英语听力：奥普拉：脱口秀女王-2

 Let's welcome the Channel 13's ‘People Are Talking’, the fabulous¹ Oprah Winfrey.

 

I was given an assignment² to co-host with Richard Sher who is still in Baltimore. My first interview was with the Carvel Ice-cream man, it’s mini play first, and Benny from "All My Children".

 

Oh, this is just wonderful!

 

I came off that stage, August 14th, 1978 and I knew that I was home. I knew that in all my years of being discontent, feeling like something is not quite right, feeling like I'm in the wrong place, in the wrong job, I knew this is it. It felt like home because it felt so natural. It felt like I could be myself.

 

When you are getting towards some magic…

 

Oh terrible I got a hair in mine.

 

You can have..

 

I put, one of my hairs fell on it. I'm sorry.

 

I felt like I could ask a question or not ask a question. I could just listen. I could pay attention. It was the most natural I ever felt at work.

 

One of the big treats on this diet, you can have a peanut³ butter and blackberry jam sandwich which I will be having later on today.

 

I reached a point in Baltimore where I felt I needed to grow myself to the next level and so I decided⁴ Chicago. I started singing Chicago My Kind of Town. One of the producers on my show in Baltimore moved to Chicago and she called me up one day and said, "Look, they're looking for a person to host the show, why don't you send a tape?" So I rushed this tape and stayed up all night with an editor and sent a tape in.

 

Wow, now that is amazing because this is the tape. This is the tape with my bad handwriting on it. Oh, it's pretty amazing. Where did you get this? It's in the archives. I’m glad somebody kept them. We should get to double this or something, don't you think? This is the tape I think we all would like, I would actually like to have this myself. Can I just see what's on it? Do you have it?

 

My name is Oprah Winfrey, Oprah spelt O-P-R-A-H and if you notice it's ‘Harpo’ spelt backwards⁵.

 

Yes I love that, that's my priest⁶ uniform.

 

Originally⁷ I was named from the Bible⁸ by Aunt Ida, who named me from Ruth the first chapter and the 14th verse⁹ “Orpah”, but no one knew how to spell in my home and that's why it ended up being Oprah.

 

That was when I was wearing a little Afro because I've been bald¹⁰ for such a long time, and I wouldn’t let anybody touch my hair.

 

And after being in Baltimore for 7 years, I'm ready to come to Chicago.

 

As I was flying into Chicago and walking to State Street to interview for the job, I thought I just feel like I belong here, and if I don't get this job, I'm gonna figure out how to get a job in this city.

1 fabulous   

adj.极好的；极为巨大的；寓言中的，传说中的

参考例句：

• We had a fabulous time at the party.我们在晚会上玩得很痛快。
• This is a fabulous sum of money.这是一笔巨款。

2 assignment   

n.任务，作业；分配，指定

参考例句：

• His assignment was to follow the spy.分配给他的工作是跟踪这个间谍。
• He has got a new assignment.他得到一项新任命。

3 peanut   

n.花生

参考例句：

• We don't have peanut oil in our family.我们家不吃花生油。
• The peanut develops below the ground.花生在地下结果。

4 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。

5 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

6 priest   

n.神父，牧师，司铎，司祭，领导者，神甫；vt.使成为神职人员

参考例句：

• He confessed to a priest that he had sinned.他向神父忏悔他犯了罪。
• The priest visited all the old people in the parish.牧师探望了教区里的所有老人。

7 originally   

adv.本来，原来，最初，就起源而论，独创地

参考例句：

• Originally I didn't want to go.我本意不想去。
• After much discussion they settled on the plan originally proposed.他们讨论了很久，然后确定了原来提出的那个计划。

8 bible   

n.《圣经》；得到权威支持的典籍

参考例句：

• According to the Bible we are all the seed of Adam.根据《圣经》所说的，我们都是亚当的后裔。
• This dictionary should be your Bible when studying English.学习英语时，这本字典应是你的主要参考书。

9 verse   

n.诗，韵文，诗行

参考例句：

• He is good at verse.他善于作诗。
• His book was in parts written in verse.他的书有许多地方是用韵文写的。

10 bald   

adj.秃头的；无发的或少发的

参考例句：

• He shaved his head bald.他把头发剃光了。
• The mountain is bald.这座山光秃秃的。