1、Unit 13,People in the News,Unit 13 People in the News,Word bank1. golden bonanza 摇钱树2. spearhead 先锋；带头人3. celebrity culture 名人文化4. air 神态5. lad up 饱食，本文引申为“饱览”6. bulimia 易饿症；饱食症7. depression 抑郁症8. plummet 骤跌； 直线下滑9. chord 琴弦；心弦10. tabloid 马路小报；低俗小报11. adultery 通奸；婚外恋12. the House of Windsor “温莎王室”，即
2、“英国王室” 13. pompous 华而不实的14. apathy 冷漠15. trump card 王牌,Bulimia-An eating disorder common among young women of normal or nearly normal weight that is characterized by episodic, uncontrolled binge eating and followed by feelings of guilt, depression, and self-condemnation. It is often associated with
3、measures taken to prevent weight gain, such as dieting or fasting. In this sense, also called binge-eating syndrome. Windsor-Ruling house of Great Britain (since 1917), including George V, who adopted the name Windsor in 1917, and his descendants Edward VIII, George VI, and Elizabeth II.温莎：英国的统治王朝（从
4、1917年始），包括1917年采用这个名字的乔治五世及他的后继者：爱德华八世、乔治六世和伊丽莎白二世。,Diana Decade,Twenty years ago, a tall young woman with a shy smile made a mess of her lines before millions of people and become a superstar.,On July 29, 1981, Lady Diana Spencer took “PhilipCharles Arthur George” She mix the order of Prince Charle
5、s names during her vows as her lawful wedded husband and entered a family bound by various rules and practices no outsider could possibly know. It turned out to be much more than she bargained for. It also turned out to be much more than they bargained for.But for the media, it was a golden bonanza.
6、 Media Chaos “The media changed dramatically in that decade of the 1980s,” says Bob Houston, publisher of Royalty Monthly magazine.,“Diana was the spearhead of the American invasion of Britain, the celebrity culture”, says Houston. “The British media are changing. It is becoming much more celebrity-
7、driven. And we had this No. 1 celebrity.” Diana, with her camera-friendly good looks, her sympathetic gestures and an air of defenselessness, seemed much more relaxed than the other royals, and much more reachable. She instantly become popular with the public, who couldnt get enough of her.,Diana De
8、cade,“From the time she entered public life, Diana conveyed her defenselessness with her eyes, her gestures, her speech, and her touch,” Sally Bedell Smith wrote in her book Diana in Search of Herself.,Newspaper editors found the public was eager to lap up articles about Diana, her clothes, her styl
9、e, her public en-gagements, how she was raising her two young sons. The80s, says Houston, were “the Decade of Diana.” Fairy Princess and Every Woman Then, in June 1992, the carefully-constructed false front broke with the publication of Andrew Mortons Diana: Her True Story. The book written with Dia
10、nas cooperation exposed the princesss battles with bulimia and depression, and criticized Charles as an unfaithful husband.,The disclosure of Charles relationship with a married woman, Camilla Parker Bowles, sent the Prince of Wales popularity plummeting. But the disclosure of Dianas problems did no
11、t decrease the publics affection for her. It only increased their appetite to know more. “Once the breadth and depth of her emotional struggle became known,” wrote Smith, “she struck an even deeper chord: She became the fairy-princess version of the trou-,Diana Decade,bled everyday woman.” The tablo
12、id reports kept coming: there was the royal separation, the two camps attempts to win the public, the televised admissions by both Charles and Diana of adultery. After the divorce became final, in 1996, the media continued to follow Dianas every move. And then, on Aug. 31, 1997, came the car crash i
13、n a Paris tunnel that killed her.,The massive outpouring of public grief made the Windsorssit up and take notice. “The amazing wave or emotion over her death got through to them that their world has had to change,” says Houston. Charles Learns a Lesson The person who really got the message was Princ
14、e Charles, who saw with his own eyes not only the public reaction but the sadness of his own sons, William and Harry. One of the great discussions, especially since Dianas death,Is: How does the House of Windsor modernize itself?” says Houston. “They certainly learned the lessons from the decade of
15、Diana that they should set up the easy-to-approach image,He says, “One of the greatest challenges the royal family faces is to overcome the apathy, however, the future looks bright for the royal. I think theyve got a trump card in William.”,True/False Exercise1. Twenty years ago, Diana, a superstar
16、then, smiled shyly before millions of people when she made a mess of her lines.2. Only July 29, 1981, Lady Diana Spencer mispronounced Prince Charles names during her vows at the wedding ceremony.3. The media remained unchanged in the 1980s, according to the publisher of Royalty Monthly magazine.4.
17、The public, newspaper editors found, was interested in anything about Diana, including her clothes, her style, her family life as well as her public engagement.5. The 1980s were said to be “the Decade of Diana and Charles by Western media on the whole.6. Diana no longer was the center of attention f
18、or the media after her divorce with Prince Charles became final in 1996.,F,F,F,T,F,F,Tips for Reading 新闻报道中的消息来源,1. 具体确切的消息来源 The organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) summit unanimously adopted a number of resolutions on the Palestine issue, the Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Ar
19、afat said on Tuesday evening. JERUSALEM Palestinian National Authority (PNA) President YasserArafat today condemned the US veto of the UN Security Councils resolu-tion calling on Israel to abandon building Jewish settlement in Arab EastJerusalem, Israel Radio reported.,Tips for Reading 新闻报道中的消息来源,so
20、urcesauthoritative sources diplomatic sources highly-placed sources in-circle sources in-group sources military sources official sources semiofficial sources police sources neutral sources informative sources,well-informed sources reliable sources quarterscommercial quarters financial quarters indus
21、trial quarters the quarters concerned circles educational circlestheatrical circlesjudicial circles,2. 含蓄不露的消息来源,government statement expertsobservers analysts government official authorities witnessForeign Ministry spokesman unconfirmed report BEIRUTAmerican hostage Alann Steen walked to freedom ye
22、sterday after 1,773 days (four years, 313 days) in captivity, security sources said.HEIDELBERG, Germany An American soldier has pleaded guilty to espionage after providing Desert Storm information to Jordanian intelligence officer, a spokesman for the US Army has announced.,Tips for Reading 新闻报道中的消息
23、来源,3. 似真非真的消息来源 It is said thatIt is reported thatIt is learned that It is understood thatAccording to a source who asked not to be identifiedAccording to an anonymous sourceForeign radios announcedForeign wire services were quoted as sayingIt can be safely said thatIt cannot be denied thatIt has be
24、en calculated thatIt has been found thatIt has been illustrated that,It is announced thatIt is asserted thatIt is assumed thatIt is authoritatively learned thatIt is believed thatIt is claimed thatIt is considered thatIt is declared thatIt is demonstrated thatIt is established thatIt is estimated th
25、atIt is estimated thatIt is expected thatIt is found thatIt is generally agreed thatIt is generally recognized that,It has been provedIt is alleged thatIt is held thatIt is hoped thatIt is incontestable thatIt is maintained thatIt is mentioned thatIt is noted thatIt is noticed thatIt is outlined tha
26、tIt is pointed out thatIt is predicted thatIt is regarded thatIt is reputed thatIt is sometimes asked thatIt is stated thatIt is stressed that,It is striking to note thatIt is suggested thatIt is supposed that It is taken thatIt is thought thatIt is undeniable thatIt is universally accepted thatIt i
27、s usually considered thatIt is well known thatIt may be argued thatIt may be safely said thatIt must be admitted thatIt should be pointed out thatIt was felt thatReports say thatRumours say that,The project would involve partners from Japan, the United States and South Korea and would be co-financed
28、 by the national export credit agencies of the other partner countries, according to an anonymous source. Reducing development cost by cutting land fees and taxes is crucial to boost the realty market. Currently Chinas real estate industry accounts for only around 2 percent of the GDP, it is authori
29、ta- tively learned.,Practice Exercises. Underline the source attribution in each of the press clippings below and translate the clippings into Chinese.,1. LONDON, Oct. 16 (Reuters) Winds up to 170 kilometres an hour swept through the streets and houses here today in the worst storm since records beg
30、an, killing at least 13 people and bringing the southern half of the country to a standstill, according to police.2. BEIRUT, DEC. 3 (AP) American hostage Alann Steen walked to freedom here today after 1,733 days (four years, 313 days) in captivity, diplomatic sources said.3. Washington, June 8 (Kyod
31、o via Xinhua) U.S. President Bill Clintons visit to China has turned a new page in relations between the two countries, the Beijing-based Englishlanguage newspaper China Daily was quoted as saying.,【路透社伦敦10月6日电】来自警方的消息称，时速达70公里的狂风今天横扫了此间的大街小巷和建筑物。在这场有气象记录以来最严重的风暴中，至少已有13人丧生，英国南部地区已处于瘫痪状态。,【美联社贝鲁特12月
32、3日电】据外交人士称，美国人质阿兰 斯汀在被扣押达1733天（4年又313天）之后与今天从这里走向了自由。,【新华社转引共同社华盛顿6月8日电】据北京发行的英文报纸中国日报报道，美国总统比尔 克林顿此次访华为两国关系翻开了新的一页。,Practice Exercises. Underline the source attribution in each of the press clippings below and translate the clippings into Chinese.,4. Sources close to the former Prime Minister confi
33、rmed that she is holding secret talks with Nelson Mandela in a personal activity to get South Africa back on to the world cricket ground.5. Public support will play a very important role in Chinas bid for the 2008 Olympic Games, He Zhenliang, vice-president of the International Olympic Committee and
34、 president of the Chinese Olympic Committee, was speaking to reporters in a press conference in Beijing last week.6. Recent years has seen a growing rate of Chinese marrying foreigners and overseas Chinese in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and other places, mass media here say.,接近前首相的人士证实，她正在同纳尔逊 曼德拉秘
35、密会谈，试图通过个人活动使南非重返板球赛场。,公众的支持对于中国申办2008年奥运会将发挥十分重要的作用，国际奥委会副主席、中国奥委会主席何振梁上周在北京一次记者招待会上接受采访时说。,此间新闻界称，近年来，上海、北京、广州等地的涉外婚姻人数呈上升趋势。,Bush: Biscuit Event Tells Me Chewing Important,US President Bush has learned the hard way that his mother was right you should eat your biscuits slowly and you should pay a
36、ttention when eating, an expert said on January 14. Doctors said there were several possible medical explanations for the incident on January 13 in which Bush apparently passed out after a biscuit went down the wrong way. Dr. William Ravich said choking can cause a person to faint, a case known as v
37、asovagal syncope.,Pain, such as that caused by a cramp or choking, sends a signal to the nerve, which in turns signals the heart, slowing it down so much that the person faints. “It means an adjustment of the nerve that is usually brought on by stress or pain,” Ravich said in a telephone interview.
38、“It is something like when a person sees blood, he or she faints from the sight of blood,” Ravich said. “It is a stress-related response. If somebody felt he couldnt breathe, stress could cause you to lose consciousness. It would essen-,Bush: Biscuit Event Tells Me Chewing Important,tially lower blo
39、od pressure.” If Bush coughed and coughed to get rid of the biscuit, he could also have fainted from that, Ravich said, simply having ones wind-pipe blocked by food can also cause a faint. “It is the type of thing the Heimlich treat-ment is performed for,” he said. The Heimlich treatment is a carefu
40、lly plac-ed push that can help remove an object from a choking persons throat. “Choking can occur if a person is inatten-tive,” he said. “Maybe presidents are more,inattentive than others,” he added. Choking can also be caused by a number of disorders, especially if the many muscles involved in swal
41、lowing do not work together.So was grandma right when she advised chewing 30 times before swallowing? “Who would possibly count?” Ravich asked. “You swallow 600 times a day. Those are old wives tales. But you do want to chew your food and when people get in trouble is when they are not paying attention to chewing.”,
