago - emoji - you know, those little cartoon-like pictures. One of the things to look forward to in 2018 is that dozens of new emojis will be unveiled. One of the most popular additions - redheads.


JEREMY BURGE: Red hair, yeah. People felt like they were getting left out.


SUAREZ: That's Jeremy Burge. We reached him at his home in London. He's vice-chair of the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee - yes, that's a real thing. He also runs a website called Emojipedia, devoted 1 to every minute change that has happened to the 2,600 emojis over the years.


BURGE: This is what I do - emojis from when I wake up until when I go to bed.


SUAREZ: Burge is responsible for the new emoji with red hair.


BURGE: Even though I don't have red hair myself, that was the No. 1 request we got for the last two years running, so I felt like I should step up and try and make that happen.


SUAREZ: The committee looks at all the proposed additions and winnows 2 down the list, in part based on how useful they expect the new emoji to be. So far this year, three proposed emojis didn't make the cut.


BURGE: A face with question marks over the eyes, a face that had the letters O and K over the eyes and pile of poo version that was frowning rather and smiling.


SUAREZ: Michael Everson was one of the impassioned commenters who helped kill the frowning excrement 3. We reached him on Skype about an hour west of Dublin.


MICHAEL EVERSON: Why do we need to send a picture of this? It's just - ah. It's just offensive - needlessly offensive and pointless. It's not cute. It's not funny. It isn't good in any particular way. I don't mind lobster 4, parrot, peacock, badger 5 - these are good. These are fine. But is there to be an end of it? Could we not have any class?


SUAREZ: Well, if you're looking for class, there's also a cupcake, a superhero, a llama and a teddy bear. Now that's something to smiley face about.



1 devoted
adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的
  • He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
  • We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
2 winnows
v.扬( winnow的第三人称单数 );辨别;选择;除去
  • A wise king winnows the wicked and drives the wheel over them. 智慧的王簸散恶人,用碌碡滚轧他们。 来自互联网
  • A wise king winnows the wicked, And drives the threshing wheel over them. 箴20:26智慧的王、簸散恶人、用碌碡辊轧他们。 来自互联网
3 excrement
n.排泄物,粪便
  • The cage smelled of excrement.笼子里粪臭熏人。
  • Clothing can also become contaminated with dust,feathers,and excrement.衣着则会受到微尘、羽毛和粪便的污染。
4 lobster
n.龙虾,龙虾肉
  • The lobster is a shellfish.龙虾是水生贝壳动物。
  • I like lobster but it does not like me.我喜欢吃龙虾,但它不适宜于我的健康。
5 badger
v.一再烦扰,一再要求,纠缠
  • Now that our debts are squared.Don't badger me with them any more.我们的债务两清了。从此以后不要再纠缠我了。
  • If you badger him long enough,I'm sure he'll agree.只要你天天纠缠他,我相信他会同意。
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aloos
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fulger
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Lengefeld
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