原版英语对话1000个:116 The Media

Todd: OK, Kerri, I'm going to ask you about the news. Do you follow the news everyday?

Kerri: Sometimes.

Todd: How do you follow the news?

Kerri: Well, in Japan mostly the radio or the internet.

Todd: Oh, really. OK. What radio station?

Kerri: NPR, but on the military station.

Todd: OK. And what internet websites do you listen to?

Kerri: Well, usually it is just AP news or whatever.

Todd: OK. How much of the news do you think is true?

Kerri: I don't know. That's a tough question. I think that because there're so many journalists that often what makes into the papers is fairly accurate¹, but unfortunately some people leak information that is untrue to sway² public opinion, so you have to kind of weed through things and consider why that news story is made public.

Todd: Yeah. How do most people in your country get the news?

Kerri: I think most people in the states get the news from TV and from the main broadcasting stations. The evening news sort of thing.

Todd: OK. Thanks Keri.

 

1 accurate   

adj.正确无误的；准确的，精确的

参考例句：

• He has made an accurate measurement of my garden.他准确地丈量了我的花园。
• He is always accurate in what he says and does.他说的和做的总是正确无误。

2 sway   

n.摇摆，动摇，影响力，支配；vt.使摇摆，使动摇，影响或控制；vi.摇摆，支配，动摇

参考例句：

• He felt the sway of the deck under his feet.他感觉到脚下甲板的摇动。
• Branches sway gently in the wind.树枝在风中微微摇荡。