英语听力精选进阶版 6726

Li: 大家好，我是杨莉，欢迎收听BBC的《地道英语》节目。

William: Hi there. I'm William Kremer.

Li: So what's today's word – ?

Muffled¹ shouting from outside the studio and banging² on the door.

Li: Eh?

William: What on earth is all that hullabaloo about?

Shouting and banging stops.

Li: Ah... I think it's stopped.

William: What was all of that about? It sounded like there was a crowd of people outside the studio!

Li: 我不知道是怎么回事... 回头打听打听。不过更让我疑惑的是你刚才使用了一个词，我从来没有听说过...

William: Oh right. And what's that?

Li: 你说的是什么 Hulla… 什么什么...?

William: Hullabaloo?

Li: Yes.

William: Ahh, hullabaloo. You spell it H.U.L.L.A.B.A.L.O.O. Hullabaloo. It means a loud noise or commotion³.

Li: A loud noise or commotion 一片吵闹声。Hullabaloo. 我们再听一个相关的例句。

Example

Woman: I tried to quieten the class down, but there was such a hullabaloo that no-one could hear me!

Li: 在这个例句里，一位老师说他试图让全班学生们安静下来，不过，噪音太大 a hullabaloo 没人能听到他的声音。Is that word used in any other ways, William?

William: Well, the word hullabaloo can imply⁴ anger and disapproval⁵.

Li: Disapproval 表示不满和反对的吵闹声。

William: Can you imagine lots of people shouting because they're angry? Have a listen to this example:

Example

Man: That actor was so angry with the film's director and producer that he refused to do any promotional work. But then when he didn't go to the premiere in L.A., there was such a hullabaloo from his fans that he had to apologise.

William: So in that example, a film star didn't go to a premiere and there was a hullabaloo from his fans because they were so angry with him.

Li: 在以上例句里 'hullabaloo' 并不表示熙熙嚷嚷的吵闹声，而是指大量粉丝们对这个明星没有到场所纷纷表示不满的情绪，也许是通过博克，或通过媒体上的言词等等。 Now William, 'hullabaloo' is a very strange sounding word! Where does it come from?

William: Well, no-one knows for sure. But some people think that it comes from people going "Hullo! Hullo! Hullo!"

Li: Really? That's very –

Shouting and banging starts again.

Li: Oh, our own hullabaloo has started again!

William: Right. I'm going to see what they want!

Gets up and opens studio door.

William: What's all this noise? We're trying to record a programme here!

Fan 1: Is Yang Li here?

Li: Hello, yes? Who is it?

Fan 1: Yes! She is, she is!

Fan 2: Oh brilliant! Hi Li! Hi!

Fan 3: We're your biggest fans! Can we have your autograph?

Li: Oh well, I...

William: Oh Li, I didn't know you had a fan club! Oh well, I think we'd better end the programme there! Goodbye!

Li: Where do you want me to sign? Do you want me to write something special?

1 muffled   

adj.（声音）被隔的；听不太清的；（衣服）裹严的；蒙住的v.压抑，捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 )；用厚厚的衣帽包着（自己）

参考例句：

• muffled voices from the next room 从隔壁房间里传来的沉闷声音
• There was a muffled explosion somewhere on their right. 在他们的右面什么地方有一声沉闷的爆炸声。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 banging   

vt.猛击，猛撞（bang的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• The baby was banging the table with his spoon. 小宝宝用调羹敲打着桌子。
• Stop banging around, children, Father is trying to sleep. 孩子们，别到处乱敲！爸爸想睡觉。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 commotion   

n.骚动，动乱

参考例句：

• They made a commotion by yelling at each other in the theatre.他们在剧院里相互争吵，引起了一阵骚乱。
• Suddenly the whole street was in commotion.突然间，整条街道变得一片混乱。

4 imply   

vt.暗示；意味着

参考例句：

• Cheerfulness doesn't always imply happiness.快活并不总是意味着幸福。
• What did she imply in her words?她的话意味着什么？

5 disapproval   

n.反对，不赞成

参考例句：

• The teacher made an outward show of disapproval.老师表面上表示不同意。
• They shouted their disapproval.他们喊叫表示反对。