托福听力荟萃 51

Now let's focus on______in the 1950's. Early in the______sales were down, so publishers started looking for some new______to get their readers interested again. They found what they were looking for withhorrorcomics, stories about______and______that were often______violent. Before long, most of the major publishers were printing horror comics, but it all came to an end a few years later. You see, there was a psychologist named Frederic Wertham who claimed that comic books, the horror books in particular, were a bad influence on children and turned them into_____________. Wertham even wrote a book calledSeduction of the Innocentthat showed specific scenes from comics that he thought were a particularly bad influence on kids. Wertham wasn't the only one down on comics. The United States Senate_______on Juvenile¹ Delinquency also released a report very critical of comics. The result of all this________was the creation ofthe Comics Code Authority in 1995. This is a_______body created by the publishers._______, for a comic book to be approved by the code, it had to be free of the blood and______that was usually______in most horror comics, and evil could never triumph over good. Children had to be shown that crime did not pay. Well, if comic sales were bad in 1950, things got even worse in 1955. Many small publishers actually went out of business. But the industry______by introducing a new_____of______, characters likeSpider-Manand theFantastic Four. Now, I've brought with me today some comic books from this______to pass around. They're from my own personal collection, so please be extra careful when______them.

 

 

【填空答案】

comics: n. ［C］喜剧

decade: n. ［C］十年

angle: n. ［C］角度

ghost: n. ［C］鬼，幽灵

demon²: n. ［C］魔鬼

juvenile: 青少年

delinquent³: n. ［C］罪犯

subcommittee: n. ［C］委员会的附属委员会，小组委员会

fuss: n. ［C］异议，反对，抗议

self-censoring: 自我审查的

essentially⁴: adv. 本质上，本来

gore⁵: n. ［C］血块，淤血

depict⁶: v. 描述，描写

rebound⁷: v. 回弹

lineup: n. ［C］阵容，阵型，一组人

superhero: n. ［C］超级英雄

era: n. 时代，时期

handle: v. 触摸

【听力原文】

Now let's focus on comics in the 1950's. Early in the decade sales were down, so publishers started looking for some new angle to get their readers interested again. They found what they were looking for with horror comics --- stories about ghosts and demons⁸ that were often graphically⁹ violent.

Before long, most of the major publishers were printing horror comics --- but it all came to an end a few years later. You see, there was a psychologist named Frederic [FRED-rick] Wertham who claimed that comic books --- the horror books in particular --- were a bad influence on children and turned them into juvenile delinquents¹⁰. Wertham even wrote a book called Seduction of the Innocent that showed specific scenes from comics that he thought were a particularly bad influence on kids.

Wertham wasn't the only one down on comics. The United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency also released a report very critical of comics. The result of all this fuss was the creation of the Comics Code Authority in 1995. This is a self-censoring body created by the publishers. Essentially, for a comic book to be approved by the code, it had to be free of the blood and gore that was usually depicted¹¹ in most horror comics, and evil could never triumph over good. Children had to be shown that crime did not pay.

Well, if comic sales were bad in 1950, things got even worse in 1955. Many small publishers actually went out of business. But the industry rebounded¹² by introducing a new lineup of superheroes, characters like Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four. Now, I've brought with me today some comic books from this era to pass around. They're from my own personal collection, so please be extra careful when handling them.

【参考译文】

现在让我们专注于漫画在1950年。早在十年的销售下降了，所以出版商开始寻找一些新的角度再次得到他们的读者感兴趣。他们发现，他们在寻找什么恐怖漫画---图形往往暴力的幽灵和恶魔的故事。用不了多久，大多数主要出版商印刷恐怖漫画---但几年后走到了尽头。你看，有名为弗雷德里克[弗雷德里克] Wertham心理学家声称，漫画---特别是恐怖书籍---对儿童造成不良影响，他们变成少年犯。wertham甚至写了一本书叫诱惑无辜表明特定的场景，他认为是对孩子的影响特别恶劣的漫画。wertham是不是唯一一个对漫画。美国参议院对青少年犯罪的小组委员会也发表了一份报告非常关键的漫画。这一切麻烦的结果是在1995年创作的漫画代码管理局。这是一个自我审查的机构，由出版商创建。从本质上讲，代码被批准为一本漫画书，它是免费的，通常是在最恐怖漫画描绘的血腥，邪恶永远无法战胜过好。孩子们被显示，犯罪没有支付。好吧，如果漫画的销售在1950年的坏，事情变得更糟，在1955年。许多小出版商实际上歇业。但业内人士的反弹，通过引入一个新的超级英雄，像蜘蛛侠和神奇四字符阵容。现在，我带了今天这个时代的一些漫画书，通过周围。他们从自己的个人收藏，所以请在处理时要格外小心。

1 juvenile   

n.青少年，少年读物；adj.青少年的，幼稚的

参考例句：

• For a grown man he acted in a very juvenile manner.身为成年人，他的行为举止显得十分幼稚。
• Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。

2 demon   

n.魔鬼，恶魔

参考例句：

• The demon of greed ruined the miser's happiness.贪得无厌的恶习毁掉了那个守财奴的幸福。
• He has been possessed by the demon of disease for years.他多年来病魔缠身。

3 delinquent   

adj.犯法的，有过失的；n.违法者

参考例句：

• Most delinquent children have deprived backgrounds.多数少年犯都有未受教育的背景。
• He is delinquent in paying his rent.他拖欠房租。

4 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

5 gore   

n.凝血，血污；v.（动物）用角撞伤，用牙刺破；缝以补裆；顶

参考例句：

• The fox lay dying in a pool of gore.狐狸倒在血泊中奄奄一息。
• Carruthers had been gored by a rhinoceros.卡拉瑟斯被犀牛顶伤了。

6 depict   

vt.描画，描绘；描写，描述

参考例句：

• I don't care to see plays or films that depict murders or violence.我不喜欢看描写谋杀或暴力的戏剧或电影。
• Children's books often depict farmyard animals as gentle,lovable creatures.儿童图书常常把农场的动物描写得温和而可爱。

7 rebound   

v.弹回；n.弹回，跳回

参考例句：

• The vibrations accompanying the rebound are the earth quake.伴随这种回弹的振动就是地震。
• Our evil example will rebound upon ourselves.我们的坏榜样会回到我们自己头上的。

8 demons   

n.恶人( demon的名词复数 )；恶魔；精力过人的人；邪念

参考例句：

• demons torturing the sinners in Hell 地狱里折磨罪人的魔鬼
• He is plagued by demons which go back to his traumatic childhood. 他为心魔所困扰，那可追溯至他饱受创伤的童年。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 graphically   

adv.通过图表；生动地，轮廓分明地

参考例句：

• This data is shown graphically on the opposite page. 对页以图表显示这些数据。
• The data can be represented graphically in a line diagram. 这些数据可以用单线图表现出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 delinquents   

n.（尤指青少年）有过失的人，违法的人( delinquent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The robbery was committed by a group of delinquents. 那起抢劫案是一群青少年干的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There is today general agreement that juvenile delinquents are less responsible than older offenders. 目前人们普遍认为青少年罪犯比成人罪犯的责任小些。 来自辞典例句

11 depicted   

描绘，描画( depict的过去式和过去分词 )； 描述

参考例句：

• Other animals were depicted on the periphery of the group. 其他动物在群像的外围加以修饰。
• They depicted the thrilling situation to us in great detail. 他们向我们详细地描述了那激动人心的场面。

12 rebounded   

弹回( rebound的过去式和过去分词 )； 反弹； 产生反作用； 未能奏效

参考例句：

• The ball rebounded from the goalpost and Owen headed it in. 球从门柱弹回，欧文头球将球攻进。
• The ball rebounded from his racket into the net. 球从他的球拍上弹回网中。