What's in the Papers

Unit 11 The Media Unit11 lesson4What's in the Papers

I.动词填空

提示：先看完一整句，找到句子主语和谓语。然后再看其他动词与它们所修饰的名词或代词之间的逻辑关系，主动用动词-ing形式，表示正在发生；被动用过去分词，表示已经发生；将要做的用动词不定式结构。

A. According to a research _____1_____（publish）by Leeds University yesterday，people don't mind bad language on television as long as it is not used in programmes ____2_____(watch） by children.

The study found there was "amazing agreement" about when bad language was serious and when it was not.Even a group of mothers agreed that a certain amount of bad language in the well-known film Pulp Fiction was "OK" because the dialogue and situation made it "funny". Some people said they found the use of drugs in the film more ___3___（worry）than the bad language.

People ____4____（ask）to comment on scenes from films like Pulp Fiction, TV series like Channel 4's Brookside and cartoons like South Park. Leeds University concluded that people made a distinction between bad language_____5_____（use） in programmes for adults, and those ____6____（mean） for children.

Peter Moore, a writer at the BBC, said, "The result does not surprise us at all.

We have always tried____7____（keep） bad language away from innocent ears and this is a very important consideration when ____8___（decide）at what times of day certain programmes_____9____（ show）." Susan Bold, director of programmes at ITV, said, "The report gives interesting information about attitudes to bad language on screen. But it doesn't mean that we can increase the amount of bad language____10___（use） on television."

Key: 1. published（过去分词，作定语） 2.watched（过去分词，作定语） 3. worrying （现在分词，作定语）4. were asked（被动语态，作谓语）5. used（过去分词，作定语）

6.meant（过去分词，作定语）7.to keep（try to do sth表示尽力或尽量做某事；try doing sth 表示尝试做某事）8.deciding（连词后面接动词，主动使用现在分词doing）9. are shown（被动语态，作谓语）10. used

译文：第4课 报纸报道了什么？

A 根据昨天利兹大学发表的一项研究报告，人们不在乎电视中的不良语言，只要它不涉及儿童观看的节目。

这项研究发现，人们对不良语言何时是严重的，何时是不严重的有惊人的一致看法。甚至一群母亲们也一致认为，著名电影《低俗小说》中使用一定量的不良语言是可以的，因为电影中的对话和情景使这些语言"有趣"。一些人说，电影中使用毒品比不良语言更使人担心。

人们被要求对电影《低俗小说》、第4频道的电视连续剧《小河边》以及动画片《南方公园》之类的场景进行评论。利兹大学做出结论，人们对成年人节目和儿童节目中使用的不良语言是有区分的。

BBC的作者彼得.摩尔说："这个结果一点也没有让我们吃惊。我们一直努力使天真的儿童远离不良语言，在决定每天什么时段播放某些节目时，这是一个非常重要的考虑。" ITV的节目总监苏珊.博德说："这份报告提供了人们对屏幕上不良语言的态度的有趣信息。但这并不表示我们可以增加电视中不良语言的使用量。"