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。

　　A grim-faced John Boehner emerged from the White House to say that President Obama _1_ to negotiate with Republicans, who want to tie a temporary funding measure to his signature health care law, Speaker Boehner saying while there was a polite conversation, there's no sign of budging from the president.

　　一脸严肃的约翰·博纳走出白宫，他表示，奥巴马总统拒绝和共和党协商，共和党希望对他签署的医改法案实施临时的限制拨款议案，议长博纳表示，虽然这场交谈很友好，但是总统并没有让步的意思。

　　"All we're asking for here is a discussion and fairness for the American people under Obamacare."

　　“我们所要求的只是进行商讨，为在奥巴马医改法案上给美国人民带来公平。”

　　Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, meanwhile, accuses his Republican colleague of being the one unwilling to move forward on the _2_ resolution to fund the government.

　　同时，参议院多数党领导人哈利·里德指责共和党是不愿推动为政府筹资这一持续性决议的一方。

　　"I thought that they were concerned about the long-term fiscal affairs of this country, and we said we are too, let's talk about it. My friend, John Boehner, I repeat,cannot take yes for an answer."

　　“我认为他们很担心这个国家的长期财务问题，我们明确表示我们也在担心，我们来谈谈这一问题。我的朋友，约翰·博纳，我再重复一遍，并不能给出肯定的回答。”

　　The standoff over health care _3_ in a now two-day-old partial government shutdown that's idled 800,000 federal workers and _4_ national parks, museums and monuments.

　　在医改问题上僵持不下使部分政府已经关闭两天，约80万名联邦工作人员暂停工作，国家公园、博物馆以及纪念碑也已关闭。

　　词汇解析：

　　1、emerge from

　　自…出现；从…显露出来

　　eg:But respect for diversity is something that has to emerge from within a culture.

　　而对文化多样性的尊重又必须从一个文化内部生长出来。

　　参考答案：

　　1、has refused 2、continuing

　　3、has resulted 4、closed