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10658000 16:35:00 : viewimage@C:\Users\lee\AppData\Local\Temp\PC Suite\temp\mms\1909-0-preview-source@ Thursday December 9, 2010 农历十一月初四 【环球趣图】 Friends helps counter terror 美剧反恐比政府更给力 【报刊选读】 Hollywoods Real A-List 真正一线明星德普居首 【口语练兵】 She forced him to back down. 口语如何表达让步妥协 【百科全书】 Summer babies sunny outlook 夏天出生的孩子更阳光 【词汇家族】 Glossary: year-end bonus 词汇:年终奖和过节费 【心灵鸡汤】 Guilty consciences make men cowards. 做贼心虚。 【环球趣图】 Friends helps counter terror 美剧反恐比政府更给力 Heres a WikiLeaks revelation that probably no one saw coming: Satellite broadcasts of the US TV shows Desperate Housewives, Friends and Late Show with David Letterman do more to dissuade Saudi youth from becoming violent jihadists than the hundreds of millions of dollars spent by the US government on propaganda thats meant to sway them, the Guardian of London reported. Two Saudi media executives told a US official those shows are very popular and have citizens of Saudi Arabia more interested in studying and learning about the US. 据英国《卫报》报道，维基解密的一条爆料让所有人大跌眼镜：在反恐方面美剧比政府宣传更有效。为了阻止沙特阿拉伯青年加入圣战极端组织，美国政府不惜花费数亿美元进行意识形态宣传，但如此巨额花销竟然抵不过美剧《绝望主妇》和《老友记》以及脱口秀节目《大卫深夜秀》。两名沙特资深媒体人士向一名美国官员表示，这些美国电视节目在沙特大受欢迎，也提高了当地民众对美国文化的兴趣。 dissuade [v.劝阻] 例句： Mother dissuaded her from leaving home. 母亲劝她不要离家出走。 下图：《老友记》 viewimage@C:\Users\lee\AppData\Local\Temp\PC Suite\temp\mms\1909-3-preview-source@ 【报刊选读】 Hollywoods Real A-List 真正一线明星德普居首 Johnny Depp is on top of the Forbes Hollywoods Real A-List, which ranks actors and actresses on box office record and Oscar nominations over the past 5 years. Johnny Depp tops the box office list with $4b and has been nominated for 3 Oscars. Meryl Streep ranks 2nd. Her films have brought in $1.5b. That, coupled with her 16 Oscar nods, makes her a powerful force in Hollywood. Robert Downey Jr. ranks 3rd with $2.5b in box office earnings and 2 Oscar nominations. Will Smith ranks 4th, and Leonardo DiCaprio ranks 5th. 《福布斯》杂志根据影星最近5年参演电影的票房收入及获得奥斯卡的提名次数，评选出一份好莱坞真正一线明星榜单，约翰尼·德普位居第一。德普5年内参演电影的