速成英语口语第六册 Lesson 21:She Felt Her Life Was Over

Lesson 21 She Felt Her Life Was Over

Matilda: I just can't believe how bullying¹ has come to the forefront of our society's problems. It's splashed all over the paper today in the Living Section.

Just look at this story in our neighborhood?athis poor girl is probably scarred for life!

Janet: Are you referring to that cyberbullying case that's been on the news this week? Yeah, the Internet has opened up a whole new can of worms as far as bullying goes.

And with smart phones, attackers can lash² out at people at any time and any place without being obvious. What does it say?

Matilda: It says that a mom went through her daughter's cell phone and found over 60 demeaning messages.Some girl in a higher grade had Photoshopped some embarrassing pictures of the daughter and put them up on her Twitter account, and the whole school was commenting on them.

Janet: I'm sure being victimized like that at such a young age has just crushed her self-esteem.

1 bullying   

v.恐吓，威逼( bully的现在分词 )；豪；跋扈

参考例句：

• Many cases of bullying go unreported . 很多恐吓案件都没有人告发。
• All cases of bullying will be severely dealt with. 所有以大欺小的情况都将受到严肃处理。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 lash   

v.系牢；鞭打；猛烈抨击；n.鞭打；眼睫毛

参考例句：

• He received a lash of her hand on his cheek.他突然被她打了一记耳光。
• With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来。