慢速英语短文听力 召回

The Recall¹

召回

It was in the national news every day. It was on the radio. It was on TV. It was in the newspapers. It was the recall. Toyota was recalling² thousands of cars. The cars had a brake problem. Sometimes the brakes didn't work properly. Some Toyota drivers crashed. Perhaps 10 people had died in Toyota crashes in the last year. Ten people. About 10,000 people die every year in America. They are killed by drunk³ drivers. Drunk drivers kill about 30 people every day. Thirty people. Every day. Is this in the news? Is this on the radio? Is this on national TV? Year after year, this doesn't make the national news. But the national news people ARE concerned about bad brakes. They don't want bad brakes to kill another person. That would be eleven deaths! What about all the drunk driving deaths? "That's not news," said a reporter.

这起事件每天在新闻中播。在广播中播。在电视上播。在报纸上刊登。这就是召回事件。丰田正在召回数千辆汽车。该汽车的刹车有问题。有时刹车无法正常工作。许多丰田车主出了车祸。去年，有大约10人因丰田轿车而死亡。10个人。每年，有大约1万美国人死亡。他们死亡的原因是酒后驾车。每天，因酒后驾车死亡的人数为30人。每天30人。这起事件新闻播了吗？广播放了吗？电视台放了吗？一年又一年，酒驾没有成为全国新闻。然而，新闻工作者更关注刹车问题。他们不希望因为刹车而再次出现死亡事故。那就是第11人了！那么对于那些死于酒驾的人呢？记者称：“这不是新闻。”

1 recall   

n.回忆，召回，取消；vt.回想起，召回，与...相似，恢复

参考例句：

• As you may recall, he was in the army then.你可能记得当时他正在从军。
• We demand that you recall your army from our border.我们要求你们撤回在我们边境的部队。

2 recalling   

回忆起( recall的现在分词 )； 使想起； 使想到； 勾起

参考例句：

• I was afraid recalling the past would only hurt you. 我不愿给你唤起往事。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
• The company said it was recalling one of its drugs. 这个公司说正在召回他们生产的一种药。

3 drunk   

adj.醉酒的；(喻)陶醉的；n.酗酒者，醉汉

参考例句：

• People who drives when they are drunk should be heavily penalised.醉酒驾车的人应受重罚。
• She found him drunk when she came home at night.她晚上回家时，经常发现他醉醺醺的。