✸✸Columnistfired over'anti-Semitic' Sunday Times article
1）fire over 英 [ˈfaiə ˈəuvə] 美 [faɪr ˈovɚ] 朝…的上方射击
Japanese govt under fire over disaster plan.
日本政府的灾难预备方案遭到指责。
2）anti-Semitic adj.反对犹太人的
His anti-Semitic beliefs were well-known in America.
他的反犹信仰在美国很出名。
✸✸A Sunday Times columnist "will not write again" for the newspaper after one of his articles wasbranded"anti-Semitic" and "disgraceful".
1） branded 英 [ˈbrændɪd] adj.打有烙印的 v.污辱( brand的过去式和过去分词 );铭刻于;加商标于;打烙印于
Supermarket lines are often cheaper than branded goods.
超市的商品常常比品牌货便宜。
短语：branded goods 牌名货，商标产品
Supermarket lines are often cheaper than branded goods.
超市的商品常常比品牌货便宜。
branded product 贴有商标的产品
As a branded product, your quality is supposed to be good.
作为一种品牌产品，你的质量本来就应该是过硬的。
✸✸In the piece, Kevin MyerssuggestedBBC presenters Claudia Winkleman and Vanessa Feltz earned high salaries because they were Jewish.
1）suggested 英 [sə'dʒestɪd] 美 [sə'dʒestɪd] adj.暗示的 v.暗示;建议( suggest的过去式和过去分词 );使想起;启示
I suggested to Mike that we go out for a meal with his colleagues
我向迈克提议，我们和他的同事们一起出去吃饭。
短语：suggest doing 建议做…
I suggest doing it in another way.
我建议换一种方式做这件事。
✸✸Editor Martin Ivens said the piece, whichappeared inthe Irish edition and online, should not have been published.
1）appear in 英 [əˈpiə in] 美 [əˈpɪr ɪn] 出版;出庭;表演;在（某处）出现
New programmes will appear in the fall on television.
秋季将有新节目在电视上出现。
✸✸Mr Ivens has also apologised personally to the two women.
✸✸A News UK spokesman said the column included "unacceptable comments both to Jewish people and to women in the workplace".
✸✸News UK laterclarifiedthat the decision was an editorial one taken by the Sunday Times, not a corporate decision taken by itsparent company.
1）clarified v.使清楚，澄清( clarify的过去式和过去分词 );（尤指通过加热使黄油）纯净;说明;使（头脑、神智等）清醒
Certain questions have yet to be clarified.
有些问题还需要弄清楚。
2）parent company 英 [ˈpɛərənt ˈkʌmpəni] 美 [ˈpɛrənt ˈkʌmpəni] n.母公司，总公司
Talk to other franchise holders and ask them what they think of the parent company.
和其他特许经营者谈一谈，问问他们对母公司是什么看法。
✸✸An apology will also be printed in next week's paper.
✸✸The column, titled "Sorry, ladies - equal pay has to be earned", follows criticism of the BBC, after it wasrevealedtwo-thirds of its stars earning more than £150,000 are male.
1）reveal 英 [rɪˈvi:l] 美 [rɪˈvil] vt.揭露;泄露;显露;[神]启示 n.揭示，展现;[建]门侧，窗侧
She has refused to reveal the whereabouts of her daughter
她不肯透露她女儿的行踪。
短语：reveal to 英 [riˈvi:l tu:] 美 [rɪˈvil tu] 向…透露
I reveal to you the legend.
我向大家揭示咱们的标志。
reveal oneself 英 [riˈvi:l wʌnˈself] 美 [rɪˈvil wʌnˈsɛlf] 显现;讲出姓名，表明身份
Such friendships demand an investment of time, and a willingness to reveal oneselfand to be receptive to new ideas.
这种友谊需要时间的培植和坦诚相与，并能接受新观点。
reveal true sentiments 真情流露
✸✸Commenting that two of the best-paid presenters, Winkleman and Feltz, were Jewish, Mr Myers wrote: "Good for them."Jewsarenot generallynotedfortheir insistence on selling their talent for thelowest possible price, which is the most useful measure there is ofinveterate, lost-with-all-hands stupidity."
1） be noted for 英 [bi: ˈnəʊtɪd fɔ:] 美 [bi ˈnotɪd fɔr] 因…而闻名
The author also has briefly presented some measures to be taken for trouble-solving and key points to be noted for normal operation.
并简要地提出了解决措施和使用过程中应注意的一些问题。
2）lowest possible price 最低价，尽可能的最低价
This is the lowest possible price.
这是可能的最低价了。
3）inveterate 英 [ɪnˈvetərət] 美 [ɪnˈvɛtərɪt] adj.痼;（指人）有恶习的，成瘾的;（指习惯等）根深蒂固的
I am sometimes accused of being an inveterate poseur.
有时有人说我惯于装模作样。
✸✸In the article, Mr Myers also argued that male presenters may earn more because they "work harder, get sick less frequently and seldom get pregnant".
✸✸It wastaken downfollowing anger on social media and a formal complaint from theCampaign Against Anti-Semitismto press regulator Ipso.
1） take down 英 [teik daun] 美 [tek daʊn] 取下;拆卸;记录，记下;笔录
Alberg took the portrait down from the wall
阿尔伯格从墙上摘下那幅肖像画。
✸✸The campaign said the removal of the article and apology from editors within hours was "proof that the decision to include the column wasirrefutablywrong".
1） irrefutably adv.irrefutable的变形 irrefutable 英 [ˌɪrɪˈfju:təbl] 美 [ɪˈrɛfjətəbəl, ˌɪrɪˈfju-] adj.
确凿;无可辩驳的，驳不倒的;无可争议
The pictures provide irrefutable evidence of the incident
这些照片为这起事件提供了不容辩驳的证据。
✸✸The group - which had earlier called for Mr Myers' sacking - also said he should "no longerwork as a journalist at any decent publication".
1）no longer 不再，已不
After about three months, I was no longer addicted to nicotine.
大约3个月后，我就不再对尼古丁上瘾了。
✸✸Times readers - who must pay a subscription to access online content - commented on the original article to express their disgust, and called for both the writer and editor to resign.
1）called for 需要;号召
He described the situation as very dangerous and called for resolute action.
他将形势描述得非常危险，并号召采取果断行动。
✸✸"The proud anti-Semitism in this column isnothing short ofdisgraceful. Myers must go and so must the editor who approved this piece," Alan Simpson wrote.
1）nothing short of 英 [ˈnʌθiŋ ʃɔ:t ɔv] 美 [ˈnʌθɪŋ ʃɔrt ʌv] 完全相同
Starting bare-handed, you have built up so many steel plants. This is nothing shortof miracles.
你们白手起家，修建了这么多钢铁厂，这简直是个奇迹。
✸✸"I think I have to cancel my subscription if the Sunday Times continues to employ this sexist anti-Semite. I hope lots of others do the same," another reader, Andrew Gilbert, said.
✸✸Mr Ivens offered the paper's "sincere apology, both for the remarks and the error of judgement that led to publication".
✸✸Frank Fitzgibbon, editor of the Sunday Times Ireland, said he took "full responsibility", adding: "This newspaperabhorsanti-Semitism and did notintend tocause offence to Jewish people."
1） full responsibility 完全责任能力;充分的责任;负全责;全部责任;负全部责任
No one can take full responsibility for this.
谁也负不起这个责。
2）abhors v.拒绝;憎恶( abhor的第三人称单数 );（厌恶地）回避;淘汰
He abhors the wheeling-and-dealing associated with conventional political life.
他憎恨传统政治生活中的尔虞我诈。
3）intend to 英 [inˈtend tu:] 美 [ɪnˈtɛnd tu] 打算（做）…，想要（做）…
I intend to take full advantage of this trip to buy the things we need.
我打算充分利用这次旅行来购买我们所需的物品。
✸✸In 2009, Mr Myers wrote a column for the Irish Independent newspaper denying the Holocaust happened.It was removedfollowing the criticism of his latest article.
