英语PK台 第65期:英语新闻轻读汇--女神女汉子的争议
英语课
1、Should women be labeled?
女性应该被贴上女神女汉子的标签吗？
Story highlights
China's Lunar New Year Gala was watched by 690 million people this year. Hong Kong (CNN) It was the most-watched TV show in the world -- and it was a sexist mess.
Comedy skit 1: "Female goddess and manly 2 woman!" in China's Lunar New Year Gala TV show mocked overweight, unmarried women. In a society where women still face significant challenges — from discrimination against girls to extreme pressure on women to marry early -- many watchers found the performance nauseating 3. A widely-circulated petition called the show "poisonous" and demanded it to be taken off air.
"Comparing 'manly women' and 'goddesses,' unmarried and unemployed 4 women... what qualifications do you have to discuss these topics?" one highly-rated comment fumed 5 at the show's producers.
Vocabulary:
Comedy skit, Mock, nauseating
1 skit
n.滑稽短剧；一群
- The comic skIt sent up the foolishness of young men in love.那幅画把沉溺于热恋中的青年男子的痴态勾勒得滑稽可笑。
- They performed a skit to amuse the crowd.他们表演了一个幽默小品来娱乐观众。
2 manly
adj.有男子气概的；adv.男子般地，果断地
- The boy walked with a confident manly stride.这男孩以自信的男人步伐行走。
- He set himself manly tasks and expected others to follow his example.他给自己定下了男子汉的任务，并希望别人效之。
3 nauseating
adj.令人恶心的，使人厌恶的v.使恶心，作呕( nauseate的现在分词 )
- I had to listen to the whole nauseating story. 我不得不从头到尾听那令人作呕的故事。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- There is a nauseating smell of rotten food. 有一股令人恶心的腐烂食物的气味。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 unemployed
adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的
- There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
- The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。
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