英語文化隨身帶

Track 12

by Stephen Bowler

英語文化隨身帶

Track 12

by Stephen Bowler

電臺節(jié)目“英語文化隨身帶”文章短小精悍，內(nèi)容包羅萬象。將英語文化裝進口袋里，利用閑散的時間隨身翻閱，英語學(xué)習者可以在潛移默化中了解當代英語世界的生活和文化。每個人或事物都有其兩面性，就讓我們來聽聽著名動畫大師華特·迪士尼的雙面人生吧！

★ 聽力練習（本文為美式發(fā)音）：

本文會讀兩遍，第一遍為正常語速，第二遍為慢速。

STEP 1： 合上雜志先聽一遍（正常語速），理解文章大意。

STEP 3： 歸納文章重點，再用英語表達自己的看法。

重點詞匯

iconic ［a?'k?n?k］ adj. 標志性的，偶像的creativity ［,kri?e?'t?v?t?］ n. 創(chuàng)造力

hang in there 堅持下去

tooth and nail 拼命地，竭盡全力地

persistence ［p?'s?st?ns］ n. 堅持

pay off 取得成功，得到回報

racist ［'re?s?st］ adj. 種族主義的

但對醫(yī)院來說，所有醫(yī)療設(shè)備維保均直接掛鉤醫(yī)療質(zhì)量安全和醫(yī)院財務(wù)支出，但胡子眉毛一把抓顯然不容易實現(xiàn)，因此，省醫(yī)院的首步思路是，抓重點、抓關(guān)鍵、抓核心。首先對大型進口醫(yī)療設(shè)備實現(xiàn)規(guī)范售后服務(wù)。但單一省醫(yī)院與廠商談判并不占長久優(yōu)勢，試行以后，醫(yī)院馬上通過廣東省衛(wèi)生經(jīng)濟學(xué)會醫(yī)學(xué)裝備委員會的力量，團結(jié)同行業(yè)的力量，大家一起進行了推廣。

sexist ［'seks?st］ adj. 性別歧視的

anti-Semitic 反猶太人的

stock ［st?k］ n. 股票

animator ［'?n?me?t?］

n. 動畫師，漫畫家

to be fair 公平地說

Walt Disney 1._ said， “If you can dream it， you can do it.” Many people don’t realize that Walt Disney， the creator of Mickey Mouse and so many other iconic characters， was once a man who was very 2._ with failure. In fact， in his younger years， he had a boss who fired him because he said he lacked creativity. But Disney refused to 3._ .

He had a dream， and he wanted to see it 4._ ， so he hung in there. At one point， Disney raised enough money to start a company called “Laugh-O-Gram.” But when the business failed， he lost everything. He was so poor he could 5._ pay his rent， and survived by eating dog food. He even faced failure when he created Mickey Mouse. He was told that Mickey would scare women. But he believed in his idea， so he 6._ tooth and nail for his dreams.

In fact， Disney spent 16 years convincing the author of Mary Poppins to turn her story into a movie. For a 7._ and a half， Disney frequently flew to England， trying to persuade author Pamela Travers to sell her story to him. His persistence paid off when she finally agreed. In many parts of the world， Mary Poppins is now a classic and 8._ tale.

But， there are two sides to every coin， and Walt Disney also had a dark side. While hard-working and creative， many people also say that Disney was racist， sexist，anti-Semitic and paid his workers poorly. While he regularly gave his housekeeper stocks in his company， which 9._ being worth millions of dollars， some of his animators made only $12 a week.

To be fair， Disney lived in an age when these things were unfortunately pretty common. Those who support Disney say that he may have been a little insensitive， but that he was not a bad person. He was just a 10._ of his time.

Certainly， Walt Disney brought the world to magical places in his stories and movies. He encouraged us to wish on stars， believe in our dreams and never give up. Despite reports of his darker side， Disney was truly an American icon.

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