①At the core of this debate is chairman Gerald Levin, 56, who took over for the late Steve Ross in 1992. core 核心要点 At the core of sth. is… 处在sth.核心的是… take over 接任 the late＋人 ：已故的xx ②On the financial front, Levin is under pressure to raise the stock price and reduce the company′s mountainous debt, which will increase to $17.3 billion after two new cable deals close. On the financial front 在财政方面 under pressure 承受压力 raise stock price 使股价升值 mountainous debt 巨额债务 电缆cable=cable TV 有线电视 deals close [n]交易谈妥 ③He has promised to sell off some of the property and restructure the company, but investors are waiting impatiently. sell off 出售 restructure [v]重组 property 资产 private property私人财产 the right to intellectual property 知识产权 2 ①The flap over rap is not making life any easier for him. flap [v/n]拍打→大众批评 lap 一圈、轻拍 ②Levin has consistently defended the company′s rap music on the grounds of expression. consistently 一贯 on the grounds of… 以…为由 expression 表达形式 defend 捍卫 ③In 1992, when Time Warner was under fire for releasing Ice-T′s violent rap song Cop Killer, Levin 3 described rap as a lawful expression of street culture, which deserves an outlet. be under fire for… 因…受到严厉的批评 release 发行 violent 暴力的 deserve 应得→应有 outlet 便利店/出口→宣泄途径 ④“The test of any democratic society,” he wrote in a Wall Street Journal column, “lies not in how well it can control expression but in whether it gives freedom of thought and expression the widest possible latitude, however disputable or irritating the results may sometimes be. We won′t retreat in the face of any threats.” column 专栏 test 检验 democratic 民主的 lie not in … but in… 不在于…而在于… the widest possible 尽可能最大的 latitude 纬度→范围 disputable 有争议的 dispute[v/n] controversy debate controversial irritating 愤怒的 irritate 使恼怒 irrigate 灌溉 We won′t retreat in the face of any threats. 但我们不会在任何威胁面前退却。 retreat = withdraw 撤退 [n/v] withdrawal
①Levin would not comment on the debate last week, but there were signs that the chairman was backing off his hard-line stand, at least to some extent. back off 放弃 one′s hard line stand 坚定/强硬的立场 to some extent/degree 某种程度上 ②During the discussion of rock singing verses at last month′s stockholders′ meeting, Levin asserted 4 that “music is not the cause of society′s ills” and even cited his son, a teacher in the Bronx, New York, who uses rap to communicate with students. verse脚本 version版本→说法 脱销out of stock 股东stockholder=shareholder 股票交易stock exchange 股市波动stock market swings/fluctuations cite 举例子 ③But he talked as well about the “balanced struggle” between creative freedom and social responsibility, and he announced that the company would launch a drive to develop standards for distribution and labeling of potentially objectionable music. balanced struggle 保持平衡 struggle [v/n]努力 发起launch=initiate launch a drive/campaign 开展一场运动 develop 制定 fashion conservation measures distribution 发行 production+distribution 制作与发行 distribute 分布/分配/分发 label [n/v]标签、标识为 lab=laboratory potentially 可能地 objectionable 令人反感的 objectify 使客观化、使具体化 物体、反对 object to 异议、反感 objection to opposite 相反的 oppose to opposition to 对于可能令人反感的音乐，公司将发起一场运动去制定发行和标识的标准。
①The 15-member Time Warner board is generally supportive of Levin and his corporate strategy. individual 个体、个人 society 协会 Red Cross Society 红十字会 clubs and societies社团 member 成员、会员 scientific community team 团队 religious community board 董事会 health research community panel 专家组 academic community support = be supportive of [n/v]支持 favor = in favor of corporate strategy 经营策略 ②But insiders say several of them have shown their concerns in this matter. insider 内部人士 insidious 隐蔽的 sb.show one′s concerns in this matter sb.对此事表示担忧 ③“Some of us have known for many, many years that the freedoms under the First Amendment are not totally unlimited,” says Luce. for many，many years 很多很多年来 Amendment 修正案 amend [n/v]修订 be not totally unlimited 并非毫无限制 ④“I think it is perhaps the case{that some people[associated with the company]} have only recently come to realize this.” I think it is perhaps the case that 我想情况可能是这样的 A associated with B ： 和B有关的A 现在完成时 xxx have only recently come to realize this. xxx直到最近才逐渐认识到这一点。 5
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