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中英文本
The store Toys R Us has stopped selling a drug-dealer doll because of an online campaign. The store was selling action figures from the popular American TV series 'Breaking Bad'. One of the figures came with bags full of drug money and blue crystal drugs. A mother, Susan Myers, started an online petition to get Toys R Us to stop selling the toys. More than 3,000 people signed the petition and the store took the dolls off of its online store. Ms Myers wrote on Change.org: "Toys R Us is well known around the world….However their decision to sell a Breaking Bad doll, complete with a detachable sack of cash and a bag of drugs, alongside children's toys is a dangerous move away from their family-friendly values."
因为网上的请愿运动，反斗城玩具商店已经停止出售一款毒贩娃娃。商店是在售卖源于美国流行电视剧“绝命毒师”的人形公仔。电视剧中的一个人物身上有许多装贩毒现金的袋子，以及蓝色晶状体的毒品。苏珊迈尔斯是一位母亲,她开始在网上请愿，希望能够停止销售这款玩具。超过3000人签署了请愿书,最后网上商店开始停售这款娃娃。
Ms Myers explained that although Breaking Bad was a popular show with adults, dolls from the show did not belong on a toy store shelf next to Barbie dolls and Disney characters. She said: "Parents and grandparents around the world shop at Toys R Us, online and in stores, with their children. They should not be forced to explain why a certain toy comes with a bag of highly dangerous and illegal drugs, or why someone who sells those drugs deserves to be made into an action figure." A Toys R Us spokesperson said: "The product packaging clearly notes that the items are intended for ages 15 and up. The toys were located in the adult action figure area of our stores."
迈尔斯女士在Change.org上写道，反斗城玩具在世界各地家喻户晓，但是他们决定出售“绝命毒师”玩具娃娃，玩具上面还配有一个可脱离的现金袋和一袋毒品,在儿童玩具中，这款娃娃远远背离了家庭友好的价值观念，这是很危险的做法。迈尔斯女士解释说,绝命毒师很受成年人喜爱，这一电视剧中的人形公仔，并不属于芭比娃娃和迪士尼卡通玩具的货架。她说，父母和祖父母经常和他们的孩子在世界各地的反斗城玩具的实体商店和网店一起挑选玩具。他们不应被迫解释为什么一个特定的玩具带有一袋非常危险的毒品。或者为什么要把贩毒的人物形象做成人形公仔。玩具反斗城的一位发言人说，产品包装明确指出,这款玩具只适用于年龄在15岁及其以上的人。这款玩具摆放在了我们商店的成人人形公仔区域。
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重点讲解
1.because of因为；由于
His business went under because of competition from the large corporations.
由于大公司的竞争，他的生意陷入了困境。
2.full of装满；全神贯注于…的
The leader was just double-talking, full of generalities and promising nothing.
这个领导人正在大讲空话，全是笼统的泛泛而谈，什么也没许诺。
3.around the world世界各地；全世界；环游世界
It happens all the time around the world.
世界各地随时都有这种情况发生。
4.move away from从…离开；抛弃
According to his research, if a woman fancies someone and is laughing, her foot will move away from her body and she will have an open leg posture.
根据他的研究结果，如果一个女人喜欢某个人，或者是在大笑的时候，她的脚就会向外移动，形成双腿分开的姿势。
5.belong on应放在
These books belong on the shelf.
这些书应放在书架上。
6.illegal drugs毒品
Attitudes may be influenced by the fact that many people are themselves clients of organised crime: some 36% have tried illegal drugs; roughly one in 15 Londoners is an illegal immigrant.
这样的态度可能是因为事实上很多人本身就是有组织犯罪的客户：大概36%的人非法吸食过毒品；大约15个伦敦人中便有一个是非法移民。
7.action figure动作人物；可动人型；玩具人；活动人
A tense moment occurred when Mr. Blumenthal asked: Why does Ms. McMahon’s company manufacture its popular action figure toys in China, rather than here at home?
当布鲁门萨尔问及：为什么公司要在中国，而不是国内生产他们热销的可动玩偶时，气氛一下子紧张了起来。
听力试题
1.What kind of campaign got Toys R Us to stop selling an action figure?
a) a street protest
b) a viral campaign
c) an offline campaign
d) an online campaign
2.What was the action figure based on (where did it come from)?
a) a comic book
b) the TV series Breaking Bad
c) a cartoon called Bad Breaks
d) an online video that went viral
3.How many people signed a petition for the store to stop selling the doll?
a) 30,000
b) 33,000
c) 13,000
d) over 3,000
4.What was the website the mother used for her petition?
a) NoDrugs.com
b) ToysRUs.com
c) Change.org
d) Yahoo!
5.What values did the mother talk about at the end of paragraph one?
a) educational values
b) 20th-century values
c) value for money
d) family-friendly values
6.Who did the mother say the TV show was popular with?
a) drug dealers
b) toy store bosses
c) adults
d) children
7.Where did the mother say the action figure did not belong?
a) on a toy-store shelf
b) on this planet
c) in the USA
d) in the entrance of the store
8.Who should not be made to explain to children about the doll?
a) websites
b) toy store owners
c) parents and grandparents
d) other children
9.What age group did Toys R Us say the action figure was for?
a) 13+
b) 15 and up
c) over 18s
d) pre-teens
10.Where in Toys R Us could we find the action figure?
a) the adult action figure area
b) the entrance
c) the top shelf
d) the Disney section
听力答案
1.d
2.b
3.d
4.c
5.d
6.c
7.a
8.c
9.b
10.a
