时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:话匣子英语


英语课

科技越来越发达,人们获取新闻和八卦的途径有哪些,主要是电视,当然还有网络。


Maura: Today we are going to do a Chatterbox episode, and that is where we chat about all different kinds of topics. Today we are going to talk about the media.


 


Harp 1: Yes. We’re gonna break it down. We’re gonna talk about mainstream 2 media.


 


Maura: And the different types. And then we’re going to talk about advertising 3.


 


Harp: And then we’re gonna talk about celebrity 4 gossip.


 


Maura: Yes. Because that is also something that’s covered a lot in media, especially nowadays.


 


Harp: Yes, it definitely is. So let’s get started, Maura.


 


Maura: All right. So, it seems that the media is everywhere. More than ever, we come into contact with the media. This is probably because of the Internet, but it’s also because of cell phones and smart phones and iPhones and all those kinds of things.


 


Harp: Yeah, definitely. You can take the media with you anywhere. I have an iPhone and I can read the news anywhere, I can watch things. It’s everywhere.


 


Maura: Right. So we’re first gonna talk about some of the mainstream media, and mainstream media includes some of the really big names, and… and these types of media are watched by a large number of people.


 


Harp: Yeah. TV—that’s a big part of mainstream media.


 


Maura: Definitely. And that one has been pretty popular and remains 5 pretty popular today.


 


Harp: Yeah. A lot of people—almost everyone I know—has a TV at home. It’s changing though, now with the Internet, that more and more people are watching online, but still, a lot of people have TVs. Maura: Yes. Most people do have TVs and in the evenings they watch television, they might watch the news, they watch television shows. And in most living rooms, people have their couches set up around the television because it’s still one of the main items that you’ll see there. People love their TVs.



1 harp
n.竖琴;天琴座
  • She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
  • He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。
2 mainstream
n.(思想或行为的)主流;adj.主流的
  • Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
  • Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。
3 advertising
n.广告业;广告活动 a.广告的;广告业务的
  • Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
  • The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。
4 celebrity
n.名人,名流;著名,名声,名望
  • Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
  • He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。
5 remains
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
学英语单词
Acronema xizangense
articulated link chain
axis out of line
belonginess
Big Moose
boring bar support
brushed goods
cable test bridge
cainell bone
Carex maorshanica
Chattian Age
circle of Hovius
coil diameter detector
controllers-general
coordinate machine
creazzo
cross classification
cryptofunctions
Cuprovanadite
daishins
defoliators
delustring
digital subtractor
doja
exhaust elbow
exper
field descriptor group
fleet car
free floating suction dredger
grassland degeneration
grenadin'
gruelling
hand-ginning
heat acclimatization
Heliogabalus
high-frequency iron
hobbie
Holdich
homooligomycin
Hunkuyi
hydrotechny
ice resistant structure
inalterably
intended clinical use
interactive graphical simulation language
interpole spool
ISMRRD
Jenevere
Kiev cakes
land reconversion
lapping fixture
Laser Surface Inspection Equipment
macro-sociological
magnetic electron lens
Matthew effect
Memory Stick Duo
mesobiladien
morphine tartrate
nahpoite
nautical book
negotiation date
neoplasma
odd proportion
oldknow
overshadowy
P. Tr.
palato-tooth
parasitid
picture rotate control
point control switch
post-visit
rail fastener
renneting
richen
ringmann
ruffle feathers
sanction measure
sao domingos
semi-automatic copying lathe
semi-rigid tether line
single cell protein (SCP)
sounding line correction
sphegina nigerrima
spokeshaves
stabilize the prices of commodities
structure of imports and exports
sugar-laden
surface conduit wire
syrettes
Thermococcaceae
tie or brace for heel of switches
travelodges
trimolter
Tājūrā'
unfalsifiable
unmanned engine-room supervision
useful picture area
viliage
wind-chilled
woodcut knife
yom
zinclavendulan