高级英语听力 lesson 15

 

Lesson Fifteen

Section One: Nev,,s in Brief

Tapescript
1. American reporter Nicholas Daniloff arrived back in the United
States today, and accused Soviet¹ spy, Gennadi Zakharov, left for the
Soviet Union.  Administration officials insisted that there is no coii-
nection between the two as they announce plans for a meeting in
Iceland, October II th and 12th, between President Reagan and So-
viet leader Gorbachev.  We have two reports on today's develop-
ments.  First, NPR's Jim Angle at the White House.  'The preparato-
ry meeting in Iceland was proposed by Secretary Gorbachev in a let-
ter to President Reagan September 19.  Secretary Shultz said, today,
the meeting will give the two leaders an opportunity to give a special
push to preparations for a full-fledged sui-nmit later this year in the
United States.-President Reagan made clear his agreement to the
meeting came after an agreement between the two nations on how to
resolve the Daniloff affair.  'The release of Daniloff made the meet-
ing possible.  I could not have accepted and held that meeting if !'le
was still being held.' But the President and others insisted that
Daniloff's release without trial had no connection with Gennadi
Zakharov, the accused Soviet spy who was allowed to plead no con-
test to espionage³ charges today and ordered out of the country.  See-
@retary Shultz tied Zakharov's departure to the Soviet agreement to
release human rights' activist⁴, Yuri Orlov, and allow him and his
wife to emigrate.  I'm Jim Angle, at the White House."

2. The Vatican today denounced all homosexual activity as morally
evil and said homosexuals should be taught that their sexual pr.,tc-
tices are unacceptable to the Catholic church.  The document was rc-

  layed to all Catholic bishops⁵ and restates the church's position that
  lioi-nosexual tendencies are not sinful but activity is.  This is NPR in
  Washington.

  3. University of Maryland basketball coach Lefty Dresell resigned
  today, another victim of the cocaine-induced death of basketball
  star Len Bias⁶.  Paul Guggenheimer reports.  "Dresell's resignation
  came as no surprise today.  In recent weeks, advisors⁷ to Maryland
  Chancellor⁸ John Slaughter⁹ and some members of the Board of Re-
  geiits were pushing for Dresell's removal.  This morning, at
  Maryland's Cole Field House, Dresell made it official.  'I want to
  announce that I am stepping down as the head basketball coach at
  Maryland.  I will remain at Maryland in the position of Assistant
  Athletic¹⁰ Director.  The University has agreed to honor the financial
  terms of my contract, which has 8 years remaining.' Dresell coached
  basketball at Maryland for 17 years, but following Bias's death,
  I)rcsell told a Grand Jury that he ordered an assistant to remove ev-
  ideiice of drug use from Bias's room, and subsequent revelations that
  his players were having academic problems proved to be Dresell's
  undoing¹².  For National Public Radio, I'm Paul Guggenheimer in
  Washington.'

  Section Two: News in Detail

  Tapescript
       American journalist, Nicholas Daniloff,, returned to the United
  Stated today, a free man.  He walked off a plane at Dulles Airport
  outside Washington late this afternoon after a month's detention¹³ in
  the Soviet Union.  Daniloff had these words for members of his fami-
  ly and journalists at the airport:
       'There is always a silver lining¹⁴ in every cloud.  In Russian, Nyet
  Kuda bisdabra.  And I believe that the cloud that hung over
  Soviet-American affairs is dissipating.  I understand that the Presi-
  dent² is going to meet with Mr Gorbachev shortly in Iceland, and this
  to me, is a wonderful thing.  In my case, the investigation¹⁵ into the
  charges against me was concluded.  There was no trial, and I left as
  an ordinary, free American citizen.  In Zakharov's case, there was a
  trial, and he received a sentence.  I'm sorry I don't remember the ex-
  act terms of the sentence, and he left.  I do not believe that these two
  things are in any way equivalent."
      NPR's Richard Gonzalez is at Dulles Airport now.
      'Richard, what was the mood of Daniloff and his family when
  he arrived?'
      "Well, the Daniloffs enjoyed a rather emotional reunion here at
  Dulles Airport.  Daniloff was cheerfully greeted by his daughter
  Miranda and his son, Caleb.  They celebrated¹⁶ his arrival with a bottle
  of champagne¹⁷.  And they bought a dozen yellow roses for their
  father.  Caleb presented his father with a T-shirt that had been print-
  ed to say ' Free Nick Daniloff" and now had been amended¹⁸ to say
  "Freed Nick Danilofr, which Daniloff displayed with obvious relish¹⁹
  to the cameramen and photographers who were gathered there.'
     'What seemed most on Daniloff's mind when he spoke²⁰ with re.
  porters today?'
     'Well, as you heard him say, Daniloff seemed very, very re-

  lieved that his own personal honor and integrity as a journalist had
  been preserved in the negotiations²¹ that had freed him.  And he re-
  peated once or twice that he felt that he had not been traded for
  Zakharov as a spy."
      "Is there any chance DaDiloff who is completing a second tour
  as a journalist in Moscow will return to the Soviet Union?"
      "Well, Daniloff told us that he left the Soviet Union with his
  passport and just as importantly with his multiple-entry visa,
  'which is still valid,' he said.  And he ended his news conference by
  telling reporters that yesterday in Moscow, feeling that he might be
  leaving the Soviet Union soon, he had placed new flowers on the
  grave of his great great grandfather who was buried in Moscow.  And
  he said, 'I'm hopeful that I'll be able to do that again, some time.  "'
      " But who knows what will happen?  What else can you tell us
  about what the scene looked like there?"
       Well, I can tell you that there were throngs²² of reporters here
  too, some of whom wanted to greet Mr Daniloff with applause, and
  that it took a while for Daniloff to get their attention so that he
  could tell them what they wanted to hear.  I think that the most obvi-
  ous thing is that he had a lot of friends here, among the press corps²³,
  that were ver,; happy to see him, and I think that he really ... he had
  a sparkle in his eye that said, 'Well, I'm finally home.
      'So he seemed a lot more rested perhaps than in Frankfurt?"
      "Rested, relieved, and I'd have to say well scrubbed."
      "(Laugh).  NPR's Richard Gonzalez talking with us from Dulles
  Airport.  "

  Section Three: Special Report

  Tapescript
      Today, Van Gordon Sauter, the President of CBS News re-
  signed from his job.  This resignation, the latest move in a CBS
  shake-up, which yesterday brought the ouster of CBS Chief Execu-
  tive Officer Thomas Wyman.  He was replaced by Laurence Tisch,
  the company's leading stockholder.
      Also, yesterday, the 82-year-old founder²⁴ of CBS, William
  Paley, came out of retirement²⁵ to become the company's Chairman.
  Writer Ken²⁶ Aleter says the CBS Board probably put the changes in-
  to motion even before the Board meeting yesterday.
      ' There was a regularly scheduled Board dinner, an informal
  dinner the night before, which is normal for a monthly Board meet-
  ing.  And Wyman cancelled it, feeling that the Board was so
  polarized in the battle between Laurence Tisch and Paley on one
  side, and Thomas Wyman and some of the Board members who are
  supporters of his on the other.  But the Board decided²⁷ to meet any-
  way without Tisch or Paley or Wyman, and they apparently²⁸ met till
  quite late, which would be Tuesday night.  Then at the meeting yes-
  terday, Mr Wyman presented a budget as planned, and apparently,
  the Board unanimously was dissatisfied with that budget presenta-
        then it was learned that, in fact, there had been, at least
        formed, that there   were overtures²⁹ made by Wyman and
  others aligned³⁰ with him t                    company, try and fin¹¹
  white knight³¹ to stave off I               and Bill Paley.'
      'Last minu scram
      'Yes, a       the end.                   Tisch and Paley to le
  and then             Wyman to leave.      the 3 principle actors in

drama were out of the room when the Board discussed it, and I'm
 told, unanimously reached the judgment³² that it was time for a
 change.'
      'So it's not really fair to say that Laurence Tisch came rolling
 into that meeting and just took it over.'
      'Well, apparently the Board took it over.  What happened was,
 as of late last week, this Board was ready to support Tom Wyman.
 Something happened in the last several days to turn this Board
 around.  And I think, in part, that something that happened was a
 growing sense of dissatisfaction with Wyman: And I suspect also, a
 sense that the Board probably had that the continued
 in the press, would only continue if Wyman remained,the helm, and
 they had to stop i@
     "Yeah.  Let me ask you fo a very simplistic answer to a compli-
 cated question here.  CBS got into this sort of trouble because of
 problems endemic to the television industry now, or because of
 mismanag
       Both. Clearly, sai        ng is happening in all the networks.
 They're facing a future, at least the immediate³³ future,, where revenues
 no longer grow at the same rate they used to, which is 10, 12, 14
 percent a year.  Revenues are declining at all three networks.  Adver-
 tisers are finding otheroutletsfor their money, more efficient outlets³⁴,
 cheaper outlets for their money.  There's new competition from the
 4th network, from technology, from cable.  Second, there was a feel-
 ing that, Wyman, though he was a good manager on paper and had
 a good strong managerial background, was not a people manager.
 Television is populated by a lot of famous people, who have rather
 large egos³⁵. They're also rather large talents. But in anv case, tho    se
 egos re@ire some strokinp- Tom Wyman was not a stroker.  He was
 a go-bytthe-                  manager. So, he was a stranger, for in-
 stance, to the                t division of CBS, not the division that
 produc   the i               ut the one that produces the most pres-

                's the news division."
                BS News people, as you 1 n%n, have been disen-
                nd they're probably encouraged by this move, but
 specitically@, what. were they    fussing about? How have they been
 mismanaged?  Can anyone say
      "Well, I think there are"
                                  pr@aAO'@hlu              different stories.
 One story that's received a loyof prominence³⁶ in the last week is Bill
 Moyer's storv. which is a/edling that the entertainment values at
 CBS have been enshrin@ at the expense of news values.  That, how-
 ever, is probably also a-Tittle simplistic if you go back to Edward R.
 Morrow, @tlie late sainted Edward R. Morrow, who's a wonderful
 journalist, but who was also a journalist who sometimes enshrined
 entertainment values, for instance, if you go back and look at
 person-to-person interviews that he did on a program called 'Per-
 son to Person', it was a kind of a 'Gee³⁷, whiz, oh gosh, it's so nice to
 be invited into your home'- kind of an atmosphere, and hardly hard
 news.  But I think Moyers' complaint suggests how polarized the sit-
 uation at CBS is."
        Ken Aleter.  He's the author of the book, Greed and Glory on
 Wall Street, talking with us in New York."

1 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

2 dent   

n.凹痕，凹坑；初步进展

参考例句：

• I don't know how it came about but I've got a dent in the rear of my car.我不知道是怎么回事，但我的汽车后部有了一个凹痕。
• That dent is not big enough to be worth hammering out.那个凹陷不大，用不着把它锤平。

3 espionage   

n.间谍行为，谍报活动

参考例句：

• The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage.官方已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人。
• Neither was there any hint of espionage in Hanley's early life.汉利的早期生活也毫无进行间谍活动的迹象。

4 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

5 bishops   

（基督教某些教派管辖大教区的）主教( bishop的名词复数 )； （国际象棋的）象

参考例句：

• Each player has two bishops at the start of the game. 棋赛开始时，每名棋手有两只象。
• "Only sheriffs and bishops and rich people and kings, and such like. “他劫富济贫，抢的都是郡长、主教、国王之类的富人。

6 bias   

n.偏见，偏心，偏袒；vt.使有偏见

参考例句：

• They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。
• He had a bias toward the plan.他对这项计划有偏见。

7 advisors   

n.顾问，劝告者( advisor的名词复数 )；（指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• The governors felt that they were being strung along by their advisors. 地方长官感到他们一直在受顾问们的愚弄。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• We will consult together with advisors about her education. 我们将一起和专家商议她的教育事宜。 来自互联网

8 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

9 slaughter   

n.屠杀，屠宰；vt.屠杀，宰杀

参考例句：

• I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.我不忍看他们宰牛。
• Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。

10 athletic   

adj.擅长运动的，强健的；活跃的，体格健壮的

参考例句：

• This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
• He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。

11 fin   

n.鳍；(飞机的)安定翼

参考例句：

• They swim using a small fin on their back.它们用背上的小鳍游动。
• The aircraft has a long tail fin.那架飞机有一个长长的尾翼。

12 undoing   

n.毁灭的原因，祸根；破坏，毁灭

参考例句：

• That one mistake was his undoing. 他一失足即成千古恨。
• This hard attitude may have led to his undoing. 可能就是这种强硬的态度导致了他的垮台。

13 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

14 lining   

n.衬里，衬料

参考例句：

• The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。
• Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。

15 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

16 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

17 champagne   

n.香槟酒；微黄色

参考例句：

• There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
• They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。

18 Amended   

adj. 修正的 动词amend的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He asked to see the amended version. 他要求看修订本。
• He amended his speech by making some additions and deletions. 他对讲稿作了些增删修改。

19 relish   

n.滋味，享受，爱好，调味品；vt.加调味料，享受，品味；vi.有滋味

参考例句：

• I have no relish for pop music.我对流行音乐不感兴趣。
• I relish the challenge of doing jobs that others turn down.我喜欢挑战别人拒绝做的工作。

20 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

21 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

22 throngs   

n.人群( throng的名词复数 )v.成群，挤满( throng的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• She muscled through the throngs of people, frantically searching for David. 她使劲挤过人群，拼命寻找戴维。 来自辞典例句
• Our friends threaded their way slowly through the throngs upon the Bridge. 我们这两位朋友在桥上从人群中穿过，慢慢地往前走。 来自辞典例句

23 corps   

n.(通信等兵种的)部队；(同类作的)一组

参考例句：

• The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

24 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

25 retirement   

n.退休，退职

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。

26 ken   

n.视野，知识领域

参考例句：

• Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
• Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.

27 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

28 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

29 overtures   

n.主动的表示，提议；（向某人做出的）友好表示、姿态或提议( overture的名词复数 )；（歌剧、芭蕾舞、音乐剧等的）序曲，前奏曲

参考例句：

• Their government is making overtures for peace. 他们的政府正在提出和平建议。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He had lately begun to make clumsy yet endearing overtures of friendship. 最近他开始主动表示友好，样子笨拙却又招人喜爱。 来自辞典例句

30 aligned   

adj.对齐的，均衡的

参考例句：

• Make sure the shelf is aligned with the top of the cupboard.务必使搁架与橱柜顶端对齐。

31 knight   

n.骑士，武士；爵士

参考例句：

• He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
• A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。

32 judgment   

n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见

参考例句：

• The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
• He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。

33 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

34 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

35 egos   

自我，自尊，自负( ego的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Their egos are so easily bruised. 他们的自尊心很容易受到伤害。
• The belief in it issues from the puerile egos of inferior men. 这种信仰是下等人幼稚的自私意识中产生的。

36 prominence   

n.突出；显著；杰出；重要

参考例句：

• He came to prominence during the World Cup in Italy.他在意大利的世界杯赛中声名鹊起。
• This young fashion designer is rising to prominence.这位年轻的时装设计师的声望越来越高。

37 gee   

n.马；int.向右！前进！，惊讶时所发声音；v.向右转

参考例句：

• Their success last week will gee the team up.上星期的胜利将激励这支队伍继续前进。
• Gee,We're going to make a lot of money.哇！我们会赚好多钱啦！