Part C      Father and Son Testify

Vocabulary Preparation:

 

humble adj. unpretentious; lowly 低下的；卑微的

account…for to give reasonsfor (an event, act, etc.) 说明；解释

outrage v. to cause profoundindignation, anger, or resentment in 激怒；使震怒

heckler n. a person who calls out comments during a speech 质问者

Shakespearean  adj. relating to the workof Shakespeare;in the style of Shakespeare  莎士比亚的；具有莎士比亚风格的

dynasty n. a sequence of hereditaryrulers 王朝；朝代

salvage v. to gain (something beneficial) from afailure 挽救；挽回

scramble v. to climb or crawl, especially byusing the hands to aid movement 攀爬

eat humble pie to behave or be forced to behavehumbly; to be humiliated 忍辱含垢；低声下气地道歉

mutter  v. to speak in a low voice, especially because you are annoyed about something, oryou do not want people to hear you 嘀咕；嘟囔

assailant n. a person who attacks another,either physically or verbally 攻击者；行凶者

infamous adj. having a bad reputation; notorious 声名狼藉的

ruthlessness n. the quality of being ruthless 残酷

arrogance  n. an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance, merit, ability,etc; conceit; overbearing pride 傲慢；自大

patriarch n. the male head of a tribe or family 家长；族长

heir  n. the person who has the legal right toreceive the property or title of another person when he or she dies 继承人；后嗣

the buck  the responsibility or blame for something 责任；过失

alleged adj. stated or described to be such; presumed 宣称的

criminality  n. the state or quality ofbeing criminal 犯罪；有罪

 

 

Notes:

 

Rupert Murdoch (1931—) is an Australian American media mogul.Murdoch became managing director of Australia's News Limited,inherited from his father, in 1952. He is the founder, Chairman and CEO ofglobal media holding company News Corporation. 鲁伯特·默多克

The News of theWorld was anational top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. Thenewspaper concentrated on celebrity-based scoops and populist news. Itsfondness for sex scandals gained it the nicknames News of the Screws and Screwsof the World.《世界新闻报》

 

Exercise:Listen to the news report and decide whether the following statements are trueor false.

 

1.        Rupert Murdoch called this the most humble day of his lifebecause he was attacked by a protester.

2.        Rupert Murdoch and his son did apologize but denied anearlier and complete knowledge of the phone hacking.

3.        Murdochwas defended by his third wife, Wendi Deng, from the assailant.

4.        Rupert Murdoch was compelled to resign as the alleged criminality rocked andoutraged the whole nation.

5.        WendiDeng, a Chinese-American, became Rupert Murdoch’s third wife in 1999.