[00:00.00]喜欢chazidian.com,就把chazidian.com复制到QQ个人资料中!Lesson 45 The power of the press
[00:05.30]新闻报道的威力
[00:10.61]Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
[00:15.78]听录音,然后回答以下问题.
[00:20.95]Does the writer think the parents
[00:23.08]作者认为父母
[00:25.21]were lucky or unlucky to gain prosperity in this way,why?
[00:32.14]以这种方式而出名是幸运还是不幸?
[00:39.08]In democratic countries
[00:41.21]在民主国家里,
[00:43.34]any efforts to restrict the freedom of the press are rightly condemned
[00:46.62]任何限制新闻自由的企图都理所当然地受到谴责.
[00:49.89]However,this freedom can easily be abused.
[00:52.60]然而,这种自由很容易被滥用.
[00:55.30]Stories about people
[00:56.99]常人轶事
[00:58.67]often attract far more public attention than political events
[01:01.54]往往比政治事件更能引起公众注意.
[01:04.42]Though we may enjoy reading about the lives of others,
[01:06.87]我们都喜欢看关于别人生活的报道,
[01:09.33]it is extremely doubtful
[01:11.31]但难说的是:
[01:13.30]whether we would equally enjoy reading about ourselves.
[01:15.87]是否同样喜欢看关于自己生活的报道
[01:18.45]Acting on the contention that facts are sacred,
[01:21.16]记者按事实至上的论点行事,