VOA常速英语:Controversy Surrounds Muslim-American Reality TV Show

词汇讲解：

1. profile vt. 描…的轮廓；扼要描述
例句：The huge trees were profiled against the night sky.
在夜空的映衬下显出大树的轮廓。

2. advertising n. 广告, 广告宣传
例句：Advertising induces people to buy.
广告诱导人们花钱买东西。

3. label vt. 贴标签于; 把…列为
例句：He labeled the boastful man a liar.
他把那个好自夸的男人称作说谎者。

4. propaganda n. 宣传；鼓吹
例句：The government produced much political propaganda.
政府进行了大量的政治宣传。

5. discrimination n. 歧视
例句：He spoke out against racial discrimination.
他声言反对种族歧视。

6. disappointed adj. 失望的
例句：I was completely disappointed to hear that.
听到那个消息后我彻底失望了。

7. tout v. 兜售；兜销；招徕
例句：He’s been touting his novel around publishers for years.
他几年来一直到处找出版商兜售自己的小说。

8. intimate adj.亲密的, 密切的
例句：Both felt that they had become very intimate.
两人都感到了他们之间已变得非常亲密。

9. counter v. 对抗, 反驳
例句：She countered that her advice had not been heeded.
她反驳说她的建议未被重视。

10. discomfort n. 不舒适；不愉快, 苦恼
例句：I was in considerable discomfort from the headache.
我头痛得很难受。