Vocabulary Preparation:

 

prom / prCm / n. aformal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year 正式舞会；毕业舞会

in full swing in the state of reaching its highest level ofactivity 全力进行中；达到活动的高潮

duplication/ 7dju:plI5keIFn / n. a copy thatcorresponds to an original exactly复制；重复

scenario/ sɛ5nB:rIɛJ /n. a situation that could possibly happen 设想的情况；预测

crumble / 5krQmbl /v. to become weak, or to fail 瓦解；消亡

duplicate/ 5dju:plIkeIt / v. to repeatsomething in exactly the same way 重复；复制

dibs / dIbz / n. the right to have, use, or do something （使用、拥有某物的）权利

celebrity / sE5lebrEtI / n.a famous living person 名人；名流

shutter / 5FQtE / v. to bring something to a close使…停止运行

mean / mi:n / adj. cruel or not kind 吝啬的；刻薄的

 

 

Notes:

 

Beverly Hills, 90210 is an American drama series that originally airedfrom October 4, 1990 to May 17, 2000 on Fox and was produced by SpellingTelevision in the United States, and subsequently on numerous networks aroundthe world. 《飞越比佛利》（一部20世纪90年代著名的青春校园喜剧）

Ocean Towns, New Jersey is a county located along the JerseyShore in the U.S.state of NewJersey. Its countyseat is TomsRiver, which,like the county itself, has been one of the fastest growing areas of the statesince the 1990s. 新泽西海洋县（美国新泽西东部城镇）

Facebook is anonline social networking service. It was founded in February 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow Harvard University students. 脸谱网（风靡全球的社交网络服务网站）

Twitter is anonline social networking and microblogging service that enables users to send and read"tweets", which are text messages limited to 140 characters. 推特网

Anne Hathaway (1982—)is an A-list American actress. She has starred in dramatic films such as Brokeback Mountain (2005), The Devil Wears Prada (2006) , Becoming Jane (2007), The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Tom Hooper's Les Misérables (2012). 安妮·海瑟薇（好莱坞炙手可热的一线女演员）

AmandaSeyfried (1985—)is an American actress, singer and model, who rose to fame thanks to the 2008musical feature film MammaMia!. She was named one of the world's 100 Most Beautiful People in 2009 and 2010 by People magazine. 阿曼达·谢弗雷德（美国炙手可热的新生代女演员和歌手）

 

Exercise1: Listen to the news report and get the main idea.

      

What is the main point of the report?

A.    Manyteenage girls like to share their prom dress with their friends by usingtechnology.

B.     Manyteenage girls try to avoid wearing the same dress by using their school Facebook.

C.     Manyteenage girls like the dress worn by their friends on their school Facebook.

D.    Manyteenage girls like to wear the same prom dress for the biggest of nights.

 

 

Exercise2: Listen to the news report again and fill in the blanks with the exact wordsor phrases.

 

Josh Elliott: We're going to turn now to prom season in full swing. Somany teenage girls using technology to make sure there's      1     when it comes to the dresses for the biggest of nights. ABC's DianaPerez has that story.

Brenda (in "BeverlyHills 90210"): Oh, my god.

Diana Perez: It's the scenario that's caused friendships like those on Beverly Hills 90210 to crumble.

Donna (in "BeverlyHills 90210"): You said youweren't going to buy it!

Diana Perez: Showing up to the prom in the same dress that someone elseis wearing is the           2       . Just ask these teens from OceanTownship, New Jersey.

Girl 1: In high school, people will     3        notice if someone's wearingthe same dress.

Girl 2: If we're spending $400 on a dress, I'm sure noneof us really want to be in the same one.

Diana Perez: To prevent duplicate dresses, the girls are among a growingnumber of teens who have turned to       4     , a school Facebook group in their case, to call dibs on gowns.

Woman: The minute a girl picks a dress these days, that dress isimmediately either posted on Facebook or on Twitter. And the girls are sayingthis is my dress. You can't buy it. It's mine.

Diana Perez: Anne Hathaway likely wishes that she had used social mediato call dibs on her Oscar gown. The actress reportedly wore this second-choicedress, after learning Amanda Seyfried’s gown was        5       her first choice. And she’shardly alone. Celebrities shutter at the thought of being mistaken for a twinon the red carpet.

Girl 3: It is so her.

Girl 4: It is. It is.

Reporter: While the girls from Ocean Township say theirprom gown pages are supportive.

Girl 1: People do leave really        6       like “wow, that's a reallypretty dress!”

Diana Perez: Other girls from other schools have reportedly been       7         by negative comments or by too few people “liking” their dresses.

Jamie Howard: Sometimes, they'll say, how much do you like my dress? And,and that can end up being really      8     because people can say meanthings.

Girl: It’spretty.

Diana Perez: These girls stand by their Facebook page, which allowedthem to call dibs on their dresses months        9        .

Girl: I think if anything, creating this Facebook page adds a newelement of      10       that I don't think was therebefore. 

Diana Perez: From “Good Morning America”, Diana Perez, ABCNews, New York.