英语学习笔记 Columnist fired over 'anti-Semitic' Sunday Times article

​​​ ​​✸✸Columnistfired over'anti-Semitic' Sunday Times article

1)fire over 英 [ˈfaiə ˈəuvə]   美 [faɪr ˈovɚ]  朝…的上方射击

Japanese govt under fire over disaster plan.

日本政府的灾难预备方案遭到指责。

2)anti-Semitic adj.反对犹太人的

His anti-Semitic beliefs were well-known in America.

他的反犹信仰在美国很出名。​

​​✸✸​A Sunday Times columnist "will not write again" for the newspaper after one of his articles wasbranded"anti-Semitic" and "disgraceful".

1) branded 英 [ˈbrændɪd]  adj.打有烙印的 v.污辱( brand的过去式和过去分词 );铭刻于;加商标于;打烙印于

Supermarket lines are often cheaper than branded goods.

超市的商品常常比品牌货便宜。

短语:branded goods 牌名货,商标产品

Supermarket lines are often cheaper than branded goods.

超市的商品常常比品牌货便宜。

branded product 贴有商标的产品

As a branded product, your quality is supposed to be good.

作为一种品牌产品,你的质量本来就应该是过硬的。​

✸✸In the piece, Kevin MyerssuggestedBBC presenters Claudia Winkleman and Vanessa Feltz earned high salaries because they were Jewish.

1)suggested 英 [sə'dʒestɪd]   美 [sə'dʒestɪd]  adj.暗示的 v.暗示;建议( suggest的过去式和过去分词 );使想起;启示

I suggested to Mike that we go out for a meal with his colleagues

我向迈克提议,我们和他的同事们一起出去吃饭。

短语:suggest doing 建议做…

I suggest doing it in another way.

我建议换一种方式做这件事。

✸✸Editor Martin Ivens said the piece, whichappeared inthe Irish edition and online, should not have been published.

1)appear in 英 [əˈpiə in]   美 [əˈpɪr ɪn]  出版;出庭;表演;在(某处)出现

New programmes will appear in the fall on television.

秋季将有新节目在电视上出现。​

✸✸Mr Ivens has also apologised personally to the two women.​

​ ​✸✸A News UK spokesman said the column included "unacceptable comments both to Jewish people and to women in the workplace".​

​ ​ ​✸✸News UK laterclarifiedthat the decision was an editorial one taken by the Sunday Times, not a corporate decision taken by itsparent company.

1)clarified v.使清楚,澄清( clarify的过去式和过去分词 );(尤指通过加热使黄油)纯净;说明;使(头脑、神智等)清醒

Certain questions have yet to be clarified.

有些问题还需要弄清楚。

2)parent company 英 [ˈpɛərənt ˈkʌmpəni]   美 [ˈpɛrənt ˈkʌmpəni]  n.母公司,总公司

Talk to other franchise holders and ask them what they think of the parent company.

和其他特许经营者谈一谈,问问他们对母公司是什么看法。​

✸✸An apology will also be printed in next week's paper.​

​ ​✸✸The column, titled "Sorry, ladies - equal pay has to be earned", follows criticism of the BBC, after it wasrevealedtwo-thirds of its stars earning more than £150,000 are male.

1)reveal 英 [rɪˈvi:l]   美 [rɪˈvil]  vt.揭露;泄露;显露;[神]启示 n.揭示,展现;[建]门侧,窗侧

She has refused to reveal the whereabouts of her daughter

她不肯透露她女儿的行踪。

短语:reveal to 英 [riˈvi:l tu:]   美 [rɪˈvil tu]  向…透露

I reveal to you the legend.

我向大家揭示咱们的标志。

reveal oneself  英 [riˈvi:l wʌnˈself]   美 [rɪˈvil wʌnˈsɛlf]  显现;讲出姓名,表明身份

Such friendships demand an investment of time, and a willingness to reveal oneselfand to be receptive to new ideas.

这种友谊需要时间的培植和坦诚相与,并能接受新观点。

reveal true sentiments 真情流露

​ ​ ​✸✸Commenting that two of the best-paid presenters, Winkleman and Feltz, were Jewish, Mr Myers wrote: "Good for them."Jewsarenot generallynotedfortheir insistence on selling their talent for thelowest possible price, which is the most useful measure there is ofinveterate, lost-with-all-hands stupidity."

1) be noted for 英 [bi: ˈnəʊtɪd fɔ:]   美 [bi ˈnotɪd fɔr]  因…而闻名

The author also has briefly presented some measures to be taken for trouble-solving and key points to be noted for normal operation.

并简要地提出了解决措施和使用过程中应注意的一些问题。

2)lowest possible price 最低价,尽可能的最低价

This is the lowest possible price.

这是可能的最低价了。

3)inveterate 英 [ɪnˈvetərət]   美 [ɪnˈvɛtərɪt]  adj.痼;(指人)有恶习的,成瘾的;(指习惯等)根深蒂固的

I am sometimes accused of being an inveterate poseur.

有时有人说我惯于装模作样。​

✸✸In the article, Mr Myers also argued that male presenters may earn more because they "work harder, get sick less frequently and seldom get pregnant".​

✸✸​It wastaken downfollowing anger on social media and a formal complaint from theCampaign Against Anti-Semitismto press regulator Ipso.

1) take down 英 [teik daun]   美 [tek daʊn]  取下;拆卸;记录,记下;笔录

Alberg took the portrait down from the wall

阿尔伯格从墙上摘下那幅肖像画。​

✸✸The campaign said the removal of the article and apology from editors within hours was "proof that the decision to include the column wasirrefutablywrong".

1) irrefutably adv.irrefutable的变形 irrefutable 英 [ˌɪrɪˈfju:təbl]   美 [ɪˈrɛfjətəbəl, ˌɪrɪˈfju-]  adj.

确凿;无可辩驳的,驳不倒的;无可争议

The pictures provide irrefutable evidence of the incident

这些照片为这起事件提供了不容辩驳的证据。​

✸✸The group - which had earlier called for Mr Myers' sacking - also said he should "no longerwork as a journalist at any decent publication".

1)no longer 不再,已不

After about three months, I was no longer addicted to nicotine.

大约3个月后,我就不再对尼古丁上瘾了。​

​ ​✸✸Times readers - who must pay a subscription to access online content - commented on the original article to express their disgust, and called for both the writer and editor to resign.

1)called for 需要;号召

He described the situation as very dangerous and called for resolute action.

他将形势描述得非常危险,并号召采取果断行动。​

​ ​✸✸​"The proud anti-Semitism in this column isnothing short ofdisgraceful. Myers must go and so must the editor who approved this piece," Alan Simpson wrote.

1)nothing short of 英 [ˈnʌθiŋ ʃɔ:t ɔv]   美 [ˈnʌθɪŋ ʃɔrt ʌv]  完全相同

Starting bare-handed, you have built up so many steel plants. This is nothing shortof miracles.

你们白手起家,修建了这么多钢铁厂,这简直是个奇迹。​

✸✸"I think I have to cancel my subscription if the Sunday Times continues to employ this sexist anti-Semite. I hope lots of others do the same," another reader, Andrew Gilbert, said.​

✸✸Mr Ivens offered the paper's "sincere apology, both for the remarks and the error of judgement that led to publication".​

✸✸Frank Fitzgibbon, editor of the Sunday Times Ireland, said he took "full responsibility", adding: "This newspaperabhorsanti-Semitism and did notintend tocause offence to Jewish people."

1) full responsibility 完全责任能力;充分的责任;负全责;全部责任;负全部责任

No one can take full responsibility for this.

谁也负不起这个责。

2)abhors v.拒绝;憎恶( abhor的第三人称单数 );(厌恶地)回避;淘汰

He abhors the wheeling-and-dealing associated with conventional political life.

他憎恨传统政治生活中的尔虞我诈。

3)intend to 英 [inˈtend tu:]   美 [ɪnˈtɛnd tu]  打算(做)…,想要(做)…

I intend to take full advantage of this trip to buy the things we need.

我打算充分利用这次旅行来购买我们所需的物品。​

✸✸In 2009, Mr Myers wrote a column for the Irish Independent newspaper denying the Holocaust happened.It was removedfollowing the criticism of his latest article.​

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