地道美語(yǔ)聽(tīng)力播客:Planning a Protest

Becky: I want to thank all of you for coming today. Ithink we all agree that we need to organize aprotest...

Pedro: Hold on, Becky. We all want to voice ouropinion that we oppose what is going on here, butI’m not sure a protest is the answer.

Becky: With all due respect, Pedro, I think a rally isthe best way to do that.

Pedro: That may be, but I think we need to considera few things first. Taking to the streets meanscoordinating a lot of people. That means getting them to show up, to march, and to holdup signs. I’m not sure we have enough time to pull it all off.

Becky: Don’t get me wrong. I’m not in favor of doing anything half- assed. If we decide toprotest, we want to do it right so that we get a lot of media coverage. I’m confident that wehave enough people and time to get it all done.

Pedro: Okay, but another thing we should be ready for is a counter protest. The other sideisn’t going to take things lying down.

Becky: You’re right, and we’ll take that into consideration. Is there any more discussion beforewe start on the planning?

No? Okay, let’s get down to business.

詞匯解釋：

1. protest n. 抗議

2. Hold on 堅(jiān)持住，別著急

3. to voice 表達(dá)

4. oppose 反對(duì)

5. rally 集會(huì)

6. Taking to the streets 走上街頭

7. coordinating 配合，協(xié)調(diào)

8. to show up 露面，顯眼

9. to march 游行

10. to hold up signs 手持標(biāo)牌

11. to pull it all off 成功完成

12. Don’t get me wrong 別誤會(huì)我

13. in favor of 支持

14. half- assed 不稱職，低劣

15. media coverage 媒體報(bào)道

16.to take things lying down 感謝失敗

17. let’s get down to business 我們開(kāi)始行動(dòng)吧