DOCX《外语系2014-2015年春季学期电台广播第七、八周听力原文》

t forget our fellow moviegoers who want to enjoy the cinematic experience too. Some cinema companies have attempted to stop?anti-social behaviour?by banning popcorn or having child-free film screenings. The best option for anyone wanting to break the rules of cinema etiquette is to get a DVD and watch it at home. But we all know that the best way to appreciate the art of cinematography is on the big screen. It'

s your choice! What about you? What annoys you about other people at the cinema? Glossary 词汇表 escapism逃避现实 art house小型电影院 multiplex大型电影院 etiquette礼仪 slurp发出声音喝东西 munch大口咀嚼(食物)bugbear棘手的难题 bad manners不礼貌的行为 rant牢骚,批评 code of conduct行为准则 serious offence严重的罪行 anti-social behaviour反社会行为 We are What We Choose Remarks by Jeff Bezos, as delivered to the Class of

2010 Baccalaureate May 30,

2010 Jeff Bezos杰夫 贝索斯创办了全球最大的网上书店Amazon(亚马逊),并使之称为经营最成功的电子商务网站之一. As a kid, I spent my summers with my grandparents on their ranch in Texas. I helped fix windmills, vaccinate cattle, and do other chores. We also watched soap operas every afternoon, especially Days of our Lives. My grandparents belonged to a Caravan Club, a group of Airstream trailer owners who travel together around the U.S. and Canada. And every few summers, we'

d join the caravan. We'

d hitch up the Airstream trailer to my grandfather'

s car, and off we'

d go, in a line with

300 other Airstream adventurers. I loved and worshipped my grandparents and I really looked forward to these trips. On one particular trip, I was about

10 years old. I was rolling around in the big bench seat in the back of the car. My grandfather was driving. And my grandmother had the passenger seat. She smoked throughout these trips, and I hated the smell. At that age, I'

d take any excuse to make estimates and do minor arithmetic. I'

d calculate our gas mileage -- figure out useless statistics on things like grocery spending. I'

d been hearing an ad campaign about smoking. I can'

t remember the details, but basically the ad said, every puff of a cigarette takes some number of minutes off of your life: I think it might have been two minutes per puff. At any rate, I decided to do the math for my grandmother. I estimated the number of cigarettes per days, estimated the number of puffs per cigarette and so on. When I was satisfied that I'

d come up with a reasonable number, I poked my head into the front of the car, tapped my grandmother on the shoulder, and proudly proclaimed, At two minutes per puff, you'

ve taken nine years off your life! I have a vivid memory of what happened, and it was not what I expected. I expected to be applauded for my cleverness and arithmetic skills. Jeff, you'

re so smart. You had to have made some tricky estimates, figure out the number of minutes in a year and do some division. That'

s not what happened. Instead, my grandmother burst into tears. I sat in the backseat and did not know what to do. While my grandmother sat crying, my grandfather, who had been driving in silence, pulled over onto the shoulder of the highway. He got out of the car and came around and opened my door and waited for me to follow. Was I in trouble? My grandfather was a highly intelligent, quiet man. He had never said a harsh word to me, and maybe this was to be the first time? Or maybe he would ask that I get back in the car and apologize to my grandmother. I had no experience in this realm with my grandparents and no way to gauge what the consequences might be. We stopped beside the trailer. My grandfather looked at me, and after a bit of silence, he gently and calmly said, Jeff, one day you'