NPR边听边练02:午睡与夜游

 　　【NPR边听边练】致力于提供新鲜有趣、饶有意味的时讯资料，致力于通过精听的方式促进听力提高，致力于不断开阔眼界和深入了解美国观点。

　　精听建议：

　　先完整地把一条新闻听一到三遍，争取掌握大意。然后，一句一句精听，力争每句话都听明白。遇到实在不懂的地方，再听写。

　　下面的文本材料中空缺部分里面要填的词都很简单，不过是一些值得注意的连读或者典型的美式发音哦，有些语速比较快。试试看，你能不能全部写对？

　　（参考文本，欢迎指出错误^^）

　　The night has just begun. Anna V, her husband David, ___(1)___daughter Clausier have just ____(2)___another mother with her infant¹ . "Now is when people start going out in Spain." Anna says,"We are going to have a beer now and then dinner."Like most Spaniards Anna and David see no problem with ___(3)___even on weekdays. In fact they don't have much choice. Most spanish² restaurants ___(4)___before 9 pm. Such a life style was easier to handle³ when people slept the siesta⁴. But these days few workers ___(5)___to their homes for a snooze,even though shops and offices still closed in the afternoons.So there are increasing calls to aborlish the siesta. One of the worst affected⁵ groups is working women.

　　答案：

　　1.and their four year old

　　2.met up with

　　3.staying out late

　　4.won't serve you

　　5.can get back

1 infant   

n.婴儿，幼儿；adj.婴儿的；幼稚的，初期的

参考例句：

• Tourism was then still in its infant stage.旅游业当时还处在初创阶段。
• I also need an infant's food for my baby.我要买些婴儿食品给我的孩子。

2 Spanish   

adj.西班牙人的，西班牙的，西班牙语的；n.西班牙语

参考例句：

• She grew up in Spain,so her first language is Spanish.她在西班牙长大，第一语言是西班牙语。
• I can read Spanish but can't translate into it.我能阅读西班牙语，但不能翻译成西班牙语。

3 handle   

n.把手，手柄，拉手；vt.触，摸；操纵；处理

参考例句：

• He felt about in the dark for the door handle.他在黑暗中摸索着找门把手。
• Can you show me how I can handle this camera?你能教我如何使用这个照相机吗？

4 siesta   

n.午睡

参考例句：

• Lots of people were taking a short siesta in the shade.午后很多人在阴凉处小睡。
• He had acquired the knack of snatching his siesta in the most unfavourable circumstance.他学会了在最喧闹的场合下抓紧时间睡觉的诀窍。

5 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。