Lily的Scalers Talk第八轮新概念朗读持续力训练Da

L45-2:The power of the press

But they suddenly became the parents of quintuplets, four girls and a boy, an event which radically changed their lives. The day after the birth of the five children an aeroplane arrived in Aberdeen bringing 60 reporters and photographers. 

The rise to fame was swift. Television cameras and newspapers carried the news to everyone in the country. Newspapers and magazines offered the family huge sums for the exclusive rights to publish stories and photographs. Gifts poured in not only from unknown people, but from baby food and soap manufacturers who wished to advertise their products. The old farmhouse the family lived in was to be replaced by a new $500,000 home. Reporters kept pressing for interviews so lawyers had to be employed to act as spokesmen for the family at press conferences. While the five babies were still quietly sleeping in oxygen tents in a hospital nursery, their parents were paying the price for fame. It would never again be possible for them to lead normal lives. They had become the victims of commercialization, for their names had acquired a market value. Instead of being five new family members, these children had immediately become a commodity.

quintuplet /ˈkwɪntʊplət/ 五胞胎;五胞胎之一

swift /swɪft/ 迅速的，飞快的

radically /ˈrædɪkli/ 根本地;彻底地

exclusive /ɪkˈskluːsɪv/ 独家; 专有的

pour in 大量流入、源源不断

nursery /ˈnɜːrsəri/  育婴室

commercialization /kəˌmɜrʃəlɪˈzeɪʃən/ 商业化;商品化

commodity /kəˈmɑːdəti/ 商品

这两天出游在外，文字作业没有做，只交了口语作业。书面的都是回来补的。