大学英语外报复习·lesson12

1、Word supplement scandal n丑闻scoop vt.“抢”(新闻) n独家新闻sensational a耸人听闻的；具有轰动效应的sex scandal 桃色新闻sidebar n花絮新闻slant n主观报道；片面报道slink ink “爬格子”soft news 软新闻 source n新闻来源；消息灵通人士spike vt退弃(稿件)；“枪毙”(稿件)stone vt拼版story n消息;稿件;文章stringer n特约记者;通讯员subhead n小标题；副标题supplement n号外;副刊;增刊suspended interest 悬念thumbnail

2、 n“豆腐干”(文章) timeliness n时效性;时新性tip n内幕新闻；秘密消息trim n. 删改(稿件)update n更新(新闻内容)，增强(时效性)watchdog n.&vt.舆论监督weekly n周报wire service n通讯社 After the affair of 9.11,the Government of United State has taken the lessons from the greatly loss because of the defaults suffered from the inefficiency, inability

3、and without cooperation among the state supervision and information system and made a heavy reformation to it through the Patriot Act. Former Efforts By G.W. BushSurrounded by officials who have spent the last six weeks neck-deep in the war on terrorism, President Bush signed an extensive anti-terro

4、rism bill into law on Oct.26 2001. The law, which provides police and law enforcement agencies with broad new powers of tracking and observation, was approved 99-1 in the Senate, and passed handily in the House. The new law provides for: Nationwide enforcement of search warrants and surveillance ord

5、ers, which may now intercept or monitor e-mail messages and Internet usage Roving wiretaps, which allow tracking of a person (and any phone they use) rather than of just one particular phone Broader definition of terrorism and harsher penalties for perpetrators and those who aid and abet them Strict

6、 monitoring of cash flow to stem money-laundering enterprises designed to aid terrorists On Jan. 9, 2010. U.S. special operations forces are expanding their training of the Yemeni military as the Obama administration broadens its program to counter terrorism in countries reluctant to harbor a visibl

7、e American military presence.Obamas Anti-Terrorism Policy Under ScannerWhat Republican critics have got to say about the Barack Obamas anti-terrorism policies? According to a claim by a senior lawyer coming from the Bush administrations Department of Justice, the number of terrorists being executed

8、has significantly went up in Obamas rule.QUIZHint: The death of terrorist increased or decreased during Obamas tenure? Members of the Yemeni counter-terrorism forceIn Jan.2011, an UN anti-terrorism conference in Saudi Capital Riyadh has discussed ways to counter the threats of terrorism.The conferen

9、ce attended by senior officials and experts from around the world focused on ways to use the internet to counter the extremist groups.Opening the conference the Chairman of UN Anti-terrorism working group Richard Barrett stressed the need for properly delivering the message against violence and terr

10、orism.Anti-terrorism SquadAnti-Terrorism ComicsAnti Terrorism ToiletryPOOR PETS.POOR PETS.SOMETIMES ANTI-TERRORISM IS JUST AN EXCUSE.Text analysis mantra:1.a word or phrase repeated by Buddhists and Hindus when they meditate, or to help them feel calm. (佛教和印度教中的)曼特罗，祷文，符咒 2. a statement or a princip

11、le that people repeat very often because they think it is true, especially when you think that it not true or is only part of the truth. （尤指认为并不正确或只是部分正确的）准则，原则，圭臬 Undermine(1): 1. make sth. less strong or less secure than it was before, often by a gradual process or by repeated efforts. （常指逐渐或反复）削弱

12、，损害（情感、体制等）2. make sb.s authority or position less secure, often by indirect methods （常指间接地）削弱，损害，动摇（某人的地位或权威） elevate v. give a promotion to or assign to a higher position;提拔;提升；提高的地位raise from a lower to a higher position;举起;抬起;使升高 elevation n. pernicious: exceedingly harmful很有害的，恶性的，致命的，险恶的； 引起巨大

13、伤害的； 毁灭性的 psyche: mind and deepest feelings and attitudes灵魂，心灵； 心智，精神； 希腊神塞姬（爱神丘比特所爱的美女） confront: oppose, as in hostility or a competition; deal with (something unpleasant) head on;面对； 使面对面，使对质； 碰到，遇到 N. confrontation fanatic: n. a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)狂热者，入迷者 e

14、nthusiast adj. (=fanatical)marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea狂热入迷的 perpetrate(2): perform an act, usually with a negative connotation犯（罪）；做（错事）；干（坏事）n. perpetration perpetrator intimidate v. make timid or fearful恫吓;恐吓;威胁n. intimidationParaphrase The “war on te

15、rror” has created a culture of fear in America. ( Par. 1) The “war on terror” has frightened the Americans, and this fear is shown in everything they do, in their attitude, belief and behavior.Translation Terrorism is not an enemy but a technique of warfare-political intimidation through the killing

16、 of unarmed non-combatants. (Par. 2) 恐怖主义不是敌人，它是一种通过杀害手无寸铁的平民而进行的，用战争威胁以实现政治目的的手段。Translation Such fear-mongering, reinforced by security entrepreneurs, the mass media and the entertainment, generates its own momentum. (Par. 7) 这种兜售恐惧的做法愈演愈烈，保安公司老板，媒体和娱乐业使其势头更猛。Translation Someday Americans will be

17、as ashamed prompting intolerance against the few. (Par. 14) 总有一天，美国人会为目前这种做法感到惭愧，就像他们现在为从前的事情感到惭愧一样。在美国历史上，曾经发生过由于多数人的恐慌而引发对少数人的过激行为的先例。 What is the three-word mantra in the authors opinion? What is his attitude to this mantra? Can you explain it in your own words? The three-word mantra is war on te

18、rror. The authors attitude toward it is basically negative. He says that the mantra has had a very bad impact on America, causing a mentality of fear in the US civilians, spoiling US s standing in the world, and greatly undermining USs strength against terrorism actually. Whats the Bush Administrati

19、on s main objective of referring to war on terror constantly? The major objective for the Bush Administration to refer to war on terror constantly, according to the author, is to create a culture of fear, so that the public could be misled to follow the policies the politicians want to pursue, esp.

20、to vote for them. What phenomena can show that America has become insecure and more paranoid? One thing showing America has become insecure and more paranoid is the endless increase of the sites as potentially important national targets for would-be terrorists, from 160 sites in 2003 to 300,000 at t

21、he time the author wrote the article. Another phenomenon is the security check in office buildings and so on. Why does the author say that the war on terror has encouraged legal and political harassment of Arab Americans? The discrimination against Arabs, such as drivers in turbans taken as suspicio

22、us terrorists, films produced with evil characters with recognizable Arab features, and animus towards Muslim travelers, has stimulated a strong Islamophobia. This atmosphere has encouraged legal and political harassment of Arab Americans. What is the reason for the authors view that the war on terror has gravely damaged the United States internationally? The rough treatment of Iraqi civilians by the U. S. military has prompted a widespread sense of hostility toward the Uni