时间:2018-11-30 作者:英语课 分类:最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇


英语课

[00:00.00]As an intelligent and dynamic businessman,

[00:04.03]William generated increased readership

[00:06.55]by employing some of

[00:08.52]the most talented writers

[00:10.05]in the United States,

[00:11.91] recruiting figures from the literary community,

[00:15.09]like Mark Twain and Stephen Crane,

[00:17.60]and the previously 1 mentioned illustrator,

[00:20.55]Frederick Remington.

[00:23.51]He also showed his initiative

[00:25.59]when he chartered a yacht,

[00:27.23]equipped it as a miniature newspaper headquarters,

[00:30.95]anchored off the coast of Cuba,

[00:33.36]and led his army of reporters

[00:35.87]into the field.

[00:37.84]William’s interests led him

[00:40.80]to follow in his father’s footsteps,

[00:42.87]inspiring him to enter into politics.

[00:45.72]He was elected to the U.S. Congress

[00:49.55]as a senator representing

[00:51.52]the State of New York in 1902

[00:54.58] and served until 1907.

[00:58.52]He was a candidate

[01:00.81]for the office of mayor

[01:02.13] of New York City and

[01:03.11]governor of New York State,

[01:05.41]but failed in both of these attempts.

[01:08.58]While honeymooning 2 in Europe

[01:10.66]after his marriage to

[01:12.42]Millicent Willson in 1903,

[01:14.38]he expanded his publishing empire

[01:17.99]with Motor Magazine. The Hearst Corporation grew

[01:23.03]to comprise a total of 12 newspapers,

[01:25.76]including the Examiner,

[01:27.73]and 25 magazines, including Cosmopolitan 3.

[01:31.34] Not satisfied with just

[01:35.49] his publishing enterprises,

[01:37.35]he expanded his business operations

[01:39.76]into radio, and later

[01:40.96]produced movie newsreels. (To Be Continued)



1 previously
adv.以前,先前(地)
  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
  • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿,解释原先发生了什么。
2 honeymooning
度蜜月(honeymoon的现在分词形式)
  • They are honeymooning in Paris. 他们正在巴黎度蜜月。
  • They are honeymooning in Europe. 他们去欧洲渡蜜月。
3 cosmopolitan
adj.世界性的,全世界的,四海为家的,全球的
  • New York is a highly cosmopolitan city.纽约是一个高度世界性的城市。
  • She has a very cosmopolitan outlook on life.她有四海一家的人生观。