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《参考消息》2006年3月24日第6版：美联邦电信委员会大力净化荧屏
TV channels fined in drive to purge swearing and sex
From Tom Baldwin and Anna Stroman in Washington
US BROADCASTERS have been hit 1record-breaking fines of almost $4 million (£2.5 million) by a federal TV standards watchdog which decrees that even casual use of the “s-word” or pixlated shots of a woman’s breasts “disturb the peace and quiet of the home”.
Three years of rulings from the Federal Communications Commission, published2 full this week, have alarmed the broadcasters which face competition from largely unregulated cable channels.
(1)They may now have to scrap live broadcasts, or return to 1970s-style censorship of scripts. But the commission is now chaired by Kevin Martin, a Republican appointed by President Bush to crack down3the indecency that so shocks conservative sensibilities. “The number of complaints received by the commission has risen year after year,” Mr Martin said. “I share the concerns of the public — and of parents, in particular.”
The commission has ruled that any use of the “f-word”, such as that by Bono during a a Golden Globe Awards ceremony in 2004, is unacceptable. Its report also
(2)puts broadcasters on notice that the “s-word” will also be subject to fines if broadcast 6 and 10pm.
The biggest fine — $3.6 million — wasmeted out to CBS, for an episode broadcast by dozens of its stations of
(3)the prime-time drama Without a Trace. It featured a “teen orgy” party scene that included 5 least three shots depicting intercourse.
The commission also upheld a $550,000 fine6CBS for the infamous “wardrobe malfunction” incident at the Super Bowl 2004 in which Janet Jackson’s clothing was ripped, revealing the singer’s breast.
More alarming for broadcasters was the $27,500 fine on WBDC for airing an episode of The Surreal Life 2 that
(4)included pixelated views of frontal nudity and a shot of a man touching a breast. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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2.试译文中划线短语和句子，参考翻译见下：
(1)他们现在可能必须放弃直播节目，或者恢复20世纪70年代的节目审查制度。
(2)通知各广播公司
(3)黄金时段电视剧
(4)含有经过模糊处理的正面裸体镜头和男人摸女人胸部的画面
[ 此贴被chyx66在2006-12-21 12:27重新编辑 ]
