NPR边听边练25:电影巨头们想通了

 　　【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^^）

　　Hi, so it’s, Warner Brothers, Universal, Sony, Paramount¹, 20th Fox, MGM are involved in the Movielink site. And then Sony ___1___ along with Lions Gate announced that they’ll sell film online at CinamNow. And both companies said the downloads would cost about 20-30 dollars for newer films. And some of them are gonna be available as you said the same day that you can get them on DVD. Most will be available within ___2___ 45 days of that release² date. But what I’ve read so far is, there is a catch in this, there are limits as where you can watch the movies. Yeah! And that ___3___ piracy³. I mean the studios worry that if you could play the movie on your DVD. You just keep burning it. They___4___ losing money. So you can only download the movie onto your PC. In some cases you can download it onto a device⁴ that also plays games like an Xbox. If you had the right equipments like a Slingbox or MS Home Media Entertainment Technology, you can watch ___5___ on your television. This seems like a major point because people like to watch these movies in their homes on their Home Theatre setups. Not that many people, I think, are wild about watch a movie experience on a laptop say..

　　参考答案：

　　1. in a separate announcement

　　2.at least

　　3.to try to limit

　　4.’d end up

　　5.the downloaded movie

1 paramount   

a.最重要的，最高权力的

参考例句：

• My paramount object is to save the Union and destroy slavery.我的最高目标是拯救美国，摧毁奴隶制度。
• Nitrogen is of paramount importance to life on earth.氮对地球上的生命至关重要。

2 release   

vt.发布，发表，发行；释放，放开

参考例句：

• After my examination I had a feeling of release.考完试后我有如释重负之感。
• This medicine will give you release from pain.这药吃后会解除你的疼痛。

3 piracy   

n.海盗行为，剽窃，著作权侵害

参考例句：

• The government has already adopted effective measures against piracy.政府已采取有效措施惩治盗版行为。
• They made the place a notorious centre of piracy.他们把这地方变成了臭名昭著的海盗中心。

4 device   

n.器械，装置；计划，策略，诡计

参考例句：

• The device will be in production by the end of the year.该装置将于年底投入生产。
• The device will save much time and effort for us.这种装置会使我们节省大量时间和气力。