NPR边听边练173：国防部长谈军队性侵犯

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　　一、泛听建议：

　　1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。

　　2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。

　　3、复述新闻。

　　Defense¹ Secretary Chuck Hagel _1_ a commencement address today to the US Military Academy at West Point. He says the volunteer army faces many challenges from within, including suicide, alcoholism and sexual abuse.

　　今天，国防部长查克?哈格尔在美国西点军校的毕业典礼上发表讲话。他表示，志愿军面临着许多来自内部的挑战，包括自杀、酒精中毒以及性侵害。

　　"You’ll need to not just deal with these debilitating², insidious³ and destructive forces, but rather you must be the generation of leaders that stop it."

　　“你们不仅需要处理这些削弱、危害、破坏战斗力的因素，你们还必须要成为停止这些的领导一代。”

　　He says sexual harassment⁴ and sexual assault in the military are profound betrayal. A Pentagon report _2_ this month estimated as many as 26,000 military service members may _3_ assaulted last year.

　　他表示，军队中的性骚扰和性侵犯是对军装深刻的背叛。本月五角大楼的一份报告显示，据估计去年最多有26,000名服役人员可能遭到性侵犯。

　　_4_ continues in Syria as government forces try to recapture the strategic town of Qusair near the Lebanese border.Activists⁵ say rebel-held parts of the town have been heavily bombarded by army units and _5_ from Hezbollah. The BBC's Jim Muir has more.

　　叙利亚的争斗还在持续，政府军试图重新占领黎巴嫩边境附近的战略重镇库塞尔。活动人士表示，反对派占领的该镇部分地区遭到了真主党部队及士兵的猛烈炮击。BBC新闻的吉姆?缪尔将带来详细报道。

　　词汇解析：

　　1. debilitate⁶

　　vt.使虚弱；使衰弱

　　eg. Stewart took over yesterday when Russell was debilitated⁷ by a stomach virus.

　　昨天拉塞尔因肠胃病毒感染身体不适，由斯图尔特暂时接手。

　　eg. Do not allow the sinfulness in the world youinhabit to debilitate your spirit's strength.

　　不要让你们居住的世界上的罪恶感使你们的精神力量变得虚弱。

　　2、insidious (同近义词 designing, knowing, subtle）

　　adj. 阴险的；隐伏的；暗中为害的；狡猾的

　　eg:As doubts are so insidious, how do you beat them?

　　既然疑虑如此狡猾,如何击败它们呢?

　　eg:Another, more insidious form - is a lie .

　　另一种更为阴险的形式——是谎言。

　　3、sexual harassment 性骚扰

　　eg:Sexual harassment of women workers by their bosses is believed to be widespread.

　　女员工受其上司性骚扰的情况被认为是广泛存在的。

　　4、sexual assault 性侵犯；性暴行

　　eg:The phrase sexual assault has been in use for more than a century, and 19th-century writers seem to have used it synonymously with rape⁸.

　　性侵犯这个词语已经用了一个多世纪了，在19世纪的时候作家们似乎就已经用它来同义强奸一词了。

　　参考答案：

　　1、delivered 2、released 3、have been sexually

　　4、Fighting 5、fighters

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 debilitating   

a.使衰弱的

参考例句：

• The debilitating disease made him too weak to work. 这个令他衰弱的病，使他弱到没有办法工作。
• You may soon leave one debilitating condition or relationship forever. 你即将永远地和这段霉运说拜拜了。

3 insidious   

adj.阴险的，隐匿的，暗中为害的，（疾病）不知不觉之间加剧

参考例句：

• That insidious man bad-mouthed me to almost everyone else.那个阴险的家伙几乎见人便说我的坏话。
• Organized crime has an insidious influence on all who come into contact with it.所有和集团犯罪有关的人都会不知不觉地受坏影响。

4 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。

5 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 debilitate   

v. 使衰弱

参考例句：

• Stewart took over yesterday when Russell was debilitated by a stomach virus.昨天拉塞尔因肠胃病毒感染身体不适，由斯图尔特暂时接手。
• Their efforts to debilitate the political will of the Western alliance came to nought.他们试图削弱西方联盟的政治决心的努力结果等于零。

7 debilitated   

adj.疲惫不堪的，操劳过度的v.使（人或人的身体）非常虚弱( debilitate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Prolonged strike action debilitated the industry. 长时间的罢工削弱了这个行业的活力。
• This is especially important when dealing with the geriatric or debilitated patient. 这对老年和虚弱病人尤其重要。 来自互联网

8 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。