NPR边听边练07:老美眼中的中国经济

 　　【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^^）

　　He says one problem is corruption¹ in China’s government. Major western corporations can often___(1)___that. But smaller firms may not. “Local officials have their___(2)___frequently. There is a licencing process for many kinds of businesses that local government officials control. Local government officials invest frequently in local businesses. So a foreign firm might be in competition with a firm that has at least a partial owner-a government official that would be ___(3)___to influence or harm the foreign company’s business prospects². In one of our reports this week we met a Chinese woman who is basically an American middle class worker making about 60,000 dollars per year. But it was ___(4)___that the average person in China is making a tiny fraction of that, may be a couple of thousands dollars a year. What is income inequality going to do to China’s future economic growth? Well, income inequality’s increased dramatically, particularly over the last decade. And really all dimensions of inequality have gone up. The gap between farmers and rural residents has gone up, between the people that are fortunate enough to live on the coast and those who live in the ___(5)___. And particularly the gap between the skilled and unskilled has gone up.

　　答案：

　　1.get around

　　2.hands out

　　3.in a position

　　4.pointed³ out

　　5.deepen interior

1 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

2 prospects   

n.希望，前途(恒为复数)

参考例句：

• There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
• They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。

3 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。