英语听力：探索发现 2014-04-20 Sex for Sale -15

 For twenty years, Storyville reign¹ supreme² as this sexual destination in US. But the party couldn't last. During World War One, the newest disease that was epidemic³ proportions forcing the government to crack down on sex. Storyville was shut down and prostitution was once again made illegal throughout New Orleans.

Storyville is an amazing  and interesting experiment. Then what it created was a potential for New Orleans to have its distinctive⁴ economy. That was an economy based on racial integration⁵, based on culturall mixing, based on the expression of people's needs and desires. It's where you came to see things you have never seen before, to have an exotic taste of a different life and a different kind of living, and potentially into a mingle⁶ with people that in a different setting you would never get a chance to , but in this one everyone was the same.

Water cooler lowdown. The phrase "world's oldest profession." was first coined in 1888 by Rogerler Keeplin. America's first integrated neighborhood was thanks to the legalized prostitution. Stroyville's Bordellos gave birth to some of Jazz's most iconic musicians. Taking a radical⁷ approach to sex for sale, Storyville helped change the course of American history. Coming up.

In 1860s, you run one of the brothels, was in a dark smoky room, and you are lucky if you were not stabbed to death. Marian hall was a stunning⁸ five star joint⁹.

  What she made would be built today worth as much as, you know, the millions.

1 reign   

n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势

参考例句：

• The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
• The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。

2 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

3 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

4 distinctive   

adj.特别的，有特色的，与众不同的

参考例句：

• She has a very distinctive way of walking.她走路的样子与别人很不相同。
• This bird has several distinctive features.这个鸟具有几种突出的特征。

5 integration   

n.一体化，联合，结合

参考例句：

• We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
• This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。

6 mingle   

vt.使混合，使相混；vi.混合起来；相交往

参考例句：

• If we mingle with the crowd,we should not be noticed.如果我们混在人群中，就不会被注意到。
• Oil will not mingle with water.油和水不相融。

7 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

8 stunning   

adj.极好的；使人晕倒的

参考例句：

• His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
• The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。

9 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。