英语听力：奥普拉：脱口秀女王-4

 That's OK, I’ll clean it up.

 

Oops¹, now you notice how my kitchen is, right?

 

I was used to from one wrong thing after another. I’m talking about the fighting allinis. I didn't even know who they were. I was calling them the Illinis. And it was a total mess. But I got through it. I got through it. I got through it, and came off thinking, you know what, I should’ve asked them what the show was about.

 

First of all, there’s no audience.

 

We’ll be right back to talk to you in a moment.

 

So we got to get somebody. So we pull people from the building. We go downstairs on State Street and beg people to come up in exchange for heat. "Come in, it's warm. We’ll give you some coffee" And then we add some donuts². You know, I would stop at Dunkin' Donuts in the morning myself, pick up the donuts for the audience.

 

What a group. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Good morning and welcome to AM Chicago, and what a morning it is!

 

We were successful immediately. We were so successful, so quickly, it was stunning³, even to me. The day after the first show, I walked across the street, and everybody knew who I was. I don't mean just some people. I mean everybody.

 

Can I shake your hands? Hi, Honey, how are you?

 

Hi, Oprah! How are you?

 

So I thought something just happened. I’m not sure what it was, but something just happened.

 

Hello!

 

Hi, how are you?

 

You know, when I think about it, it is crazy. Nobody, including the Donahue people, I’m sure when they turned on the air and saw me on there, they chuckled⁴. No, they had a big belly⁵ laugh, until the second or third day. Actually we beat them the first day. I beat them the very first day.

 

Reggie Wells who still does my make-up today. The third day I was on the air. I walked across the street and he was working behind the make-up counter⁶. Reggie was like, "Hey, girl, you are that girl on TV? You are that new girl on TV?" I said, "Yeah, you got it.” "Come here, let me do you a make-up." And so, I stopped for a free make-up sample to this day. They’ll give me a call and a free make-up sample. And, girl, you know, you let me do your make-up everyday. So I love hiring Reggie Wells. And I think Andre had seen my, Andre came about a year later, coz he'd seen me on TV and sent a note, sent me flowers, sent me a note or something that said “He’d loved to get his hands on my hair”, and twenty years later, he still is.

1 oops   

int.哎哟（ 表示惊讶；沮丧；狼狈；轻度道歉等）

参考例句：

• Oops!I'm on the wrong plane!糟糕！我上错飞机了！
• Oops!I nearly dropped my cup of tea!哎呀！我险些儿把自己的一杯茶掉到地上！

2 donuts   

n. 炸面圈

参考例句：

• As McDonald's, Dunkin' Donuts and other fast-food chains moved upmarket, Starbucks looked less distinctive. 随着麦当劳，Dunkin'Donuts以及其它快餐联锁店朝着上流市场发展，星巴克失去了自己的特色。
• You can walk to the bakery to buy donuts! 你可以步行去面包店买油炸圈饼！

3 stunning   

adj.极好的；使人晕倒的

参考例句：

• His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
• The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。

4 chuckled   

轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She chuckled at the memory. 想起这件事她就暗自发笑。
• She chuckled softly to herself as she remembered his astonished look. 想起他那惊讶的表情，她就轻轻地暗自发笑。

5 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

6 counter   

n.柜台；计数器；adj.相反的；adv.与…相反地；vt.反对，反击；vi.反对，反击

参考例句：

• This counter is closed now.这个柜台现在已停止营业。
• Set the counter to zero and you'll know where the recording starts.把计数器拨到零，你就会知道录音从哪儿开始。