英语新闻听写 特朗普想重建造联邦调查局总部

 

Business Insider reports that a source revealed to Axios that President Donald Trump¹ can't stand the sight of the FBI headquarters at the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington DC.

据《商业内幕》报道，一名消息人士向Axios透露，唐纳德·特朗普总统无法忍受华盛顿特区的约翰·埃德加·胡佛大楼的联邦调查局总部。

He has reportedly become obsessed³ with remodeling it.

据报道，他一直想要重塑大楼。

A source reported Trump is saying to the news website Axios, "The building is terrible. It's one of the brutalist type buildings, you know, brutalist architecture."

有消息称特朗普对新闻网站Axios表示，：“这栋建筑真糟糕。这是野兽派建筑之一，你知道，野兽派建筑。”

Brutalist architecture predominantly features the exposed concrete in building structures.

野兽派建筑的主要特点就是在建筑结构中有露石混凝土。

The style became popular among government buildings in the mid² 20th century.

这种风格在20世纪中期开始在政府建筑中流行起来。

Trump reportedly said, "Honestly, I think it's one of the ugliest buildings in the city."

据报道，特朗普表示:“老实说，我认为这是这个城市最丑陋的建筑之一。”

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。

3 obsessed   

adj.心神不宁的,鬼迷心窍的,沉迷的

参考例句：

• He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。
• The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。