英语听力精选进阶版 7294

抗议者严重扰乱了在德国柏林举行的芭比娃娃展的开幕式。此次展品包括芭比梦之屋等众多受欢迎的芭比玩具。展览让很多女性感到愤怒，因为她们认为芭比导致人们对女性的尊重减少。

It wasn't the opening which the organisers planned. Feminist¹ protesters said the Barbie doll turned women into objects. A semi-naked member of the Femen protest group, had "Life in plastic is not fantastic" written on her bare chest. She set fire to a Barbie doll.

In what the organisers call the Barbie Dreamhouse Experience, a hundred gallons of pink paint were used to decorate the exhibition. The colour provoked a protest from a group called Pink Stinks² whose members said there was too much emphasis on becoming more beautiful and on being pretty and that put an awful lot of pressure on girls.

The other Barbie Dreamhouse, in America, has not been the target of protest. The Berlin version continues until August and then tours Europe. There will be more opportunity for protest - and also for visits by Barbie's countless³ fans.

Quiz 听力测验

Where did one feminist write her protest message?

On her bare chest.

True or false? A hundred gallons of blue paint were used to decorate the Barbie exhibition.

False. A hundred gallons of pink paint were used to decorate the exhibition.

What do the protestors think Barbie makes girls want to concentrate too much on?

There was too much emphasis on becoming more beautiful and on being pretty.

What protests have taken place at the other Barbie Dreamhouse in America?

None. It has not been the target of protest.

Glossary 词汇表

feminist 女权主义者

objects 东西，物体

provoked 激怒了

emphasis 着重强调

pressure 压力

target 对象，目标

tours 巡回展览

countless 无数的

1 feminist   

adj.主张男女平等的，女权主义的

参考例句：

• She followed the feminist movement.她支持女权运动。
• From then on,feminist studies on literature boomed.从那时起，男女平等受教育的现象开始迅速兴起。

2 stinks   

v.散发出恶臭( stink的第三人称单数 )；发臭味；名声臭；糟透

参考例句：

• The whole scheme stinks to high heaven—don't get involved in it. 整件事十分卑鄙龌龊——可别陷了进去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The soup stinks of garlic. 这汤有大蒜气味。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 countless   

adj.无数的，多得不计其数的

参考例句：

• In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
• I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。