【英音模仿秀】窃听无孔不入，媒体下限何在

模仿文本： Here's a venerable and so far unresolved dilemma¹: a press which is fettered² by government regulation is no longer free to check and criticise³ government; but a press which is free may abuse those freedoms in ways that the public - on whose behalf it claims to speak, and whose interests it claims to serve - may find deeply repellent and repugnant, as in the case of the current phone hacking⁴ scandal. 

 

译文： 如今存在着这样一个严肃而又未决的窘境：一个被政府管理所束缚的媒体是不可能去审视和批评政府的。但是，一个绝对自由的媒体可能会导致权力的滥用，他们代表他们所宣称的公众说话，为他们所宣扬的公众利益服务。这可能最终导致截然相反的矛盾后果，就如同最近发生的电话窃听丑闻。 

 

1 dilemma   

n.困境，进退两难的局面

参考例句：

• I am on the horns of a dilemma about the matter.这件事使我进退两难。
• He was thrown into a dilemma.他陷入困境。

2 fettered   

v.给…上脚镣，束缚( fetter的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• We reverence tradition but will not be fettered by it. 我们尊重传统，但不被传统所束缚。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Many people are fettered by lack of self-confidence. 许多人都因缺乏自信心而缩手缩脚。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 criticise   

v.批评，评论；非难

参考例句：

• Right and left have much cause to criticise government.左翼和右翼有很多理由批评政府。
• It is not your place to criticise or suggest improvements!提出批评或给予改进建议并不是你的责任！

4 hacking   

n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动

参考例句：

• The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
• We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。