老托福听力93篇-Now let's focus简介

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　　Now let's focus on comics in the 1950's. Early in the decade sales were down, so publishers started looking for some new angle to get their readers interested again. They found what they were looking for with horror comics, stories about ghosts and demons that were often graphically violent. Before long, most of the major publishers were printing horror comics, but it all came to an end a few years later. You see, there was a psychologist named Frederic Wertham who claimed that comic books, the horror books in particular, were a bad influence on children and turned them into juvenile delinquents. Wertham even wrote a book called Seduction of the Innocent that showed specific scenes from comics that he thought were a particularly bad influence on kids. Wertham wasn't the only one down on comics. The United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency also released a report very critical of comics. The result of all this fuss was the creation of the Comics Code Authority in 1995. This is a self-censoring body created by the publishers. Essentially, for a comic book to be approved by the code, it had to be free of the blood and gore that was usually depicted in most horror comics, and evil could never triumph over good. Children had to be shown that crime did not pay. Well, if comic sales were bad in 1950, things got even worse in 1955. Many small publishers actually went out of business. But the industry rebounded by introducing a new lineup of superheroes, characters like Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four. Now, I've brought with me today some comic books from this era to pass around. They're from my own personal collection, so please be extra careful when handling them.

　　【生词摘录】

　　1. comics: n. [C]喜剧

　　2. decade: n. [C]十年

　　3. angle: n. [C]角度

　　4. ghost: n. [C]鬼，幽灵

　　5. demon: n. [C]魔鬼

　　6. juvenile: 青少年

　　7. delinquent: n. [C]罪犯

　　8. subcommittee: n. [C]委员会的附属委员会，小组委员会

　　9. fuss: n. [C]异议，反对，抗议

　　10. self-censoring: 自我审查的

　　11. essentially: adv. 本质上，本来

　　12. gore: n. [C]血块，淤血

　　13. depict: v. 描述，描写

　　14. rebound: v. 回弹

　　15. lineup: n. [C]阵容，阵型，一组人

　　16. superhero: n. [C]超级英雄

　　17. era: n. 时代，时期

　　18. handle: v. 触摸

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　　As you probably know, log structures are gaining in popularity. They are no longer just the simple country homes that we think of as the traditional log cabin. Some upscale homes now incorporate natural round logs in ceiling beams and walls. People seem to think the rounded logs give their homes a cozy, warm atmosphere. And even people who want to build a traditional log cabin on their own can buy a kit with precut logs that fit together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Before showing you some slides of modern log houses, I'd like to give a little historical background on the subject: Log cabins were first built in the late 1600's along the Delaware River valley. The European immigrants who settled there brought centuries-old traditions of working with logs. And in this heavily wooded area, logs were the material at hand. Log cabins were most popular in the early 1800's with the settlers who were moving west. They provided the answer to the pioneers' need for a safe and sturdy home that an ordinary family could build quickly: they had dirt floors and sliding boards for windows. But the log buildings that have probably had most influence on modern architects are those of the mountain retreats of wealthy New Yorkers. These country houses, which were popular in the early 1900's, typify what's known as the Adirondack style. Now let's look at those slides.

　　【生词摘录】

　　1. log: n. [C]原木

　　2. cabin: n. [C]小屋

　　3. upscale: adj. 高消费阶层的，质优价高的

　　4. ceiling: n. [C]天花板

　　5. beam: n. [C]横梁

　　6. cozy: adj. 舒适的，安逸的，惬意的

　　7. kit: n. [C]成套工具，工具箱

　　8. precut: 按规格裁切

　　9. jigsaw puzzle: 七巧板，智力拼图玩具

　　10. settler: n. [C]定居和，殖民者

　　11. sturdy: adj. 坚固的，耐用的

　　12. dirt floor: (室内的)泥地面(未铺砖、木的)

　　13. sliding board: 滑梯

　　14. retreat: n. [C]静居处

　　15. typify: v. 代表，作为……的典型

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