FOX新闻：牛津词典收录新词条
燕山大学 刘立军 编写
TRANSCRIPT
You can thank millennials for some of these updates. One of the words added: "woke." It's featured in a lot of music... Now Stay Woke... 'Woke' refers to being 'aware' or 'well-informed', especially when it comes to political or cultural issues. But it was really the Black Lives Matter movement and social media that made it mainstream.
"Post-truth' is another addition. I'll let late night host Stephen Colbert explain this one: "The quality of preferring concepts or facts one wishes to be true, rather than concepts or facts known to be true."
There's also a new word at the end of the dictionary: "zyzzyva," it's a tropical bug found on palm trees in South America.
The updated dictionary comes out in September.
Monica Rix, FOX News.
Adapted from http://www.kekenet.com/broadcast/201808/561641.shtml
VOCABULARY
1. millennials 新千年一代
2. mainstream n. the mainstream the ideas and opinions that are thought to be normal because they are shared by most people; the people whose ideas and opinions are most accepted 主流思想；主流群体。例如：His radical views place him outside the mainstream of American politics. 他的激进观点使他脱离了美国政治的主流。
QUESTIONS
Read the table. Then listen to the news and complete the table.
| WORDS | |
| woke | You can thank (Q1) _________________________ for some of these updates. One of the words added: "woke." It's featured in a lot of (Q2) ____________... Now Stay Woke... 'Woke' refers to being '(Q3) _______________________' or 'well-informed', especially when it comes to (Q4) _________________________. But it was really the Black Lives Matter movement and social media that made it (Q5) _______________. |
| post-truth | "Post-truth' is another addition. I'll let late night host Stephen Colbert explain this one: "The quality of preferring concepts or facts one (Q6) ______________ to be true, rather than concepts or facts (Q7) __________ to be true." |
| zyzzyva | There's also a new word (Q8) _______________________ the dictionary: "zyzzyva," it's a (Q9) __________ bug found on (Q10) ______________ trees in South America. |
KEY
Read the table. Then listen to the news and complete the table.
| WORDS | |
| woke | You can thank (Q1) millennials for some of these updates. One of the words added: "woke." It's featured in a lot of (Q2) music... Now Stay Woke... 'Woke' refers to being '(Q3) aware' or 'well-informed', especially when it comes to (Q4) political or cultural issues. But it was really the Black Lives Matter movement and social media that made it (Q5) mainstream. |
| post-truth | "Post-truth' is another addition. I'll let late night host Stephen Colbert explain this one: "The quality of preferring concepts or facts one (Q6) wishes to be true, rather than concepts or facts (Q7) known to be true." |
| zyzzyva | There's also a new word (Q8) at the end of the dictionary: "zyzzyva," it's a (Q9) tropical bug found on (Q10) palm trees in South America. |