瞬间秒杀听力 第528期:别说脏话了

 

Everywhere in the world you can hear people

swearing or using foul¹ language.

Even when learning a second language,

many people know how to swear

before they can speak the language properly.

Indeed, it is a disease.

Recently, in New Jersey²,

the government decided³ to

do something about the problem.

It banned swearing.

You could face a US$500 fine,

including a three-month jail term for swearing.

It is a good law because people in New Jersey

have really stopped swearing so much.

在世界各地，你都能听到人们骂人或使用脏话。

即使在学习第二门的时候，

很多人在能正确地说外语

之前就知道如何说脏话了。

事实上，这是一种疾病。最近，在新泽西州，

政府决定对这个问题做些什么。

新泽西禁止说脏话。

说脏话，你可能面临500美元的罚款，

其中包括三个月的监禁。这是一个很好的法律，

因为新泽西州的人们已经不再那么爱说脏话了。

1 foul   

adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规

参考例句：

• Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
• What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！

2 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。