英语听力精选进阶版 6250
时间：2019-02-21 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力精选进阶版
A Homeless Man Achieves Overnight Stardom 乞丐一夜成名
Here is a heart-warming story to help you fight the freezing weather.
Two weeks ago, Ted 1 Williams was homeless and begging for change on the streets of Columbus in Ohio, USA. Now his fortunes have been reversed because Mr Williams has that most valued of commodities, a natural 'radio voice'.
His rags-to-riches journey started when a reporter with the Columbus Dispatch discovered Mr Williams on a street corner. The 53-year-old was holding a cardboard sign explaining that he was an ex-radio announcer "fallen on hard times".
The reporter videoed Ted Williams doing a radio spot right there on the street corner. He had exactly the sort of mellifluous 2 voice that typifies American radio adverts 3 – unusually smooth, rich and commanding.
Ted Williams
Ted Williams was discovered on the streets of Columbus in Ohio.
The video also featured a mini-interview with Williams, who was known in the local homeless community as 'Radio Man'. He told the Columbus Dispatch:
"The voice just became something of a development over the years and I went to school for it. And then alcohol and drugs and a few other things became a part of my life."
The video went viral on the internet and within days Mr Williams was appearing on chat shows, introducing NBC's Today Show and signing a contract to be the voice of the company Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. Since then, there have even been rumours 4 of a possible film role for 'Golden Voice'.
This being an American fairy tale, everything has been captured on camera, even Ted Williams' tearful reunion with his 90-year-old mother. He told her, "This reunion means more to me than anything I've been offered."
She offered her son some tough love, saying: "Please don't disappoint me."
Ted Williams has been clean for two years, but some commentators 5 fear that so much sudden media attention could be too much for anyone. Let's hope that Ted Williams' American dream has a happy ending.
heart-warming 暖人心房的
to beg for change 乞讨零钱
fortunes... reversed 乾坤大扭转
commodity 有用的东西
rags-to-riches 白手起家的
announcer 播音员
to fall on hard times 遭遇不幸
radio spot 广播广告
mellifluous 甜美的，悦耳的
advert 广告
rich 深沉的
commanding 有力的
school 大学
to go viral 像病毒一样传播开来
this being 因为这是
fairy tale 童话
tearful 泪流满面的，使人流泪的
tough love 严厉的爱
to be clean 戒毒
American dream 美国梦
- The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
- She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
- Soon the room is filled with Bates' mellifluous tones.很快，房间里便充满了贝茨动听的声音。
- Her voice was distinctive,soft and mellifluous.她的嗓音甜美，清脆而柔和。
- the adverts on television 电视广告
- The adverts are not very informative. 这些广告并没有包含太多有用信息。
- The rumours were completely baseless. 那些谣传毫无根据。
- Rumours of job losses were later confirmed. 裁员的传言后来得到了证实。
- Sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 体育解说员翻来覆去说着同样的词语，真叫人腻烦。
- Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 电视体育解说员说来说去就是那么几句话，令人厌烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》