英语博客：ESL Podcast 805 – Listening to Shock Jocks

 　　I like listening to the radio on my morning commute¹ each day. This morning, though, my favorite DJs weren’t on the air.

 

　　…………

 

　　Howard: Do you know what happened to the Kelvin and Ben show this morning?

 

　　Robin²: Kelvin and Ben are both on suspension. The FCC fined the radio station. Apparently³, Kelvin and Ben said some things on the air two weeks ago that the FCC found objectionable.

 

　　Howard: That’s crazy! Kelvin and Ben are shock jocks. They’re supposed to say things that are provocative⁴. They work in a big market producing a morning show with a lot of competition. They have to push the envelope.

 

　　Robin: That may be true, but the FCC said that they went too far. On Mother’s Day, they invited several mothers to be in-studio guests for a segment. They cursed them, said sexually explicit⁵ things, and called them obscene names.

 

　　Howard: They did that?!

 

　　Robin: I guess you weren’t listening that morning.

 

　　Howard: No, I wasn’t. Now I’m truly shocked!

 

　　Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

1 commute   

vi.乘车上下班；vt.减(刑)；折合；n.上下班交通

参考例句：

• I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
• Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。

2 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

3 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

4 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

5 explicit   

adj.详述的，明确的；坦率的；显然的

参考例句：

• She was quite explicit about why she left.她对自己离去的原因直言不讳。
• He avoids the explicit answer to us.他避免给我们明确的回答。