东京奥运会开幕前一天，导演被炒了（讲解版）|E0726

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The show director of the Olympics opening ceremony has been dismissed, one day before the event is due to be held.

Footage of Kentaro Kobayashi from the 1990s recently emerged in which he appears to make jokes about the Holocaust.

Japan's Olympic chief Seiko Hashimoto said the video ridiculed "painful facts of history”. The dismissal is the latest in a string of scandals to hit the Games.

▍语言点 

1. dismiss /dɪˈsmɪs/ v. 解雇(fire/sack)

· 构词：dis-分开/散开，词根miss-送出

· Bryant was unfairly dismissed/sacked/fired from his post.

布莱恩特被不公正地解雇了。

2. holocaust /ˈhɑːləkɑːst/ n. 灾难

· 构词：holo-整个的/整体的，caust-燃烧

· a nuclear holocaust 一场核灾难

· the Holocaust (特指)二战中纳粹对犹太人的大屠杀

· the Nanking Massacre 南京大屠杀

3. ridicule /ˈrɪdəkjuːl/ v. 嘲笑(make fun of)

· Joseph was ridiculed for being serious.

约瑟夫因为太严肃而被嘲笑。

4. hit /hɪt/ v. 打击；对……造成严重影响 

· Henan province has been badly hit by the rainstorm.

河南省受到暴雨的严重影响。

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