高级听力 Unit 13 Part 2

一篇采访，关于美国新闻。可以关注女生如何评论不同媒体，最终解释了为什么关注娱乐新闻。

Entertainment or News

M: Hi, Wendy. I'd like to get your opinion about news in the United States.

F: Well, I have very strong opinions about it. We think we're getting the news, but it’s really just entertainment. It’s based on what's going to keep people tune in, like plastic surgery or celebrities. They actually tease you to get you to watch the news with those stories, because I think they think Americans get bored with international news.

M: You're talking about news on TV.

F: Yeah. They say: “Tune in at 11, find out how this woman lost weight” And that kind of keeps people watching, and that’s what they call news. But what about major political problems? Those don’t get reported in the way they should be, they don’t get reported enough.

M: Yeah, I see what you're saying ...

F: The other thing that bothers me about the news is that it’s shallow. Like, there are these people doing voice-overs. But the voice-overs have the same tone as people who do it for movies. It’s like “Six Guns to Kill” and then it's like “Plastic Surgery at 11.” And it’s the same voice, the same style for those two stories. It’s equating those types of information. It’s all like entertainment.

M: Do you think entertainment is more interesting than news?

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