最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit3-Part3

 

[00:00.00]Both the Hearst and Pulitzer newspapers 

[00:03.82]started to include sensational¹ stories 

[00:06.56]about the Cuban Insurrection. 

[00:09.08]The stories greatly exaggerated claims 

[00:13.56]of Spanish troops placing Cubans 

[00:16.08]in concentration camps, 

[00:18.05]forcing them to live 

[00:20.34]under substandard conditions, 

[00:22.09]diseaseridden, starving and dying. 

[00:25.16]This style of reporting 

[00:28.11]became known as “Yellow Journalism”. 

[00:29.75]The newspapers were transformed 

[00:33.58]as the scope of the news broadened

[00:35.88]and became less conservative.

[00:38.72] Circulation soared as the public could 

[00:42.00]get enough of the banner headlines 

[00:44.41]and abundant illustrations. 

[00:45.95]At the time, many people 

[00:49.45]believed William actually might 

[00:51.20]have initiated² the SpanishAmerican War 

[00:54.58]to encourage sales. 

[00:56.99]According to one report, 

[00:59.62]when one of his correspondents, 

[01:01.81]Frederick Remington,

[01:03.88] requested to return from Havana, 

[01:06.08]William responded 

[01:07.83]that if Remington would 

[01:09.47]furnish the pictures, William 

[01:11.00]would furnish the war. 

[01:13.29]He was once quoted in an editorial

[01:15.60] as saying, “Make the news 

[01:18.87]thorough Print all the news. 

[01:21.17]Condense it if necessary.

[01:24.23]Frequently it is better 

[01:25.99]when intelligently condensed.”

[01:28.72]Another classic example of his influence 

[01:31.79]occurred when, merely months 

[01:34.30]after he advocated political assassination³

[01:37.37] in an editorial,

[01:39.22] American President McKinley was assassinated⁴.

1 sensational   

adj.使人感动的，非常好的，轰动的，耸人听闻的

参考例句：

• Papers of this kind are full of sensational news reports.这类报纸满是耸人听闻的新闻报道。
• Their performance was sensational.他们的演出妙极了。

2 initiated   

n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入

参考例句：

• He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
• The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。

3 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

4 assassinated   

v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 )；中伤；诋毁；破坏

参考例句：

• The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
• Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后，肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句