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2020年12月01日
英语Pod 18 - 中高级 - 抗议
英语播客1
本页展示了美国如何处理汽车行业。 莎拉·奥康奈尔 (Sarah O'Connell) 华盛顿特区的报道最近几天爆发。 今天,请分享您对人们处理这个问题的方式的失望。
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EnglishPod 18 - Upper Intermediate - Protest

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  Hello, everyone. Welcome to EnglishPod. My name is Marco. And I'm Erica. And today with Erica, we have a very aggressive(好斗的) lesson for you today. That's true.
  We've got a revolutionary(革命的) lesson. Yes. Today at EnglishPod, we're protesting(&vt.抗议). So Erica, why don't you tell us what a protest is? Well, when you protest something, you go into the streets and show your disagreement(分歧). Right.
  And you yell(大叫) and you have signs and everyone's just protesting(&vt.抗议). And the news comes and if it's not clear now, it'll be clear after the dialogue, I'm sure. Definitely, definitely. So why don't we start with our vocabulary preview? Vocabulary preview. We have two words in our vocabulary preview today.
  The first is bankrupt(破产者). Bankrupt. Bankrupt. Bankrupt. Bankrupt. So if a company goes bankrupt, what happens?
  It means the company doesn't have any more money. So it can't pay salaries. It can't pay anything. Can't pay its bills. Yeah. So basically(基本上), if it's bankrupt(破产者), it's probably going to close.
  Exactly. Okay(好). Our second word today is bail(保释) out. Bail out. Bail out. Bail out.
  B-A-I-L. Bail out. So bail out is when the government gives money to a company that is about to go bankrupt. That's true. It's emergency(紧急情况) money that will help save the company. Well, these two words are taken directly(直接地) from our dialogue.
  And in today's dialogue, we're going to bring you live to a newscast(新闻广播). Right. So why don't we just listen to the dialogue? This is Action 5 News reporter Sarah O'Connell reporting live from Washington(华盛顿), D.C., where a protest has broken out. Thousands of angry citizens(公民) are protesting(&vt.抗议) against the proposed(提议) bail(保释) out of the auto manufacturing industry. Sir, Sir, Sarah O'Connell, Channel(海峡) 5 News, can you tell us what's happening?
  Yeah. Yeah. We're here because we feel this is an injustice(不公正). The financial(财政的) irresponsibility of big business has to stop. We're here to show the government that we don't like the way they're spending our tax( 税) dollars. Sir, but what exactly is making(使) everyone so angry?
  It's an absolute(绝对的) outrage(暴行), Sarah. The U.S. government wants to give $25 billion of taxpayers(纳税人)' money to the auto((口语)汽车) industry. These are companies that have been mismanaged and are now nearly bankrupt. I see. But many supporters(支持者) of the bail(保释) out argue that it could help save the jobs of millions of hardworking Americans.
  That may be true. And I, for one, don't want to see anyone lose their job. But how can these CEOs ask for a bailout when they're making millions of dollars? And then they have the nerve(神经) to fly to Washington(华盛顿) in private(私人的) jets. This costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. They're asking for money.
  That is just not right. Good point. This is Sarah O'Connell reporting live from Washington, D.C. Back to you, Tom. Wow, these people are really angry. I think they're furious(狂怒的).
  Well, I think they have some good points, and we'll talk about that later. But now, it's time for Language Takeaway(外卖食品). Language Takeaway. There was some great language in this dialogue. A lot of language we use to express our anger(怒). Right.
  And one of those words, and the first one for Language Takeaway, is injustice. Injustice. Injustice. And injustice. So an injustice is something that isn't fair. It's totally(完全地) unfair( 不公平的).
  It's unfair, yeah. This is an injustice. Let's look at our second word, outrage. Outrage. Outrage. And outrage.
  So, Erica, why don't you give us an example on how you would use outrage. There's no more coffee. This is an outrage.

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重点单词:

C1
bankrupt:noun.破产者
outrage:noun.暴行, 侮辱, 愤怒
taxpayer:noun.纳税人;所收租金只够支付地产税的建筑物
antarctica:noun.南极洲
poorly:adj.不舒服的 ad贫穷地
streamline:verb.把…做成流线型;使现代化;组织;使合理化;使简单化
revolutionary:adj.革命的
breakdown:noun.故障;崩溃;分解;分类;衰弱;跺脚曳步舞
yell:verb.大叫;呼喊
bankrupt:adj.破产的
bail:noun.保释,保释人;保释金;杓
newscast:noun.新闻广播
prosperity:noun.繁荣
bail:noun.保释,保释人;保释金;杓
Washington:noun.华盛顿
auto:noun.(口语)汽车
injustice:noun.不公正
B2
jet:noun.喷气式飞机;喷嘴
anger:noun.怒,愤怒
official:noun.官员;高级职员
dare:verb. 敢, 敢于
demonstrate:verb.证明;展示;论证
consideration:noun.考虑,思考;体贴
basically:adv.基本上
okay:intj.好;行
absolute:adj.绝对的;纯粹的
nerve:noun.神经;勇敢,胆量
debt:noun.债,债务,欠债
efficient:adj.效率高的,有能力的
shame:noun. 遗憾的事; 羞愧
aggressive:adj.好斗的, 敢作敢为的, 有闯劲的, 侵略性的
propose:verb.提议
manufacturing:noun.制造业;工业
icy:adj.冰冷的;冷淡的;结满冰的
disagreement:noun.分歧;不一致
citizen:noun.公民;市民,居民
furious:adj.狂怒的;狂暴的
emphasize:verb.强调,着重
B1
protest:verb.&vt.抗议,反对
financial:adj.财政的,金融的
supporter:noun.支持者, 赡养者
totally:adv.完全地
force:verb.促使,推动;强迫;强加
live:adv.
takeaway:noun.外卖食品;外卖餐馆
fighting:noun.战斗,搏斗
properly:adv.适当地;正确地;恰当地
supply:verb. 供给, 提供
protest:noun.主张, 断言, 抗议
emergency:noun.紧急情况, 突然事件, 非常时刻, 紧急事件
channel:noun.海峡;渠道;频道
tax:noun. 税, 税款
grade:noun.等级
indicate:verb.标示,表示;表明
directly:adv.直接地;立即
private:adj.私人的;私下的
unfair:adj. 不公平的, 不公正的
border:noun. 边缘; 边境, 国界
perfectly:adv.理想地;完美地
专辑
英语播客1
难度
B1
词汇量
359/1676
摘要
本页展示了美国如何处理汽车行业。 莎拉·奥康奈尔 (Sarah O'Connell) 华盛顿特区的报道最近几天爆发。 今天,请分享您对人们处理这个问题的方式的失望。
第1句的重点词汇: