Making the News制造新闻

　　读故事

　　Woody worked as a newsreader at a commercial TV station.He liked to play jokes and string his colleagues along.One day, he was late, and when he finally appeared at the studio, which was on the top floor of a large structure, the director almost had a stroke.Woody was wearing a shirt with bright stripes, and his purple hair was very striking, too.Everyone was asked to offer some stuff to dress Woody up at the last minute, just before the news started.The make-up girl stringed out half a dozen shirts in the dressing room, and then stripped Woody of his shirt.But none of the shirts fitted him; they were either too large or too small. Finally, the make-up girl fitted Woody into a large shirt by stuffing tissues inside it, and stringed the bottom with a strip of clothing.The director stroked Woody's hair flat and forced him to wear a hat. But during an important stretch of the news, Woody was arranging his shirt at a stretch, because when he stretched his arm, he broke the string, and tissues started falling out!The director concluded that if he was to continue with Woody, he would have to structure the news differently in future.

　　记单词

　　stretch vi.伸展，延伸，延续

　　vt.1.拉长，拉紧，伸展2.使倾注全力，使紧张n.1.一段时间，一段路程，连绵的一片2.伸展，延伸，延续

　　at a stretch不停地，连续地

　　striking a.1.显著的，突出的

　　2.惹人注目的，容貌出众的

　　string n.1.弦，线，细绳2.一串，一行vt.1.用线串2.(用线)悬挂，系住

　　string along1.欺骗，愚弄2.(with)跟随

　　string out(使)成行地展开

　　strip vi.脱光衣服vt.1.剥去，脱去…的衣服2.剥夺，夺走n.条，狭条，带状物

　　stripe n.条纹

　　stroke n.1.中风2.一举，一次努力3.划桨，划水4.击，敲

　　5.报时的钟声6.笔画，一笔7.抚摸

　　vt.抚摸

　　structure n.1.结构，构造

　　2.建筑物vt.构造，建造

　　studio n.1.画室，摄影室2.播音室，录音室，摄影棚

　　stuff n.原料，材料，东西vt.1.填进，填满，塞满2.让…吃饱

　　伍迪在一家商业电视台任新闻播音员。他喜欢开玩笑，愚弄他的同事。，他迟到了，当他终于出现在位于一幢巨大的建筑物顶层的演播室时，导演差点没中风。伍迪穿着鲜艳的条纹衬衫，紫色头发也很惹人注目。新闻就要开播了，在这的关键时刻只好要求每个人提供点东西把伍迪打扮起来。管化妆的女孩把半打衬衫在更衣室里成行地展开，然后脱去伍迪的衣服，可是没有一件衬衫合他的身，不是太大就是太小。，化妆师给伍迪穿了一件大衬衫，里面塞满了纸巾，并用一根细布条系住下面。导演把伍迪的头发抚平，并强迫他戴上一顶帽子。但是在播出一段重要新闻时，伍迪一直不停地摆弄着他的衬衫，因为他伸展胳膊的时候把细绳弄断了，纸巾开始往外掉! 导演得出结论说，如果他要继续用伍迪，他今后就得改造新闻的播出方式。