考研英语每日一句精析（20）

This summer a made-for-TV movie about a tornado carrying man-eatingsharks was a surprise hit in America.The preposterous plot of “sharknado” may strike a chord with media bosses who have watched the internet ravage their business over the past decade.Newspapers have lost readers and advertising to internet. Book and music shopshave closed for good. Sales of DVDs and CDs have plummeted. The televisionindustry has so far resisted big disruption but that has not stopped doomsayerspredicting a flight of advertising and viewers.

词汇突破：

1. hit 红极一时的人或物;成功

例1：Her new film is quite a hit.她的新电影很成功

(短语)Make a hit with somebody 给某人极好的印象

You’ve madequite a hit with Bill.

2.preposterous plot 离奇的情节

3.plummet 大幅下降

4.strike a chord with somebody (短语)与某人引起共鸣

5. for good (短语)永久的

6.ravage 掠夺，破坏

例1： Bands of soldiers ravaged the countryside.

例2： The ravage of time had spoilt her looks.岁月(的破坏)摧残了她的容貌。

7. doomsayers 末日预言者(悲观者)

8. disruption 损失

9. a flight of advertising and viewers. 广告业务和客户的流失

参考译文：

这个夏天，一部关于带着食人鲨的龙卷风的电视电影在美国取得了意想不到的成功。这种“鲨卷风”的荒诞情节可能会引起媒体老板们的共鸣，因为他们在过去的十年间,(也见到了这样荒诞的情节)：互联网掠夺了他们的财富。报纸的读者和广告流失到了互联网。书店和音像店永久的关门。DVD和CD销量大幅下降。电视行业迄今没有遭受大的损失，但是这并没有使悲观者停止他们的预测：电视广告业务和客户依然会流失。

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